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I have had several compliments (thank you) and questions about where to get clothes. You are all so sweet. I sent an email to a friend a few months ago about where to get clothes and style and fit and so forth and will share it with you. I don’t know about people who are not near my size, but for me this seems to work. I am 5’4″ and um, slenderish. I guess. I have a butt though and it makes finding pants hard. Anyway, here goes.

I have a few cute things that I save for going out and business meetings, but when I am at home I am usually in yoga pants and casual t-shirts and sweaters in the winter. In the summer I love skirts and sundresses.

I always have my eyes peeled for cute sundresses. DownEast Basics has some really cute dresses and skirts right now. Take a look. I got a bunch of jumpers from Target last summer. Target always has stuff on clearance and I just go through it if I have some time alone, or if I can talk Gentry into behaving for 2 minutes. In the summer you only need a few skirts to be able to survive I have found. I have a denim one that I wear like every other day and then a black jumper I wear with different t-shirts under it and then a few others. A melon skirt. A white skirt, which I cannot wear with a little boy around because he is made of dirt and a strange sticky substance. And a long linen skirt. Oh and a linen jumper. You totally always look dressed up with a skirt on. Even in flip flops and a t-shirt. Just ad accessories and you are totally ready to go.

Oh, and this is of vital importance. Get the skirts and jumpers to come to your knee or to your ankle. Otherwise it might hit you in the thickest part of your calf and make you look like you have great big stumps for legs. I pretty much try to avoid this at all costs.

I get my jeans at Express in the mall, I get a few other things there once in a while. I swear that Express jeans are sent from heaven. They keep your butt covered, they have nice fits, and they have spandex for fat days/months as it goes for me. Their prices are expensive and I only feel justified in paying it for the jeans I love. The jeans have like 2% spandex so they stretch where I need it. I am sure the rest of you don’t need it. Also, you can sign up on their website to receive ads and discounts from them. So you can get $15-30 off of a pants purchase, which I totally use to my advantage.

I get everything else at Target, Ross, and once in a while Old Navy and JCPenney. This is pretty much how it works for everything. Oh and I get shoes now at Ross and DSW. They have the best shoe sales. They have an entire clearance section in the back with things up to 80% off.

Also, shoes make a big difference. Black stilettos, which take a little getting used to while carrying a kid, make your legs look like fantastic. Black boots can go with pretty much everything and make your legs look incredible as well. Then a cute beaded flip flop, which I have not been able to find yet this year, looks so much better and classier than an old navy flip flop. Although, the old navy flip flops are a good one to have for really casual outings.

I really think nice jeans and shoes make a huge difference. Everything else, just kind of falls into place once you get that taken care of.

Let me know if you all have other secrets for looking great and keeping it cheap.