Caped Crusader!

As reported yesterday, I gave a bunch of winter coats away several months back.  It was the middle of summer, my apartment didn't have central air, and I was having a hot flash.  A major one.  It seemed to last most of the day, but I guess there was just a succession of them.  I was miserable and I happened to open the hall closet door and see wool, down, and fur.  Fake fur.  Anyway, I kind of lost it, and put all of them into bags and took them straight to SA.  

It got super cold much earlier than usual this year.  Last year on Thanksgiving it was 60 degrees.  This year, I don't think it was even 20 and it went downhill from there.  I spent all of November in a leather jacket layered with a sweater or two underneath.  I looked like an eight ball.  I searched the thrift stores for a coat, trying to stay away from wool since I'm allergic to it, but if I found one I really liked, I figured I'd just keep a safe layer underneath.  It didn't matter since I found nothing.  Thrift shopping has become a bit of a craze, so there's additional competition that didn't exist before.  I'm not happy about that.  Even though I'm the hot flash queen, I have to say that I was really getting cold and almost bit the bullet and went the "R" word---Retail.  Just before I caved, I hit the jackpot at Savers.  I found a down car coat, almost exactly like one that I gave away, plus a wool blend, Austrian made cape.  I was really excited about this.  Easy to wear.  Room for layers.  Instant chic.  My size.  YAY!

Free shoes from The Free Store.  Vintage Trotters!

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I was too cold to take my hands out of my pockets so I couldn't model it, but I carried this $3 estate sale purse to church yesterday.  

I've had it for a couple of years and finally got around to using it.  It's so pretty--no??

With two days left, I'm in good shape for Christmas.  I have a few more things to buy, but what I have bought is wrapped and ready.  I'm looking forward to chilling out tomorrow.  I got this!