The last 48 hours at Meese have been quite crazy. Cleaning, unpacking all our clothes, dusting, tagging, a little dancing on the new floor, more dusting, building, unpacking more clothes, and even more dusting. Tonight as we left we had a long look at our little boutique and really appreciated all that it is. We have had the space for nearly three years and it is definitely a highlight in our lives, we have grown with it and love Meese dearly….. and at last Meese is on the brink of re-opening. Being closed for almost 10 days has been a lot to adjust to, not being able to enjoy all of our Meeses pieces from our great designers, and missing all of our wonderful customers . Tomorrow we will have one last day of clean-up ( because the dust just keeps-a-comin ), do the final finesse, and mark all the SALES throughout the store. Then thursday Meese Clothing will be back in business! We have 60 NEW Sessa Wearables spring pieces for the store: skirts, dresses and tonnes of tops. We also have new jewelry from ‘Kiko’ ( Edmonton ) and ‘Wine on Sundays’ ( Ottawa ) and Salgado Fenwick has dropped off a few ladies tees and a bunch of mens tees as well.

So now on to our Grande re-opening deals…..

GRAND RE-OPENING SALE
-Thursday, Feb 4th - Feb 14th
-ALL CLOTHING 40% off (excluding new spring arrivals)
-PURSES & BELTS 30% off
-2 Super-Sale racks 70% off

To celebrate the opening day, if you come in and buy 2 new Sessa Wearables pieces you will get the third free ( least expensive item is free ) .

We are so pumped to celebrate this thursday and see everybody’s smiling faces. We have the best customers and truly can’t wait to show everyone the new and improved Meese Clothing.
xxxxooo
Meese

So after much debate I finally bought my winter coat. I really surprised myself by going with the black Elroy coat in the end. I personally don’t own a tonne of black, but I decided maybe I should have a solid black wool coat. This Elroy jacket is amazing, not only is it made with recycled material its super cute too. The sleeves are nice and big so I can fit a sweater or blazer under it, and the waist is nicely highlighted with a tie belt. Oh yes, and the pockets are HUGE! Which is really important, they can hold an entire lunch including my banana. All in all I would have to say that this is officially my new favorite coat. Thank you Elroy for giving girls like me a reason to go out in the cold.

…..if you don’t have your favorite winter coat yet, come on down to Meese and find it…..

Tomorrow is the big nite! December 3rd from 6 - 9pm join us at Meese. St. Albert will be having its official Christmas Tree light up, Santa and his Reindeer, horse and wagon rides, live entertainment and more. Here at Meese we will be having hot chocolate and delicious homemade ginger snaps!
( the ginger snaps are to die for…. made by Evans mom ) Also at Meese to celebrate the nite, we will be having a SALE!!! ( when you mention sale here at Meese you always have to include exclamation points…at least 2 because its so exciting ) Everything from 6 - 9pm in the store will be 15% off. YES EVERYTHING WILL BE ON SALE…. so if you were eyeing up the newest Brave Belts tomorrow nite is the time to scoot on down…..

…. the time has come to give all of our awesome customers a perk!  Come in to Meese Clothing starting this Wednesday the 18th until Sunday the 22nd and receive 20% off of all clothing.  This is our way of thanking all of you out there for all the love and support you’ve given us here at Meese for the last 2 1/2 years.  With this great sale not only can you grab something for yourself… its a fantastic way to start or finish your Christmas shopping.  

xoxxo Meese

Evan and I extended the size of our garden last Fall with the rototiller, and doubled the size for this spring/summer. Wow! We not only grew as many veggies as possible, we actually had a huge yield as well. The space held 6 types of lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, swiss char, green peppers and hot peppers, potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, an entire herb section, and beautiful sunflowers. On the side we also had 5 types of tomatoes in their own cozy little wooden homes. We experimented a lot with the food on our new BBQ and also featured a spread for every Artwalk we hosted. (as well as sent every friend home with a bag o’ goodness ) Sadly the time has come to once again to rototill it, and put the remnants back to the earth. Next year we are leaving the ground fallow to re-energize the soil for 2011. We have already prepared a full legend for our planting needs in the future. I must say my favorite time in the day is the morning, and watering the garden with the sunrise was ‘oh so dreamy’. Thanks to the earth for providing us with such riches.

p.s. we have one pumpkin growing to enjoy at Halloween!

We had the longest/shortest eventful road trip ever! Driving a way-too-big diesel truck, it was just Evan and I on the open road. The entire premise of the trip was to make Miss Stephanie’s Victoria wedding. Miss Stephanie has a very special place here at Meese and with Sessa Wearables. She started sewing the house label with me before Meese even took foot… or hoof. And when it was time to create Meese she was right at our side helping iron, stock, and even hang a mirror before or grande opening! She will always be close to our hearts…and thats why we were more than tickled pink to be with her on her very special day. We spent everyday driving at least 8 hours, and made it to the wedding and back in 5 days. The new Mrs. Vandersteen was well worth it!

May long weekend is over, so its now safe to say summer is on its way.  We have been madly sewing up great dresses, for the long sunny days to come!  Come to Meese and find your new favorite….

The Chantilly dress here is also featured in the newest Parlour magazine on our lovely model Alexa.

Make-up by Landice

Hair by Blush

Photo by Centree Photography

ARTWALK begins at Meese! Our first artist will be kicking things off here on May 7th at 6pm until 9pm, and his pieces will remain featured here for the entire month. Come down and meet him, experience his work, and graze on refreshments!
Artist #1
Brad Kennedy is a 29 year old artist residing in St. Albert. He has studied fine arts, graphic design, and architecture at post secondary level. Here he is displaying vivid acrylic paintings titled “Embodied” containing descriptive portraitures.

Meese is practically bursting with great new pieces.  We’ve most recently received our new Astrosatchel bags pictured below.  In the past week alone we’ve had 8 deliveries!  We’ve got great summer dresses from J’Dore, Frank Lyman, Papillion Blanc, and wonderful eco-friendly pieces from Refurbished, Elroy, and, Lav & Kush.