I am always working to wear all of my closet, one season at a time. So oftentimes, I give myself a theme for a week to make getting dressed easier and to allow me to highlight different things in my closet. In July, I took a week to wear my sleeveless dresses and found that freeing the shoulders was a great way to keep cool! All of these dresses but the last one were thrifted over the last few years. Double the stripes! I love finding new ways to style something and with it being the middle of summer, I chose to accessorize with color and not layers. One of…

While you would think I beat the heat in this outfit with my flowy pants and cute outfit, I can tell you right away that the heat beat me our first day in Greenville, SC last month. I thought that packing these pants with a tank would keep me cool, but what I learned was that I should have packed a couple of dresses with no waistline so that I would sweat through all of my clothes. It was 100 degrees with around 40% humidity and it was hot and unpleasant. However, we did come across some beautiful spots, so with water bottles at the ready, we did explore a…

Once more, I decided to shop my closet with a category in mind to create some outfits following a theme, in this case: skirts! While not as cool as flowy dresses (I’ll be sharing some favorites soon), I do prefer skirts over flowy pants when it is really hot. Since I have a great collection, I thought it would be fun to try to find some new combos once more. With a variety of tops in my closet, the possibility for new outfits is almost endless. I wore this for Chik-fil-A cow appreciation day and added some cow spots to get a free chicken sandwich. It was fun to already…

I started the month of July by planning to have a very budget friendly month in as much as I could with a couple trips already planned. I decided to track daily what I spent whether it was thrifting, buying something on Amazon or something for the house. I already track grocery shopping, bills and my general spending, but I wanted to write it keep a visual daily spending tracker. My first purchases were on the 1st of the month with a quick trip to Park Ave Thrift and I spent less than 10 dollars, for this dress, the purse and a pretty top. I’ve already worn the dress several…

I thrifted this dress for $2 at the end of the school year, knowing I could wear it any day on its own, but could also layer with it. Today, I am only sharing it with white, but it will be soon on the blog with brights! The first thing that caught my eye was the brown stripes followed by the material which is a cotton blend. I like that the straps are not spaghetti straps even though I usually wear a strapless bra with it. Sadly, it does not have pockets, but the fit and feel is so perfect for summer, so that I don’t mind. These sandals have…

There is something about wearing an outfit and feeling really good about it: not only the comfort, but the creativity and style! I threw this together last minute because I wanted to wear something different than just a dress and accessories. This is the type of layering that I can handle in the summer: it’s fun and it is not too hot. It also helped that I was wearing it in church which is kept fairly cool. I know it is just clothes, but an outfit that boosts your mood is worthy of a mention. So, on my way home, when Jodie asked me what my theme was going to…

While I enjoy my thrifting outings and adding some new to me things to my closet, there’s nothing like the high of creating a new outfit from pieces that have been in my closet for a while and thinking: ” oh, I really like this outfit!”.  Such a moment happened a couple weeks ago, when I was planning outfits for the week after our vacation and decided to wear a couple pieces I hadn’t worn much or at all in a while. I really haven’t gotten rid of much this past year, but I also have been thrifting a little more than in the past, so I am working on…

I love shopping my closet for 4th of July inspiration as you can tell from past posts ( summer patriotic looks, patriotic looks 2024 and here), so today, I am once again bringing you some ideas to remind you that you probably have more than one patriotic combination in your closet. Have you planned anything special for our country’s 250th birthday? I am sure we will head to our 4th of July parade and we will grill some yummy hamburgers (my secret recipe). I will have to pick up some sparklers for the boys and we will probably watch the fireworks from our big neighborhood hill. Tulle Skirt I have…

I mentioned on the blog several times this year how I wanted to thrifted a denim short sleeve jacket. After keeping my eyes peeled for one for a few months, I decided that the easiest way to get one was to create one from a regular long sleeve one. So last month, when I noticed this fun denim jacket with an embroidered sunflower patch on the back for just a few dollars, I decided that I would cut the sleeves off to create my own. Why did I want a short sleeve denim jacket? I have several sleeveless dresses that I like to wear to church, but want to cover…