Day 64: 'Polka Dot' Dress, Day 2

Dress: Purchased from Modcloth
Cardi: GAP Outlet (yellow)
Shoes: Mossimo, purchased from Target (red)
Belt: Purchased from Target (red)
Bracelet and Earrings: Purchased from Dandy Lion Boutique (red)
Watch: Fossil (silver)
Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta

I'm all about wearing something until it either smells or has stains.  With three kids and two dogs, it doesn't take long for my clothes to look gross, but I try to get as much wear out of my clothes before I wash them.  The reason is simple, the more you wash your clothes, the quicker they fade out, pill and thin.

So, today I wore my blue and white (sorta) polka dot dress to church.  I jazzed it up. like I said I would.  

See the rain clouds in the background?  Yep, that's what we see EVERY day!!!  

I added a cardi for church (because churches get COLD!).  I traded in the flip flops for red peep toe heels.  I added a belt (you all should know my loves for belts by now) and I added some red jewelry.  

So there you have it.  One dress, dressed up and dressed down.  Make the most of what you have and always think of new ways to wear what is already hanging up in your closet.  I know I'm going to have to be very creative in order to make it through this whole year without shopping:)

Happy Shopping,

Christin

Day 63: Birthday Celebration

Dress: Purchased from Modcloth.com (blue and white)
Flip flops: GAP (yellow)
Earrings: Maurices (gold studs)
Bracelet: Purchased from The Dandy Lion Boutique (white)

I'm going to start off by telling you all that I am wearing this dress again tomorrow to church.  Of course I'll jazz it up a bit so I can show the versatility of the dress.  Plus, I love this dress and I want to wear it again (and again, and again).  

Tonight I went to a one year old's birthday party.  His name is Austin and he belongs to my very special friends, Tina and Steve.  

Isn't he precious!?

We were supposed to go to the pool after the party, but it being Alabama and all, it started raining...again, so no pool for us tonight:(  We still had a blast at the party and Tina and Steve did such a great job on everything!!!

This picture was taken outside after the party.  It is dark and pouring rain, so the picture didn't come out great but I still wanted to share it because I look so darn skinny:)  Sad, I know!

My face came out all weird and blurry for some reason so I just cropped it off.  This dress has sorta polka dots on it.  They aren't perfectly circular shapes, but close enough to be considered polka dots I guess.  There is also this awesome bow on the front, but you can't tell it is there:(  

Check in tomorrow to see how I make this dress go from birthday party casual, to church ready!

Happy Shopping,

Christin

Day 62: VBS Kick-Off!

Top: Purchased at Ross (purple)
Shorts: GAP Outlet
Sandals: CL Chinese Laundry, Purchased from TJ Maxx (multi-color)
Necklace: Burkes Outlet
Earrings: NY and Co
Bracelets: Purchased from Gaudy Me in Longview, TX

Tonight was kick-off night for VBS at our church.  The kids enjoyed inflatables, face painting and snow cones.  I enjoyed letting them run all their energy out!  I was able to spend all day at the pool with my friends while the kids stayed home with a baby sitter.  This freckle faced brunette got burnt to a crisp.  I'm sure you'll be able to see the effects of minimal sunscreen applications on my poor, red legs.

As you can tell, our VBS has a castle theme:)  I spent a good portion of my Sunday afternoon sticking painted pizza boxes to the church foyer walls.  

And just in case you are wondering...Yes!, my legs hurt as bad as they look.  

Happy Shopping,

Christin

Day 61: A Mighty, Mighty Wind

Dress: Wal-Mart (navy blue)
Tights: Target (black)
Sandals: Old Navy (black)
Jewelry: Burkes Outlet and Boutique purchase (silver)

There are two versions of today's outfit because as soon as I stepped outside today, the wind nearly blew my dress up over my head.  Since I didn't feel like fighting with the wind all day,  I did what I hate and I added leggings to my dress.  Not the most fashionable thing in the world, but I was pressed for time and didn't feel like ironing anything.   

I promise this dress is navy blue!

Can you tell by all the shadows that the sun is setting?  

I also wanted to share with you all that I had to make a clothing purchased today.  If you follow the FB page, then you already saw the picture of my favorite brown sandals.  Sadly, our new puppy decided they'd make a nice chew toy and he chewed off a lot of the decorative studs.  Now the threading is all loose and I can no longer wear them.  I went online and purchased a new pair of brown and black sandals.  

The black sandals I have on today are on their last leg.  I sprayed sunscreen on these black sandals last summer and now they are all splotchy and the soles are wearing out.   Since Target was having a buy one get one 50% off sale online (if you use your RED Card!), I jumped on the opportunity to retire these sad little sandals before they too, became chew toys.  

Happy Shopping,

Christin

Day 60: Two Months Down!

Top: Banana Republic, Purchased from Goodwill (coral)
Shorts: GAP Outlet (mint)
Belt: Purchased from Goodwill (brown braided leather)
Sandals: TJ Maxx (brown)
Necklace: Purchased from Altar'd State (red, turquoise and gold)
Earrings: Purchased from Maurices (turquoise and gold)

I love the whole mint and coral trend probably more than I should!  I think these two colors are absolutely gorgeous together!  So, of course, I am going to combine my coral linen top with my mint shorts.  

This is A LOT of color for me!  I'm not too sure what I think about this as an outfit, but I guess that is part of this whole one year no shopping challenge.  Mixing and matching items in my wardrobe to make outfits.  Sometimes it will work and sometimes it won't.

So what do you think???

Happy Shopping,

Christin

Day 59: Couponing It Up!

Top: Old Navy (black and white)
Shorts: GAP Outlet (pink)
Shoes: GAP (black)
Watch: Philip Stein (black leather band and silver double face)
Bracelet: Tiffany (left arm)
Bracelet: Boutique purchased (right arm)
Earrings: Premiere Designs (silver)
Necklace: Kay's Jewelers Open Heart Collection (diamond)
Sunglasses: Oscar de la Renta (tortoise)

Another productive day in my household!  I love it when I don't spend all day in the house watching TNT (really, I will do that!).  I had a Mommy and son day today with my boys.  We had lunch together and enjoyed the sunny day.  Tonight, I went to a Coupon Boot Camp at my church.  I am still a little over whelmed by all the information I was given, but I am sure I will eventually learn all this couponing stuff!

Tonight after Boot Camp, I had my bGf (best German friend) Tina, take my pictures at the church.  It is so nice to have an adult take my pictures every once in a while!!!

Tina wanted the Wounded Warrior to be on my shoulder.  She is so goofy!

Again, the Wounded Warrior is on my shoulder.  I thought it was funny at first, but if you think about it, we should all be carrying those who have fought for our country on our shoulders.  We should make their burdens, our burdens.  We should carry their hurt, pain, joy and life with us at all times.  Do me a favor and thank a Vet for their service!  I love that my church has this hanging up in the corridor.  I am so blessed to be a member of a church family that loves and supports our Service Members!

Happy Shopping,

Christin

Day 58: Productive Monday

Top: Purchased from Dandy Lion Boutique (coral)
Jeans: LOFT (denim dark wash)
Shoes: TJ Maxx (brown)
Watch: Betsy Johnson, Purchased from Belk (animal print and gold)
Earrings: Altar'd State (coral, gold and turquoise)
Belt: Purchased form Goodwill (brown braided leather)

I awoke bright and early this morning (6am to be exact) so I could get several things accomplished today.  My Army ID card expired yesterday so I had to get a new one ASAP.  Luckily, I had to foresight to make an appointment with the ID office on post for 8am this morning.  Usually, people have to wait 1-6 hours to get a new ID made (crazy, right!?).  I got as cute as I could and got the kids somewhat presentable and headed out the door.  

I really love this watch!  It is adorable!!!!

  

Yes, these are the same jeans I wore twice last week.  I promise I do have more than one pair of jeans in my closet.  In fact, I have a pair just like these in my closet, but they are stiff and I like these better.

Question: What is that one item in your closet that you know you can always turn to to wear in a crunch?  For me, it is obviously these jeans.  I wear them all the time.  Let me know by leaving a comment here or on the FB page.

Happy Shopping,

Christin