I went to the mall do my returns from my Limited purchase extravaganza last month. I decided to stop by Forever 21, where I never shop, to see if any of the Hello Kitty Collection was left. Since Hello Kitty was released November 18th only the lounge stuff was left, and I can't really see myself paying full price for their lack of quality, I did like some of the sweater pieces though and wish I had caught them.

Hello Kitty Junkie did a great post on the Hollywood launch event if you wanna see what they had.

Well on to the point of this post... I went totally Blair Waldorf on the headband collection...
I left with 7 headbands and 1 pair of sequin bow clips for $20 with tax.

I think I'm going to have a new addiction, even better they are ALL comfy headbands, which any Blair gal knows is CRITICAL.


The super huge 80s pink bow just make be a part of a costume this October, hint hint.
Most were around $2 and are made pretty darn nicely, especially the grosgrain wrap ones.

Now I'm just trying to restrain myself from ordering more since the site has EVEN more headbands and free shipping today.

In case you wanna indulge with me...
 Forever 21      Free shipping with code 3DAYSHIP.

ohh and the best part... online you can avoid all the awkward teenage boys they have working in the store..

oh and I found a squirrely for $7.99!!

So I nabbed the deal of the century $300 Cricut Cake for $50 free shipping, two cartridges no tax since they were in Utah!!! Yeah my inner bargain queen was jumping up and down!!

I’ve been eying Cricut and Silhouette cutter machines for ages, but as a recent graduate I couldn’t justify the $250-$300 purchase, especially not knowing how much I’d use it. (For those not in the know, think of it as a cutting printer…)

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How to make a Cricut Cake an Expression:
Just add two parts

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With the purchase of a Deep Cut Blade and Housing (Blade it comes with is for gum paste not paper) and some sticky mats I have me a Expression which retails for $150-180ish ATM.  Retail for these pieces $29 and $12.99 but they do go on sale for 20%-30% at Michaels and Joann’s, also if not on sale you can use a coupon at Joann’s (only on Cricut Accessories)

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I did some quick paper cuts with my Pooh Font cartridge I picked up for $12. (Note I got the Cricut Imagine mats since that was all Joann’s had, they work too)

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I also tried my main goal, cutting fabric. I starched and interfaced some simple cotton fabric and tried to cut it, it works BEAUTIFULLY. (That bottom little K is only messed up because it was too close to the P)

Look forward to lots of adorable Christmas presents from my new toy!!

P.S. I have no association with the company I purchase my Cricut from, nor are they offering me anything for providing this link but I am really happy with my purchase and feel that a Cricut is well worth a $50 investments something to play with so get yours from CricutMachine.com . Please note their order processing  gets backed up from their awesome sales, and they ship FEDEX ground from Utah, so it’s gonna take a bit for it to come, but your savings and patience is well worth it!

If you have any questions please leave a comment and I’d be happy to answer them!

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How cute are these??
They get even cuter when you know they were $2 clearance at Target =)
I may even monogram them. Too bad it’s 90 degrees outside…

Target also had a good bit of Calypso stuff for 30-50% off.

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Found this super soft Chemise for $15

Then I got home and made this Skinny Taste Zucchini Casserole, which Andrew and I both thought was  amazing!

I had some polyvore fun finding cute squirrel stuff at every price point. How perfect would that wall decal be for a lil legacy's room? Plus it's only $10 at Sears of all places?!?!
 Have fun perusing.

 P.S. Rumor has it West Elm has a sequined squirrel in stores, but I couldn't find it online =(


This post is crossposted with The Alpha Gamma Delta Blog Network.
I did well this weekend at Old Navy for Give&Get, total was $96 total discount was $73, and considering $40 was a dress and some jeans, I got A LOT of stuff.

I also by some miracle bought 3 pairs of jeans and two silk tops at  the Banana Republic Outlet  without trying anything on (super long line and 3 dressing rooms) and it all fit even the jeans! The special prayer I said when pulling on the jeans is available upon request. The normal jeans were $20, $23 (Same as Old Navy even with the 30% off I'd like to note!), and trouser style were $40. The tops were kinda pricey but I liked them at $31 and $22, total was $149.

Prices on the polyvore are the current website prices, a lot of the stuff was on clearance in store, and combo'd with the 30% to reach my the price I paid.
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Old Navy by Pinkprada featuring a print dress
Old Navy Womens Ruffled Flutter-Sleeve Dresses $20.66 Cute and comfy. Jazz it up with a bright sweater.
$30 - oldnavy.gap.com
Print dress »

Old Navy Womens Lightweight Floral-Print Tops $9.79 Not really me, but why not branch out.
$20 - oldnavy.gap.com
Summer tops »

Old Navy Womens Embellished Tanks $3.84
$10 - oldnavy.gap.com
T shirts tank tops »

Old Navy Womens Embellished Tanks $3.84
$10 - oldnavy.gap.com
T shirts tank tops »

Old Navy Women's V-Neck Tees $5.25
$7.50 - oldnavy.gap.com
Short sleeve tee »

Old Navy Womens Denim Leggings $17.50 Not sure about the Jeggings thing, but went ahead and got them due to the sale.
$30 - oldnavy.gap.com
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Old Navy Womens Tie-Belt Oxford Shirtdresses $6.28 Cute for next year.
$13 - oldnavy.gap.com
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Old Navy Womens Crochet-Trimmed Camis $4.19 Wasn't sure if I'll actually wear this but at $4.19 I won't feel guilty if I don't.
$15 - oldnavy.gap.com
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Old Navy Women's Shelf-Bra Camis $3.50
$8 - oldnavy.gap.com
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While we hopped around the island during our 6 days there for my post I'm going to group everything into which town it was in, since we stayed in Edgartown and ate there a lot, I'm breaking Edgartown up into Sights & Eats posts.

 Us in our rental sooooo happy to have made it to the ferry just 15 min before it left when you're supposed be there more than 30.
 On the evening ferry over to Vineyard Haven.
 
 View from the Harbor Side Inn in Edgartown where we stayed.


All those buildings are now apart of the inn.
 This isn't the Prada I love, but I had to take a picture anyway!
 Beautiful United Methodist Church in Edgartown, when we visited once in December we went to see the Minnie Singers Christmas concert.
Walking out to the Edgartown Light, so pretty and we were the only one's out there. 

It's a short light house but is very pretty.

Self portraits.
 
Beautiful Panorama.

I include Shopping as apart of my 'Sights', great cheap accessories from Shelia Allen Styles (Google Maps, MV Blogger's Post), nothing over $25, sadly they weren't open again to branch out into more neutral colors =(

I was soo sad that In The Pink was closed for the season, they are the only VIA store on MV.

Vineyard Vines love, they were probably the only store on the island that had NO sale stuff, which was a bummer, everywhere else was just about 40% off at least some stuff.
I lucked out at Island Outfitters and got black on black Stephen Bonanno for 40% $98, for next year.

Pretty Streets.

Me and Captain Hook, Scarecrows were sponsored by local businesses and students of the MV Charter School and were all over the Island. I wanted to get my picture with all of them, but there were way to many. 

With Heidi

He was pretty cool too.
 
Beautiful Delilahs. LOVE.
 
 On top of the Edgartown Harbor Pavilion wearing my new Menemsha Blues shirt.
 Andrew, kindly holding my purse and Edgartown.
 The Lighthouse we visited earlier.

Looking up the docks from the pavilion. 
Awesome giant pagoda tree planted in the 1800s right near the Inn. 
 Our street for the week.
 Our cute little room on the third floor over looking the street.
 
 The bed was soo high I almost needed a boost.
 It was small but worked. It was so great being downtown, since we had a fridge we could pop up and grab a  soda for our many walks around town.

Edgartown Eats, coming up next =)