Colo(u)rful Colorado

Having days off is the nicest thing.

I work on my illustrations with Juno keeping me company.

The Farmer's Market comes around.

And sometimes when we both have two days off, we go on mini excursions :)

Colorado!

(Loveland is 90min, Fort Collins 60min, and Denver 120min)

Loveland was the place of choice this time around because we always love to do a little school shopping at outlets. Normally we go labor day weekend in Sacramento at the Folsom Outlets when we visit my parents, but we are so far away from California now.

Austin got a nice racer stripe leather jacket, (of course on a blowout clearance) and I got two cute new shirts for fall from one of my favourites, Tommy Hilfiger. Of course on blowout.

There is something amazing about sales with clearance on top of it haha! You know my favourite yellow dress I have? $3 at Target. It was one I saw online for $30. I ran into it on a clearance rack as a returned internet sale. With an additional 75% off. Austin's jacket was a 50% off plus clearance.

These were 75% off in clearance. If you're a size like me, 5'9" DD, and long torso, your size is the only one left in the clearance rack because you're so freaking weird. Perfect!

I love outlets because designers create well built, and simple shapes (like Tommy) that fit my shape well. Not to mention they can go with many things. None of that trendy strangely cut crap. I learned about this in high school searching through the Folsom Outlets and still have many clothes from holy crap has it really been 7 years since I was 16?? Anyway, if you want the style, quality, and to save money...

there's tricks!

It's just a bit of searching, and a waiting game.

Another one I love is the Walmart nail polish clearance... No really! Look for it in the back, dark corner of that whole fancy, lit-up, glitter, shiny fest.

Clearance nail polish.

Especially if you want to try some trendy bright colours, you're not committed.

And if you're a glitter fiend like me, that stuff's expensive. So clearance is your best friend lol!

Life's good.

Xoxo from Colorado and Wyoming!

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