Classic New England

This weekend was classic New England - Friday afternoon I left work in Boston wearing just a cardigan and no coat and it was still fairly mild when I arrived in North Conway, New Hampshire. Saturday I skied in the warm sunshine at Bretton Woods without any gloves and ate lunch outside, then Sunday morning I woke up to this outside the window:

Snow! Crazy! And today, back at home, it's raining!

I had some luck at the North Conway outlets. I found a pretty cardigan, flip flops, and a necklace at J Crew; a cardigan at Talbots; and a summery top at Banana Republic. Talbots had a lot of pretty things, I was really surprised!

The biggest bargain was the necklace at J Crew - it was marked 50% off the outlet price of $35, but rang up at under $6! I love a surprise at the register, don't you!? LL Bean was disappointing. They had one coastal macintosh in my size, but only in navy, which quite frankly was really dull! The jacket is made of a water-resistant cotton that's very matte-looking; no shine at all like a typical raincoat. So the jacket just looked too blah. They had the yellow in one size up, which looked much better and infinitely more spring-like, but it was too big. J Crew had nary a coat in sight! So . . . my search for a spring raincoat continues!