insert retail therapy here

Hi, remember me? I’m that one girl who used to blog two times a day and then decided to take off and leave you in the dust this weekend. Sorry I’m not sorry.

Okay, so that was not the nicest greeting after leaving you for two days with no updates with my positively mind-blowing weekend. Let’s try that again.

Hiiiiii!!!! I’ve missed you all so much this weekend. Let’s catch up, shall we?

Yes, much better.

In reality, yesterday I was off gallivanting around Chicago with one of my best friends and her husband, and today I had a lot of therapy planned.

While it could be debated that I could actually benefit from actual therapy, today’s was in the form of retail.

I did a lot of grocery shopping — my first big trip to the store in probably 3-4 weeks due to all of that traveling I did last month.

I went to Jewel to stock up on some Jazz apples (they are the best right now!), sweet potatoes and whole flax seeds (for a soon to come recipe!).

Some essentials from Trader Joe’s — a lot of beans to restock my pantry, tomatoes, brown rice pasta, Almond Smooth, balsamic vinegar, and cashews.

Produce from Trader Joe’s:

And some more essentials: tofu, ketchup, mustard, greek yogurt, butter (Husband — obviously), chocolate chips (Husband), chocolate coconut water (crack. seriously.), and peanut butter.

After Trader Joe’s I went to Costco where I proceeded to look through my purse for 20 minutes in the 90 degree heat trying to find where I put the card in my purse. Um, it was exactly where I put it. Awesome.

Raisins, salad mix, bananas, blueberries, lunchmeat, hummus, parmesan, cinnamon.

But before I did all my grocery shopping, I actually headed out to the mall to pick up some essentials for work. When I was younger, one of my favorite things about the beginning of the school year was the money my mom put aside for us to go “back to school” shopping. Seeing as I would “only wear Limited Too”, that got me all of about 4 outfits. But whatever, I rocked that plaid skirt and knee highs all of sixth grade.

From JC Penney’s I bought two camisoles (black and white) as my current cami’s have holes at the bottom from my pulling the shirt down constantly. I also bought a cute sheer short sleeved shirt from the a.n.a line. I also got some unmentionables, but they shall remain unmentionable.

 
I also went to The Loft, which is pricey at times, but they have really nice quality outfits. It also doesn’t hurt that I receive an extra 15% off just for being a teacher! 

 
The crops on the right are so comfortable and casual yet dressy enough to work to work. I love the bottom cuff.

They have an elastic cuff so you can roll them (or not!) to your heart’s desire.

I also found a pair of jeans that actually fit me. Whenever that happens, it does not matter how much the pants cost. I have to get them. I have larger hips but a smaller waist, so jeans never fit me properly. I found these “curvy boot” jeans and bought them despite the $60 price tag.

The khaki pants in the middle were actually on clearance in Target! They also have a “curvy” fit (fit 4) and I love them. The pants were only $17!

At The Loft, I also scored 3 basic tees for $30. I honestly needed the essentials as mine were looking kind of gross. Plus, it is super easy to dress up a t-shirt!

For once I am actually glad the Husband does not read the blog because he would kill me if he saw I bought another pair of shoes, let alone three pair. However, in my defense, all three pairs were on clearance and I am constantly looking for dressier sandals and flats to wear to work.

I tend to accessorize with a lot of gold, so I thought these peep-toe ballet flats were absolutely adorable.

And you can never go wrong with a black sandal!

I would have liked to find more tops to wear, but I guess that wasn’t in my card today. When I got home, I did put together a huge pile of throw away’s and donations (throw away’s because I don’t think anyone wants my old undies…). In all, I probably spent about $250 on clothes, which isn’t too bad!

I’m going to have to remember that shopping high when my alarm clock starts going off at 4:15 tomorrow morning so I can squeeze in a BodyRock workout before I get ready/leave the house at 6 AM (teaching conference this week!).

Question: What was the last good deal you scored?

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