Hanging on to Winter

Is anyone else completely sad about the amazing weather we've been having lately?  I mean, I understand that we are the envy of the rest of the country, but SoCal's winter has been completely depressing for fashion.  Sure we had a whole month of cold but did it have to be filled with boot damaging rain?
I've been longing for an escape from the dowdy and ran across some inspiration that may stretch us with light layers.
 Way into the jean shape here.  ae.com has a pretty good match for a decent price http://www.ae.com/web/browse/product.jsp?catId=cat90120&productId=0433_7124
Speaking of American Eagle - I'm completely addicted to their flats, I need a 12 step program to keep me from buying them in every color.

 These are kind of the same idea. same skinnies from last season mixed with a blazer/scarf combo.  I'm the klutz who can only tie a scarf one way without feeling like I'm choking all day.  Would love a tutorial on fashionable scarf tying.  These girls seem to do it with such ease.  By the way the lace-up mushroom boots I whined about earlier in a previous post would look AMAZING with this look.  A lighter weight fabric blazer and linen scarf may help with the winter/spring transition.