+1 bar width.

+1 re Sheldon Brown posture advice: elbows near to ninety degrees and wrists and shoulders NOT weight bearing but there for balance only.

Think about this. Whether you ride the drops with them several inches below the seat like a club rider or ride the hoods level with the seat like on a touring bike, proper posture is proper posture wherein your butt and mostly your leg muscles bear the majority of the load--not your wrists or your seat.

Straight arms bearing your weight is an ignorant monkey-see monkey do lazy muscle substitute in the short run guaranteed to inevitably result in sore wrists and shoulders--if not tendonitis.

Get the saddle level. I use a carpenter's level between saddle nose and rear. It will keep your weight from sliding forward onto your shoulders and wrists.

+1 What RobbieTunes said--next time I'm up by the Coastal Plain I think I'm going to go for a fitting myself.

Good job reading the background material. You have all my confidence now.