I am busy... but not THAT busy...

yes, I will always find time for a chance for FREE fashion!

This site is giving away free handbags every hour! I am totally on it!

But besides that:

1. Chris celebrated his 26th birthday
2. I celebrated my 23rd birthday
   
3. Chris's poor White Sox's are out of the series
4. We finally have a DVR! (hooray, no more commercials during Prison Break, Pushing Daisies, The Hills and ANTM)
5. BYU hasn't given us a heart brake yet
6. Chris has a temp job working on the grounds at the Seattle temple (I proud to say that my hubby has a part in making "heaven on earth")
7. I have found one of the joys of teaching is FREE books from scholastic book orders
8. I finally finished Breaking Dawn (ok)
9. we got our WA drivers license (FINALLY Chris has a different picture then the one from his one from age 16 with his "I am so cool" attitude")
10. We are called to teach the CTR 8's in Primary
11. I am getting more into the routine of teaching and still enjoy going into work each day (DIANA, I will post pictures soon!)
12. My poor brother is waiting on baited breath to see what is future at WaMu is
13. I got my first Ticket and car accident with in 2 DAYS of each other! (lets just say that was a rough week)
14. I have discovered the joys of BOOK ON TAPE for making my commute more enjoyable.
15. FALL IS HERE!
    

All for One.. One for all...Clothing Style

The one, and the only, magazine subscription I have is to Lucky magazine, which is the BEST!
I love my fashion magazines, but who wants to see all the barely dressed models for all the high fashion ads, especially when you know you can't even afford the knock off. Also, there is always all the other fluff. Well Lucky's slogan is "the magazine about shopping and style"... thus no fluff and all the good stuff!

Anyways, one of my favorite spreads in the mag each issue is where they take one item of clothing and show how it can be worn 4 different ways. And since I spend so much time looking at clothes online I was inspired to try it out myself. Also, if I am going to by a pricier item, I want it to be versatile, so I can get my moneys worth.

THE item:

*click the picture for the link. Also the yellow ribbon is not included with the dress and thus not included in MY outfits either.


The Styles:

Jacket-$13.50, Bangles-$3.50, Shoes-$18.99, Earrings-$3.80
(this whole outfit under $40.00)

Headband- $2.80, Leggings- $14.99, Tank-$4.80, Necklace-$4.80, Shoes-$16.80
(this whole outfit under $45.00 )

Sandals-$7.50, Bag-$14.80, Shades-$5.80, Headband-$3.80

(this whole outfit under $32.00)

Vest-$19.90, Coin Purse-$8.90, Shoes-$22.99

(this whole outfit under $52.00)

If you total ALL the items, with the dress, you can get it all for $245.00! Now for 17 items making up 4 different outfits, I say that is pretty good!

GREAT FIND!!!

thanks to the great "your heart out" I found a link to another AMAZING site with such a great concept. Its the blog "frugal fashionista", I mean the name itself has got me hook, especially becuase the phrase married college student usually is synonomous with being "poor", hahah!
They get new post up almost every day. Anyways this is what one of thier post looks like:
Its a small picture, so go to the site to get a better look. But the basic concept is they take a famous ladies look and then finds cheap alternatives and the links to get them! they find some really good deals. I really want this purse that they listed: