Fourth of July Sales Misc (Boden and Talbots)

Hello everybody! I wanted to post a few of my 4th of July sales picks before the end of the weekend. Great sales everywhere coupled with my birthday coming up (next week) generally mean that I go a little bit crazy at this time of the year and this year is no exception ;-).

I will start with my sale pick at Boden. I am not a Boden babe but there is an items that I have been eyeing all the season and wanted to try once it hit sale. It's the Fringed Tweed Jacket. I am crazy about tweed and this jacket looked great on Tabitha, who reviewed it in this post. It also didn't seem to sell very well, so I was sure that it would get marked down big time and in fact it went straight from 188 to $74. I ordered it in the blue and cream colorway in a size 4 (the reviews recommended to size up and I am usually a 2 in blazers).
Right out the box I knew that I would keep the blue one, the colors are just stunning IRL (the pics don't do it justice and there are subtle metallic threads that doesn't come up in the pics) and it reminds me very much of a Chanel jacket worn by Blake Lively in a recent issue of the French Vogue:

It is lined in blue cotton (sleeves are acetate) with a pink piping:

Size-wise I could have gone with a 2 probably, it is a little bit roomy in the chest/shoulders but I think I will keep this one (the shipping/returns are not free during the Boden sale and I am not sure that I want to spend another $10 in shipping only to find out that the 2 is too snug) as I will probably wear it with a sweater. I tried it very quickly with a pair of jeans, so this is not an "outfit":

This is the cream in case some of you are interested:

I have also shopped the red hanger sale at Talbots and ordered the Patent leather pointy-toe pump in the cameo rose color, which are a dead ringer for the popular Jcrew perfect patent pumps in dusty rose, but with a higher heel. I have only a pair of classic pumps, in black patent, and I have been looking for a light colored pair. I had already ordered them in my regular size a while ago, when the price dropped below $100, but I found them to run a bit big (there was a little bit of room between my ankle and the heel), so I took advantage of the new markdown and free shipping to reorder them in a narrow fit and also half a size smaller. I had a real hard time but I ended up keeping my regular size in the narrow fit. Here I am trying them with a little Theory strapless dress that I plan to wear to a "fireworks party" tomorrow (but I will probably wear flats as there is a little bit of walking involved):

I really reccomend these for the current price ($44) if you can still find your size (free shipping is automatically applied to $100 orders until tomorrow), they look more expensive than they are and as far as I can tell tehy are comfortable (for a pair of pointy-toe shoes). At first I was a little bit thrown off by the high heel, but I got used to it pretty quickly.
I also bought in store a pair of their Signature Fit Garment-Dyed Capris in the cafe au lait color. I was looking for a pair of pants in this color, which reads like a light cream and couldn't find anything similar at Jcrew (the closest to this color is the natural of the Oxford scout chinos but I don't like the fit). These are very soft and comfortable to wear (the fabric is very similar to the Oxford cotton) and I like the hardware. I am wearing a size 2 regular (that "just" fits) with the Calypso tied-dyed sweater:

I have more sale picks from JCrew but my time is up and I will post them in another occasion. If I don't come back before Tuesday, have a great 4th of July all!

Are you shopping the sales this 4th of July weekend?