Cardi-Love

Last week was Valentine's day and with all the LOVE in the air my sister suggested I do a Cardi-Love week! We all know how versatile cardigans can be and if you don't, you need to pay attention to this post!! Cardigans are a girl's best friend you can wear it so many ways and make a whole new outfit every time.So adding 1 piece to your wardrobe means a lot of new outfits, that is  Winning, my friend!!

I can tell you that while I started off very excited about this new task for my week I didn't end very excited at all! I will admit that at the end of the week I was a little bummed to put back on my trusty cardigan for yet another day. However I trudged on for the sake of some good pics and content for today's blog!!!! LOL

Last week was the last week before our winter break in our school system. So we like to use that as an excuse to wear jeans but also to raise money for great charities!!Relay for Life is a big one in our county (  I am on the committee, so yes this is a shameless plug) It is an event for American Cancer society to raise money for Cancer Awareness & research. I would suggest definitely going online, finding a Relay for Life event near you and get involved. You will not regret it, it will be the most fulfilling commitment you will ever do. So I got to pay to wear jeans to work for a week for a good cause.

I ALWAYS wear cardigans in my usually work outfits ( literally like 2 or 3 times a week). I thought I would go with the casual approach with the cardi-love since it was jeans week. Below is what you will find as my experiment with Cardi-Love. Again I tell you it wasn't as exciting the whole week as I thought it would be, however not once did someone notice I was wearing the same cardigan!! Well, if they did they didn't say anything like" Didn't you just wear that" or "Gross haven't you worn that same sweater all week". I didn't tell people what I was doing because I wanted to see if anyone would notice. In that aspect, my experiment with Cardi-Love was a big success! So now are you convinced that cardigans are the BEST piece of your wardrobe EVER??!!!!

I chose my favorite Caridgan for this weeks Cardi-Love. It is a blush/tan color Cardigan from Forever 21. I bought it for like $13 right after Christmas.

Monday

 Cardigan-Forever 21- (Christmas)
Shirt-Forever 21-(Christmas)
Leopard Belt-JCrew outlet-( last summer)
Trousers-Ann Taylor- Goodwill from so long ago!

Tuesday I was at home because we had a contractor come out to help re- do our porch. So V-day was a lazy chill day kind of outift!

Old Band Tee-Goodwill long ago
Jeans- Thrift Store

Wednesday:

Tank-JCrew outlet-( 2 years ago)
Leopard Scarf-eBay  ( last fall)
Brown belt- hand me down
high waisted jeans-Old Navy( Christmas)

Thursday:

Striped button up-Consignment store( 2 years ago)
skinny Express jeans-Marshall's ( 3 years ago)
Boots- Bass Outlet ( 3 years ago)

Friday:

White t-shirt-Clothes swap
Leopard Scarf-eBay
Skinny jeans- Old navy( Christmas)

So that was my work week with my favorite cardigan!! Sorry I only went 5 days but like I said before that was about all I had in me! I LOVE my other cardigans way too much too to just confine myself to one!!! However I have proved the theory of how much 1 caridgan can change/add to your wardrobe!!!!! Long Live Cardi-Love!!!!!

Comparisonitis

So one of the biggest challenges of the Thriftygirlchallenge for my sisters and I is, staying away from the emails all the sale emails we receive. About a gazillion times a week you receive these sale & clearance and addition % off sale items. I had to go through and block all of my favorite stores' emails. However I happened upon this awesome website http://www.learnvest.com/. It has all kinds of great helpful advice for the frugal minded!!

One article I read recently,  really brought things into perspective for me. The article says "trying to keep up with the Joneses can not only make you feel lousy about yourself, but also inspire bad spending decisions. We call this phenomenon “money comparisonitis.”  WOW ain't that the truth!!! How many times have I done that? I think as women we constantly "compare" ourselves with other women. So much so that it not only affects us but our spending habits too!!!
 The rest of the article is very refreshing you should have a read if you get a minute http://www.learnvest.com/2012/01/how-to-cure-your-money-comparisonitis/.

As a woman/mom/daughter/sister & friend I want to give credit where credit is do!! If I see another lady who looks nice I like to tell them. If I like their new diamond ring or new furniture then I am going to be happy for them and with them. If  my coworkers or friends are looking super hot & pretty I'm going to tell them not envy them to the point of being negative towards them.

I've decided to do my own version of "Comparisonitis". Since I've become addicted to Pinterest, link here: http://pinterest.com/, I have found some many wonderful ideas about everything!!! I use it all the time as a resource & reference. It has absolutely been a GREAT tool in helping me with the "Thriftygirlchallenge". So I have found some amazing outfits that I could recreate with my own items I already have. So here you go:

This girl's style is amazing!!! I love her outfits she puts together. So here is my version , which is kind of a mix of those 2 outfits!


Next outfit is a recreation of the Always classic Reese

here is my version:

So you see we can all be some fabulous looking women if we inspire & encourage one another!!!!