a little secret.

When I logged on last night, I cannot tell you what a smile it brought to my face to see that I now have over 50 followers! It means the world to me that each one of you finds what I write worth reading enough to click the "follow" button. Not only that, I'm overwhelmed with the blog love {i.e. sweet comments} all of you have been leaving me. 

All this being said, I truly don't know how to thank you. I'm not super saavy on all this blog giveaway business yet {can someone teach me pretty please!?!}, but I decided that the best way to celebrate hitting the 50 mark with letting you in on a little secret....

{renttherunway}
Ok, it may not be a secret to all of you, but Rent the Runway is about the best thing to happen to me {fashion-wise!} in the last year. I share this "secret" with you because if everyone knew about it, it would take some of the fun away ;)

Rent the Runway is, for all intents and purposes, a dress and jewelry rental website. Say you have a holiday party or are going out on New Year's Eve...well, you obviously want to look your best! You put in the date of your event, your size, and--voilà--it shows you a zillion different dresses you can rent to dress to impress. {You can even sort by dress length, body type, occasion, etc.}

It seems a little too good to be true, I know, but trust me here...I rented a fantastic Shoshanna dress for a wedding in early November and no one guessed that I was only borrowing the dress for the weekend. Let's be honest, I hate spending my hard earned cash on dresses I can only wear once--maybe twice--because we're in the era of facebook phototagging. Consider Rent the Runway the best friend's closet you always wanted to raid...

Whenever I tell my friends about RTR, they always say they would never really know what size to request. Geniuses that they are, the folks at Rent the Runway realized that and offer you two sizes with each rental--for no extra fee! The dresses are mailed to you the day before the event in a garment bag {which you get to keep} and the {already paid} return shipping envelope is included. You just drop the package in the mail within the allotted rental period {either four or eight days} and you're good as gold. If you get spilled on while wearing the dress, it's no sweat because they include a $5 insurance policy.

It's basically like they thought of everything.

The even better part is that they're currently running a clearance sale where they're retiring dresses--and you can get them for more than half off! Hello, brands I can never otherwise afford...come to momma!

{screenshot via renttherunway}

Thank you all again for making me a little stop in your day...I cannot tell you what your "blog love" means to me. Here's to looking fabulous this holiday season {and beyond}, courtesy of Rent the Runway!  

Until next time, xoxo {av}

P.S. Shhh...here's the dress I rented for NYE. I wanted to channel my inner Blair Waldorf ;)
P.P.S. Apparently they also have giftcards...it could be a great gift for your impossible-to-buy-for friends!

28 comments:

  1. This is so cool! Thanks for sharing :)

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  2. rent the runway is fabulous! and i love your NYE dress - you're going to look so chic ;)

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  3. Am I dreaming? A dress renting website? Please tell me it's not a dream
    Thank you for sharing ^_^

    hugs,

    Ana*

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  4. I love love love Rent the Runway! That NYE dress is perfect! Hm, I wonder if they have more in stock, in my size hehe! Thanks for reminding me of this great site!
    Xoxo!

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  5. i've heard about it, but completely forgot about it! LOVEEEEEEE the dress you've picked out, i've seen it before and fell in love. oxoxo

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  6. that is awesome! LOVE the dress you picked for NYE! thanks for sharing :)

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  7. love love love rent the runway!! my roommate picked out the same dress for nye :) great minds think alike. xo kendall

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  8. I'm officially obsessed with your NYE dress! I have no idea what I'm going to wear yet, but seeing that gorgeous dress makes me think that I should step it up a bit. Congrats on the followers too, by the way! I have no idea how I wasn't one before, but now I definitely am. :)

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  9. I love Rent the Runway! I just need to throw more parties so I have more occasions to get gorgeous dresses :)

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  10. Yay!! Over 50 followers is so fun (: I love this rent the runway idea! Maybe I'll try it sometime soon (: The dress you chose is simply adorable!!

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  11. Congratulations on hitting this milestone! RTR is awesome, isn't it? Before this company was founded I was always saying how come this doesn't exist and when they finally did it almost a year ago I was super thrilled!

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  12. SERIOUSLY? I feel like I just won a mini-lottery. And I LOVE the dress you are renting for NYE. Hotness!! I am going to have to take advantage of this site, thank you for sharing it!

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  13. thanks for the tip! i will def check this site out!! xoxo jcd

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  14. IT'S SO CUTE!!!! love it. I need to find one now :)

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  15. k this is the best idea i've ever seen. thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing! this is such a fabulous thing-especially with all the holiday parties coming up:) LOVE those dresses you chose! So stylish! happy tuesday!

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  16. LOVE the NYE dress, it will be fab! thanks for sharing your secret!

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  17. What a great little secret! Thanks for sharing!! It is just like the purse rental idea that they did on the Sex and the City movie!! Btw, I love your NYE dress!! You will be stunning!!

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  18. i LOVE rent the runway. though they did send me the wrong earrings once which rather ruined my outfit plans but they were nice about it. they have such beautfiul things! :)

    i wander, i wonder

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  19. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh MILLY.

    You are a girl after my own heart.

    I
    heart
    Milly.

    Fab choice.

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  20. thanks for sharing :) I will definately check it out!! really cool post, your blog is lovely :)

    xxx

    lifeisroyalty.blogspot.com

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  21. What an incredible idea... such a shame I'm way down here in New Zealand!

    Andrea x
    andreareh.blogspot.com

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  22. How fun that you rented something from there!! I've always wanted to try it!

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  23. Absolutely swooning over your New Years Eve pick-DIVINE!

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  24. i am a member but havent actually gotten a dress this way yet but it is UNREAL. love it.

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  25. it is such a warm feeling logging in and seeing new followers. it makes the blog you are writing feel worth something.

    cheers to the current number of followers and many more to come!

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  26. Congrats on 50 followers! :)
    It's so exciting to watch your own blog grow!

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  27. OMG you like saved my life!
    What a nice treat :D
    Thank you!

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