It’s Fall already? Well not quite. We still got about a month to go but I’m pretty sure you ladies are already gearing up for it. I enjoyed Fall season last year coz I was able to transition summer outfits onto the season with Fall twists. With North Carolina’s weather, I could pretty much come up with outfits and not worry about freezing my ass off too much unlike Upstate New York which we lived in for 8 years. Fall and Winter in New York is different from Fall and Winter in NC, or California. You can actually wear …read more

Here’s the last item from my bargain shopping 2 weekends ago. I found this red & white polka dot smocked tube top from CATO. On sale for $9.99. The picture makes it look too bright. Trust me, it’s not that bright . I’d probably wear this with shorts and with jeans come early Fall. I love polka dots.
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A light weight brown abstract print smocked dress was just the perfect dress yesterday when we went out for lunch, flea market browsing and some bargain shopping. It was so hot. The temperature I mean . My tan brown croc CalLa Bag certainly matched the brown color Scheme I was going for. It didn’t look too Fall-ish, did it? Breakdown of my under $100 look after the fold…

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Fruitlolita mixed this yellow floral smocked dress with a black top underneath. I never in a million years could’ve thought of doing this. I would cover up my shoulders with a solid shrug but never like this. I love learning new fashion tricks. Don’t you? Paired with black flats, and she’s casual chic for the day.

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Just a casual day with my CATO green floral ruched tee and Levi’s Jeans. Love my new accessories though. Breakdown below :

CATO Green Floral ruched tee, $7.99

Levi’s Jeans, $25

Fashion Bug Black Flip Flops, $8

Round cut-out pendant necklace, $3.99

Sterling Silver bangles, $3.99

Xhilaration dangling earrings, $4.99

Huge Sunnies, $10

OVERALL Total : $63.96

This is my first Under $100 Look for the month of May. I would like to thank Reese Witherspoon for inspiring me to buy my own black and white embroidered top. Not to toot my own horn but I love this spring look on myself . Ok, here’s the breakdown :

My Michelle Black and White embroidered top, $15
OLD NAVY ‘The Flirt’ Jeans, $15
Payless crisscross peep-toe pumps, $10
Long Black Cross Pendant necklace, $7.99
Claire’s black bangle, $2.50
OVERALL TOTAL : $50.49

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The List Maven asked what’s in my purse so here I am bravely showing it to everyone. I actually made a video of it but Vista has been such a pain in letting me upload it to YouTube. I gotta do it in my laptop sometime. I’ll try to do it tomorrow. Anyhoooo, I took screen shots of the video of my purse and what’s in it. So here they are. My purse btw is a Marc Jacobs Quilted Stam replica from AccessoryBug.com which I bought for Under $60.
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After seeing Reese Witherspoon’s black and white embroidered top I really wanted one for myself. A friend directed me to Old Navy but the embroidered top was only available in XL sizes . So I figured I’d wait. Well, it turned out I didn’t have to wait that long. I saw my black and white embroidered top from PX(military dept store) yesterday.
My Michelle Black and White embroidered top with cap sleeves on sale for $15. I could’ve waited for it to go on 75% off sale but the chances of …read more

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I’m posting this Under $100 Look real quick. I’ll be right back to do a breakdown. The fam damily is beckoning…Later…

purple lace top
print skirt
black thong sandals
Claire’s bangle bracelet, $2.50
black sunnies, $10
Marc Jacobs quilted stam bag replica, $52.69.

I apologize coz I can’t remember all the prices of this outfit. But trust me, overall total is under $100 .

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There’s a funny story about this Breakin’ Loose White Spaghetti straps Smocked dress. I didn’t know I had it…LOL. I was setting bags aside in my room yesterday so the Hubs could vacuum and run the carpet cleaner when I came upon a bag from Goody’s. I was surprised to find this white smocked dress. Suffice it to say, I wore it when we went out to run some errands .
Breakdown of this outfit :

Breakin’ Loose White Smocked Dress, on sale for $12

PAYLESS Floral Green espadrille, on sale for …read more