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Summer Style in White and Grey
Today is the official last day of the school year! Next year, I will have a senior in high school, a 7th grader, a 4th grader and a Kindergardner. It is hard for me to phantom that that will be my oldest last year at home more than likely. I need to treasure every fun moment this summer from our vacation in a couple of weeks to pool days, and hopefully some fun game nights. The two oldest and I like to play poker and blackjack while the youngest enjoy Yatzee and other games. I am looking forward to no alarm clocks (except for Saturday 6 am morning runs), having…
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How to Style a Kimono for Spring and Summer
One way that encourages me to shop my closet is to set a theme for outfits for a week or so. I typically break it up some so I do not get bored, but it does help me make sure I wear all the things. At the end of April, I decided it was time to style my kimonos as the weather was perfect for a light layer and since kimonos can provide protection from the sun when needed. My goal was to create a variety of outfits to inspire you to shop your closet using these ideas as loose guidelines. With wide leg jeans While most of my kimonos…
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Camo for Spring and Summer
Most often, you associate camo print for fall and cooler months. What are some ways to make your camo appropriate for the warmer months? Jodie and I are sharing some inspiration to help you have fun with camo in spring and summer. When thinking of ideas of outfits to share, my first thought was brights! Instead of pairing camo with darker colors, choose colors you associate with summer to brigthen it up. Camo with Orange In the past, both Jodie and I have paired camo with orange. Here are those outfits. My outfit at that time was inspired by Paula from Dimples on my What. Like me, Jodie added some…
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Dresses for Days: Styling dresses for Everyday Wear
Do you only wear dresses on special occasions? For many years, dresses were not my first choice when getting dressed. Having spent a childhood wearing dresses and skirts, I was more interested in wearing pants and shorts. However in the past few years, I have really enjoyed wearing a variety of clothes and dresses have once again become of my favorite thing to wear. They are really comfortable in the warmer months when you do not want any fabric sticking to you. There are so many different fabrics, styles and lengths and the right one might be more comfortable to wear than a pair of jeans. Here are some ways…
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Two Dresses for Mother’s Day
A few weeks ago, I entered a giveaway on IG hosted by SusanRBallinger who was giving away two dresses in size M from Brindle Boutique. I thought the dresses were cute and the instructions were simple ,so I entered and lo and behold, I won! Today, I am sharing these 2 dresses which would be pretty options for Mother’s Day. I browsed their website some as I wrote this post, and I found the prices to be affordable especially if combined with a discount code. This is not a sponsored post but I wanted to feature the dresses here as I am grateful for them and thought they were of…
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Thrifted Spring Layers
You definitely have seen the recurring theme of thrifted finds the past couple of months! While I do enjoy shopping retail, I have been wanting to save more for our vacations and one way to do that is to spend less money on clothes. The other way to do that is to not shop at all and to shop your closet for your daily outfits. I have been trying to plan out my days so I am not tempted to browse online or at Target or TJmaxx. I am happy to say that I have had a successful period of xx days not shopping for clothes! Today I am sharing…
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Spring Thrifted Fashion and Shopping my Closet
It’s been my goal to see how long I can go before I buy a clothing item. On March 23, I visited a local charity thrift shop downtown and after spending a grand total of $7, I decided that all of my new to me shirts really completed my closet well. It was time to get serious and wear all of the goodies I had thrifted in February and March. In today’s post, I am sharing my favorite outfits featuring most of these thrifted finds. On that last thrifting outing, my goal was to find some colorful tops. While I put away a lot of my long sleeves top, this…
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Navy and Yellow For an Outing in Atlanta
Today, I am combining a fashion post with a little bit of a traveling post as I am sharing some pictures of where we ate in Midtown Atlanta which was a really cool spot. A couple weeks ago, we visited the Atlanta botanical gardens with my brother and his family. The boys hadn’t visited since September so they enjoyed the outing especially that the day was overcast till later and was perfect in temperature. I continued with my mission of shopping my closet and added a thrifted piece or two and combined one of my favorite jeans for spring with a halter top and denim jacket. Both the cropped jeans…
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Zebra Print Nine West Thrifted Dress
This cute zebra print dress needed a blog post of its own, so here we are. I thrifted it at Uptown Cheapskate (a consignment store with several locations around Atlanta) which has been my go to for dresses lately. I have found that they have a nice selection of brand name dresses in a variety of styles and prints. This one is Nine West and I think I spent around 13 dollars for it. The dresses I have bought there are usually between $10 and $20. The cute print caught my eye right away and I was happy to see that it fit the way I thought it would. I…
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Tips for Successful Thrifting and Shopping your Closet
The following tips are the guidelines that I have found help me add things to my closet that I will actually wear. Sometimes the thrill of the hunt and the affordable prices might actually tempt you to buy things you shouldn’t. Knowing your style and what you enjoy wearing will keep you from making too many mistakes and buying pieces that will not compliment your wardrobe or fit you . Successful Thrifting Know what you are looking for but be open minded in case you come across something you shouldn’t pass up. Case in point is the shirt below. I was not looking for long sleeves on my last and…