Second part of my day off at Union Square, my friend and I went to some nearby stores. She had to leave for work not long after so I was on my own and first stop was DSW. On the windows by the entrance, I saw they had so many nice bags, so I started snapping away, some Anne Klein handbags.

Took this one for a friend since she says Vince Camuto leather is the best.

Didn't get close enough to these to know the brands.

This was the table of Ralph Lauren handbags and some Christmas colors.

Thought this was a great looking Calvin Klein bag.

The wall of clutches.

I was looking at the flats section and got a close up of a Vince Camuto flat.

Thought these were cute, together they spell out Love.

My next stop was Burlington Coat Factory, which was above DSW. This Betsy Johnson purse was so cute because it was tiny and a nice design.

I saw these pair of earrings and fell in love with them, which would be great for fall given the colors and then I saw the same design in other colors, which I also loved since I love blue, but are $1 more for some reason. Didn't buy either of them because I don't know which pair I want more.

And lastly was at Forever 21, trying to find my thanksgiving outfit. I knew I wanted wine colored, so after a very long search I finally found some dresses to try on. Second picture came out kind of blurry, but I took it quickly since there was a long line of people waiting for the dressing room.

Tried on an Anne Klein dress in my size 4, but it was fitting loose, so it was a no.

I also liked this dress, but was a size 8, so again loose. Tried it with a furry jacket and without.

Next up was the Target dressing room and found this a line skirt I've been wanting, I had tried on a striped one in Nicaragua, but that one was $50. Still couldn't get this one even though it was over half the price because it was a tight small and it was the only one.

I was looking for a business casual dress for Monday's networking event. I liked that this dress had pockets and longer sleeves, but seemed a bit too casual.

Of course here is the dress I bought, first dress I tried on at Target and my first little black dress. I also bought the ivory furry jacket to possible wear for Thrursday's event, along with a cocktail purse from Burlington.

Last night I went to my first event in NYC, it was Toast to Tanzania, hosted by Opportunity International, a group of young ambassadors trying to end global poverty. So it was my first charity event and networking event as well, I was finally able to put my monogrammed Henri Bendel card holder to use. I was invited through my boss and an old employee of hers.

It was a business casual event and most of my nicer clothes are still with my cousin upstate, so my boss lent me a dress, I wore my American Eagle flats from Payless and my Anne Klein purse from Marshalls.

Wore my pearl necklace and bracelet, Zetram Designs.

Wore Henri Bendel stack rings and cuff.

It was an open bar so I had Chardonney since there was no Pinot Grigio. Made some new friends and possible future events for myself. One of the speakers was Mark Lutz which has a book called Unpoverty that was given out at the end of the night in gift bags.