A pre-Fall battle is currently being waged between the two sides of my shopping personality...which, for the sake of this discussion, we'll call the practical and the "ooh, is that something shiny over there?"...

Practical is discussing the merits of tweed...a very practical choice. Of course, if p. was being truly practical she'd point out that I don't really need a new winter coat at all...but there are levels of practicality and you have to be realistic about these things...so she bowed to the inevitable and started talking about tweed.

Her more whimsical alter ego, on the other hand, is pushing for something in a leopard...not the plush, faux fur kind...more the flattened pile of a vintage find...or a print.

The lines have been drawn in the sand...let the battle commence...