For the days when you want to wear sweats but feel the need to wear “real clothes” (hello, responsibilities), there’s just no beating an easy, comfy dress.  With sneakers or booties (or sandals in the spring), I love the effortlessly polished vibe that a dress gives off over your everyday jeans and sneakers, and luckily here in SoCal, we can almost wear dresses all year long.  Almost.  So today I’m rounding up six super affordable, won’t break the bank styles that you can wear now and into spring.

Dry January is almost done and California is slowly reopening, so I’m thinking I’ll be making my way to a weekend brunch in one of these dresses REAL soon.  Happy almost weekend, friends!

xoxo

Time & Tru dress;  No Boundaries handbag;  Golden Goose sneakers;  Quay sunglasses LOFT dress (use code LOVEIT for additional 60% off);  Free People boots (similar here);  Amazon handbag and hat Z Supply dress (also love the burgundy);  Marc Fisher booties;  Ferragamo handbag Red Dress boutique dress;  Dolce Vita sneakers;  Bottega Veneta handbag Scoop dress – similar print here, here and here;  Marc Fisher booties;  Blank NYC jacket

Well we’re two (almost three) days past Christmas, and I think I’m just crawling out of my food coma cave.  But then I found all the leftovers and started it all over again.  So you know, you win some, you WIN some.  Y’all, we had such a fun Christmas here that I’m wishing we could rewind it all and do it again.

For the first time ever, Eric and I hosted Christmas dinner at our house.  With his whole family, my parents, and a couple of our friends, the house was packed with 30 people and one really excited puppy who may or may not have stolen a few cookies and a pretty good helping of rum cake off the counter once everyone was outside enjoying the fire pit.  Girlfriend got FED.  And I don’t even know what a couple of three-year-old twin nephews gave her on top of that.  Let’s just say that young Weeze girl had a very Merry Christmas.

And so did we.  And I hope so did you.  I wore this comfy cozy sweater dress for dinner on Christmas Eve, and if your size is still available, you gotta swoop it up – I mean, it’s right around $20 and you can’t beat that.  I’ve been on a real chenille kick this year with sweaters and bought this one last-minute for our trip to Jackson Hole.  And since then, I’ve loved having it.

If your size is sold out, I’m linking a few more styles below that are all (mostly) under $100.  They’re super comfy, versatile for dressing up or down, and perfect for hiding all those holiday sins through January…or February.  That’s fine, right?  (Asking for a friend.)

xoxo

Photos thanks to Felicia Lasala

Back on Wednesday I told you guys that I hit the clothing department at Target for the first time in a while, and here’s why.  I mean, the Victoria Beckham for Target collection, OBVI!  I’ve been a Posh Spice fan since, well, the Spice Girls, and when she started churning out fashion, mean mugs and a serious sense of street style (with an A-OK hubby by her side) a few years ago?  Well sign me up and take my money.  Except cladding yourself in VB is notably a little pricey, y’all.  Until now.

So I made a note of when the collection launched and thought I might actually be one of those early (cuckoo) birds in line at Target, ready to get my Posh on.  But plans got in the way, I had an event scheduled, and eventually strolled into Target somewhere in the late afternoon.  I tried on a ton of things in sizes that weren’t exactly mine, debated tailoring a few pieces, and finally decided on this sweet little mint number that was too good to pass up.  It’s one of those dresses that I’ll have in my closet for years to come and will be that last-minute dress I grab when I “have nothing to wear.”  Turns out, sometimes the late bird gets the word.  Boom.

Buuuut, now just about everything in the collection is sold out, so I’m linking a few similar styles below.  Because you know, the dress is cool, but the attitude is everything when you wanna Spice Up Your Life.  Happy weekend, friends!

xoxo

Photos thanks to Gabi Wells

Oh hey, gang.  Happy day after taxes were due – did everyone survive?  Nothing hurts more than writing that doom’s day check to the IRS, so today I’m easing the pain with a too cute for school little white dress that’ll cost you less than $35.  I figured we could all use a little break for our wallets, no?  (Unless you’re one of the lucky ones who actually gets a refund, and in that case, what are you doing here?  You should be over here shopping the Neiman Marcus Last Call killer handbag sale.  I’m not gonna lie, I’ll be checking out the goods of that one today myself.)

Anywho, back to this dress and the sweet little ruffle sleeve details and its even sweeter little price tag.  I have to say, it’s been a little while since I hit the clothing department at Target, but I recently ended the drought and it’s good to be back.  Have you guys checked out this amazing section yet?  Holy moly, so many good pieces.  Snag the dress, add the jewels, and then, well, I really can’t recommend these wedges enough.  (Check out the look for less here.)  They’re super comfy and somehow instantly make my legs look more toned.  I don’t know how, but I’ll take a little magic on this, the day after taxes.  Who’s with me?!

xoxo

Photos thanks to Gabi Wells

A couple of weeks ago I got home from a walk to the grocery store and realized that I had locked myself out of the house.  Always a fun discovery, and in my defense, I’m still getting used to the self-locking door of the rental house.  I had to kill a little time before Eric got home from work to save the day, and luckily I had a fresh People StyleWatch magazine in hand.  (Confession: I’m a total print magazine hoarder, and the nice lady who lived in our house before we bought it has never changed the address on her 100’s of magazine subscriptions.  Slight exaggeration, but girlfriend subscribes to a bunch, and I’m not mad at it.)

Anywho, I’m flipping through the mag and came across this little spring sweater from the Who What Wear X Target collection, and I was like, I need that right now.  I literally drove straight to Target and bought one of the last of these sweaters.  By now you know I love a good bell sleeve, and it’s the perfect lightweight knit for spring.  I definitely recommend sizing up though.  The sweater is meant to fit pretty snug, but I wanted a looser fit so I sized up two sizes.

Paired with the high rise black skinnies that are now on sale, it makes for a super easy and classic spring look.  And if you haven’t checked out the Who What Wear X Target goods lately, you seriously have to take a peek.  Currently on my list?  These adorable green slides, these mules that come in 5 colors, this denim trench, and these lightweight bomber jackets.  To be honest, the list could keep going and going – the spring collection is so good.  Hope everyone’s week is off to a great start!

xoxo