I got my rotary blazer today!!! For those who don't know, this blazer is the SYMBOL of rotary exchange student. You basically wear it to meetings, in the airport, and at Rotary-Sponsored activities. The best part is, you get to (have to) put on a bunch of pins and embroideries that represent you, and your experiences, and other people you meet. I've been dreading this forever... I've had this vision that it was going to take forever to find the right blazer and I'd have to go to a ton of places until I found the right one, and that it would be UGLY!!! but believe it or not I found one... in the FIRST place i went!!!
I was just out hanging out with one of my good friends, and were like, lets go to Savers (a second hand store). So we went and there were TONS of navy blue blazers there! Some of the blazers there were pretty nasty, but then I saw this one, sitting between an extra-large sailor coat, and a grey/brown tweed jacket from the 50's- I pulled it out, and it looked really nice. So I put it on... and SHAM-WOW it fit like a GLOVE! Yeah, so I'm pretty proud of us, we were there for like 10 minutes tops, and I normally hate shopping, but this was fun:) Do you know what the best part was? I looked at the Tag and it said $7.99. Then I found that inside there was a matching VEST! So i went to chash register and it turns out that they were having a SALE! Incredible right! I bought a perfect blazer, with a matching vest... for $4.22! NO JOKE! Isn't that CRAZY! I'm still in awe.
I was just out hanging out with one of my good friends, and were like, lets go to Savers (a second hand store). So we went and there were TONS of navy blue blazers there! Some of the blazers there were pretty nasty, but then I saw this one, sitting between an extra-large sailor coat, and a grey/brown tweed jacket from the 50's- I pulled it out, and it looked really nice. So I put it on... and SHAM-WOW it fit like a GLOVE! Yeah, so I'm pretty proud of us, we were there for like 10 minutes tops, and I normally hate shopping, but this was fun:) Do you know what the best part was? I looked at the Tag and it said $7.99. Then I found that inside there was a matching VEST! So i went to chash register and it turns out that they were having a SALE! Incredible right! I bought a perfect blazer, with a matching vest... for $4.22! NO JOKE! Isn't that CRAZY! I'm still in awe.
That is awesome!
Dude, you're gonna love the Grand Rapids pin exchange. All the people here came to the country with their blazers already smothered in pins. I'll send a couple of mine back with Ruby or someone to get to you and Malina :)