With summer officially behind us, I can finally put my summer stripes in the back of the closet and pull my sweaters and vests to the front. Even though it's early in the season, I can already see popular colors and trends shining throughout store windows. Blazers, 70's plaids, and leopard print are going to be big hits this season and I'm ready to jump on board. During fall I like to stay within the neutral palette and then play with layers and fall prints. Having a wide ran

I'll flat out say it. I absolutely cannot afford J. Crew unless I'm shopping their sale, and even then I sometimes still can't afford J. Crew. I know I'm not the only girl out there who's tight on money and purchases her own clothing. As you already know, I love keeping my closet current and updated with trends but sometimes, it's difficult to shop J. Crew's best without spending my entire paycheck. Almost every blog post I write has something from J. Crew linked in it becaus

So many of you request a prep for less post, and honestly it's a lot of sitting and waiting and watching for deals and for stores to go online. Despite all the waiting and watching for sales, there are a few tips to know when it comes to shopping prep for less, despite if a store is on sale and today I want to share those with you. This post is pretty lengthy, so I'm just jumping on into it, but if you have a prep for less tip, leave it for other readers in the comments below

One of my favorite things to do is play around with the clothes in my closet and try to get as many outfits as possible out of only a handful of items. I try to base my entire wardrobe off this principle. Many readers and followers of the blog ask how I continually come up with cute outfits and style everything without making the same outfit twice. It might seem like I have a gigantic wardrobe at my fingertips, but the truth is that I expand my closet by purchasing extremely

Once the weather heats up, I am such a dress person. I love wearing fun and easy dresses any chance I get, whether it be a cotton coverup dress to run errands or to work at Lilly Pulitzer, or if I'm dressing up for dinner or a fun event. Today's post is a really exciting one, because I'm rounding up my 40 favorite dresses for Spring and Summer under $50. Some may say, "$50! That's so expensive!". Truth be told, you aren't going to find many stellar dresses with a $15-$20 budg

I'm a total stripes junkie. I swear they make up 60% of my wardrobe and anytime I'm not quite sure what to wear, stripes are pretty much the answer every time. With the (late) arrival of spring, I find myself sporting stripes more often than usual. Right now, so many collections are featuring prominent striped items so I wanted to share them with you today. Stripes are a total classic and look great on dresses, shirts, shoes, seriously anything. They make any outfit a little

I am so enjoying Spring apparel right now, if only the weather in Virginia would catch up! It's going to snow four days out of the next ten, which is more snow than we have seen throughout all of Winter here at JMU. I'm sick of thick sweaters and layering a sweatshirt, with a vest, with a parka just to keep warm. To combat this drab weather I'm experience, I'm back again with another 30 Under $30 post. I've been working on this post all week long and am really thrilled to fin

As a girl on a college budget, I try to only shop sales as well as try to only purchase things I can style with a ton of other items in my closet. If it's a one and done purchase, it's not worth my money. Today, I searched my closet as well as my favorite items on the internet and picked out 15 faves to style into a complete summer wardrobe. This capsule closet doesn't include shoes or accessories but I usually would pair gold Palm Beach Sandals or Jack Rogers with almost eve

Finding your style and then cultivating your closet to match your style can get expensive. Although the preppy style is known for being pricey, the actuality of it all is that every style is going to be expensive. Let's look at Urban Outfitters and Free People, those aren't cheap stores. There is a way to avoid spending a lot of money on your closet though, and that's distinguishing what you can save on what you should splurge on. My philosophy is if you should purchase "the