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Casual Blazer Look

October 6, 2017 by Katie Haller

One thing that I always hear people say to me is that they wish they could be more stylish.  When I googled the definition of “stylish” it says that it is to be “fashionably elegant and sophisticated” or to be “neat, confident and skillful”.  To me, being stylish means that you can create an outfit and make it into a look.  I feel like once you can do that you will feel confident, sophisticated and elegant.  I think that most people are overthinking their outfits.  It’s not hard to put together a polished look.  I know that it can be confusing when you are always seeing new trends, but really you just need to stick to the basics and work with what you have.

For today’s “my closet” post, I recreated a look similar to many of the pins you will find on my Pinterest boards.  It’s a very simple look.  I pulled my gray T-shirt, an older black blazer from Forever 21, a pair of LC Lauren Conrad jeans that I bought on clearance 4 years ago, my old BCBG black pumps that I bought when I was still in college, a thrifted statement necklace and my black satchel purse.  I love this look, because it’s so simple, yet it’s stylish enough to wear out on a date with my husband or to a blogger event.  I could also wear it with booties or flats to dress it down a bit.  
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Thrifty Wife, Happy Life Gray Tee shirt with blazer, jeans and black pumps.
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Affordable fashion- casual blazer look
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Affordable fashion- casual blazer look
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Affordable fashion- casual blazer look
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Affordable fashion- cuffed jeans
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Top- Zappos (similar, similar) || Jeans- LC Lauren Conrad (similar) || Blazer- Forever 21 (similar) || Shoes- BCBG’s Marshals (similar) || Purse- Last Call Neiman Marcus (similar) || Necklace- Savers (similar)

This weekend, I challenge you to be more stylish with your wardrobe.  Try to think outside of how you usually wear your clothes and make sure that you feel confident, sophisticated and elegant before you walk out the door. 

Filed in: Affordable Fashion, My Closet, outfits • by Katie Haller • 2 Comments

Kate Middleton Inspired Dress

September 27, 2017 by Katie Haller

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- Kate Middleton inspired look
If you have been following my blog for a long time, you know how much I love Kate Middleton and her sense of fashion.  Her modest style is so timeless.  I love to recreate her looks.  I only wish that I could dress like her more often.  I always wished that I could own one of her beautiful dresses.  She always looks so classic at all her royal engagements. 

A few months back, I won a giveaway from one of my favorite Las Vegas-based blogs, Outfits & Outings.  It was for a $100 credit to Modique, an online boutique that sells modest, comfortable high-quality dresses.  Typically, my shopping budget wouldn’t allow me to splurge at a boutique-like this, so when I saw the giveaway and browsed through the beautiful dresses, I knew it would be a treat for me if I won.  Every now and again I get lucky, so I was so thrilled that I had the opportunity to pick out a dress of my choice.  I went with the Tara dress.  When I saw this style, I immediately thought of Duchess Kate.  I could totally see her wearing a dress like this.  It’s so simple, so classic and so chic.  I just had to do an outfit post on this beautiful dress.
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- Kate Middleton inspired pink dress
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- Kate Middleton inspired pink dress
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- Kate Middleton inspired pink dress

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- Kate Middleton inspired pink dress
If you love this dress, you should defiantly take a peek at Modique to see their other dresses!  I’m sure that this dress will be in my closet for many years to come.
*As a side note, this post was not sponsored by Modique in any way.  I simply wanted to share the beautiful dress that I won with my readers.

Filed in: celebrity looks, My Closet, outfits • by Katie Haller • 4 Comments

Gingham Shirt with Shorts

September 22, 2017 by Katie Haller

Hey everyone!  I’m so excited about the recent cool down in the weather that I’ve been getting a little ahead of myself in the outfit that I’d like to share.  I just get so excited to put together fall outfits, that I have more outfits to post than I can keep up with.  That’s why today I needed to backtrack a little to this cute transitional fall look that I put together a month ago, wearing my gingham button-down shirt.

I love this gingham shirt.  I feel like gingham is just one of those closet staples that you should have.  It’s so perfect year-round, but I especially love wearing it in the fall.  Because our falls in Las Vegas are still pretty warm, I like to wear my button-down with my jean shorts.  I also like to wear it with jeans and as the weather gets cooler, I like to layer it with a cardigan over. 
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Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Gingham Shirt with shorts and convers
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Gingham Shirt with shorts and convers
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Gingham shirt

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Gingham shirt

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Gingham shirt
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Top- Target (similar, similar) || Shorts- Abercrombi, thrifted from Goodwill (similar) || Belt- Old Navy (similar) || Purse- Last Call Neiman Marcus (similar) || Shoes- Convers (exact) || Bracelet- Kate Spade (exact)

Filed in: Affordable Fashion, Fall Fashion, My Closet, outfits • by Katie Haller • 1 Comment

Year of Color- Blue Dress

September 15, 2017 by Katie Haller

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

It’s time for another Year of Color link up!  This month’s color is blue!

 Blue is one of my favorite colors to wear.  Some of my most favorite dresses that I’ve ever worn were blue.  September is my birthday month, and my birthstone, the Sapphire, has always been one of my favorite stones.  For today’s blue look, I picked out this Old Navy Sapphire blue shirt dress.  I love the style of this dress.  I used to wear it all the time at my old job with a business casual dress code, and now I can still style it down with a denim jacket and some flats and wear it to my casual dress code at my current job.  It’s a great teacher dress to wear in the classroom!  It’s also perfect for church.  Another plus about this style of dress is that it’s great for breastfeeding moms, especially if you’re pumping at work. 

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Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

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Dress- Old Navy (similar, similar, similar, similar) || Shoes- Old Navy (Thrifted from the Goodwill) (similar, similar) || Purse- Last Call Neiman Marcus (similar) || Necklace- LC Lauren Conrad- Kohl’s (similar) || Bracelet- LC Lauren Conrad- Kohl’s (similar)


As always don’t forget to link up with your blue posts.  You can share anything blue…recipes, outfits, crafts… anything!  Next month’s color is black!  See you back here on October 20th!

An InLinkz Link-up

Filed in: Affordable Fashion, My Closet, outfits, Year of Color • by Katie Haller • 7 Comments

Transitional Fall Outfit

September 8, 2017 by Katie Haller

I’m so excited for fall.  I know that I talk about it a lot, but fall is my favorite season for fashion.  I just love all the neutral colors and layering pieces.  It’s hard to really embrace the fall fashion when it’s still 100 degrees outside.  The weather plays a big part in what you wear.  That’s why this fall, I really want to focus on sharing a lot of transitional fall looks.  I mean, in Las Vegas, we transition into fall until it’s Christmas time.  Then once it’s winter, we finally get to wear all our fall clothes comfortably.

For today’s transitional fall look, I pulled this tan lightweight sweater from my closet and paired it with my favorite pair of shorts from this summer.  I love the color of this sweater and it’s the perfect kind of sweater to wear when it’s still warm outside.  I love how it looks with this salmon-colored statement necklace.  I wore this combo a lot when I first moved to Las Vegas over 2 years ago (older post here) and I’m hoping to bring it back this fall.  

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Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Transitional fall look
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Transitional fall look with neutral colors and a salmon statement necklace
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Transitional fall look
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Top- Kohl’s (similar) || Shorts- Abercrombie, thrifted from Savers (similar) || Shoes- Roxy, DSW (similar) || Necklace- Charming Charlie (similar, similar) || Purse- Coach Outlet (similar)  || Belt- Old Navy (similar) || Sunglasses- Glassesshop.com (exact)

Filed in: Affordable Fashion, Fall Fashion, My Closet, outfits • by Katie Haller • Leave a Comment

Red Striped Dress

August 28, 2017 by Katie Haller

Hey everyone!  Happy Monday!  I’m going to start off my week with an outfit post.  I think that by now most kids have started back to school and if they haven’t then they will be starting next week.  That means teachers are back to work.  Now I’m a teacher, but I do work summers because our program is year-round.  It has its pros and cons, but now that the new school year is back in session, I’m trying to put together some new fun teacher looks to wear in the classroom.  I teach PreK, so I usually have to modify my looks so that I can wear them around my little ones, but for my other fellow teachers who can get away with wearing a little cuter outfits, these looks are for you.

For today’s look, I’m sharing this red and white striped dress that I bought at Walmart for under $8 while buying school supplies for my classroom.  I think it’s a perfect dress for a teacher.  It has a high neckline and it falls at a perfect spot on your knee, plus with that price tag, it’s okay if you get a little dirty.  I’ve been wearing this dress to work with my tan slip-on Roxy shoes (similar) to make it a little more casual for my classroom.

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Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- Red stripe dress with denim jacket
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- Red stripe dress with denim jacket
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- Red stripe dress with denim jacket

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- teacher outfit

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- congac tote for fall

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life- teacher outfit
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Dress- Walmart (similar, similar, similar) || Denim Jacket- Meijer (similar) || Shoes- Kohl’s (similar) || Purse- Neiman Marcus Last Call (similar) || Sunglasses- GlassesShop (exact) || Necklace- Kohl’s (similar, similar)

Filed in: Affordable Fashion, Casual Work Wear, My Closet, outfits • by Katie Haller • 1 Comment

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