End of Summer

It's been a fun week, and the perfect weather has made it even better. I spent an afternoon strolling around the Country Club Plaza, drooling over Burberry coats and scarves in the process. If you're ever in Kansas City, I definitely recommend checking it out. It's a gorgeous outdoor shopping district architecturally styled after Seville, Spain and full of fountains, sculptures and fabulous stores. Anyone who gives the Midwest a bad rap has clearly never spent some time browsing through Burberry, Betsey Johnson and Michael Kors at the Plaza! I also spent an evening moseying through the crowd at Lee Summit's Oktoberfest, and a night running from ghouls at Worlds of Fun's Halloween Haunt. Mornings and nights are actually feeling chilly, which is a welcome change after the nonstop heat and humidity of the past summer. This week has also brought about some highly successful shopping trips. Speaking of which, summer sandals are down to $5 at Payless, even if they're tagged more than that. Time to stock up for next year!

This is an outfit I wore for running errands and doing some birthday shopping. I thought the plain white tank helped offset the dressier, sequined skirt and was glad to take my latest shoe clearance purchase out for a test drive. They're a keeper!

National tank, CVS, $2
New York & Company skirt, gift
Simply Vera Wang sandals, Kohl's, $20

Outfit total: $22