Coffee Talk - SHOPPING!

The best thing about losing weight is buying new clothes. Hands down the very best thing.

I love to shop. It is no surprise to anyone. However, in the past I HATED buying things for myself. I had zero confident in my body. There have been many many instances that I would breakdown in the changing room because I couldn't find anything that I liked. I felt that everything looked awful on me. So many tears. I also had no idea what my style was. I refused to spend much money at all on clothes because I hated them.

As I lose more weight I get more and more confident. I have started to buy more clothes that I really like. Clothes that make me feel good about myself. I recently went on a tiny shopping spree.

First up are the GAP tees. They are awesome let me tell ya. They are a bit baggy & super soft. I love how they hang. I feel like I need to buy every single color they make. lol

I also bought colored jeans. I never in my life thought I would do it. I took the leap and bought ONE pair. If I like them, I'll go buy more.  I am kind of excited about them.

I shop at Forever 21 a lot...but for Karie. I rarely find anything in there that is me. It seems a lot of stuff is really young. But I saw this dress and had to have it. I passed it up probably 10 times and finally the 11th trip (lol) I tried it on and HAD TO HAVE IT! It's way better quality than most things sold there & I was super impressed. Now I need an excuse to wear it...and Spring to actually arrive in Minnesota. Also, the dress looks shiny. It isn't. It's really matte & super freaking cute on!!

Now I don't wear shorts that often. I own one pair. I don't even think I wore them once last summer. Just dresses and pants all summer long. I decided to order a really nice pair of shorts from Victoria's Secret. I love their clothing. Next to GAP, VS is my fave hands down. I wear VS everyday...for sure under all my clothes. ;) Now if the warm weather would ever come I could try these suckers out!

I have a slight obsession with scarves. I own far too many but they are just too awesome not to. The first two came from Charlotte Russe at $5 a piece for their scarf sale. Totally impressed. They are so much cuter on! The 3rd on is from Francesca's. If you don't know what that store is, you need to go there or go online. I LOVE this store. They have the best accessories. 3rd fave store.

I am really excited to start wearing all these clothes. I need new jeans but am waiting until summer when HOPEFULLY there will be a bigger sale. Mainly waiting for another 40% off Friends & Family thing at GAP. That is the only time I buy their jeans...and I only wear their jeans.

Oh totes forgot about the cute jewelery!

A few weeks ago I won a bow ring from Apple of My Eye Jewelry. Not only did they send me a ring, but they sent 2 necklaces and 2 bracelets.  I am wearing one necklace and bracelet in today's pictures. Oh and a newer shirt too that I got a couple of weeks ago. I am channeling Spring.

I'm really ready for nice weather to show off my hard work. I still have a lot of hard work to go, but my confidence is SOARING and I want to be able to show it off! Bring it on Spring!!!!!