Although summer doesn’t officially end for 12 more days, it seems like September brings out all the fall feels long before the weather reflects it. I get in the mood for autumn clothing weeks before it gets cool enough to wear them. So this is the time of year when lightweight fabrics in fall colors really come in handy. You can create an outfit with an autumnal vibe but still remain cool in the heat of the late summer sun. If you stopped by last Friday, you might recognize the brown and white split legged trousers peeking from beneath my chocolate brown maxi dress. This outfit is sort of the…

But nothing borrowed and nothing blue. Just a whole bunch of brown and white. With school beginning yesterday, I thought today’s outfit share should feature some of my former school colors. I never really liked any of my school colors during the years I was in school, but now many of those color combinations appeal to me. My elementary school colors were blue and gold (aka yellow), my high school colors were black and gold (also yellow), my college colors were brown and white, and my graduate school colors were red and white. But these days, you can mostly find me donning purple and white…my kids’ school colors. Back in…

The past two Fridays, I have shared newly thrifted jumpsuits so I wanted to finish the weekly series with the third and final (for now) preloved jumpsuit. The first was an oversized white jumpsuit with a groovy floral pattern and the second was a cropped length solid black jumpsuit. And now this one…which I’ve named the cow-giraffe print jumpsuit. I know I had referred to the groovy floral print one as “the best jumpsuit ever” but this cow-giraffe print may have inched into the lead for my favorite. I love the neutral colors for a more earthy vibe and I find the unique abstract pattern to be rather eye-catching. So…

Oh my gosh, you guys, this might be my best thrift store clothing find ever! I don’t even really like jumpsuits that much. They are often unflattering and I find them to be a huge hassle when going to the bathroom. But any jumpsuit negatives are far outweighed by the positively adorable floral print. I saw it hanging on the dress rail and the print immediately caught my attention. When I realized it was a jumpsuit, I almost left it on the rack. But something in my soul nagged me to try it on anyway. It doesn’t have a brand label but it does have a tiny size tag indicating…

Lately, I have been going on a lot of thrifting adventures. I definitely don’t need any more clothes in my closet, but sometimes I get bored and enjoy a little hunt in the thrift store. Plus, most of my favorite retailers no longer have physical stores in my area and I really don’t enjoy online shopping as much as in-person shopping. I like to try on clothing and touch and feel the fabrics before purchasing. And I really hate returning things. I don’t know why but the whole process of returning items to stores makes me really uncomfortable. It always has. So I try to avoid it if possible. Most…