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Green Amazon Dress- From Summer to Fall

by Katie Haller

How to style a summer dress to fall
Even though we still have a few more weeks of summer weather ahead of us, I can’t help but start to get an itch for fall fashion.  I love transitional fall outfits.  My ideal weather for dressing is about 70 degrees.  It’s the type of weather that you can still wear dresses and flats, but it’s nice to layer up with a cardigan.  Read more

6 Ways to Wear Cropped Flare Jeans

by Katie Haller

6 Ways to Wear Cropped Flare Jeans
If you follow along with me on Instagram, I’m sure you have seen me sharing all my end-of-summer clearance finds.  I love shopping at the end of summer, the only problem is that it makes me mad when I see things I’ve already bought go down in price.  I hate missing out on a deal, but that’s okay because sometimes I catch the deals.  For example, early in the spring, I tried on these light-washed cropped flare jeans at Old Navy.  I thought they were super cute, but they were full price so I passed on them. A couple of weeks ago while at Old Navy to scope out my fall wishlist, I found the jeans again.  This time the price tag said $11.21!  I decided to buy them, because not only are they super cute for spring and summer, but I also feel like they could be worn into the early fall.

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Favorite Books for Preschoolers

by Katie Haller

10 favorite books for preschoolers
It’s back-to-school time, and I’ve always loved this time of the year.  This is the first year in a long time that I am not busy getting my classroom ready for the new school year.  I always loved teaching preschool.  It’s such an important stepping stone in a child’s education.  This year instead of taking on a classroom of 20 preschoolers, I get to focus on one preschooler, my little guy.  Jack is at that preschool age where he is loving learning.  Well, I guess he’s always loved learning, but now he is really eager to learn new things and explore.  One of his favorite activities at the moment is reading.  We read together all the time.  I can never turn him down when he asks me to read to him. Read more

5 Tips to Stretch your Budget at Sephora

by Katie Haller

You guys must know by now that I’m a huge fan of budget makeup.  I do most of my makeup shopping at the grocery store because that’s what is convenient for me and they have the best prices. Well, every once in a while I get the itch to treat myself to some higher-end makeup.  I recently won a $25 gift card to Sephora through one of my voxbox campaigns I participated in with Influenster.  I was so excited because I haven’t shopped at Sephora in years!  I love Sephora, but my budget (and my husband) have kept me out of that store.  Getting a gift card was such a treat.

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