1) I was trying desperately to lose post-pregnancy weight. So frustrating! I honestly thought when I had my baby 15+ months ago that I would have the weight off by the time she turned one. No such luck.... I injured my knee a couple months into getting back into a workout routine. Ouch! After my knee healed, my migraines started up again. I just can't win! But now I can say I am 5 lbs. under my pre-pregnancy weight! It's just distributed slightly different.
2) I know what I want but I can't find it in stores. This has always happened to me! I have this vision in my head and it just doesn't look right when I try it on in the stores!
3) I'm on a very tight budget! When I got pregnant, my husband and I decided we would be a one income family so that I could stay home with the baby. I could have gone back to work and known my baby was in good hand because my mom and MIL would have been the ones taking care of her. But I am a firm believer that since I am the one who decided to bring a child into this world, I should be the one raising her (since we are fortunate enough to make that possible). So here we are... a single income family... on a very tight budget! And it's all possible because my husband is amazing and quite frankly, a financial genius! He does not make a lot of money at all! Yet he is so fabulous at budgeting that we are able to get by with cars paid in full, a house with a low mortgage, and no debt. Heck, he even manages to put money in savings each month! And yes, I am now bragging about how great my husband is! But seriously... I am very blessed to have such a financially wise spouse.
ANYWAY...
Reasons aside, I really needed some new clothes... Ones that were not stained with things previously on my daughter's little hands or torn from being pulled on or full of holes from being worn out... So I have been going shopping at least once a week to see what I could find. And up until today, this is what I had found:
NOTHING!
So sad... I know... Until today! I went to Old Navy of all places! And here is what I found:
One pair of jeans, two tops, two necklaces, a bracelet, and a pair of flip flops. For a grand total price of $13.38!!! That's right folks... less than $15! And here is how...
I shopped clearance for what I saw the clothes could be, instead of what they were. Everything I bought has something about it that I will have to add, subtract, or alter (minus the flip flops... I like them the way they are!) And it's really not going to be as much work as you think. I will be posting on the changes (along with a how-to) on each item as I alter them. Stay tuned!
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