All of these back to school ads have me thinking about
when I was younger and would go shopping for the new school year. Shot of Mom
and Dad would give me a budget of say $300 to buy new clothes for the school
year.
Shopping in August was tricky – a lot of summer stuff was
on sale and the fall stuff was full price. Oh and this girl had a penchant for
some Campain International EXPRESS. That’s totally spelled wrong and off, but for
those ‘90’s shoppers out there, you will remember Express had a series of names
before it became simply Express, but the internets wouldn’t help me out. But
you know what did – my 1994 leggings that I still wear. I call them “vintage.”
.JPG)
Anyways, I was thinking the other day – what if I had
$300 to go back-to-school shopping, but for clothes that I could wear now.
Knowing that I need some shoes, a new bag and some clothes, what would I buy?
Then I thought – this would be a good blog post!
So here’s my back-to-school shopping list!
1.
Purple
TopShop Dress ($24) – You can dress this up, down, wear it with tights into
the winter! It is also available in grey and orange!
2.
H&M Twill Pants
– in Jean & Black ($10 each, $20 total) – I mean…two pairs of pants for
$20!? Can’t pass this up!
3.
Forever
21 Polka Dot Dress ($13.80) – Another dress you can pair with tights, you
can also turn this polka dot number into a Halloween costume with some Minnie
Mouse ears.
4.
H&M Black Flats
($12.95) – Okay, this pick is going to take a little bit of work. I recommend
these flats and then heading to Michael’s and making some shoe clips with
vintage earrings or brooches and bows (I’ll tackle that at a later date)
5.
Kate
Spade Earrings ($21.99) – These earrings are versatile enough for everyday
wear…and on sale!
6.
Pink Sharpie ($1.00) – I only write with Sharpies.
7.
Old
Navy Chambray Shirt ($24.95, now 20% off at $19.96) – My chambray
shirt count is up to six – I wear these with black pants, colorful jeans,
skirts, under jumper dresses – these shirts work the hardest in my closet!
8.
Old
Navy Black Blazer ($34.94) – Heading into fall, I’d use this blazer as a
coat or paired with a tank as an outfit.
9.
Anthropologie
Necklace (29.95) – Randomly, my list is very black and white, so to
brighten things up, I’m going add in this yellow necklace. Added fall bonus –
yellow matches my high school and college alma maters and any Pittsburgh sports
team!
10. Carbon
Crusader Resolution Pencils ($8.00) – I love school supplies and I love the
different pencils from this Etsy vendor. Check out the “What Would Blair
Woldorf Do” and “Mean Girls” themed sets!
12. Lilly
Pulitzer Planner ($17) – I can’t start the new school…err..work year
without my trusty Lilly planner. I’ve wrote about it here before, but I love
that this planner has the full month and then week-by-week breakout (I typically
go with the medium planner)
13. Lululemon
Tank ($29.00) – Sometimes reader Trish got me hooked on Lululemon and I really
don’t want to talk about my obsession. A myth about the store is that they don’t
have sales…that’s false.
15. WVU
Pink Shirt ($19.50) – Gotta have some WVU gear if I’m going back to school…to
tailgate! I’m super excited about the WVU item that I purchased writing this
post ; )
As I reflect on this list, I’m rather shocked at how much
I was able to “get” for $300! I’m sure some of my readers could do better, but
regardless, this was a fun challenge! I'd use that remaining $8 for some more Sharpies and of course a binder!
Post a Comment