Jackie, we're crossborder boxers!!!! I do the same thing. Mine is in a LUMBER store. So I go try my stuff on in their bathroom. It should be pretty funny this time....I bought a TON of bras to try, and I'm a ridiculously small size, and it's very likely none of them will work on me....and the mirror there is this tiny over the sink mirror....
Actually, Mona and I have hatched a plan. We live in the same city -- we're going to drive to the box, pick up our stuff, and take it to a mall not far away, where we will hop into a TJ Maxx on the pretense that we need to try THEIR stuff on....and try on all this other stuff at the same time. I'm not sure how we will get it into the change rooms. That is a hurdle we have yet to overcome. But no doubt we will find a way. I DO have an extra-large tote, after all.
Phew. Okay. I have the cranberry suede Munros from last year. Love them. I agree that leather is smarter for your climate, although I have heard that even the suede was water resistant, and I've actually been in light rain with mine to no ill effect.
Love your new bag. I am a sucker for simple bags like that. It will look great with your Camper sandals.
The athletic wear is a no brainer. If it works for you, it's perfect. Ditto the Caslon top. Angie actually recommended it to me not long ago, and as you know, I'm another who doesn't do drape all that well. So if she thought it would work for me, it should work for you. (I ended up not ordering it because I want a different colour than they have now.)
I laughed out loud about your shopping cart. I think I spent $6,000 last year -- not in actual fact, but I ordered that much. I ended up sending almost all of it back, so it was okay. This year I was much more restrained. Which is not to say I didn't order. But hey...underwear doesn't count, right? If you only count the clothes, it was almost austerity.