Capitalization (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		150 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Apr. 16, 2013	Mar. 15, 2013	Jan. 29, 2013	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011	Oct. 29, 2011 Common Stock	Jul. 30, 2011 Common Stock	Jan. 28, 2012 Common Stock	Jul. 22, 1999 Common Stock	Feb. 17, 2011 Common Stock Robert Margolis and affiliates Separation Agreement	Jan. 28, 2011 Common Stock Robert Margolis and affiliates Separation Agreement
Common Stock
Number of common stock authorized to be repurchased										1,000,000
Repurchase of common stock (in dollars)					$ 1,885,000				$ 9,400,000
Number of shares repurchased and retired							108,000	24,000	849,064
Increase in number of remaining shares of common stock subsequently authorized and approved									800,000
Number of shares repurchased												400,000
Per share price of shares repurchased (in dollars per share)							$ 13.85	$ 16.47				$ 18.15
Value of shares repurchased (in dollars)					1,885,000	7,260,000						7,300,000
Shares retired											400,000
Number of shares of preferred stock authorized to be issued				1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding				0	0
Dividends
Dividend declared (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10		$ 0.10	$ 0.60	$ 0.80	$ 0.80
Dividend declared (in dollars)			800,000
Dividend paid (in dollars per share)		$ 0.10
Dividend paid (in dollars)		$ 800,000		$ 5,873,000	$ 6,746,000	$ 13,460,000