Shorts?! its 27 degrees!

Ok, so I went shopping for real today. Meaning, in person, not online. Really I just ran to the mall to return a Lands End mail order item at Sears, but I had some free time so I decided to browse Aeropostale, Vanity, Justice, and The Buckle. Wound up getting something at every store-eek!  But fun! ;D

Got some highly discounted sweatshirt hoodies and sweatpants for T at Aero, and some jeans for her at Vanity. Since W had nothing, I ran into Justice and got her a little something off the clearance rack so she wouldn't feel left out (and it was a good deal too so it was ok). I also finally found a pair of sweatpants for me that fit (!) I have been trying some on periodically over the last couple years and never found a pair that fit the way sweatpants should fit (baggy!)... however, maybe that's because I usually try them on at Aero and let's face it , their clothes are cut for skinny teens, not women with hips. But I finally did find a pair there and  they are comfy. Now I finally have a comfy pair of sweats to wear on Saturdays and I will still look like a normal person if I wear them to town. Right now I wear old baggy draggy pants that are super comfy but look raggy, saggy, and baggy and certainly aren't 'town worthy' ha ha.  Anyway, I like them and I'm happy I found them.

Then I went over to the Buckle to see if they had anything worthwhile. The last several times I've been there nothing has sparked my attention, but today they had lots of new capris and shorts. Isn't it crazy that the stores stock all the summer stuff in January??!! That always bugs me, because truthfully I don't want to shop or buy summer clothes in the middle of winter, I want to buy them in summer! 

However...learning from experience, at the Buckle their stuff is GONE if you wait till its actually the right weather to wear it. I've done that in prior years, going in there in the summer to look for particular shorts, and they will have 2 styles left and none of them are the types, cuts, lengths, or sizes I want. Well, today when I was there they had LOTS of bermuda length shorts (yippee!) I can't stand short shorts. And honestly, 90% of the females out there wearing 1-2 inch inseam shorts SHOULDN'T be!  I am smart enough to know that short of a short does not look good on me so I refuse to buy those. I was very happy they had the longer style, and lots of them. They ALSO had  several in the EASY cut, which I LOVE. They are so much more comfortable and fit my body type so much better. Its a pleasure to try that cut on, they feel so good. Whereas, when I am trying on the regular cut and I am wiggling and tugging trying to get them up over my thighs and tush, only to finally get them up and then they are way too big in the waist (but there is no chance I can get a smaller size or they won't make it up past my knees lol) Anyway, these easy fit styles are much more comfy, go on easily , fit me well, and I love em. Last season I found the easy fit in Miss Me's. Well, this season Rock Revival also is offering an easy fit (yippee!), now if I could just get my most favorite brand (Big Star Vintage) to offer an easy fit, I'd be smiling from ear to ear :)

So all this to say... it was 27 degrees this morning, and I bought 3 pairs of shorts and ordered a pair of capris today. Now I've become just as crazy as the stores selling them! lol.  Oh well , I don't regret it, they all fit great and I know if I hadn't gotten them today and tried to go back in the spring or summer I would NOT have found the right cuts, lengths, and sizes that I found today. Below are some pictures to show how cute they are.

My new bermuda shorts  cute cute cute

The ones on the left actually fit me in a smaller size, but I like my clothes baggier if possible so I bought the normal size I buy in 'easy', so this pair is a little bit more laid back in styling. A bit of baggyness, which I like. The other two are just regular fitting(easy), but they all look nice, I like them. I am actually trying to buy jeans/capris/shorts in more of a non-blingy style (like Vintage Big Star), but I am not finding any like that recently, so I guess I will cherish the two pairs I have that I got years ago, they are very low-key, no bling, a bit boyfriend-fitting (ie baggy) and I love em. Always have my eyes open for more like that, but even this season so far all the Big Star Vintage I've seen isn't similar to the stuff I have that I like and want more of. So I wound up with some more 'blingy' styled ones, but I DO like them :)
This next picture is the capris I ordered. I will see how they fit when they arrive to determine if I keep them or not. I would hope they fit well, but they are regular cut, not easy, so I know before they arrive they won't be as comfy as I like the easy ones. But.... the pockets are so darn cute!!!!!! They have all these 60-70's inspired stitching (peace signs, paisleys, etc) I love em, they are so cute, but I don't know if they will wind up fitting. I love stitching on jeans that reminds me of retro stuff. I have a pair of True Religion shorts that have orange/red/yellow rainbow like stitching on their pockets and I LOVE them simply because those pockets remind me of the 70's lol

Don't know why I can't rotate this photo, it was upright where I uploaded it from?? anyway, these are the retro capris I was talking about, aren't they cute!!!???? I love 70's retro stuff!

So, yes, I had fun on my impromptu shopping trip today, but it wasn't nearly as fun paying with 'real' money today, as it was paying with 'free' money yesterday (with all my reward dollars and gift cards).  Got some cute stuff though and having fun ;P