OOTD (featuring the wool twill club pants)

Technically this is not my outfit of the day (I'm still in my pjs and I don't think I'm going to wear this this morning as we still have snow on the sidewalk), but it has been an outfit of the day a few weeks ago, when I came back from vacation. I meant to post this earlier because I LOVE everything about this outfit, but I never got around to it.
The reason why I'm posting it today is that it gives me the occasion to do a quick review of the Wool twill club pants in case you are considering ordering these with the 20% off promo. I'm really puzzled that these pants are still available in more or less all the sizes (at least in the butterscotch and black), because they are LOVELY and CLASSIC and if you can get them (like I did) for around $30, they are a great deal.
But first, the OOTD pics:





I'm wearing a 0. These also come in 00 but I couldn't even button them, so I would say that they run TTS. They are equally nice with low heels (above) and flats (below):



Now, I know that these pants have a bad reputation because people were complaining on the JCA blog that they pile like crazy between the legs (and that's maybe the reason why they are still lingering in the sale section). And I can understand that if you have paid $98 you are entitled to be mad if your pants pile. But for $30 I was ready to take the risk and you know that I'm not that concerned by piling because I have a secret weapon. Plus these are not pants that I plan on wearing often and for a long stretch during the day. In fact I wore them to go to the doctor and then the day after to take my daughter to another "interview" (by the way, I'm done with that!)
Anyway, they did pile a little bit around the crutch after the second wear, but nothing that can't be undone and for me the pros outdo the cons by far. First of all there aren't many wool pants out there that look good on petite figures. They tend to be wide-leg and wide-leg pants overwhelm me most of the times. The cropped leg on wool pants is great for us petites. Second, they are fully lined and one of the reason why I don't buy wool pants often is that they tend to be itchy. In fact I had almost given up on the whole wool pants idea after the last time that I wore a pair for dinner and I spent most of my evening in the restaurant's restrooms to scratch my bare legs to get some relief. Well, because there are lined, no itching (tested and approved). Third, I have been looking for a pair of neutral (beige-ish) pants for a while and the butterscoth color is such a great neutral.
As a top I'm wearing the cashmere boatneck popover. I know that I had said that I wouldn't buy multiples of this (I have the cinnamon spice already), but when the heather grey popped back in my size I couldn't resist the great price and I have to say that when I put it on I was completely smitten. So I take back what I said. It fits even better than the cinnamon spice and I don't have another grey cashmere sweater.

The pants look good with the Donegal shawl cardigan (that was the cardigan that I had originally tried them with when they came out in stores). The color is more of a match than what it looks in the pic:



And also with the Funnelneck sweater (the pants kind of play down the military accents of the sweater):



I really reccomend these pants to anyone who is not afraid of piling! Get them before it's too late!