Staying Fit
A soar in spring shopping has retailers doing a happy dance. Seems like women age 50 and over have had it up to here with deprivation. Armed with COVID vaccines they're trading meditation and yoga for the serious retail therapy known as revenge shopping. Unfortunately, this can blow your budget. However, there's an easy way to revenge shop responsibly — and have fun, too. Just watch the price (as usual) but this time buy what you crave, not what you need, for a controlled splurge. It may be one spectacular pair of diamond hoop earrings, a pair of candy-color pool sandals or simply a bottle of luxury-brand nail polish. Here are 11 things to get you started. Have a spring fling:
1. A makes-me-feel-pretty dress
Tired of joggers, sweatshirts and sneakers? Fed up with a closet of old work clothes? Not fitting into your pre-COVID jeans? You've hit the dress jackpot. This spring there are plenty of floaty florals and midi dresses in loose body-friendly styles to lure you out of your rut. Look for features like tiers, puffy sleeves or ruffles like the Eloquii Square Neck Midi Dress in Orange ($110, eloquii.com), Scoop Women's Long Sleeve Midi Dress with Ruffle Hem in Passion Pink Wallpaper Floral ($38, walmart.com) or the City Chic Plus Serene Floral Wrap Front Dress ($99, nordstrom.com). No worries about shapewear, pantyhose, belly bloat or weight gain either. A dress is ideal for any situation, just pull on, add sandals and dance out the door.
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2. Updated designer sunglasses
Last year's sunglasses may still be great but who can't use extra glam? It's the bigger and bolder the better now with square shapes like the J.Crew Cape Sunglasses in Pecan Tort ($65, jcrew.com) and Ray-Ban RB4347 ($140, sunglasshut.com/us) topping the most-wanted list, followed by cat-eye styles like the Coach 0HC8276 500211 56 in black ($173, lenscrafters.com). Still secretly covet a logo-laden frame? Treat your peepers to the Prada Women's Square Sunglasses in Black/Smoke ($272, bloomingdales.com) and make protecting them from UV rays a stylish priority.
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