We have been blessed with some seriously fabulous weather, the past few days.  While our neighbors to the south are being tortured with temps over 100, we’ve been in a dreamland of high temps in the 70s/80s and lows in the 50s.  It’s dreamy.

July and August are always the worst months of the year, in my opinion, and I’m usually in a constant state of sweaty self-pity as I beg for fall to come quickly. But this year, I have absolutely nothing to complain about.

Still though, I can’t help the fact that I become giddy at the mere mention of autumn.  Last year I wrote about my love of all things fall.  One of those “things” was the clothing.

Each year, in mid-July, Nordstrom likes to tease me with fall clothing by dangling all sorts of warm and cozy goodies in front of me.  Boots, scarves, light-weight sweaters, jeans, jackets, and lots of other pretties, join together in order to celebrate Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale.

I was unfamiliar with the Anniversary Sale, before I lived in a city that actually had a Nordstrom.  Once introduced, I couldn’t believe what I had been missing all those years before.  I may have actually cried.   But then I pulled myself together and licked my wounds with a fabulous new pair of shoes.

The sale started last Friday and I had every intention of hitting it the very first day.  But then I decided this kind of event deserved my undivided attention.  In other words, I didn’t want to take Arle along for the ride.  She really is a pretty great shopper, but still, I wanted to be able to wander and linger.

I ended up going on Saturday while Miss was down for her nap and, oh, did I have fun.

The only misfortune of the day came when they were sold out of every single pair of shoes I wanted to purchase.  I had my heart set on buying a pair of flats in a brownish-goldish-tanish-bronzy kinda color.  When I received the sale catalog in the mail two weeks ago, I found the PERFECT pair on the back cover.  I just knew it was fate.  Evidently, I was wrong.  They were sold out.

I looked around and found four more pairs that would have fit the bill.  I was sure they would have at least one of them in my size.  No such luck.  It was sad.

I finally admitted shoe-department defeat and went on my way.   Luckily, though, I ended up finding lots of other great things for Trav, Arle, and myself.

Now I’m just counting down the days ’til we can pull out all of our goodies and wear them.

For those of you that don’t have a Nordstrom nearby, you can always shop online and get the same great deals.

Happy shopping!