You know what they say: “You haven’t truly lived until you’ve worn a pair of mint green shorts with pink flamingos on the butt.”
Uh…I’m sure someone said that, right?
Babe, $10 shorts from Old Navy! I almost did a cartwheel in the store when I stumbled on these last night.
Ah, yes…this is one of those times when I realize just how much I am my mother’s daughter, because of how excited I get about a good sale, which reminds me, I need to call and tell her about this sale!
Before I went down there yesterday, I checked the website and saw that they had shorts on sale for $8-15.
Sweet! I thought, but I wanted to try them on in the store to make sure about the fit and colors.
I’ve purchased stuff online from Old Navy before, and the experience has always been a little hit or miss. The sizing’s inconsistent. I can try on three different pairs of pants in the same size, and each one will fit a little differently. I seem to have better luck in the stores, so nowadays I just brave the chaos (does anyone else get overstimulated at Old Navy?), and try stuff on.
I expected to snag one or two pairs for $15 each, but when I rolled in, there were signs all over the place saying $10 sale on all shorts. They had a TON of different styles, too. Denim, twill, solids, prints, casual and dressy in a variety of lengths.
I tried the 3″, 3 1/2″, 5″ and 11 1/2″ lengths and liked the 3″ ones the most. I’m not very tall — actually, I’m short — and the other lengths made me feel, um, shorter.
My faves are the mint green pair with embroidered pink flamingos. Very Golden Girls meets Gwen Stefani, yeah? I now realize that I’ve had a huge gaping hole in my life that desperately needed to be filled with more pink flamingos.
Of course I love the ice cream truck colors, but the store had a lot of more conservative colors, too, like tan, khaki and black, if mint green and pink flamingos aren’t your thing.
The checkout guy said that the sale was going on at all the Old Navy stores, but you might want to call yours before heading down there. I’m not sure how long the sale lasts, so if you need pairs of $10 shorts in your life, better act fast.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Regina says
July 3rd, 2013 at 6:20 pmI went there yesterday and bought 5 pairs myself, although none were with flamingos! They were like the ones you have on in the pictures and were very comfortable and stretchy.
Karen says
July 3rd, 2013 at 6:35 pmHi Regina,
Yay! Glad you were able to get in on the sale. What colors did you get?
Regina says
July 4th, 2013 at 5:41 amI bought yellow, white, tan, teal, red, and peach. Nice haul. especially at 50% off! More money to spend on makeup!
Regina says
July 4th, 2013 at 5:41 amBTW, Happy 4th of July Karen and Tabs!
Danielle says
July 3rd, 2013 at 6:21 pmAhh! I braved the Old Navy store this past weekend and got several pairs of these. I love them. When I found out the price I couldn’t be stopped. I got the typical colors, white, navy, Black and Tan. But I also added yellow, olive and coral to switch it up. I could live in these shorts!
Karen says
July 3rd, 2013 at 6:35 pmHi Danielle,
Me too! Did you pick up anything else besides the shorts?
Phyrra says
July 3rd, 2013 at 7:28 pmI love the mint and coral! So pretty!
Phyrra recently posted … Stila Finale and Rave Red Review
Karen says
July 3rd, 2013 at 9:33 pmHi Phyrra,
Thank you! Hope you’re having a nice week so far.
Olivia says
July 3rd, 2013 at 7:31 pmCute! I wish Old Navy’s shorts fit me well…they look awful on me. Target has my perfect fit!
Olivia recently posted … My 4th of July Americana Nail Art
Karen says
July 3rd, 2013 at 9:34 pmHi Olivia,
Thanks for the rec. I’ll have to check out Target’s shorts. 🙂
Bee says
July 3rd, 2013 at 8:04 pmThis is so sexy k-dawggg. Loved them on you. I wanna hop & skip to old navy now.
You look smashing.
Karen says
July 3rd, 2013 at 9:34 pmHi Bee,
I hope you make it there! There’s a lot of great sales right now. Have a good night!
Vanessa says
July 3rd, 2013 at 8:11 pmI love your outfit posts. Always so cute 🙂
Karen says
July 3rd, 2013 at 9:34 pmHi Vanessa,
Thanks, lady! Have you done any summer shopping lately?
Gowthami says
July 3rd, 2013 at 10:46 pmthey look so cool and pretty ones.. 🙂
Gowthami recently posted … Coconut Water for Glowing Skin!
Heidi says
July 4th, 2013 at 12:00 amWell, I suppose if you can’t have cats on your butt, flamingos will do, right?
I love a good sale. That’s like the excitement that I felt when I went into my favorite store last weekend, Christopher & Banks, and they had $5 tank tops and $10 t-shirts. Got a navy blue tank top and a red t-shirt (wore the t-shirt today to go see fireworks). And then I scored a great deal on the coolest scarf — red, white, and blue animal print! I love this thing! So I’m so set for the holiday weekend!
doroffee says
July 4th, 2013 at 3:02 amOh, those peach shorts look PERFECTION against your skintone!
Jen S says
July 4th, 2013 at 4:07 amJCrew has almost the same exact shorts but for almost 5 times the price. I LOVE a bargain! Thanks for the post, gotta go shopping! 😉
Jenn says
July 4th, 2013 at 5:02 amWhat a great deal on shorts! And they actually cover ones butt 😉
You look gorgeous in these pastel colors!
Jennifer says
July 4th, 2013 at 5:13 amSigh… the good ole days when I was young and could wear shorts! YOU look great though!
Melissa says
July 4th, 2013 at 7:28 amEvery time I see you in a pic wearing shorts or that one of you in that anthropologie romper, damn…girl, I wish I had your legs. My days of wearing shorts are so over!
Ankita@corallista says
July 4th, 2013 at 10:58 amWhat lovely pastel colors! You look stunning as always Karen!
Ankita@corallista recently posted … NOTD : Lakme 9-to-5 Longwear Nail Color Pink Profit
Iris says
July 4th, 2013 at 11:26 amI’ve seen these in Old Navy. They are so cute, especially the flamingo ones, but a bit too short for me at the workplace. I sound boring but I like to purchase clothing which I could wear both on the weekends and at work.
All those shorts do look great on you. 🙂
Chelsea says
July 4th, 2013 at 6:29 pmI noticed the flamingo ones a couple weeks ago! My mom is obsessed with flamingos, her bathroom is decorated with them.
I saw flamingo panties at Target a week or two ago too!
Vee says
July 5th, 2013 at 6:50 pmCute! Did you get the shirts from Old Navy as well?