Being a member of CrowdTap just keeps getting better and better. I guess it's more accurate to say being a part of the Old Navy Style Council just keeps getting better and better. I was lucky to be selected for their Cardi Party. Cardi Party isn't even an accurate description because not only was the sample share for me and 3 (YES! THREE!) of my friends but it included for each of us a FREE cardigan, a FREE skirt, and a FREE scarf. Say WHAT?! Yep, you read that right. We ALL got a FREE cardigan, skirt and scarf.
Anyone who knows me knows I love me some FREE stuff. Especially easy FREE stuff. All we had to do was put together some outfits featuring those 3 items and snag some photos. We didn't get to get as creative as we had hoped but we did what we could with what we could. Oh, and while Old Navy, the Old Navy Style Council and CrowdTap gave me the FREE stuff all opinions are honest and my own. I am a part of all this because I actually like Old Navy and I love the opportunities CrowdTap gives it's members so that's that.
For my "party" I chose my BFF Karie, (Duh!), my sister Georgie, and my niece Elizabeth. Unfortunately, Elizabeth couldn't go so I decided to invite Karie's mom Debi to even out our party. Both my sister & Debi are the same age and rarely ever go shopping for themselves. I've been waiting for the perfect sample share to invite my sister to and this definitely was it. She stopped smoking (WOOT!) and has finally gained some much needed weight (double WOOT!) and is starting to go out and buy new clothes. Aside from the cardigan my sister would never go out and just buy a skirt or scarf. She'd think about it but probably wouldn't actually go and do it. I like that this sample share made her do so.
We all met at Old Navy at 10am hoping to beat some of the shopping crowds. It worked for a little while but eventually the dressing rooms began to fill up and it was much harder to take them over, which I totally felt like we were doing. By the time we left the store was actually pretty busy.
I was a bit worried when we first started looking around because there wasn't much in the way of selection for skirts, and while there was a larger selection of cardigans there wasn't much in the way of sizes. The one thing we didn't have a problem with was scarves. Well, except that they didn't have the crocheted scarves, but really that may have been a good thing because I may not have been able to pick one otherwise. It was hard enough without them to narrow it down to just one.
Just about all my favorite prints in the cardigans were out in my size. There was an adorable peach polka dot one that I would have killed for but they only had it in XXL. Luckily there was a ton of my other top choice... the grey animal print.
My sister tried the grey animal print as well, she's not one for animal print so I was excited she tried it. I told her we could both get the grey on grey animal and be twins but she wasn't going for it. Personally, I can't blame her but don't tell her I said that.
I, also, think the print/coloring looks way better on her as well. Sometimes sisters are such a pain in the butt!
When it came down to it I decided I loved the grey animal scarf the most out of all the scarves I tried so that left me trying to figure out what cardigan to get. I really loved the grey animal print cardi but I finally chose an open front cardi in light grey (unfortunately, not shown online). It was just too soft to pass up... it's like a hug when you wear it. True story.
I managed to snag a pic wearing the navy version of the open front cardigan. It was a hard choice between the two colors (light grey & navy) but I know I am obsessed with navy right now so I chose to go the other route for a change up.
By the time I decided against the grey animal cardi the store was too crowded and my phone refused to take any more photos. I had asked Karie to bring her camera, I finally have to admit I lost mine, but she forgot it in her excited rush to get the party started. So I had to wait until I cleared up some storage room on my phone & took my own photo's back at home.
Debi tried on the light grey cardigan I ended up choosing, along with my second favorite scarf. Both were cute but not totally "Debi".
Karie was more conservative on what she tried on and stuck with only 2 cardi's (at least what was documented so maybe I missed the other ones). She tried on the classic button cardi's in black & white.
Since there were tons of scarves to choose from (both style & color) I had the most fun trying to choose my favorite but at the same time also get something that is not like anything I currently have. None of the other girls wear scarves much so they just stuck with a couple patterns they liked.
Scarves we liked but didn't pick...
Karie
Georgie
Debi
Me
For the skirts we had 3 different types to choose from. The Pencil (sadly the perfect-cord pencils were not in store), the Fold Over Jersey (only black & grey) & some denim skirts (not shown online). All the skirts we were most excited to try weren't in store. I was the only one who found a Pencil skirt to try because they were out of every size except L and up. Although, they weren't our favorite apparently they are popular because there were no XS, S, or M's (except in the one I tried on).
Denim skirt:
Me
Debi
Grey Fold Over Jersey skirt:
Karie
Georgie
So when all was said and done here is the outfits we took home.
Karie
Woman's Sheer Textured Scarf in Red
Woman's Button-Front Cardi in Bright White
Woman's Fold-Over Jersey Skirt in Dark Heather Grey
None of the colors Karie picked were "normal" Karie colors so I was proud of her for trying something different. I love the outfit, and I love the color scheme, and even though it's not her "normal" it is still a very Karie outfit.
Debi
Woman's Printed Scarf in purple not online
Woman's Button-Front Stretch Cardi in Purple Majesty
Woman's Denim Skirt not online
Woman's Denim Skirt not online
Purple is Debi's color. The cardi and scarf go perfectly together and with the denim skirt I think it is a totally cute, stylish and fun outfit.
Georgie
Infinity scarf in Black & Grey Striped not online
Woman's Ribbed Open-Front Cardigan in Black not online
Woman's Fold-Over Jersey Skirt in Light Grey
I love the outfit my sister picked. It looks great on her. Aside from the cardi, it is not an outfit she would normally ever wear, style-wise or color-wise. I can't wait to see what else she pairs each piece with.
Me
Woman's Ribbed Open-Front Cardi in Light Grey not online
Woman's Denim skirt not online
I don't think anything I got was a surprise to anyone. The scarf was the only thing I had my eye on going in but the other pieces aren't really out of my norm. Of course, considering almost half of my closet is Old Navy, it's hard to go outside of my norm when shopping there.
Now if it would only cool down because I can't wait to wear my new outfit with my grey boots. Come on Fall, hurry up and get here!!
Grey Xhiliration boots, Target
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