Savings Love

Shawl Collar Faux Leather Moto Jacket
Cowl Neck Sweater
Exact Stretch Zip Pocket Pencil Skirt
678 Cuffed Slim Boyfriend Jeans

Recently I decided that it was time to cash in those oh-so-amazing virtual dollars from, where else, The Limited. I used to let them expire, thinking I had already saved, be it a sale going on or by using other coupons that were out, but in using them, I found out what a huge difference they make!

I decided to get some sweaters and new pencil skirt, a pair of boyfriend jeans (which the verdict is still out on) and my biggest splurge, the faux leather jacket pictured above. I love the jacket, like the two sweaters and skirt, and again, am not sure how I feel about the jeans. With that said, I saved $220 bucks and got 5 items for $145! That’s an amazing savings in my book, as the jacket was originally $128 on its own (if that helps you to put things into perspective). I might wander in the store and exchange the jeans for the distressed boyfriend jeans that I think I might like more, but otherwise, I’m happy with all my items. I think what I don’t like about the boyfriend jeans I currently have is that I need a cute heeled bootie to wear with them. Once the shoe is right, I think my like will turn to love. If you have virtual dollars-spend them! They are good until October 29^th.

 

Happy shopping/saving!

XOXO

Andrea



 

Little Black Dress Love

 

 

This past weekend the hubby and I had a wedding to go to, and since I rarely seem to get many opportunities to dress up these days, I decided to buy a new little black dress and accessories to go with it.

The dress I wore is from The Limited and I love it! I received many compliments on it, and I think what I love about it the most are the pockets-LOL! I love when dresses have pockets, so in seeing this one in the store (next to a blue one that was very similar to it) I went for the black because of the pockets. I got it on sale, as The Limited was running a 40% off dresses sale, but this dress is not on their website for some reason. Hopefully it will be soon!

The jewelry I wore was very in-expensive. I bought my necklace at Target and the bracelet at Forever 21. I do not shop in Forever 21 for clothes, as I often see my young students in there and I am past the age of 21-LOL- but in my mall we have a Forever 21 accessory store, so I pop in there from time-to-time. The bracelet retails for $3.80 (I bought it in silver, too) and the necklace was $16.99. The earrings are a favorite of mine and I bought them at Express several years ago. Because the neckline of my dress was a deep ‘V,’ I opted for a longer necklace. I thought it looked pretty good with my dress.

My shoes were a steal! I bought them at DSW and they are from Jessica Simpson’s collection. They were on sale for $59.99, but if you are an avid DSW shopper, then you know that they often give you more off of their clearance based on the sticker color. I got an additional 50% off of the shoes, making them $29.99-a steal! I love them and have to say they were pretty comfortable until I tore up the dance floor in them J! (More shoe love coming soon to the blog!)

I had a fabulous time at the wedding celebrating with great friends and family! I could not be happier for the lovely couple!

Happy styling!

XOXO-Andrea