Thank you, everyone! I am cutting the tags off!
Angie, I laughed so hard at the thought of a spanking.
My husband will be very gratified. He is the one who pushed me into the store to look. I might have walked by...and even if I went in and found it I probably wouldn't have tried it on without his prodding because it was more money than I had hoped to pay.
But when you consider that it's the everyday coat for several months a year, and I do go out every day, the cost per wear will become negligible.
And it can be my early Christmas present!
Kelly, it is great to know you have had a positive experience with Lole products. I wasn't familiar with them but now that I see the online offerings, it looks as if they make extremely stylish gear. I'm glad to know about it for my other needs, as well!
I looked up reviews of earlier renditions of this coat and all were very positive. It's hard to know whether you can trust those reviews, but I can tell right away that this is a lot better made than my previous LE and LL Bean down coats. YAY!!
Thank you again, everyone. I can't tell you how helpful it is to be able to come here for feedback. (Well, most of you already know!) But really, it's incredible.
Also, my husband totally gets it. Actually, if that other woman hadn't bought the raspberry coat, we were going to bring BOTH home and get pics so you could compare (his idea) and then return one. He has become an honorary YLFer!