Recently, via Pinterest (which is super addicting by the way), I have discovered a myriad of fashion bloggers. Most of them living in Spain and requiring Google to translate the blog into broken English. I have become semi-obsessed with the trends I see and they have inspired me to think outside of the box a little bit. Bootie shoes anyone???

I learned early on in my teenage days that money doesn’t get you very far when you pay full price for clothes. Especially when you make minimum wage. I have a whole theory of how to shop and buy items on sale. You can read more about that here. So Fashion Fix is a new blog series. A series about deals I find, outfits put together, trends I love, etc. I will try to list where, when and how much I paid for each item when I know them at the bottom of each post.

This first outfit is a dress I found at Express. 80% of my wardrobe comes from Express or Nordstrom Rack. The trick with shopping at Express is to wait until they put the item on sale (not clearance because you can’t use store coupons) and then combine it with a store coupon. For example, this dress was $70. About 2 weeks after I saw it in the store, Express marked all dresses 30% off and then had a coupon for $15 off $30, making the grand total $34! Take that Forever 21 and H&M! You can get store coupons by checking their website, emails and text messages.

Dress: Express $34 Fall 2011 >>>>Boots: Target $30 Summer 2011>>>>Necklace: Nordstrom Rack $9 Summer 2011 >>>> Belt: another dress