how to save money on a Spring wardrobe

I did the big wardrobe switch over the weekend and I tried on all my skirts and pants. The good news: I have lots and lots of tee shirts. The bad news: I don't have any pants or skirts. But the Gap was open on Sunday so I spent an hour trying on their skirts and pants.
Here's my report:



While I no longer look like Busty McPreggers in this kind of top, when I think about wearing it to the office I can only picture myself with Heidi braids and a milking stool.



Call it a nightgown, call it a beach cover-up, but don't call it a dress. Also? It's see-through. (My personal favorite.)

I know, I know, I need pants and skirts!



But, wait! This top was reduced. Reduced AND transparent. WHO'S WEARING THIS STUFF AND WHAT ARE THEY WEARING UNDER IT?

Okay...okay...



I liked these a lot. In one size they were too big in the hips and the next size smaller was too tight. And, in this picture, they certainly aren't very flattering in the calf area, are they?



Guess what? SEE THROUGH.
I tried on four or five other pairs of pants and they were all awful, so I distracted myself with -



half a sweater. Cropped! I mean cropped. Sadly, on me, it looked like I was trying to wear children's clothing.

How about this?



It's Anthro as interpreted by Gap. I can hear them in the meeting: hey, this funky over-stitched, pin-tucked look works over at Anthropologie - lets have it close with hooks and eyes! Aside from having a marching band/nurse uniform with embroidery kind of feel, I found myself obsessing about how to wash it. Those are little fabric covered balls running down the front of it and they were getting dirty on the hanger!

I didn't buy anything and I'm feeling very smug about it. Like I saved about five hundred bucks. Leave me alone - I'll get over it when I don't have any pants to wear to work.