Nor'easter Induced Winter Wear

At lunch today I had a bit of an Old Navy blackout and this happened:

Woops!

This was strangely similar to my Target and Forever 21 blackouts...the sales at these discount stores suck me in like a moth to a flame people!

But I'm going to go ahead and blame last night's Nor'easter and today's email about 50% off outwear PLUS 20% off PLUS free shipping on this one (because really how could it be my fault?).

I'd also like to point out that I haven't actually purchased anything yet...just made a rather embarassingly long wishlist.

This calls for some serious in-store try-on time because the fits at Old Navy aren't always ideal for my child sized frame but here are my top 6 favorites that I hope are perfect so they can find a nice new home in my closet:


  1. Long Belted Frost Free Coats 2. Softest Crew-Neck Sweaters 3. Button-Shoulder Sweater Dresses 4. Fair Isle Cardigan 5. Softest Printed-Crew Sweaters 6. Pleated Wool-Blend Coats

Gym? What’s that?

After talking about it for at least two months I finally found myself standing at the front desk of a gym one day, handing over my credit card so I can watch 30 Rock while on the elliptical. Now that I’ve successfully gone a couple of times every week, taken a few classes, and had a personal trainer give me a limp I think I’ve earned the right to go shopping for some cute gym clothes! Lulu Lemon has yoga pants that I would wear to work every day if they didn’t insist on a business casual dress code and Old Navy has some great work out tops according to their latest sing-along commercials. Here are my current gym must-haves:

Lulu Lemon Groove Pant

If I’m going to sweat and turn beat red at the gym

I might as well wear a cute compression top while I’m at it.

Technically, these are not a must-have since they are already in my possession

but these lightweight FAAS 300 Running Shoes from Puma are the best things to ever happen to my feet.

"Breezy to the touch, great for going out..."

I’ve been an Old Navy enthusiast since my style-impaired middle school years (why didn’t anyone tell me blue eye shadow wasn’t the look for me?) and I still love going to them for affordable clothes and accessories. Recently I’ve been seeing a lot of this ad on TV and as I was thinking that the song was getting really annoying I also found myself saying “…but I really do want that blouse.” Tunics and blouses are my current wardrobe staples for work and play because they work so well with my favorite skinny black pants and with jeans. I think it’s safe to say an Old Navy trip is in my near future. Some of my favorite new tops that will be hanging in my closet soon enough: