Give Us $100 At Old Navy And This Is What We’d Get

We were driving past the mall the other day when we said to ourselves: What would we do if we had $100? We would probably spend it bagels, and magazines, and that G2 version of Gatorade. And possibly a pretzel. However: What would we do if were given $100 and had to spend it at Old Navy? We figured putting this to the test was the best way of seeing if there’s anything good at Old Navy at the moment. This is what we found.

What we found, really, was that we would have had a lot of change left over from that $100 bill. The problem is that, of course, we’re looking for things that actually fit us, rather than are just appealing to us—there are loads of things we love, and that we have recommended here, that would look terrible on us, and so—we would not spend our $100 on them. This jean jacket appeared to make the grade, however—in fact, we loved it. This is the women’s denim jacket, $29.50. Keep!

Next: we totally loved this shirt, but we were between two sizes—and honestly, shirts with buttons sort of freak us out. Button-down shirt, $12.99 (cute, but apparently no longer online.) Return.

This is not a very exciting shirt but we thought it was sort of neat anyway. This is when we realized that this was one of the least exciting shopping trips we would ever be on. Hopefully. California t-shirt, $14.50. Here’s a sort of similar one online, and cheaper. The difference in prices between online and in-store is making our head spin a bit. Cali SF t-shirt, $10. Keep, unenthusiastically.

Again, this is so unspectacular, but we sort of really like this shirt, in the way you might like it when the mail shows up earlier than you expected. This is also much cheaper online! We’re honestly never spending money in a store again. Black stripe racerback tank, $7 ($12.50 in store.) Keep.

This shirt is so boring we literally almost fell asleep while putting it on. And honestly, we can’t figure out which one of the like 30 black v-neck tops this is. It is just that anonymous. We don’t know; everyone needs a black v-neck, but we just weren’t in the mood. Return.

Again, nothing special, but this one we sort of liked. Ruffle-tiered v-neck, $14.50 in store, $10 online. Keep, we guess.

Now these! These we can get excited about. Tank tops and denim jackets—that’s what we go to Old Navy for. Tank tops, $8.50 each

There was more—there were skirts and tops, a couple camisoles and some shoes. But nothing particularly special. Not that this perspective is at all clear from this post, but we really like Old Navy, and recognize it as a great place to buy basics. One, without which, we would certainly be lost.

Final tally:

• Denim jacket: $29.50
• T-shirt: $14.50
• Racerback: $12.50
• Lemon tank: $14.50
• Two tank tops: $17

Total: $88

We probably would have been happy with just the jean jacket, which is terrific—well cut, a great color, and the equal, in our opinion, to, say, the $198 Paige Vermont jacket. In this case: twelve dollars change to spend at Auntie Anne’s.