I'm out of town doing a training course, so I was limited to items available in-store, at least at the moment. I had my eye on several items from the catalog but ultimately decided against them (will try to post more on that later). I just picked up my mini-order this evening and I'm happy with all three items.

Laura Mercier lip kit - good value as the lip color sells for this price normally so you basically get the lip pencil for free. I wanted to get the Beauty Blender combo kit but it's online-only.

Lounge pants - fascinating. /sarcasm. Actually they are pleasantly long, which is hard to find.

Born booties - I got the 'peltro' which is a medium gray. I like the distressed leather as it gives a bit of the feel of suede without being such a pain to take care of, but it definitely is on the RATE side. The toe shape, stitching etc. have a cowboy boot vibe. I've been looking for a taupe/greige bootie for something like three years now, and I think this can fill the same niche - not black, cool-toned, works with denim and most of the colors I wear.