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I am a summer girl and the only good thing about fall is that summer dresses go on sale and I can stock up for next year. I snagged this retro dress which should make an excellent addition to my collection.

This is a great outfit. While I usually go for either bold prints or bright colors, the contrast here is great. I have a white skirt/black shirt combo I frequently wear in the summer, and something like this would make a good cold weather equivalent. The skirt itself seems to have a really nice cut, so it might have possibilities in other colors as well.

Every time I am browsing at bluefly, these catch my eye.

All summer I needed pink shoes and I couldn’t find any. Today, the first day it’s really dropped off into fall, I found these on sale for almost half off (with coupons).

I originally saw them in yellow, but pink will be much more versatile for me. Too bad I won’t really get to wear them until the spring.

In other news, I’ve been returning things like a mad woman. Free shipping is a great thing, but online shopping is so much harder than in-person shopping. Nearly everything I’ve ordered in the last month has gone back. Keepers include the brown shoes and boots and the pink DVF shirt.

This is the final Nordstrom find, on sale for over half off. I have a similar dress that is black, but I’ve had my eye on this pink one for over a year. Aah free shipping - it’s like bringing the mall to my house without the obnoxious kids.

OH man I cannot even explain how excited I am about the playoffs. Seriously. So, amid my shopping for dresses and boots, I stopped in at the Nike store and picked up this new cubs shirt for $15!

If this fits and I keep it, it will definitely be a splurge item. I limit pretty much all of my big wardrobe spending to things for work that I can wear at least 3 seasons and for multiple years. This dress, however, would be for going out. I suppose with a sweater over the top I might be able to make it work for work, but that is not my intent. Now that I go on dates, I want a date dress.

Notice the really great details like the fuchsia piping on the neck.

For a year, I have been on the hunt for a pair of brown shoes and also a pair of brown boots. It shouldn’t be that hard, should it? Yet I have not been able to find something that I really love, which is my minimum threshold for buying something. Those LAMB boots were great in the picture, but made me look like a prostitute in real life. I’ve sent back 3 other pairs of brown boots. The same goes for the shoes. Today, though, I ordered a pair of both by Maxstudio that I think will solve my problems.

First the shoes, courtesy of the Nordstrom sale:

Next the boots. These aren’t as adorned as the others I’ve looked at, but the Zulli boots I ordered from there last year were amazing. I figured these will be nearly as good.