Keeping Up With The Joneses

Last night, I met up with the beautiful Lee Ann from Life in ATX to have some coffee and chat. First of all, what a sweet heart she is! We were chatting about all things blogging, obviously, and one topic came up that I have been thinking a lot about lately- how to keep up with the blogging world. Everywhere you look in the blogging community you see $700 handbags, $300 flats, and everything is designer. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love my Kate Spade planner and I do have a few (really tiny) designer bags (MK, Kate Spade, and Rebecca Minkoff), but these were purchased either on sale or at Nordstrom Rack. There is a point where I have to draw the line. I feel like a big thing that comes along with blogging is figuring out how NOT to give in to the pressure to buy anything and everything! I take pride in the fact that most of my outfits come from affordable and highly available retailers. I want to show my readers how to style items that they have in their closet or can at least afford to buy! It’s nice to look at that $500 dress with those $1000 heels, but it’s just not realistic to me. Even with all the money in the world I don’t think I could justify those kind of purchases. I would rather have 10 $50 dresses than 1 $500 dress, I like a little variety.

Get The Look:

Target Sweater (Similar) // Target Leggings // Chinese Laundry Boots via Zulily // Michael Kors Crossbody // Scarf via China Town NYC (Similar) // Charming Charlie Sunglasses (Similar) // Accessory Jane Earrings // Kendra Scott Necklace // Vintage Ring from my Grandmother

Shop Leggings:

The handbag in this outfit is probably my biggest splurge ever, I used two $50 gift cards I won at work and paid $48 for. I had anxiety even buying that, lol. That being said, if you see anything designer on here, it was debated upon in my head for over a month and it’s GOT to be good! 😉 I just have to keep telling myself that I would rather have money saved for the days when we decide to start a family than have those Tory Burch flats. (I think…haha!) Stay strong budgeting ladies, you’re not alone!

The Shopping Bag

This weekend was a leggings and boots type of weekend. It was cold and dreary and I just wanted to cuddle up and watch movies the entire time. Fortunately, I did get to do a little laying around, but let’s be realistic I’m an adult and adults have s*** to do on the weekends. So, to make it all a little more bearable leggings it was…all weekend long.

Get The Look:

Aztec Tunic c/o The Shopping Bag // Target Leggings // Charming Charlie Crossbody // Chinese Laundry Boots via Zulily // Kendra Scott Necklace & Earrings // Aldo Sunglasses // Charming Charlie Bracelet

When The Shopping bag contacted me to collaborate I picked out this tunic because there is NOTHING I love more than bright colors in the winter time. It’s super comfy and I absolutely LOVE that it’s long enough to wear with leggings and cover my tush. Always remember: leggings are not pants! Cover your butt! I say that with the most amount of love possible!

The Shopping Bag has some SUPER cute clothes and I’ve already begun a shopping list for myself (duh!) including this maxi dress…how amazing is the back of that thing? The best part? The Shopping Bag is offering 25% off to all of you All That Glitters readers with the discount code ALLTHATGLITTERS. So get yourself on over to their website and check out what they have to offer!

**I received the tunic pictures above for free from The Shopping Bag. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.**

Oh Deer: Part 1

Hi Lovelies!

Only one more day until my work holiday party and I am SUPER pumped….as you can tell by today’s outfit, I am getting more and more in a Christmasy mood! I have seen these leggings EVERYWHERE in the past month. Well, wouldn’t you know…just my luck, they have been SOLD OUT everywhere I look! Well, I finally found them at White Plum Boutique for $21.99 and I bought them that very moment. Unfortunately, they are sold out there now too….BUT they have some super similar, just with red and green instead of red and grey!

As you can see up there^^ it says “part 1″….that means this is part of a series! Woot woot! Next week I will be showing you a few other awesome ways to wear these leggings, and deer pieces in general! So stay tuned…

Get The Look:
Top: Charming Charlie, Leggings: White Plum, Boots: DSW, Scarf: Sam Moon, Handbag: Lulu Guinness for JC Penney

Similar Styles:

This is the most comfortable outfit in the history of outfits. The leggings are so soft, they almost feel fuzzy (they’re not). The shirt from Charming Charlie is super soft as well, and you can wear it with pretty much anything…and these boots <sighs>. You pretty much need to own this entire outfit, just sayin’!

I hope you had a chance to check out the first day of my 12 Days of Christmas Crafts series this morning! I will be posting a new Christmas craft every day until Christmas Eve, so be sure to stop back in every day and see what I have to show!

Until tomorrow…

xox Megan

A Good Old Printed Peplum

Hi Lovelies!

I am SLOWLY….very slowly, but surely learning how to take pictures that aren’t in automatic. Aren’t you proud? Don’t they look fabulous? Yeah, personally I don’t think that they look all that different…but maybe that just means I am an expert automatic photographer:) Haha! Well, on to today’s outfit, featuring my new photography skills! I got this shirt a while back at Francesca’s and it is my go to “comfy, but still looks like I tried” shirt. And really, what goes better with a comfortable shirt than leggings? Nada.

Outfit Details:
Top: Francesca’s
Pants: Target
Boots: Charming Charlie
Earrings: Francesca’s
Handbag: Charming Charlie
Teal and Cream bracelets: Charming Charlie
Feather and infinity bracelets: Aldo
Infinity Ring: Charming Charlie
Sunglasses: Aldo

It has been raining here constantly for about 3 days now, so you will have to excuse the seriously frizzy hair. #Shouldaputitup

Until tomorrow…

xox Megan

Linking up with: I feel Pretty, Because Shanna Said So, The Pleated Poppy, Tucker Up

New York City In Stripes: Day 2 & 3

Hi Lovelies!

Happy hump day! I cannot believe how fast time seems to be going. This past week has gone by so fast it’s unbelievable! Well, I hope you are all ready for my recap on the last 2 days of my trip to NYC! There are a few more outfit pictures on this post then there were yesterday, mostly because this outfit was so comfortable, yet I just felt cute in it:)

Anyways…Friday was really a day for just taking in the city and people watching. We visited the Statue of Liberty and walked by the Stock Exchange, unfortunately Ellis Island is still closed due to the hurricane. Now, if you haven’t been to the Statue of Liberty, it is definitely a must do! The boat ride out alone is worth it! You can see the entire city and all the surrounding Burroughs perfectly and get some really great shots…plus who doesn’t like a good boat ride? You can go all the way up to the top of the statue, but my family and I have already done so. We were perfectly content just walking around, getting some great photos, and then having a snack at the little café they have. That night we saw The Newsies on Broadway, which totally took me back to my high school choir days when we would watch the movie version. After the show, I met up with a few of my friends from high school/college and had some drinks…it was really great to catch up:)

On Saturday my dad wanted to watch football, so Mom and I went shopping. We shopped down 34th street and 5th Avenue and found some really great stuff! I’m sure you will see some of my finds on here once I am not feeling so sick:( We met up with my dad in the afternoon and made a trip to Central Park and Bryant Park (where the cute puppies below are from). The bridge in Central Park is my favorite picture from these 2 days….It was such a beautiful setting.