Visions of fashion dancing in my head

Hey all. Sorry it has been a week since my last post — the work travel season is heating up, literally. I am heading down to Florida later on this week, and I'm excited about breaking into some spring clothes and open-toed shoes (I'd better schedule that pedicure.) The temperature is supposed to be around 70!

All the websites focus on springs colors such as navy, green, orange and tan — love it! I am heading out tomorrow to see what a few stores hold. There is a Banana Republic Factory Store about 40 minutes from my home and they just started carrying petites. For a casual business event on Saturday, I am envisioning a cream pair of khaki pants, with a navy blue three-quarter sleeve crewneck, a chunky orange necklace and these killer croc-embossed brown wedges from Ralph Lauren (I purchased them today — originally $145, marked down to $15! DSW is having a great sale if you have the patience to look through all the racks.) Hopefully, I can find all the pieces to "make it work" as the lovely Tim Gunn would say.

Being small has its advantages ... sometimes

I was out shopping at Banana Republic today and was bummed out because none of their sale clothes were petite or a regular x-small. But then I found a classic merino wool black turtleneck in XS and the best part was the price: $22.99 and then I had a 20 percent off coupon. Sweet ... It was originally $58.

Then later on in the day I headed over to the Banana Republic Factory Store in search of shoes. I came across a classic pair of black heels in my size (6) but no price on them. They were in the clearance section .... when I got to the register, the associate told me the good news. A $78 pair of heels for $5.19.

Now I think these bargains balance out the expensive jeans, but my friend wasn't buying it. Still this was another great shopping day.