Ta-ta: Good luck with your surgery! Both ballerina flats are so pretty!! At least there was one good side to that painful story...
Betinapple: Hello there! Actually I tend to wear only two sweaters these days, too. Temperatures are just too cold for anything else than a wool sweater. I'm getting bored though... But I don't really want to buy another thick sweater right now though. I know wheather will start to improve in February/March... I have thought about making a sweater my Feb item, but that would be a cotton version for spring/fall and not so cold winter days.
barbaraaa: actually I'm not sure you need to replace your wardrobe before you can start doing this. We often think we need way more than we do to look smart / casual / different than usual. You will do fine with two pairs of really good trousers to start with, maybe a white blouse and and a good pair of pumps or whatever suits your job. Try to pick the absolutely most urgent pieces for now and go on working from there. I think the most important thing that you try to set yourself goals and try to stick with them. Of course there might be a moment when you absolutely want something that you didn't plan. That's fine. But let these be exceptions and be "under control" most of the time.
Shoestring: That sounds great what you write about your wardrobe!! Congrats! I don't feel that I don't need anything right now, unfortunatelly, but I do feel that my wardrobe is moving into the right direction... It's more of a work in progress but maybe that's as good as it gets
twistelette: smaller items can be so important. I just got another nude bra. I realized how often I want to wear my one nude bra because it fits so well under everything - even if it's not particularly sexy. I had to get another because I was often sorry it was in the laundry. But it's those small things that make your wardrobe better...
Me: I've seen two baby pink dresses that looked so great!! But oh well, baby pink is nowhere near my color scheme. I guess I'll just have to pass these, thinking that I might get other things that look just as great AND actually fit better into my wardrobe..... Still find it so hard to stay focused sometimes.