Yay! I think I had a successful shopping spree. And spree is was. I probably spent more money on clothes in a single day than I did all last year (granted, I usually only by clothes from Fred Meyer or Costco, like a shirt at a time). But I had a plan, knew I wanted quality basic pieces and knew that this was a gift of a day. My two boys, husband and new puppy were all gone for the whole day and I had no other time obligations. So I basically shopped from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. I pre-shopped at Nordstroms for two hours then invited my daughter to join me to make final big decisions - thanks girl! - had lunch together, then went off on my own to shop for shoes and cheap tops at Value Village, JC Penny, and Target.

It would be funny to take outfit pictures like one of those fashion bloggers I know, or even pictures of what I got but I'm not that motivated. Here's the printed rundown: two pairs of nice fitting trousers from Gap in black and charcoal, a khaki military-style short jacket from Michael Kors, a cream color flouncy top from Michael Kors, a charcoal shirt dress, a purple long cardigan, a great new winter coat, four new tops, and a new pair of Dansko shoes. One change in my shopping pattern I noticed was just mentally admitting that I'm a bit bigger than I want to be and just pulling one size up in everything. It's just too depressing to have everything you try on too tight. Just practicing letting go!