It's been a nice couple of weeks just bumming around back at home. I got super sick after my plane ride home. It was sooo horrible! I probably caught something from someone. But thank goodness I'm finally all better. I've been too lazy to go online so I have a TON of catching up to do.
Since it is finally JUNE, my shopping ban is over and I can start shopping again!!! The funny thing is that during the month of May I seriously realized just how bad my shopping habit/obsession was. Constantly keeping up with JCA, it's almost like I felt the NEED to shop and have all the latest styles. It's like I got a shopping high or something! Taking a step back and seeing how much I used to spend was really crazy! I was a JCrew addict. But anyway, now that I know that I have a "problem" I just have to keep it all under control. I decided to give myself a set shopping allowance and put a $30 cap in the price I spend of a single item and so far it's going just fine.
Soooo, what have I bought since June started?
A super cute 2 piece bathing suit from Banana Republic Outlet for $16! (Both pieces total!) Thanks to all of you for your bathing suit advice! I'm so happy I found a cute one at a steal of a price!
3 tops from Ann Taylor Loft $30 total! (Man, that store has some cheap finds if you're there at the right time!)
1 pair of those JCrew look-a-like fireball earrings from Nordstrom Rack for $20!! (Yay, I finally found them!)
And today during the JCrew Update I finally scored:
Meringue Top in Ivory $20
Ruffle Scoopneck in Sandalwood $20!
I missed out on the EXTRA20 sale, eh, that's what I get for sleeping in a missing all the re-stock updates! It's also a total BUMMER that the sales tax in Cali is sooooo high because when you order online you have an extra something to pay. Totally sucks!!!
Oooh and my mom bought me the Orchid Pewter Sorbet Stripe Cardi since I returned mine back when I paid $60 for it. I'm so glad it's super cheap now! It's crazy how much they reduce their items!
But anywho, I can't wait to read all of your lovely blogs and see what y'all have been up to.
I'll probably visit the Cabazon outlets this weekend to see what JCrew has got going on over there.
Until then, enjoy the rest of your week!!!
Ooooh and one last note:
If you haven't seen Disney/Pixar's UP go watch it!!
It's the cutest, funniest movie ever!
14 comments:
Yay! I'm glad you're back, I was starting to worry about you girl!! Congrats on the shopping habit realizations, I kind of had the same epiphany in the past couple weeks, mostly because I did my laundry and found that I had bought so many new clothes that I needed to go buy more hangers!! Insane.
yay, welcome back! : ) I'm going into "save $" mode as well. Trying a two-items-in-closet, one-item-out approach.
luckily I have a ton of reeeally old clothes so this self-imposed ban just means I'll be a little more picky on the must-haves.
and Julia, re: hangers, LOL. I purposely bought thick wood hangers so I can't cram as much on the rod!
Welcome back, Ashley! Hope you are feeling better, and enjoying your time off. Nice bargains you got - good for you (bad sales tax, though). Take care!
Welcome back. I am so glad that you're feeling better. As far as shopping goes...I am realizing the same things about myself when it comes to blogging....i always feel the need to have the newest and most current Jcrew rollouts. I have done much better in June and am proud to say that I only purchased 2 jcrew dresses!!!! Yay!!!!! Enjoy all your goodies and hopefully July will be just as good or better than June.
Yay! I'm so happy to see you've returned! I was seriously missing my LOVE IT reading.
Happy to hear you are feeling much better. I get sick a lot when I travel by plane too. Luckily this last time I didn't but I was already on an antibiotic so I bet that helped.
Hope you've been enjoying your summer so far. I seriously wish I had summer break right now. I could so use it.
I've been wondering where you went... glad you're feeling better!
Hooray! You're back! I was seriously missing your wit, photos and posts! :) And so glad to hear you are feeling much better!
Did I tell you that I got the scattered boule necklace? It's so pretty! I'm always waiting for the next chance to wear it!
Kudos to you and your shopping epiphany - I do so admire you for realizing and doing something about it. And your mom's so sweet to have bought that for you! I love moms! :)
Looking forward to more posts! (And I am so going to see Up, even if I have to see it by myself! Hmp! LOL!)
Take care of yourself...recovering from illness is rough.
That $30 cap is an interesting idea. :)
Look forward to seeing your awesome finds in real life.
I was wondering what happened to you! Thought of you today when I wore my JCrew Fireball necklace (and got compliments on it! Woo!)
Welcome back! :)
Welcome back! I'm glad you're no longer sick, because being sick is never fun. YAY you stuck with your shopping ban! I think the $30 limit is a pretty good way to start, and maybe I'll implement it too. UP was sooo good! I'm convinced that I want a talking dog now, haha!
Welcome back Ashley! I also found an amazing top at ATL for 19.99, amybe it's the same!
So glad you are back!!
welcome back! congrats on surviving the shopping ban. i totally know what you mean about the shopping high :) i'm selling a bunch of my jcrew stuff on my blog and it feels kind of therapeutic getting rid of things i never wear!
also loved UP! did you watch it in 3D? hehe
Welcome back! :-)
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