Budgeting Bloggers: April

Welcome to “Budgeting Bloggers: April,” otherwise known as “the Month Sarah Bought All of the Shoes.” You should see the floor of my closet – it’s a little crowded. It’s a good thing we’re looking for a house. Speaking of which, I don’t plan on carrying my unspent April budget over to May – gotta save up! (Plus, that money was kind of already spent on my donation to Heifer International. Oh yeah, funny story.)

My Budget

• ~$221 ($150 starting budget, plus $71 unspent last month)
• ~$7 (refund on unfair shipping charges from last month’s Ann Taylor order #boom #lawyered)
• ~$449 (blog income)

     = $677

What I Spent (pictured above, starting top left)

• ~$102 on a striped midi skirt and black drapey pants (both on sale currently) from J. Crew (total orig. $208 – stacked coupon on top of in-store sale!)
• ~$26 on chunky nude pumps from Nordstrom Rack (retail price $70)
• ~$75 on black and white print haircalf flats from DSW (retail price $195 – score!)
• ~$49 on my Le Tote subscription – my favorite borrowed piece was the purple French Connection dress above, which retails for $188
• ~$133 on gray suede pumps and flounce hem dress from Ann Taylor (total orig. $247)
• ~$136 on a bunch of stuff that’s currently in the mail from Loft (I took advantage of the recent 70% off flash sale!): blue lace top, floral sweatshirt, striped lace dress, floral sundress, colorblock varsity jacket, cateye sunglasses, and crystal necklace (total orig. $468)
• ~$61 on mint pumps from Macy’s (orig. $79)

     = $582 (total retail value: $1,316)

Look at those bargain shopping skills!

What I Received

• ~Kendra Scott earrings borrowed courtesy of Rocksbox, and I’m keeping them thanks to the “Shine Spend” I earned from referring you lovely people 🙂
• ~Soludos espadrilles, Adia Kibur necklace, and BB Dakota jacket purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop

Be sure to head over the Franish sometime to check out the other Budgeting Bloggers!