December Budget

Here's my last clothing budget post for the year! I did pretty well at not buying too much this month, but I did get several other items as gifts that I'm not including in this post for my birthday at the end of November and Christmas.

December Budget by gracenote30 featuring a chiffon blouse

 

I purchased 4 tops (3 pictured above) out of my budget this month.

 

- Leopard blouse: $6.45 from Target (same)

- Blue with black dot blouse: $6.45 from Target

- Dark blue chambray: $0.86 from Kohl's (after $10 coupon) (same)

- Ann Taylor LOFT sleeveless ruffle blouse: $3.00 from Goodwill

 

Total spent: $16.76

 

The Target blouses were marked down to $5.98 in our store, but seem to still be full price on the web site.

 

I also got the following as gifts or using Christmas or birthday money.

- Black wedge boots: $16.09 from KMart (same)

- Utility jacket: Christmas gift from Penney's (same)

- Reversible fleece vest: $21.44 from Sears (same)

- Purple necklace: Won from Our World Boutique in a giveaway from the Cream to My Coffee

 

I have worn the black wedge boots all month. I really like them. The utility jacket was a replacement Christmas gift. My parents bought me this great brown faux leather jacket, but it was not quite the right size. When I went to exchange it, they were out of the brown jackets but I got the olive utility jacket instead which I've been wanting, so it worked out pretty well.

 

I went to Sears looking for a black puffy vest after I saw it on My Favorite Outfit and a couple other places. I ended up buying this reversible vest instead. It has a subtle chevron print on one side and is a really soft solid gray on the reverse. I keep seeing the herringbone JCrew vests and various similar ones, but I wasn't able to track anything down in our area. I'm hoping this vest will fill a similar place in my wardrobe.

 

Tomorrow starts day 1 of my 20x30 remix. The shopping plan for 2014 is to try and buy fewer, better quality pieces. We will see how I do! How was your shopping budget for December?

 

I'm linking up to Budgeting Bloggers at Franish!