dawn patrol, armed with discount codes, hot coffee, and a dwindling attention span

Within the last 24 hours:

my lavender houndstooth herringbone blazer arrived 

it was a deranged magic hour grab 

during a recent 60% off sale.

It was not lavender.  It was a faded mauve. 

The difference between the website photo (below) and the reality 

was too great to be blamed on screens or pixels.

It was also not houndstooth  herringbone

Here are some pictures of houndstooth herringbone jackets, all J.Crew.

observe the little woven-in chevrons. 

they are what make herringbone, herringbone.  

There were no little “teeth” on the jacket that arrived.

My best guess is that someone mis-set the computer-governed specs in the fabric mills,

and the mill shipped out the resulting bolts to the cut-and-sew operations anyway. 

Nobody's perfect.

so: not lavender, not houndstooth, not herringbone either.

But fortunately, not final sale. 

Among other items, I ordered a 2019 diary very early this morning. 

Used the “flash sale” promo plus the “apology” discount. 

I’d probably get a better price if I waited until this coming November 

but what the #*&$.

I might have to go out to dinner or catch a plane between now and then.

I admired but didn’t order a pair of multi-colored make-believe snakeskin sandals. 

I never know what size J.Crew thinks my feet are, and I still have Christmas stuff to return

so I didn't bite.

Later today, I passed one of the remaining J.Crew stores, 

and there were the sandals, with 25% off. They were sooo cute. 

A favorite look: multi-colored shoes with an otherwise monochrome outfit.

Before I tried them on, I had to remove packing stuff. 

The shoes fit a lot better without all that. 

There are holes on the straps to make adjustments. 

They get lost in the snakeskin - persevere. 

Worst event of the day - 

LinkedIn has found the perfect job for me. 

At Goop.

I’m trying to close my account at LinkedIn - before they send me puppies.

Seems to be the same algorithm that tells me men's hiking boots are in my shopping bag.

Yeah, right.