Friends! I’m back to the old blog again. Sorry for my unplanned hiatus over the holidays. I ended up getting really sick with the worst cold/flu ever that knocked me out for days and caused me to basically cancel Christmas, including a trip home to Arizona to see the family. It wasn’t pretty, but I made it through and I’m excited to be back again on meeshyd.com.
Today, I’m going to share the second installment of the Rent the Runway Unlimited review. This shipment contained two different items: a Rebecca Minkoff bag and a dress to wear to my work holiday party. I ended up fooling around and not ordering any of my awesome options that I wrote about earlier for the party, so I was left scrambling to find something to wear on Rent the Runway Unlimited. As you’ll recall, my first option was comically small and so I tried to find a dress that had lots of give from a sizing perspective to ensure that it fit, which is how I landed on a hunter green wrap dress. The only (major!) problem when it arrived was that it was very cleavage revealing and I didn’t feel comfortable wearing it as-is. I refused to be the new girl with her boobs out at the party! This left me on instagram stories with my closest friends asking for advice on how to handle the situation.
I considered wearing a turtle neck under it:
Which, honestly, I thought was super cute. Perhaps I should’ve gone that direction, but I ended up going to the mall and buying a cropped green sweater to wear over it. When I got home and dressed, I felt super matronly but I just had to go with it. It wasn’t my best fashion moment, but I learned from the situation and will try to be more on top of my planning in the future. It really bummed me out that the fit has been such an ongoing issue for me with Rent the Runway Unlimited already. I just find the sizing to be so inconsistent and think they REALLY need to add a feature that uses your exact measurements so that you can be sure that the clothes you order are going to actually fit your body.
Moving onto the purse: I was initially super excited about it. I’m not a big spender when it comes to bags, so to be able to carry a $300 Rebecca Minkoff bag felt so luxurious to me. This particular purse, though, has been a bit of a pain. The chain gets caught in my hair ALL the time, so it will be going back on Monday.
My next shipment is on the way to me as we speak. I had a bit of a major mishap with the service where I had thought I placed an order, but it was still pending in my ‘bag’ online, so I lost an entire week of outfits due to my error. For this next shipment, I ordered three sweaters I’m super excited to wear that shouldn’t be a problem with sizing. That’s been the best part – you get the joy of online shopping but then once you get sick of the items (which happens surprisingly fast!), you get to order something new. I think I am saving money on the shopping front thus far, but I haven’t been blown away by what I’ve received. I’m hoping to better find my mojo with the service over time, but if I weren’t reviewing it for the blog, I might have cancelled already.
Have you done Rent the Runway Unlimited? Interested to try it out? Here’s a link to receive $100 off. It’s a referral link, so if two people end up signing up, I will receive a free month of Rent the Runway.
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