Shopping!

I've always had to be extremely careful with my money. For me, shopping usually comes in the form of only buying things as needed: Teacher Ed uniform pants (from Goodwill), new tennis shoes (from K-Mart), or work clothes (from Aero, purchased on sale AND with my employee discount). I hardly ever dig into my savings to purchase new clothes just for the heck of it.

These past couple days, however, I was able to indulge a little bit...

Dark skinny jeans, medium-wash flare jeans, coral beaded tank, pink scoop neck t-shirt (Charlotte Russe)

Maroon beaded t-shirt, gray cardigan (Aeropostale)

White cardigan, brown tank with crochet detail, blue and pink woven, gray strappy tank, plaid rouched t-shirt, flowery skirt, gray skirt (Old Navy)

Starfish necklace, silver plated leaf earrings, 5 rings (Glitter)

Random assorted earrings, silver plated dangling earrlings, floral wrist cuff, charm bracelet, oval diamond earrings, 2 rings (Glitter)

New watch- I needed one to keep track of time while I'm working, as we're not allowed to have cell phones out on the floor. I absolutely love this watch and hate that my cell phone's camera quality doesn't do it justice. It's beautiful!

A couple of fun facts about my purchases...

• Charlotte Russe jeans are the BEST jeans I have ever tried on in my entire life. I've always had the hardest time finding jeans that feel "just right" for my body. For years, I've been settling for too loose around the waist or too tight on my thighs, believing that my shape was just too weird to find the perfect pair of jeans. This weekend, I tried on my first pair of Charlotte jeans, and I was amazed. From this day forward, I really don't see myself buying jeans anywhere else.
• The clothes purchased at Old Navy were on supersupersuper sale. They were all marked down to anywhere from $2 to $7, and they took an extra 30% off that at the register! My total, for the 5 tops and 2 skirts, was around $35. How incredible is that?!
• All of the jewelry pictured above was purchased at a little store in our mall called Glitter. All jewelry and accessories (aside from a few purses, scarves, and pair of sunglasses) are only one dollar! ONE DOLLAR! I went absolutely insane in that store and I can definitely see myself stopping in on a weekly basis :)