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Pink top- Adding Color

by Katie Haller

Believe it or not, I have a bit of a fear of wearing color.  Don’t get me wrong, I love color, especially when accessorizing, but most of my closet is full of neutral colors.  I rarely wear a bright colored piece of clothing.  That’s why on my last shopping trip to Old Navy, I bought a few solid bright colored tees and tanks.  I figured that summer is almost here and I should brighten up my wardrobe a bit.

Today, I wanted to share this look wearing the new bright pink tank top that I bought on my Old Navy shopping trip last weekend.  I found it on clearance for only $7.99.  I really love how lightweight this top feels.  I figured it would be perfect to wear with jeans or shorts.  For this look, I wore it with my white pants and nude heels.  I accessorized with a turquoise necklace and wristlet clutch.  I thought that this look would be perfect for a date night out with your husband or maybe drinks out with the girls…. those are both outings that are rare for me these days, but at least I have an outfit all ready to go! 
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Top- Old Navy (exact) || Pants- Target (similar) || Shoes- Target (similar) || Necklace- Kohl’s (similar) || Purse- Hand-me-down (similar)

I hope you feel inspired to add some color to your wardrobe!

Thrifty Fashion- White Guess Dress

by Katie Haller

I love to thrift shop and I love finding classic pieces of clothing that you can wear for a long time.  Today I wanted to share this white Guess dress.  I bought this dress at the Salvation Army years ago, for only $3!  I bought them because you never know when you’re going to need a white dress, plus it fits me really nicely.

This dress might be older, but I still am able to incorporate it into my everyday wardrobe.  Here is one way that I recently wore it.
 

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Dress- Thrifted from Salvation Army (similar | similar) || Jacket- Meijer (similar) || Shoes- Target (similar) || Necklace- Kohl’s (similar) || Purse- Last Call Neiman Marcus (exact | similar)

Stripes for Spring

by Katie Haller

I love the in-between seasons of Spring and Fall.  The weather is perfect for putting outfits together because it’s not too hot and it’s not too cold.  I am really loving all the spring trends that I’m seeing this year, however, I haven’t had the opportunity to do very much shopping lately, so I’ve been shopping my own closet to see what I can find for some spring looks.  
If you follow my looks on my blog or on Instagram, you already know that I have a bit of a stripe obsession.  I just love stripes, especially black and white.  I just can’t get away from stripes whenever I go on a shopping trip.  That’s why today I figured that I would go ahead and share some ways that I’m wearing stripes this spring.

For my first look, I wore a simple black and white t-shirt with my white pants, wedge sandals and accessorized with a turquoise pendant necklace.  I love how the white pants and wedges help add that pop of spring into the look.

Top- Target (similar) || Pants- Target (similar) || Necklace- Nordstrom Rack  || Shoes- Target (similar) || Purse- Last Call (exact)
For my next look, I again wore another black and white t-shirt.  I styled it with black jeggings and a denim jacket.  I accessorized with a statement necklace and ankle booties.  To add a pop of spring colors, I used my coral coach purse. 

Top- Target (similar) || Pants- TJ Maxx (similar) || Shoes- Burlington Coat Factory (exact) || Purse- Coach Outlet (similar) || Necklace- Savers (similar)

For my last stripe look, I wore my striped long sleeve dress and denim jacket.  I accessorized with my turquoise bead necklace and some cognac color wedge sandals that I thrifted from the Goodwill. 

Dress- H&M (similar) || Necklace- Kohl’s (similar) || Shoes- Thrifted from the Goodwill (similar) || Purse- linked above || Sunglasses- Ross (similar)

In my opinion, stripes are always in season.  How will you be wearing stripes this spring?

St. Patrick’s Day Looks

by Katie Haller

I love dressing up for holidays.  It’s always been a fun way for me to celebrate the holiday, no matter what my plans are for that day.  One of my favorite holidays to dress for has always been St. Patrick’s Day.  I love the color green and I’m a little over a quarter Irish, so I feel that gives me the right to go all out and show off my Irish pride.  My St. Patrick’s Day is now celebrated a little differently than the St. Patrick’s Day’s of my past.  Instead of drinking at the bars with friends, I’ll be hanging out with my little family, probably enjoying a beer with my husband, while Jack plays in the yard. 
Even though my St. Patty’s Day plans might be a little lame to some, that doesn’t mean that I can’t have fun with my outfit.  Here are a few looks that I put together for St. Patrick’s Day, just by shopping my own closet.
For my first look, I wore this green polka-dot blouse that I’ve had in my closet for a couple years now.  I paired it with my distress jeans and nude pumps.

Top- Target (similar) || Jeans- Target (similar) || Shoes- Target (exact) || Necklace- Nordstrom Rack (similar) || Purse- Ross (similar)

I’m really loving this olive green color with my white pants.  It looks so springy!  I paired this look with some brown Steve Madden wedge shoes, a statement necklace, and my brown leather Coach purse.

Top- Thrifted from Savers (similar) || Pants- Target (similar) || Necklace- Savers (similar) || Shoes- Macy’s (similar) || Purse- Coach Outlet (similar)

If you don’t have much green in your wardrobe, you can always accessorize with some green.  I love to accessorize with big green statement necklaces.  I wore my green bubble necklace for this look, but you could always add a green scarf if you don’t have any green jewelry. 

Top- Nordstrom Rack (similar) || Pants- TJ Maxx (similar) || Jacket- Meijer (similar) || Shoes- Burlington Coat Factory (exact) || Purse- Last Call Neiman Marcus (exact) || Necklace- Charming Charlies (similar)

Sometimes a simple green t-shirt is all you need to dress up a St. Patrick’s Day look.  Back when I had little money to go shopping with, I bought this Kelly green t-shirt at Kohl’s and it’s always been a good go to top for St. Patrick’s Day. 

Top- Kohl’s (similar) || Jeans- Kohl’s (similar) || Cardigan- H&M (similar) || Shoes- linked above || Purse- linked above

Those are my St. Patty’s Day looks.  Hopefully, I’ve inspired you to shop your closet and find ways to incorporate green into your day!

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