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Thrifty Wife Happy Life

Helping women love what they wear on a budget

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

4 Ways to Wear Black Slip-On Sneakers

September 19, 2017 by Katie Haller

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || 4 ways to wear black slip on shoes for fall
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed these black slip-on shoes that I’ve been wearing lately.  They were my first purchase from my fall wish list, and I’m just loving how practical they are for fall.  I was originally eyeing the Steve Madden pair of black slip-on shoes (here), but they were almost $60 and I knew I wasn’t going to spend that much.  Luckily, Target does a great job of making knock off styles.  I found these almost identical slip-on shoes (here) at Target for only $25, less than haft the price of the Steve Madden shoes.

Today, I want to share 4 fall looks wearing my new black slip-on sneakers.  They can be worn with almost anything, but for today’s looks I styled them all with 4 different pairs of pants; white jeans, black jeggings, jeans, and leggings.  All four of these looks are perfect for me to wear to work, or wear on the weekends.  They are very casual and very mom-friendly!

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Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || White jeans, stripe shirt and slip on shoes
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || White jeans, stripe shirt and slip on shoes
Top- Old Navy (exact) || Pants- Target (similar) || Necklace- Charming Charlie (similar) || Purse- Last Call Neiman Marcus (similar)
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Black jeggings, grey t-shirt and black slip on's

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Black jeggings, grey t-shirt and black slip on's
Top- Zappos (similar) || Pants- TJ Maxx (similar) || Necklace- Kohl’s (similar) || Purse- Last Call (same as above)
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Jeans, Stripe t-shirt and black slip on's

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Jeans, Stripe t-shirt and black slip on's
Top- H&M thrifted from Goodwill (similar) || Jeans- Thrifted from Goodwill (similar) 
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Leggings, tunic and leapord scarf

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Leggings, tunic and leapord scarf

Leggings- Last Call Neiman Marcus (similar)  || Tunic- Nordstrom Rack (similar) || Scarf- Charming Charlie (similar) || Purse- Last Call (similar)

Filed in: Affordable Fashion, Making the Most of your Wardrobe, outfits • by Katie Haller • 12 Comments

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

Thrifted Summer Romper

September 10, 2017 by Katie Haller

I love to thrift shop because you just never know what you will find.  I like to think of it as treasure hunting.  Today I wanted to share one of my latest treasures I found on one of my thrift store trips.

While shopping at the Goodwill recently, I ended up finding this cute little romper that was only $2.50.  I had never owned a romper before, but I’ve always liked them on other people.  I figured that it would be a great piece to wear during the summer heat.  I really love the print on it, and I figured that it would look cute layered up with a cardigan or on its own.  For today’s look, I wore it on its own with my dark brown sandals, my brown purse, and gold accessories.  
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Romper
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Romper
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Romper
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Romper
Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Romper
I know that summer is coming to an end, so a romper is a little out of season for most.  But it’s very easy to layer and wear on a warm fall day.  It’s also a good time to snag up a cute romper for a good price, especially with all the end of summer clearance sales.  Below, I’ve linked a bunch of cute similar rompers all under $20!
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One || Two || Three || Four 
Five || Six || Seven || Eight

Filed in: Affordable Fashion, outfits, Thrifty Looks • by Katie Haller • 2 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.  

*This post contains affiliate links, which means by clicking on and/or making a purchase through a link, I will receive a small commission with no extra cost to you.  Thank you for your support!
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
Shop my closet
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

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