I Googled “The Cupid Shuffle Dance Easy” because two of my best friends are getting married in the same month and I have never been able to do the Cupid Shuffle. Ever. I’m not even kidding you when I say it’s written on my to-do list to have that memorized by this October.
I was buying a few groceries and had just changed purses. You know what’s coming, right? I got to the self-checkout, all the way to the end when it tells me what the total is. So close. I get into my purse and there’s no wallet. I start to sweat but instead play it off like I am looking for my phone. It was nowhere to be found. I looked around to see if the attendant was watching. No customers. I gulped. I took a step back. Then I completely abanonded the groceries at the register, went to my car, was mortified, drove off and then found my wallet 10 minutes later. Never going to be able to go back to that grocery store.
I’m Alissa and I feel better. The end.
twentysomethingsimple
Forgetting my wallet at home is such a terrible habit of mine, also brought on by the purse switcheroo! Luckily I'm almost always grocery shopping with my boyfriend. He'll grumble when he realizes he has to pay for the whole thing, haha…(sorry babe). Oh, and I've always wanted to call in to one of those radio giveaways (I actually won one of those where you call-in-with-the-correct-answer once; the prize was an EP of some weird unknown band…), especially for concert tickets and/or meet-and-greets.
xo Kimi
Nada Qamber
Awwww! This is hilarious! It's okay, we all have our moments.
This post is so honest! I love it! <3
and I also love that outfit you put together. The plaid blazer and lace top. You're looking good, gurl!
Rachelle Pinksole
lol that's so funny. You look great lady and I am dying for this blazer.
xo
PinkSole
Taramixandmatch
Too bad you didn't win shoes after all your effort lol! I am totally in love with that gorgeous blazer!
Laura B
I so would have been calling in too! Anything for designer shoes! This outfit is adorable! You blazer is simply amazing!
awhite
You can master the Cupid Shuffle, I promise. It's not hard. You can do this.
And your missing-wallet-at-the-checkout is my nightmare. I would've bolted, too!
Love the plaid blazer; looks awesome with the lace and those jeans are made for you. 🙂
-Ashley
Le Stylo Rouge
Elegance and Mommyhood
You are so cute and funny and awesome. The grocery store situation has definitely happened to me (more than once lol). You want to hear a confession from me? Of course you do. I want a plaid blazer badly. Yours is perfect so you can send it my way. =)
Karly @ Miss in the Midwest
Oh my goodness, that is the absolute worst when that happens at the grocery store! Don't worry – we've all been there, done that. Just give it a week or so before you go back in there. 🙂 I'm sad you didn't win any expensive shoes – that would have made an even more epic story. Ha!
Jessica
I'm THAT girl who calls in on the radio if there is something I really, really want. I won tickets to the haunted houses years ago and you would have thought I won the damn lottery. I need you to scoot back up this way and take me to Forever because you've been finding all the goods lately!
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Holly
I definitely would have done the same thing for those shoes! No question about it.
Lyndsay
Um, who wouldn't call in to try and win some shoes? I have absolutely no idea what the cupid shuffle is so googling it seems like a good option to me. And I have done that very same thing at the grocery store once, a very long time ago. I had them put everything aside for me while I ran back to my apartment.
This is such a cute outfit, I really like the combination of plaid and lace.
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Bree Aylwin
So funny. The feeling if not having enough cash when it is time to pay is mortifying! Love the blazer and lace top. Adorable look!
Darcy
How awesome would have been if you won, though?! I enter a giveaway everyday online for a trip and Tyler always thinks I'm so crazy hahah! Hey, someone's gotta win, right?
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Lindsay Emow
LOVE the lace top and nude heels. Perfect pairing with the plaid! You go girl!!
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Sabrina
Psssh, all the cool kids participate in radio contests. I'm still angry I didn't win the trip to the Grammy's I got qualified for in January. I've always had some luck getting through for radio stuff, so I call. No shame.
Love this outfit. It's the perfect cold-weather color palette, and the peek of skin under the lace is perfection. Plus the colors look so lovely against your skin.
Sabrina
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Adri Lately
Giirl, I've done that at my regular Starbucks and I totally know the feeling. Let's just say I changed Starbucks. But loving those earrings and whole look!
xo Adri
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Shannon Jenkins
Haha you crack me up! Obsessed with this blazer! So cute over the lace!
<3 Shannon
Upbeat Soles
Marta
Lol too funny!! I've done the wallet thing too. You look so pretty in this outfit. Love the lace with the plaid blazer not something I would have thought of putting together & it looks so good!
Marta
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Libby G.
OMG you are hilarious! I am one of those people that doesn't know the classic songs they play at weddings – I recently listed to "Come on Eileen" about a thousand times before the last wedding I attended so I would know at least one!
Libby
Stylin' Iowan Blog
Alyssa
Thank you for making me laugh today! And if it makes you feel better…..I totally would have called in for shoes too (a girls gotta do what a girl gotta do…)!
Whitney James
I literally laughed out loud…LOL! Hilarious and I have done the wallet thing before, lol. On the flip side, you look super cute in this outfit. I love the blazer and those nude heels!
~Whitney
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Liz | Shopping My Closet
I've forgotten my wallet at home before, too! Not a fun thing to do – sounds like you played it off well!
Liz @ ShoppingMyCloset.com
Shannon Rice
Lol! I would have called in too for shoes of those names! Checking out without my wallet is like a serious fear of mine. Every time I go to the grocery store, even if I didn't switch my purse or anything. It's a scary, scary thing and I would have reacted the exact same way.
Shannon
Clothes & Quotes
fitfabfun Jane
Love this plaid jacket! You look so beautiful!
xo, Jane
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Jasmin daily
Hahaha your stories kill me, I swear you need to write a book with all this goodness. You look radiant as well 🙂
xo, Jasmin
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Fabulously Average
hahahah, you are hilarious girl! I AM one of those ppl that call in to radio stations and I've gotten through once or twice (or like five times…) but I call for stupid crap, so that's the embarrassing part! And I've been that person that didn't have my wallet too. I was with Remy at the grocery story, wasn't showered and looked homeless, so that was the most mortifying that in the world. I'm sure the cashier thought I was homeless. Thanks for making me laugh today, LOL!
Cheers,
Joanne
FabulouslyAverage
Dolce Vita
Such cute confessions! Heh, who can resist shoes? Seriously. You look stunning in these photos, by the way, cobalt blue really suits you.
xo, Dolce http://www.mydailysweet.com
Ladies in Navy
lady… i like everything you post. this is no exception except that it's AMAZING! 🙂
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Naomi George
You are adorable!
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Head to Toe Chic
You are amazing! Your confessions are the best, but I've lost my wallet before like that too and it's the worst. Loving your blazer and lace top!
xo,
Angela
Nicole Layne
This is such a cute outfit and I love that lace top! Lol, I would have called in for a pair of Valentino's also and I'm not big on giveaways.
Nicole
Nicole to the Nines
MushroomStew
Your rings and blazer are so fresh but the pumps are classics!! Gorgeous outfit – as always!
Sed Bona
Sarah Lagen
Hahaha, I love this post and I love that you called in for the SHOE-perbowl!! I really wish you would have won, that would have been so awesome! I'll cross my fingers for you next time!
Jessica Walters
I absolutely love your blog, Alissa! This outfit is so cute for winter. I love the pairing of lace and plaid!
xo Jessica
Afternoon Style
Nikki
Ummm I would call in for free shoes. HECK YES! Also, I don't even know what the Cupid Shuffle is… never heard of such a thing. Looove the blazer!
Nikki
thefashionablewife.com
LyddieGal
I would have called in for the shoe-per bowl too! I would have gotten someone elses phone to have two gong at once…
Love the lace with the plaid blazer – i will have to try this combo – pinning!
Chic on the Cheap
Carly
That plaid blazer is amazing! So versatile and preppy
Dresses & Denim
Alice Warren
Plaid & lace is just perfection together! If my local radio station was giving away shoes, I would be dialing like a mad woman too. Bummer you didn't get through.
Alice
http://www.happinessatmidlife.com
Hope to see you Thursday for TBT Fashion link up.
Keit
These were your embarrassing bits? I was expecting something much more spicy, these are too normal even! 😀 Although I must admit, the radio one cracked me up! 😀
Omg, I love this ensemble, the colors are perfectly matched and adore the blazer! ^^
Elle Sees
i totally know how to do the cupid shuffle and keep it up my sleeve for special moments.that and my imaginary flag routine from HS.
Merritt
love that schoolboy blazer and your rings!
The Style Scribe
Behind the Mirror
Love those rings! Just did a F21 run over the weekend. It's always great when I can find a steal there. xo, Amanda
AJ Parker
If there is one thing I would get up and try to win on the radio, it would be designer shoes.
Or Katy Perry tickets.
No shame!
jennifer harding
Love that lace sweater and that gorgeous bag miss lady! AND I hate it when that happens! I can't tell you how many times I have run up to my neighborhood starbucks on a saturday morning and realized my wallet is in the purse I went out with last night..AT HOME!! Happy wednesday though 🙂
P.S. think you would adore the February Women Who Inspire Post we shared on the blog earlier today!
xo, Jennifer
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Inês de Castro
I've just found your blog and I think it's really inspiring, it will be an honor for me if you can visit mine too, and if you want to follow, it will be a pleasure to follow you back! 🙂 <3
By the way I am having a cute giveaway on my blog, you can win a lollipop necklace, I hope you join and If you do, good luck, I hope you win! <3
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KP
Confessing about a shoe obsession isn't exactly something I can't relate to… its going to be the nail in my coffin I swear…
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Beautygirl 24
No joke, that exact scenario has happened to me before! Exact! Except I ended up going back and buying my groceries because I needed them! The guy at the register probably thought I was a moron. That's the thing about these giant bags I love – they are a bottomless pit!
Another note: I love your jeans! I need another pair of ON sweethearts.
Priya
Great outfit! That blazer is so fun, and it fits you perfectly. Absolutely no shame in trying to win some designer shoes from a radio show! Girls gotta do whatever to get shoes, right?? I have definitely had this same wallet dilemma. This happens with something nearly every time I switch purses! But always using the same purse just isn't an option.
♥ perfectly Priya
Madeline Mihaly
I would absolutely call in to win designer shoes. no shame there! And for the wallet + cupid shuffle…well you can't win them all. this outfit is adorable by the way, I love the color of your Kate Spade.
xo, Maddy
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Alison
The Cupid Shuffle is my favorite party dance ever! You'll get the hang of it, don't worry…and then you'll love it, too 🙂
I volunteer with kids and we do a lot of those silly dances — I'm just glad that the Hoedown Throwdown isn't popular at weddings, I can't keep up with Miley!