The day I grew up,

and bought new clothes.

Since gaining weight and moving steadily into my mid-twenties, I still have not done a complete wardrobe makeover. Necessity has forced me to buy new pants recently, but many of my shirts are still from high school.

This week, I finally got fed up with not having shirts I am comfortable in (they're too small!) and decided to grow up. I got up early today (to beat the after-church shopping crowd) and headed to Durham for bargain hunting.

I got to Ross 30 minutes before they opened, so I headed next door to Target to browse the clearance racks. I left with 3 plain fitted Ts, a plain white dressy collared button-up, a loose fitting black short sleeve sweater, and a tan bra all for under $50!!!!

At Ross, I filled up a cart (seriously) and headed to the fitting rooms. Out of everything I tried on, I was only left with one pair of brown pinstriped cropped pants, a black and white cotton dress shirt, and a 2 piece (bargain!) outfit consisting of a blue/brown wrap shirt and a brown flow-y skirt. I also found some really cute mary jane style Naturalizer shoes for $25. Although, I did find that they require socks.

By the time I left Ross, I was sick of shopping, but I still really wanted to find a cute summery dress that's casual enough to wear to class, so I headed over to T.J. Maxx on the way home. I didn't find any dresses that worked, but I did get a nice pair of brown dress pants (Petite, so they're not too long!) and some black knee-length shorts (pants?).

When I go home, I was exhausted from all the changing, but I managed to go through my clean clothes and weed out anything too small or teenagery. So far, the get-rid-of pile consists of 4 pairs of shoes and a plastic Target back stuffed to the brim with tank tops and t-shirts.