Often a successful woman knows how to create an outfit that will wow attendees of a party or impress her co-workers in the office, but what happens when she walks out the door for a day of casual errands? As many of you have noticed, either on yourself or others, a trip to the grocery store will sadly involve running shoes and sweats.

There is nothing wrong with this attire, but it can leave a little lady feeling frumpy and joyless. Looking good is feeling good and feeling great is looking better. If you feel fabulous in your athletic shoes and sweats then do not read another word and keep strutting the streets in your Nikes, but for the gals who crave a little more fashion in their casual wear here are a few tips to perking up your appearance on a lazy Saturday.

Just as the name states casual wear is for casual times like running errands and walking the dog. You don’t need to impress a soul as you pick up pup poo, but you still want to feel cute. This means an uncomplicated outfit that holds the true comfort of old sweats without coming across slovenly.

The first step, donate all but three of your unattractive “comfortoutfits to a charitable thrift store. I say three instead of one in case you’re a slouch in the laundry room. The only thing worse than an ugly outfit is a stinky ugly outfit. You are saving these outfits for days of cleaning the house, yard work and perhaps a day when you just want to flip the finger at caring about your appearance. Either way, you do not need twelve men’s T-shirts or seven holey lounge pants. Toss them and make room for pretty things.

Your top can still be an incredibly soft t-shirt, but as a substitute for a plain white tee or a gigantic man shirt, get one that fits you properly and has some spice. You want to avoid slogans and cheesy vacation shirts.  Instead, go for cotton tanks and tees in bold colors or with fun graphics on them. A popular style right now for any age is a cotton tee with an umbre dye, the fading of one color into another. You can find this and more at inexpensive stores like Target, Gap and Old Navy. They have plenty of stylish comfort Tees in a variety of sizes and all sleeve lengths.

Next you want to focus on the pants. Instead of sweats or a velour suit, stop into any athletic store or woman’s shop and pick up a pair of lightweight lounge or full-length yoga pants. If you are concerned about outlining too much of your figure through the thin fabric get a thicker pair or commit to some palazzo pants.

For the lounge pants get solid color like white, forest green, chocolate brown, terracotta red or black. Steer clear of pattern on this type of stretchy fabric to pass up an outdated and unflattering image.

As for the breezy palazzo pant, you can get a solid color or have some fun with a pattern and the wide leg of this pant will look stylish while still hiding cellulite. They are made from cotton silk or linen so simply choose what is the most comfortable for you.

If denim equals relaxation to you then jeans are also a good plan of attack, Purchase a pair that is strictly for coziness and make sure it has a stylish wash to it and a flattering fit. As a reminder, feel free to get the type that are already beat up and worn in. Stylish tore up jeans on a lazy day is ageless. If Bo Derek sports them, so can you.

As for capris and shorts, pockets, pleats and cargos are a no-no unless they are edgy Jennifer Lopez stylish cargos. You will also want to generally avoid cuffs on your shorts or capris so as not to look fuddy duddy as they often do. Think extremely simple or fashion forward for these two styles. The in between is where you will loose your sharp look.

With the colder weather tapping us on the shoulder, some hints on appropriate cover-ups are also necessary. Skip frump sweaters; sweat shirts, velour zip ups, work out gear and anything with a phrase or a designers name splattered across it (I’m looking at you Juicy Couture).