OOTD and A Few Sale Picks

It is POURING today and I had to walk more than ten blocks in the rain, all trying to look polished at arrival. I am going to show you my outfit at the end of this post, if I have time (it doesn't involve any new item). First, I wanted to post a few of my sale picks that I have received this week (except for one, that I bought and received earlier). The real trigger of my order was the Scalopped lace shell. I am very surprised that this one didn't sell out during the recent 40% (I got mine with the 30% off). For a mere $27 it is a great piece to own, as it substantial enough that it can be worn now under a sweater/jacket and later on its own. I almost think that it was worth the original price of $69.50 but I had initially settled on the black one as ivory tends to wash me out and decided to wait for a sale as I have a few black tops already (who doesn't?). I ended up throwing the ivory too in my order because for the life of me I couldn't find anything else to reach the free shipping minimum that would be returnable. To my surprise, I really, really like the ivory. It fits perfectly in the XS but because the cotton in the back is a little bit sheer, it shows the lines of your bra. Side view:

When I put it on, I immediately thought of an outfit with my newly acquired crocodile-print pencil skirt (that I have been chasing for years and finally showed up on the JCA for a very decent price) and factory mosaic necklace (this is the item that I bought during a previous 30% off. It should still popback and even if it wasn't exactly what I was excpecting I have so many things to pair with these colors that I am happy with it):

While I think that I am going to wear the ivory shell mostly in the summer, the black one has a more wintery feeling to it. It is more slimming as you can see and it can be dressed up or down. I am trying it with the cafe capris in wool in camel and the factory pluma necklace. This is my second pair of cafe capris (as you know I have the yatch blue ones) and the 0 felt much smaller than the other ones that I have, almost a size smaller. I almost took them back but I wore them a little bit around the house and they stretched out a bit. I have to say, I really like this outfit:

Close-up of the necklace:

This necklace makes a nice statement but it isn't as pretty as the retail version IMO. I paid $28, which is OK, but the quality is definitively different. OK, I have to go to pickup my daughter and I don't have time to post my outfit, maybe another day. Thanks for reading and if you have any questions, let me know.