Fashion on a budget. Is there such a thing?

I've always loved J. Crew but it was that store that I looked into longingly but just walked past. I knew I couldn't afford it so why depress myself by looking at beautiful clothes I cant have? I am obviously not a good window shopper. . .

Well now I can go into J.Crew and no I did not get rich all of a sudden! I learned about the Outlets at Traverse Mountain in Lehi (by Cabela's). I had never been to the Outlets because I heard they were all high end stores that I couldn't afford but I recently learned the truth! Yes there are high end stores but the J. Crew Outlet is very reasonable. The prices on the the tags still show between $40 (for t-shirts!)-$100+. That may discourage you but here is the cool part. Everything is on sale since it is an outlet. Everything I have gotten there so far has been at least 40% off but most of it was more like 60% off. Awesome right? Wait there's more! :) If you are either a college student or teacher you get an extra %15 off. Perfect for poor college students and poor teachers right?!?! I think so. It may be worth checking out.

Since I want to be a " Mormon Chic School Counselor" (MCSC) I am working on getting some nice clothes for my internship next year and my future career so this was a good find. I have yet to see the rest of the outlets besides Gap (I did stop in there and they had some good deals too) but I will keep you updated.

First J. Crew Purchase

The purple floral shirt was originally $64.50 but I got it for $10.19. Seriously amazing! Striped shirt dress normally $59.50  and I got it for $25.29. Both of those were from J. Crew. The mint cardigan was from Gap originally $39.99 and I got it for $7.99!

Always get lots of compliments when I wear my J. Crew shirt and elephant necklace that you cant see in this picture (It is in the first picture).

I hope you ladies at least go check it out up there because there are also stores like Carter's there so you can dress the kids cute too!

Enjoy

Casual Friday (Boyfriend Jeans)

Hey its casual Friday! I love casual Friday because it gives me a day to dress more casual and wear t-shirts and all that fun stuff. Sometimes I wear random concert t-shirts or a school shirt but today I decided to just wear a plan black shirt and pair it with my boyfriend jeans. I have had some people ask me about what boyfriend jeans are and how to wear them so I will tell you what I think.

•  I like boyfriend jeans with t-shirts, like what I wore today for casual Friday. 
• With boyfriend jeans it seems like they are always rolled up and they are supposed to be baggy.
• I also have seen a lot of boyfriend jeans that have holes which is really cute too.
• The great thing about boyfriend jeans is that you can dress them up or down and make tons of different outfits!

I wanted to look a bit more feminine today so I added the floral cardigan but if I had gone more simple with just the black t-shirt that would have been really cute too. I also added a pop of color with my fun flats of course.

Black v-neck from Target, Cardigan from Bella Ella Curvy, Boyfriend jeans from H&M+, flats from Ross. Did you notice I didn't take a selfie and that the pictures are better quality? Well I have decided to have other people help me out taking pictures at work so that I can now be the "Mormon Chic School Counselor (MCSC)" to be. :)

I don't do heels but if I did how cute is that?

If you wear garments just be careful with holes. You can always buy patches to attach under the holes if you do get jeans with holes up higher.

Hope this helps you with your boyfriend jean questions!

Enjoy!