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Wearing pencil skirts I used to always feel like a kid dressed in grown up clothes- they just didn't seem right and always hung somewhere around mid-calf (Kay, I know you feel me on this one). Until, that is, a miraculous blow out sale at Banana Republic in which I learned about petite pencil skirts (this is the one that popped my petite skirt cherry). I've always had in my head that "petite" means tiny/skinny, and I've always had a booty that would not be considered tiny or skinny, but that day I learned that "petite" is a length thing, and if your body is 5'4" in length or shorter you should be wearing petite. Old Navy has this nice graphic to explain it on their website, and Old Navy is Banana's cheap/poor red-headed sister so this goes for both:



So here is my round up of my fav affordable petite pencil skirts for the spring. I mean summer. I mean, whatever season it is right now that involves temperatures that are 48 one day and 88 the next day.

1. $17.99 @ JC Penney || 2.  $19.99 @ JC Penney || 3. $25.77 @ NY & CO || 4. $54.99 + 40% off = $34.99 @ Loft || 5. $26.99 @ Macy's (seersucker! Hello summer! use promo code "memdeal" for an extra 15% off) 6. $24.99 @ Gap

My fav pencil skirt looks via Pinterest:
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I think nothing tops off a good work pencil skirt like pointed flats (or heels if you don't have to walk all over the falling apart streets of DC). I just ordered these taupe flats and also love these and these. 

 QUESTION:  What are your summer work wardrobe essentials? 

 Linking up today at Little Friday, Lovely Thursdays, Look What I Got, Tres Chic Fashion Thursday

Broke Girl's Work Wardrobe: The Pencil Skirt (should YOU be wearing petites??)

Thursday, May 22, 2014

I'm currently packing my bags to fly out of DC for a bachelorette party in Milwaukee (yes, you read right- Milwaukee, Wisconsin) for one of my best favorite friends and I am so freaking excited!!!! I'm going to be reunited for a whole FREAKIN WEEKEN with my two best friends from my year in Rhode Island- we lived AND worked together- and it's going to be a blast. Plus I've never been to Milwaukee! Any suggestions? Anything I can't miss while I'm there? Food I HAVE to try (it's a cheat weekend)? Drinks I have to drink?

So all this pre-wedding fun has me thinking about how the heck I'm going to afford to dress myself for all the weddings this summer. So many weddings! So much money going towards airfare/bachelorette parties/gifts/showers/that little thing that is MY wedding/renovating a house, I got approximately $0 to spare to look nice. These are my favorite finds for $30 or less (PS what did people do before online shopping?): 

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Things I'm obsessed with: the patterns, #5's details, #6's lace, #4's black insets, dreaming of being tan enough to wear #3 and #7, and everything about #9. Every last thing.

I have a few formal weddings coming up too and am going to order from Rent The Runway . I went ahead and got the premium membership for $25/year which gives me free shipping (for TWO dresses at a time- get it, like I order a size up for back up, but only pay for one rental), free insurance for the dresses plus a free birthday dress (which is hilarious considering we call my birthday Lindsay de Mayo since it falls 2 days before Cinco de Mayo, and it's just a big ole Mexican style sh*t show...Nothin wrong with a sh*t show in a pretty dress!) Also, when you select a dress you can see other people (aka real humans aka people with bodies and curves not just skinny models) wearing the dresses- um YES PLEASE why hasn't every online store caught onto this?! My friend ordered the most beautiful dress  for her rehearsal dinner and I was sold. For my upcoming formal weddings I'm thinking this and this or maybe this?!?!.  Which one should I pick??! Help (please)! 

And a little #TBT to honor my bff whose bachelorette party (and the other one I'm about to be reunited with) I'm about to go to- this is us meeting Leslie Hall, a rapper from Iowa who also happens to hold the Guiness World Record for Largest Gem Sweater Collection. This is real. Just a tiny claim to fame. And if you need a good laugh check out her website.
Also note my hair straightening phase and overplucked eyebrows phase I went through for a few years..


Check back tomorrow for a guest post from the wonderful Southern Komfort, but for now:


Where do you shop for wedding guest dresses? Sites I don't know about??

Linking up today at Little Friday, Lovely Thursdays, Look What I Got, Tres Chic Fashion Thursday

Spring Wedding Guest Dresses Under $30

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Welp it's official! Now that Kate Spade has come out with a line of Keds we can all rest our feet easy and wear sneakers with everything! But since I've never been one to spend more than $30 on anything, these are some of my favorite sneaker chic looks with some bargain sneakers (sidenote: I've never said "sneakers". I say "tennies" but I couldn't think of a catchy phrase involving the word "tennies". I also say "pop" and "cut off"- anyone else?).

My fav looks:
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Target has 40 OPTIONS UNDER $20. YES. 40 styles, colors, patterns of awesomely chic sneakers that are $20 or less. Some of my favs are this $12 turquoise Keds-ish pair and this $12 coral pattern pair.

H&M has 13 options under $20. I am ALL about this $7 leopard print pair (pictured above!) and this $7 camo pair.

I like these simple little $12 white ked-ish sneakers from Forever21.

Charlotte Russe has these sweet $12 polka dot keds-ish shoes & these $12 skull & crossbones. And don't judge but I kind of like this $10 folded-over look from Apple Bottoms.


Also I got to attend The DC Ladies  5th Birthday party and FINALLY hang out with my blog crush Jackie from Chronicles of a Dietician. Weird story but Bloglovin suggested I follow her and after a few weeks a put 2 and 2 together and realized we were connected through about 5 million people (she was even roommates with some of my best high school friends...freakishly small world). Jackie is a legit dietitian so her blog has great recipes AND is really informative. Here we are with one of our many friends in common in the photobooth:



Linking up today with some awesome blogs- check them out for other great fashion steals and good reads! Little Friday,  Look What I Got, Thirsty Thursday, Lovely Thursday

Sneaker Chic (under $20)

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Remember when we used to not wear white before Memorial Day? WELP that's one for the #TBT. I love the white pants look, maybe because it reminds me of summer or maybe it's because it's so bright and happy (unless it's snow. if it's snow I'm not even acknowledging its existence) or maybe because you can pull off a work look and casual look with them. These are my favorite looks via Pinterest, and favorite places to find the affordable white jean.


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$20 Yellow Blazer // $13 Polka Dot Shirt //  $29 Nude Peeptoe Heel


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And saving the best for last, the most wonderful ever, Chrissy Tiegen ahhh I love her. If you don't follow her on Twitter/Instagram you have to. Really, do yourself a favor and follow her because she. is. EVERYTHING. The funniest. I wanted to ask her to be in my wedding party because she would just fit right in but that's creepy and restraining-order status so I'll stick to just extending a bachelorette party invite and hoping she shows?  jk jk jk..kind of..but really..
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$9 Beige Top // Chrissy Tiegen Presence: Priceless. 





The affordable white jean (Sidenote- my go-to for pants is TJ Maxx because they have every type of fit so I recommend starting there if you're not a big online shopper):



Linking up today with Lovely Thursdays, Look What I Got, and Little Friday LinkUp - go visit to find some awesome blogs!

Affordable White Jeans Looks

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Don't mind me over here pretending March means spring - not 100% chance of snow (I know, so dramatic). This year I'm doing my spring shopping online since it is too cold for me to leave the house for anything but work and the liquor store, and I am allll about these florals this spring. These are my favs, all under $40.

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Also needed to include this to remind us of our floral roots- Clarissa, the mother of Floral who truly explained it all: 








Linking up today:


The Grits Blog

Spring Florals Under $40

Thursday, March 6, 2014

While I'm soaking up the San Diego sun my good friend Charisse is taking over Thursday on Broke & Bougie! Enjoy!

I'm Charisse, a twenty something non-profit professional. I also happen to be a full-figured fashionista and often Lindsay's personal stylist. I am so excited to finally get the opportunity to write a post of Broke and Bougie!

While getting ready for the ballet this weekend, I had a mini meltdown because I had nothing to wear and not in that "I have lots of stuff but just not feeling what I have" kind of way. In that moment I decided I needed to maybe a get a couple of new items to addto my wardrobe to get me fashionably through the Winter. I started with my usual plus size friendly online shops: Asos Curve, Target, and Simply Be. I wasn't really finding anything I like and then I remembered that I had read on one of the plus size blogs that I follow that Talbots is a great place for curvy girls. Not only do they go to size 20 in their straight sizes BUT they have womans and womans petite. When I think of Talbots I usually think of Boca, sweater sets and loafers but I thought why not try, you never know right? Plus a trust fashionista can make anything work. Boy am I glad I went with it, Talbots is currently having a huge end of season sale; up to 60% off all items. I purchased 3 pairs of great pants for $87 original retial price, wait for it......$387!! SCORE

Prints and textures seem to be on trend for fall 2014 so I will definitely get some wear out of these next season. If you are afraid of wearing prints on bottom, ease your way in with a subtle mono-chromatic print like these purchased in black.

I also have seen jewel tones making a return on the runways at Mercedes Benz Fashion week (streamed through Youtube) like these velveteen pants I got in a burgundy color.

Another item coming in strong this year is the tuxedo pant. I found this pair for under $30.

All pants were ankle length (another big trend) which is perfect for my 5'3 frame, they tend to hit just where I like it.

Moral of this story: open your mind to all retailers, you never know what you may find. Being a plus size woman who loves fashion is sometimes hard. The fashion industry is slowly moving towards seeing us as actual style influencers worthy of stylish and accessible clothing and not just people who need shrouds of drab clothes to cover a body that we are trying to change (come on Jenna Lyons, extend JCREW's sizing already).

Do you have any great straight size cltohing stores that work for a fuller figure? If so share away, I am always looking to add to my arsenal.

**Follow Charisse's fashionspiration on Pinterest

$20 Tuxedo Pant @ Talbots

$ 20 Curvy Velveteen Ankle Pants

Print Pants @ Talbots


Guest Post: The Best of Plus Size Pants (you'll NEVER guess where we found the best)

Thursday, February 20, 2014


Yall! Set an alarm!! It's virtually impossible to find actual discount Toms sales but this is legit so set your alarms and get up for Zulily's massive Tom's sale! They have women's, men's and kid's in all styles and sizes. Also after you buy you can send a link to your friends and when THEY buy you get $15 off your next purchase. If you follow this blog you know I buy everything from bakeware to jewelry  to atheltic wear on Zulily. Basically if I own anything namebrand, it comes from Zulily- you know this girl doesn't pay full price for that kinda stuff.

*Word from an experienced Zulily bargain shopper: last time they had a Toms sale the site crashed around 9:30 am, so I suggest getting on this bright and early. Especially if you, like myself, have the most common shoe size in the world (8) and it automatically sells out everywhere in every style that anyone else wants to buy.

Check out some of the Toms styles coming on Zulily:

PS did anyone know Toms has a bangin men's line? I had no idea! Good thing Harrison doesn't read this blog because he'd be seeing his birthday and Christmas gift this year (first 2 below). 
 
Gonna put my yonce (aka fiance) in a pair of these babies for $44 Gray Denim Desert Botas

$74 Black Suede Brogue
$37 Hemp Embroidery Classic

I got these!! $31 Natural Zebra Zag Classic

$44 Multi Knit Classics- look at that lining!

$44 Natural Zebra Zag Wedge Sandal

$42 Coral Crochet Wedge Sandals

Why do I want these? Is this my secret longing for Uggs to be acceptable again? $48- Blue Leopard Denim Fleece High Botas


$48 Mixed Taupe Suede Tribal Boots

DISCOUNT 40% OFF TOMS SALE!! On Zulily TOMORROW (or today depending on when you see this)!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

I've been seeing these everywhere- the Two Piece Flats or the d'Orsay Flats or whatever you prefer to call them- looks like they're here to stay and I'm ok with it! But I'll be wearing mine for 1/20th the price of half the other shoe extremists out there:






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Most of these shoes come in lots of different colors and patterns...so much to choose from!

Spend vs. Save: Inexpensive D'Orsay Flats

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Now that we are (hopefully for good) out of this polar vortex mess, it's time to start thinking about footwear aside from that which is required to cover 4 pairs of wool socks. Enter: The Neutral Flat. Look, I could spend a lot of money on some nice, neutral flats but honestly no matter how much money I spend on flats, I guarantee they will not live to see more than one year of DC sidewalks/cobblestone/rain/mud/seasons/excessively-salted-everything. So here's my list of my favorite affordable neutral flats (with some spice of course).









$24.99 for Steve Madden is NOT a typo. <3 DSW for real







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Bonus: the above loafers' more fun/prettier/wilder cousin (we all have that cousin):


(Affordable) Neutral Flats

Thursday, February 6, 2014

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