I was trying to be polite, so let it go.[now with pictures]

[Lauren]

Are they related to my mother? She keeps buying my shirts like that and they are NOT ME.

[Clearbrite]

..the cat seems to like it..

*LOL*

[goblue2539]

[I think they would lynch me if I actually got something from the Michigan college store.  But right now the plan is to make cross-stitch peices in Michigann blue and yellow(with my other aunt who didn't take part getting on in OSU scarlet and grey)  if they make comments ^_^

me: "You don't like it?  But I spent so much time making them for you, I thought it would look good with your decor.

Not to mention if I buy something, they can return/exchange them.  If I make something they can be rather stuck.

Back after the "holiday".  Happy New year everyone! 

So, since you want to make them something, I enjoy cross-stitching too.   Let me know if you need any help.  And I agree with the person who said MSU doesn't register.  It's got to be Michigan to get the point across.  But, we don't want you lynched either.  Maybe if you find a pattern of pansies or bluebells.  I mean, it couldn't possibly be your fault that a blue flower would have a yellow center, right?

[bluhairfreak]

[I think they would lynch me if I actually got something from the Michigan college store.  But right now the plan is to make cross-stitch peices in Michigann blue and yellow(with my other aunt who didn't take part getting on in OSU scarlet and grey)  if they make comments ^_^

me: "You don't like it?  But I spent so much time making them for you, I thought it would look good with your decor.

Not to mention if I buy something, they can return/exchange them.  If I make something they can be rather stuck.

Back after the "holiday".  Happy New year everyone! 

So, since you want to make them something, I enjoy cross-stitching too.   Let me know if you need any help.  And I agree with the person who said MSU doesn't register.  It's got to be Michigan to get the point across.  But, we don't want you lynched either.  Maybe if you find a pattern of pansies or bluebells.  I mean, it couldn't possibly be your fault that a blue flower would have a yellow center, right?

Right now I'm thinking of making biscornu http://own-two-hands.livejournal.com/4186.html like these.  Maybe a series as I've hear they stitch up really quick and I don't want to do anything too complicated.

[Scritzy]

Gad! I do like shirts with ruffles, and I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that thing!

And that shade of blue is just … just … hideous.

[Reika]

Wow, that is just a horrible, horrible shirt and blue is my favorite color. Were the relatives who picked it out being deliberately mean or are they just that clueless on a regular basis?

[bluhairfreak]

..the cat seems to like it..

*LOL*

Not really, he just kept giving a look of "what is this thing doing on MY bed"  while I was taking pictures.

[Katharine]

i really really feel your pain. I got this sweater from my husband's grandmother a few years ago. I was 21 and have always dressed rather preppy. This year for Christmas I wore a cable-knit sweater from Jcrew, a wool skirt and knee high boots. The sweater is also 2 sizes to large.

[bluhairfreak]

i really really feel your pain. I got this sweater from my husband's grandmother a few years ago. I was 21 and have always dressed rather preppy. This year for Christmas I wore a cable-knit sweater from Jcrew, a wool skirt and knee high boots. The sweater is also 2 sizes to large.

OW!  The irony is all my aunts and my mom were wearing sweaters like that one for Christmas, I'm dreading the day they decide I must have a Christmas sweater.

[VorFemme]

Perhaps "It's not my usual style - but I'll have to see what it goes with in my closet........"

I have gotten one or two items that didn't go with anything in my closet - not even the denim jeans that go with just about anything............

I gave away the "pussy willow" tshirt with kitten heads all over the twigs - as the size large (juniors) was not going to fit my forty-something body after two kids.  I loved the design and the color - but the hubby isn't that good about watching the SIZE tags. 

And the DS refused to wear a tshirt with KITTENS on it!

[Sirius]

I think the best part of the second picture was the cat laying next to the blouse. 

[Scritzy]

OW!  The irony is all my aunts and my mom were wearing sweaters like that one for Christmas, I'm dreading the day they decide I must have a Christmas sweater.

Depending on what it looks like, you can send me the Christmas sweater. I have a black cardigan with sequined poinsettias (it's way too big on me now, but I still wear it) and I bought one this year that is cream-colored, with sequined cardinals on it.

As long as it sparkles …

[ganjin]

It was bad enough in the description, and THEN I saw the ruffles, the Camelot cuffs, and the PEPLUM.  

 Peplum---p'too, p'too.

[Rose2Bear]

i really really feel your pain. I got this sweater from my husband's grandmother a few years ago. I was 21 and have always dressed rather preppy. This year for Christmas I wore a cable-knit sweater from Jcrew, a wool skirt and knee high boots. The sweater is also 2 sizes to large.

Ouch, that is definetly an old lady sweater (nothing wrong with it on old ladies and nothing wrong with old ladies, but not for a 21 year old!) or at the very least, a cheezy teacher sweater (the kind I would tease my soon-to-be-teacher college roommate about).

[IndianInlaw]

When I was 21, I went to visit my parents in FL. My stepfather kept insisting I go to this one place and buy a leisure suit.  He kept saying "They make them for women", as though I was missing the point.

I'd have been the talk of the UMASS campus, wouldn't I?

Ganjin, I think you are the first one on the internet to use the word "peplum".

It's sort of a scary word, isn't it?