New Swim Suits from Old Navy & Crowdtap

Once again, I received a great opportunity to get out with Seester and gear up for the summer thanks to Old Navy and Crowdtap! I was so excited when I was accepted into the Old Navy Bathing Suit Sample Share through Crowdtap. If you're not a member of Crowdtap, you're missing out on a lot of cool opportunities! As a stay-at-home Mom I have to keep close tabs on my budget and the opportunities to try out free gear and earn points to cash in on awesome gift cards are always present on Crowdtap!

As soon as I received my gift card for TWO free swim suits I posted a photo on to Seester's Facebook page and asked her if she needed a new suit!

With my 6 year old son in tow, we met at our favorite little restaurant, The Sunshine Cafe, for a nice breakfast and then headed to Old Navy.

We headed to the swimsuit section to make our picks. We were momentarily mesmerized by the walls of flip-flops. (Amanda more so than me! lol)

 Unfortunately, I think we waited too long to make our trip. The suits had been picked through so our options were limited. I wear a size XS - S and there were VERY limited options. I had originally had my heart set on this adorable red polka dotted one-piece. Unfortunately it was out of stock. The only one-piece in my size was a cute little yellow polka-dotted suit with a little keyhole on the chest. The keyhole is what ruined it for me. I have a very tiny surgery scar, but the keyhole framed the scar drawing attention to it. So, it was a no-go. My second choice was the pink sweetheart bottoms paired with the pink halter top. However, the bottoms were completely sold out and the top was only available in larger sizes. My 3rd choice was a very hot orange 2-pc with cute little O-Ring details, however once again it was only available in the larger sizes. I found a lot of cute tops & bottoms in my size, but not matching sets! (I would find a top in my size, but no bottoms that matched and vice versa) I did eventually settle for a very cute black halter top and black string bikini bottom. It was very flattering and very cute!

Amanda is a size M, and therefore had a lot more options! She tried on a cute turquoise 1-pc bandeau suit, the 2-pc pink suit and the white & black crocheted 2-pc. Of course, she looked amazing in all 3 suits! She wound up choosing the white & black crocheted 2-pc.

As we were trying them on, my 6 year old son was a real trooper, playing photographer with my new Sony Cybershot. THEN disaster struck, he laid the camera down while we were trying on suits. It hadn't been out of his hand for more than 2 minutes, unfortunately a dishonest person saw the opportunity and picked up the camera. A sales associate for Old Navy who was near us, realized what happened. There was only one other person anywhere near us and the sales associate asked the woman if she had seen the camera. The woman said "No" and quickly fled the store. So, my camera was gone along with all of our photos. Talk about disheartening and putting a major damper on the entire trip. However, I talked it over with my sister and we agreed to try on the suits all over again to try & "recreate" the experience, taking photos with our phones. We were able to get some shots, but they're obviously not of the same quality as with my real camera.

All in all, the day had it's ups and downs. There's nothing I can do to retrieve the camera, however we both did get new suits out of it! Best of all, we had a good day together. SO, now I am saving up my Crowdtap points until I get enough to cash in for Amazon gift cards to replace the stolen Cybershot camera.