WoolWeenies Club

[mimitabby]

and Trisk, you look wonderful, cute even!! congrats on losing all that weight!

[KnottedYet]

Trisk, I just looked at your pics! Wow, you look great! Congratulations, and yes, you get all new woolie clothes for a job well done!

[Triskeliongirl]

Thanks guys.......... I thought everyone knew already from the other thread, but I guess everyone doesn't read everything. Yeh, its been *very expensive* to replace my wardrobe. But what feels good is that I know I am not going to gain the weight back cuz this time I really did finally fix the underlying problem. When I talk about my weight normalizing I really mean it quite literally. Did I diet and exercise? Sure, but I have always dieted and exercised, and still gained weight cuz my hormones were out of balance. As long as I restrict carbs, my apetite and bodies needs mesh, so as long as I listen to my body, and exercise just moderate restraint, the weight came off and is staying off pretty easily.

And, what would I do without wool?? All I can say is that it looks a heck of a lot better than my old insulating material!!!

The hard part now will be deciding which of the pieces that are still to come get to stay and which have to go back. But at least I am getting a handle on what I like with the pieces I've got already. Its so amazing to me how soft the Kate is, the 17.5 micron wool really does feel amazing on my skin, so I am really glad I snagged those pieces. The ribbie is definitely not as smooth, but oh so pretty and oh so warm.... It will be interesting to see how the Icebreaker and LLbean compare.

[Natasha]

Was there a free shipping code on the Ibex postcard? I got a card, but I must have missed the free shipping code.

[sandra]

Trisk, GREAT JOB! Way to go girl.

ALERT: half zip shak jersey on sale for $85. Is it worth it? or would it be better to spring for the full zip. Anyone seen the warm green? I'm a sucker for a pretty shade of green.

[mimitabby]

There isn't really a code on this card, you go to a "personalized website"
mine is mimitboothby.ibexwool.com and all it is is a gateway to a short survey.

i did it and it did not give me the discount. I called and the lady said she'd "check" to see if they received my survey.. what the heck did they leave the "website" up if they were done with the promotion? and how come it didn't tell me when it expired????

so i'm still waiting for her to check..

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Mimi wrote:

and Trisk, you look wonderful, cute even!! congrats on losing all that weight!

Major cute!

[sandra]

Major cute!

what?

[Triskeliongirl]

I think she means the green shak. I have not seen one except in pictures, but I agree its a *very pretty* color. So pretty that today I was having doubts as to whether I should have ordered the green rather than black. But, since I want to use it for professional use, I think black is more of a 'power color' than the light green, but I think both the light green and light blue are very nice. I guess color choice also depends on the other clothes you plan to wear it with.

Green and purple and gray really layer nicely together. I was trying on stuff for my trip last night, and couldn't believe how pretty my green Kate looked under my thistle heather shak with my charcoal gray pants. I would advise you to just think about what other clothes you have, and how many different outfits you can make.

What I like about the full zip shak is how much it can be ventilated indoors since I live in a warmer climate, but when its cold outside its great in full zip mode. I also think it looks more chic for professional use. I think when I pair the black full zip shak with black wool pants, it will look like a casual suit.

[Natasha]

Triskeliongirl, I agree with you about the shaks. I prefer the full zip because of the ventilation factor that you mentioned.
I have a black full zip and wear it with pretty much everything. It looks professional enough to wear to work. The green is beautiful, but would not go as well with other colors. I am considering the green Carrie hoody as everybody's description of it sounds beautiful.

[Triskeliongirl]

Natasha, I know the Carrie Hoodie is a very popular piece. I tried it on in the store, and while its a very nice piece, be advised that it is a lot more casual looking than the shak, and made from a rougher scratchier feeling weave. In terms of sizing, all they had was a medium in charcoal with a thistle stripe, and it did layer very nicely over my small thistle shak without feeling like it looked too big. I didn't buy it cuz I wanted pieces that would go from work to cycling. While a nice piece, I didn't think I could do either with the carrie hoodie.

[Grog]

My husband wears his full-zip black Shak to the hospital (he's a medical student) over his shirt and tie! It's formal enough.

Mine is the hoodie version, not-so-formal...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Random notes:

The Carrie hoody seems a bit too casual to wear to an office. It also doesn't strike me as a particularly perfect biking jacket. But it's comfy and easy fitting and moves and breathes nicely. Though it has a fine nubbly/terrycloth like texture on the outside, I wouldn't call it scratchy though- it's not like burlap or anything, more like a fine towel texture. Hard to describe.

The "warm green" of the shaks is kind of a soft pea green, not a bright lime green. It looks pale on my computer, but is less pale in real life. Some people would just love the green, others not....everyone has different taste in color.

The full zip shak has a slightly more elegant/sleek look than the 1/2 zip jersey does. It's also more versatile I think, as you can wear it alone or over stuff like a cartigan sweater jacket, and take it off and on quickly. I like wearing the 1/2 zip under stuff, and also under the full zip.

Mimi- Ibex has gotten themselves into a bit of a mixup with all the sales and coupons and codes lately- apparently one can only use one code per order, plus some codes do not apply to sale items but that wasn't made clear. I think they are trying to straighten things out at the moment. You have to call if your code doesn't work.

Ribbies: they run somewhat small, so the medium ones I have fit me like they were small/medium, and the large ones fit me as though they were medium-ish. The ones on sale are now running low.