it's official...

you may have seen this dress at anthropologie in the spring. 

perhaps you passed on it the first time around because, 

well, there's a quite a bit of pink.

{that was my experience upon first blush.}

it was only after i saw a woman pick it up

raise the hanger above her eye level

and pull the corner out to reveal the full skirt a bit more

that a few fabulous things were exposed to me:

1. pockets.

as a person who never knows what to do with her hands

{put on hips? sassy. cross arms? bored. flailing/talking with them? hey, i'm italian.}

i appreciate dresses and skirts with pockets.

even had them put in my wedding dress.

2. cats.

not only do i like the idea of a dress with cats 

represented in watercolor painting fashion...

these look like my two cats, jermaine {mae mae} and tito.

 mae mae is a tortie. tito is an orange tiger.

here's a close up since they look like blobs in the above photo.

so i bought it.

by way of my actions
i feel like it's official. i'm a crazy old cat lady.

i only thought twice about buying it for about one second

and then i questioned myself for questioning it.

now, who am i to judge the woman

wearing a mock turtleneck sweatshirt 

adorned with a screen printed persian?

granted, this is a lovely dress

as opposed to an ill fitting sweat suit...

and i get tons of compliments

when i wear it

{i don't point out the cats anymore...

most people just think it's real summery and don't notice the cats}

but to be frank

i bought it because of the cats.

I'M A CAT LADY!