Valentine's Day Outfit on a Budget | Part 2

Here is Part 2, as promised!  I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

In this post I am sharing my Valentine's Day dinner outfit with you!  I loved how feminine this outfit was.  Flow-y lace top, flow-y black skirt with gems on it, black tights, and my new black boots!  I got the boots during our Part 1 of Valentine's Day (shopping!!!); keep reading to see how amaze-fest-usa they really are!

We had been planning on going somewhere new this year, trying out one of the many places we haven't been to yet in this college town, making sure we did new things during our last semester in college.  So naturally we went to Olive Garden!

Okay, okay, it's not new, not exactly exciting, but it is delicious and we know we're going to like it!  Plus breadsticks so.... yeah :)

I wore this silver, multi chain necklace.  It added to my "girl-y" outfit since it ties will a pretty cream ribbon - love!!

My "arm - party" consisted of this gorgeous (and perfectly matching pink, I might add) bow bracelet that I actually won through a giveaway on Instagram!! Plus my Pandora bracelet from my *wait for it* fiance!  Still can't believe I get to call him that :)  He gave it to me for our 3 year anniversary and has been adding on since!

The latest additions I got for Christmas are from the new Disney collection!

And now for the long awaited boot reveal!

Are you dying? Dying? Dead?!  Bows on bows on bows!  I literally could not say no to these!  They were 65% off at Dillard's, they were still up there in price for my taste but, come on!  They are covered in BOWS!  They were screaming my name, begging me to take them home!  I couldn't just leave them there, on the shoe department floor, to wait for some other bow lover to come along.  So I took them home with me to join all of my other bow covered clothing!

Okayyy that was a tad dramatic - but I seriously love them!

Outfit Deal Details:

Top - Chelsea 28, Nordstrom Rack, Was $78 Paid $19.97

Skirt - Happening In the Present, Nordstrom Rack, Was $38 Paid $9.97

Tights - Merona, Target

Boots - Gianni Bini, Dillard's, Were $169 Paid $59

After dinner we picked up some chocolate covered strawberries from Publix to go with our sparkling wine (I really tried to like the wine to be all romantic, but alas, my hatred of the taste of alcohol won once again and I dumped the rest of mine down the drain this morning).

It was such an amazing and romantic 7th Valentine's Day and I wish it wasn't over!  Can't wait for next year already!

Don't forget to Sparkle

xo ~ Katie

P.S. sorry about the bad lighting... had to take these inside since it was dark out and fluorescent bulbs are very unforgiving -__-

Valentine's Day Outfit: Part 1

Happy Valentine's Day!  Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays because you can just feel all the love everyone has for each other and no one wants to stress or fight, at least for the day.  Today has 2 parts - day and night.  Today we went out to do a little shopping.  We went to Sports Authority, TJ Maxx and Home Goods, Ulta, and the mall.  It was so much fun and we got some great stuff!  More to come on that.

In the spirit of V-Day I wanted to wear my hot pink Lilly Pulitzer Beckett Dress.  Unfortunately the weather had other plans for me so I went with a maroon sweater and pants.

Sunglasses - Fossil

Top - Ked's Sweater from Macy's

Pants - Levi's

Boots - can't remember :)

My necklace is always available in my Etsy shop but is on sale through Instagram today only - check it out.

Stay tuned for Part 2 and Happy Valentine's Day!

DIY Mason Jar Coin Cup Tutorial

A few weeks ago I wrote this post about money saving tips.  One of the tips was to have a piggy bank of sorts to collect change in daily.  Keep reading for a simple tutorial on how to make your own!

Step 1 - Supplies

I had some things on hand and got the rest from Michael's.  I tried to keep the cost down as much as possible, and I'll show you a few tricks to make it even cheaper!

Step 2 - Coin Slot

I purchased these lids with a slot in them from Michael's. They were full price so I could use a coupon!  Just take off the lid that comes with the jar and put one of these on - easy peasy.

If you do not want to purchase the lids, you can just take the sealed part of the lid off and leave the rim.  Then you can still put coins in and have it look finished.

Step 3 - Decorate

This is the fun step! I purchased the burlap ribbon but everything else just came from my collection.  For the first jar I wrapped it in burlap and secured it with double sided tape.  

Then I took some lace trim and tied it around the center.  

Finally I added some colorful baker's twine on top of the lace.  I used a silver foiled sticker to label the jar "Trip Fund".

I wrapped the second jar in lace, again using double sided tape to secure.  I used the same baker's twine to add some color and used letter stickers to spell out "coins" on another sticker for a label.

That is it!  I love how they turned out!  I don't know if its just me having weddings on my mind, but they looked like a little bride and groom together.  Haha, what do you think?

Check out Kara's tutorial and tips too!  You can also use these jars to do her 52 week savings challenge if you really want to save up for something BIG!

Don't forget to sparkle (and start saving)!

xo ~ Katie