I'm a little lost!

Peri

I have items in online shopping carts at AllSaints, Nordstrom, Anthropologie and JCrew but I can't decide what to order.

I haven't identified any real wardrobe holes...part of that is we are just now getting into the 60s and I've only been able to wear lightweight Fall items a few times. Part of it is that I did well last year, so I have a lot of things I like. I really could survive without buying anything, but cold weather clothes are my favorites and I just want to enjoy buying some and adding some new things!

I know the types of things I will wear, so it's not like the items would be wasted. But it feels wrong to be buying without a strong goal or direction. I like a multitude of things that I am seeing, but no strong can't live without kind of love yet either. I feel like I should hold out for true love, but I'm really getting the shopping itchies! What should I do?

10 years ago

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Carole

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Could you limit yourself to one great new piece to help cure the itch? Seems like if you are a little undecided about what to get and all over the map, it might help to wait until you have a clearer picture about what need.

10 years ago

Suz

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I'm with Carole. Maybe pick the *one* piece that you'd feel really sad about, if it happened to sell out before you pull the trigger, and give it a try.

Summer is my shorter season. And even with Angie's smart advice in my ears (buy early in the season!) I often wait until relatively late in the retail cycle to buy my summer things. I just can't identify what will really work for me in warmer weather when I'm still bundled in a puffer coat.

This year, I bought a few essential items in April and then didn't shop until halfway through June. Yeah, that June. The one I subsequently named "Juggernaut June." All of a sudden the weather warmed up, some nice items went on sale, I noticed that I could use some more tops, and -- well, I went nuts! But I ended up wearing the heck out of it all and loving it.

So you never know. Maybe late November you'll feel the itch, just in time for your big Thanksgiving sales?

10 years ago

Peri

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I know that's smart. I think I'm feeling a little FOMO, with all the sales and everyone posting such great WIWs and I'm still in T shirts. I may cave on one or two things. One is that floral J Crew sweatshirt from the blog today. I may try to put another up with favorites to get some feedback.

10 years ago

Suz

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That sweatshirt would look great on you. And it's on sale still, I think? Maybe now is the time...

10 years ago

Isabel

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I agree with Carole and Suz ! I would also like to point out that marketing now cultivates the urgency of shopping : FOMO. So I am not surprised that you are feeling this way. They want you to.

Something that has really helped me as I SYC for 3 months as I got a grip of what I really wanted from a wardrobe, was to have a Pinterest Wishlist board.

I pinned everything that I loved on there. This season has been a bonanza of my favorite colors. After a while, there were so many things that I started losing interest. Also, you could try putting some sort of capsule, or more than one, together and see if there are holes in individual capsules that you can fill. : )

10 years ago

Peri

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Okay, here are three things I'm most strongly itching over. Interesting that they all have the same color scheme...that would be another warning not to get all three. I like them all, can't decide.

The JCrew sweatshirt could possibly be the most useful one, but sometimes large prints overwhelm me. It reminds me of the Flora Mortis T from last year that I loved on others but not on me. That's something I won't know without trying. Hmmmm, decisions!

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10 years ago

deb

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It is getting colder here but I feel the same as you. I did buy a new coat which was a wardrobe hole and a jacket that I really did not need in Seattle.I just keep pinning the items I like on my Fall wish list and this seems to do the trick for me. Can you mix some of your loves from last year and make them feel fresh this year?

10 years ago

Isabel

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With winter coming, I say try the sweatshirt. If you love it, then buy it. That is a nice add on, IMO .

10 years ago

DonnaF

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If you have a Nordstrom card, next Wed. & Thur. are Double Points Days so you may as well wait to order until then. Also, from the postcard they sent me, it seems they will be marking down a lot of stuff then.

I have a TON of things on my Wish List, but I add and subtract all the time and watch for markdowns. And even then, I'm not always motivated to pull the trigger since I know I can get dressed without said item. On Double Points Days I know I will buy a sweater stone and knee high hose (exciting, huh?) and probably a fit'n'flare midi skirt because I don't have anything in that shape, but I'm still hoping it will go on sale.

FWIW, today was the first time our daytime temps dipped into the low 60s. I wanted to wear a cute sweater that I bought a few months ago that DH said was too big. Ummm, I finally decided he was right. After I bought it, I saw Angie's commentary on that sweater that advised to size down. I bought it on deep discount, so a smaller size was not available. Good thing I bought it at Nordstrom, since it's been more than 30 days since the purchase.

If you end up ordering all three because, well, one can never be 100% sure about how something ordered online will look on one's body, just be 200% ruthless about returning if it's not a *10*. [Can you tell I order with abandon? And give my UPS guy, Rand, advice on Nordstrom ordering, markdowns, and returns?]

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