A Short Trip & Fall

 
So I had a different outfit all lined up for the next post... and then fall happened. Not to mention a small shopping trip with my ever thrifty mother as a birthday gift, and so TA DA! The featured outfit was born.
 
While shopping, my mom and I discussed something that may be an issue for my generation, tell me if I'm wrong, but I seem to own more black and grey clothing than anything else. I pick things off the rack, black and grey. I have to FORCE myself to pick things that are colorful and different from everything else in my closet. And so, with my mom as my shopping wing-man if you will, I chose this shirt... okay my psychedelic raised-in-the-70s mom picked this shirt.

 
 
Seriously though, this shirt is so far removed from anything I own... and it only slightly reminded me of Austin Powers. Aside from that, however, is the fact that this shirt is versatile. I tried this shirt on with brown pants, navy pants and black pants... and although the black pants would be my last choice... it didn't look bad with any of the options.
 
Which brings me to pants. And I promise this with be short... as in for all you short ladies out there. My favorite fashion fad lately has been the ankle/crop pant. The reason being that of the 3 pairs of dress pants I bought over the weekend all three were ankle/crop length and all were THE RIGHT LENGTH! No hemming needed!
 
So lastly lets look at the pricing break down of this outfit:
Pull on Skinny (not jean) Apartment 9: $19.60 + 30% off coupon = $13.72
Psychedelic shirt, Chaps: 11.80 + 30% off coupon = $8.26
Copper Cami (not seen) Old Navy: $3.50
Light Aqua Cardi, Old Navy: $15.00 + 15% off coupon $12.75
Boots: $24.99 - $10 off coupon = 14.99
 
Making the total for this outfit: $53.22 including cami and SHOES! Most people pay that just for the shoes.. or so I hear.
 
ckb

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