Online oops, or a fun new suit?

I've wanted a blazer with elbow patches ever since I became a professor.  So when this one went on sale on the jcrew factory website, it was an easy decision to buy it.  And if I was getting the blazer, I might as well buy the matching pants too.  

When they first arrived, I was pretty disappointed though.  The wool was thicker, rougher, and stiffer than I had expected based on the other two jcrew factory blazers I had bought.  The pants were lined, but super-warm lined cropped pants didn't make any sense to me.  So for two weeks I planned to return the suit.  When I finally went to pack it up I realized the blazer was final sale.  Oops.  So I went ahead and kept it, and figured out how I wanted to style it.

Success!  It was actually really comfortable.  I felt stylish but professional.  And I got compliments from a few very stylish women.  So: my new fashion-forward suit/online-shopping oops.

(Bonus: I always had trouble figuring out good outfits for this blouse, even though I totally love the zippers.  Now I have a perfect outfit for it!)

(Blouse: New York and company, shoes: Anne Klein, suit: jcrew factory.  The shoes are great quality and were a good price.  Shoes this pointy are never super comfy, but these are not bad.)