Budgeting Bloggers: November

November Budget Breakdown

 

Hey, friends. I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday full of good food, family, and fun. OK, enough about you. Let’s talk about me and what I added to my closet this month. I didn’t get a huge number of things, but several of my picks were things on my “shopping list,” meaning they were somewhat more practical and not just “oh-hey-this-looks-fun!” purchases. I wanted to get more office-appropriate pants, and I got 3 pairs! Go me. Plus I replaced an old black turtleneck that bunched up strangely at the elbows. But don’t worry, I still had fun purchases like the blue camo loafers and mint coat. Here are all the dirty details…

My Budget

  • ~$111 ($150 starting budget minus $39 overspent in October)
  • ~$198 (blog income)
  • ~$70 (sold old clothes)

        =$379

What I Spent

        =$363 (total retail value $474)

What I Received

Per usual, I’m linking up with the other Budgeting Bloggers on Franish!

Pay Up, Dress Down

casual friday, striped bejeweled top, leopard pumps, mint rebecca minkoff bag

casual friday, striped bejeweled top, leopard pumps, mint rebecca minkoff bag

casual friday, striped bejeweled top, leopard pumps, mint rebecca minkoff bag

casual friday, striped bejeweled top, leopard pumps, mint rebecca minkoff bag

casual friday, striped bejeweled top, leopard pumps, mint rebecca minkoff bag

Does anyone else’s office subscribe to the concept of making people donate to charity in order to participate in a jeans day? I can’t decide exactly how I feel about it. Suffice it to say I’m skeptical. It seems silly to pay to wear jeans that you’ve already bought. On the other hand, giving money to charity is generally a good thing. On a third hand, convincing people to give money to charity by bribing them with the ability to wear their own clothing is…weird. And on a fourth hand, none of this really matters because if I don’t agree with the concept then I don’t have to wear jeans.

But I had really been wanting to wear this top again, I thought it would look good with jeans, and what better time of year to give $5 to a food bank? So I went against everything I believe in and gave money to charity. I swear it will never happen again.

And speaking of my generosity, don’t forget to enter the $50 Giveaway to Redbubble! The entry period ends Sunday night.

[Go ahead assume everything is on sale today…]

Top* // Jeans // Bag // Shoes // Watch* // similar Sunglasses* // Lips “La Flamboyante”

*Top purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop; watch provided courtesy of Timex; sunglasses provided courtesy of SEE Eyewear.