sweater: exact / necklace: exact / blue pants: exact / jeans (dark wash): exact / jeans (medium wash): exact / pants (olive): exact / jeans (not pictured above): similar |
Discount Fashion
Warehouse – 3 pairs of Express pants at $14 a pair + $14 sweater = $56
Target – blazer (not pictured) at
$10.68 + necklace at $14.99 = $25.67
Kroger – blanket scarf (not pictured) = $6
JCPenney - blue pants + jeans (not pictured) = $12 after credit from return
Total = $99.67
Total = $99.67
Since spending this
past fall clearing out a ton of the clothes I didn’t wear, I’ve tried really
hard to stay away from spur of the moment purchases and to be a lot more
intentional about the things I do buy and for the most part I think I’ve done a
pretty good job. I even went into Target with a gift card back in December and
left with only socks for my son! :)
I haven’t been wearing
as many skirts or dresses for whatever reason, so pants have been my go to
option every day. Before getting pregnant I had put on some weight and even had
to size up at one point. Looking back, I realize I had some pretty
unhealthy habits I had developed, like snacking way too much, drinking too many
calories in the form of alcoholic beverages (many of our weekend plans involved
getting drinks!), and just portion sizes that were too big. Obviously the
drinking stopped when I got pregnant, and the feeling of eating until I was
stuffed made me sick to my stomach so smaller more frequent snacks and meals
became the norm. Thankfully the portion control stuck once the new habit was
created, I don’t often have drinks outside of a couple total some weekends, and
keeping up with a little one hasn’t left much time to sit around and snack.
I give you that long
story to pretty much say that I had dropped enough weight that most of my pants
were too big and stretched out and I needed new ones. Not that I’m complaining
because I feel really lucky, but I always feel like pants can be hard to find
when you need them rather than just want them. I got lucky at JCPenney with
their clearance sales when I was returning another pair of pants I got for
Christmas that didn’t fit, but it took a couple of trips to Discount Fashion
Warehouse to find jeans, black jeggings, and olive colored pants that fit since
those are the options I basically live in.
The next few months
I’ll be taking a closer look at the skirts I kept, really determining which
ones fit well and will still get lots of wear, then picking up a few more since
I rely on those much more in warmer weather. I’ve been seeing a lot about
LuLaRoe on Facebook and a good friend of mine speaks really highly of the
brand. She’ll be hosting a little shopping event like they do sometime in
March, so I plan to use that as an opportunity to try on the Cassie style skirt that I’ve got my eye on. I'm really hoping it's a good option!
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