A million thanks for all the encouragement and advice with my two jackets yesterday. I was so happy and excited, I could barely sleep! Anyway, I decided I will still keep the Halogen since it's a great deal, and has such a different vibe from the Chanelesque jacket.

The consensus here was that the regular, non-petite size hit me at a better length. I decided I will go to Nordstrom tomorrow, where they still have the regular in stock, and see what type of alterations would be possible to the sleeves, what that would entail in work and cost.

If it would be too costly or hard or impossible to do, I will stick with the petite. The length difference in the body is fairly negligible to my eye, while in my unprofessional opinion, really long sleeves, even cuffed, are going to do worse damage to the visual line of this sleek jacket than the cropped length.

I'll let you all know what they say, of course. Regardless, I truly appreciate people's feedback here. Thanks again.