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I guess Spring is here. It was a clothing shopping extravaganza at the O’Connor household this week.

On Saturday I stopped by the Flux Nouveau Warehouse on Saturday and grabbed a few tees for both hubby and me and a totally cute cotton dress for my daughter. Spent $40 on 6 items. But I  saved $160. Not bad. The quality and cut of their tees is phenomenal. I am now a devoted fan. Simple, well cut, and sexy.

Then I drove across town to the LF Warehouse Sale. I passed on the Charles David sale with the heavy crowds and lousy parking that was on route. I went last time and though it’s a great sale, I didn’t want to struggle with the parking.

The steals at the LF warehouse sale were plentiful. Instead of going the first day as was my mode, I went on the last day at 1pm. I though I was just gonna say hi to the hard working crew, browse a few accessories and maybe find one special something. But no, I went ape and scored big time on spring wardrobe staples: tops, tees and jeans. I got 4 pairs of jeans, 6 tops (2 were doubles for my daughter) for $157. Regular retail at the LF Stores would have been $700.

Hubby also scored this week, stopping by his fave, Armani Wells.  He’s a tough to fit guy.  My rocker /musician /web dude is on the shorter side, but owner Claudia totally gets how to dress him and holds things just for him. He came home with a couple of casual cotton summer trousers, a pair of army type Nike boots and an amazing Michael Kors cashmere windbreaker. Retail would have run him $840. He paid $200.

Shaelan scored as well with two tees from the LF sale, Paris Blues jeans from Ross, and a couple of graphic tees. The scary part is she is wearing a size one now. No more baby kid clothes for her. I am trying to teach her to never pay retail.

I am sure we will get more summery clothes at several upcoming sales. But this is one heck of a good start and a nice little pick up from a rather difficult winter.

I know that Avant-Garde fashion is supposed to be outrageous art, cutting edge and not anything that someone would actually wear. But these fashion pieces just go totally overboard….

Get out your old set of Match Box cars, you can play with them on this.

Gumby and Barbie had some off spring:

John Galliano’s of Dior showed this at Paris Fashion Week. I think he is secretly is a 1960’s Star Trek fan

What the?

Be afraid, be very afraid!

After dancing professionally on my poor feet for 25 years I’ve got some serious foot issues. My feet have been beat up, stressed out, abused and tortured. Though I love fashion shoes, what I wear the most is clogs…. Yep you read it right, old fashioned, Clarks clogs from 1999. I keep getting them re-soled and re-polished. And yet I still get sore feet after too much shopping.

I’ve tried a ton of those walking shoes and most are super UGLY old lady shoes! But today, on a shopping errand for my little Diva, I popped into a shoe store and discovered Dr Scholls “Dance” clog things. They’re plastic (I hate plastic shoes) and are soo ugly that they’re really cool. But once you put them on your feet, it’s over, I mean over! Your feet are in foot heaven. They’re light weight, so no stress on your knees or ankles, they’re cushioned to the max and roll beautifully making walking a breeze.

I tried them on with carpenter pants on, so I know they work with wider trousers. Don’t think they’d work with skinny jeans and wearing them with dresses might be pushing it, but after you try them you may not care about looks. The soles on these suckers says it all, “ Feel crazy good”

Priced from $39-$46, I found some for $27 at Dr Scholls website. Wish they came in leather or canvas.

http://www.drschollsshoes.com/