Look for Less: Geometric Mirror Plaques

Last week I stumbled upon these mirrored plaques at TJ Maxx and scooped up three sets of two at $19.99/set so roughly $60 for all six.  

I started to have second thoughts on them when I got them home...I wasn't sure if they were really cool or really not cool??.  It's not that I don't love them, it's just that sometimes it's hard to get an idea of what something looks like when it's haphazardly thrown in a back corner of the store rather than displayed (I mean no disrespect to TJ Maxx).  It wasn't until I walked past my FAVE home store, Z Gallerie, and saw almost the exact same plaques  displayed beautifully on the wall at double the price that I knew I had made the right choice.  My mom also found similar plaques at Kirkland's.  I cannot wait to hang all six together in my foyer for a nice statement right as you walk in our front door.  I will definitely post when I (the bf) gets them up.  


Kirkland's Version:

Source  $50/Set

  
Z Gallerie's Version:

Source $39.95/Each

Did you find any fab finds this weekend??

xoxo,

Amanda

Look for Less: Colored Skinny Jeans

8.15.11 UPDATE:  Just found these colored jeans on Forever 21 for only $24.90!  I'm still waiting on my Asos jeans to arrive - but I can not pass up a deal like this so I will definitely be ordering my other color choices from here!

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Colored denim is HUGE for fall.  Lines like Rag and Bone seem to have the monopoly on amazing colored skinny jeans but they come with a hefty pricetag of $165.  Seeing how this is surely a passing trend, I refuse to pay that much for something that will be out of fashion in a couple months.  So I have searched high and low for this trend on a budget. My personal fave is the Cobalt Blue as seen below on my fave fashion blogger (I am Stylish):



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Hers are Rag and Bone:

Rag and Bone Skinny Jeans in Cobalt

Now here are the jeans I excitedly just ordered from my fave online store Asos:

ASOS Cobalt Blue Skinny Jeans

The jeans from ASOS look exactly the same and retail for only $60!  What's even better is ASOS has FREE Shipping on all items.  If Cobalt Blue isn't your thing, check out ASOS's wide variety of colors.  My second faves are the mustard and the purple.

I would definitely scoop these up before this trend is gone!

xoxo-
Amanda

Look for Less: Nail Polish

If you stay up to date with current nail polish trends, you will see that metallics are hitting the fall 2011 Runways hard.  Metallics in any color are big, but metallics in metal colors like gold, bronze and  graphite are huge.  I absolutely love this trend but refuse to spend my paycheck for these 'designer' nail polishes.  It's no secret that I have a new fond appreciation for Revlon polish - but when I saw their three new metallic polishes today, it was true love.  For just $3.99 a pop you can have the Runway look but at the Revlon price:

Silver Dollar, Gold Coin & Copper Penny

Now look - you can barely tell the difference between the Revlon shades and the Chanel Metallics below.  The only difference, Chanel polish retails for $25 a pop.  I mean, really?? 

Quartz, Peridot and Graphite

You can buy all three of the Revlon polishes and still not even come close to what one Chanel polish cost.  Thank you Revlon, I am now forever devoted.

Look for Less: West Elm vs. Target

Last week I FINALLY got around to buying the essentials for my abandoned Guest Room.  I had seen the below photo on my all time fave website: http://www.decorpad.com/, fell in love and decided that my guest room must look like this. 

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On my never-ending hunt for a good quality white duvet - I stumbled across this one at West Elm:



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West Elm was just having a sale so I purchased the duvet cover and two standard shams - totally about $120.  Because it is just a duvet cover - I went to Target to get a down comforter to put in the cover.  Imagine my excitement when I stumbled across the below duvet SET which includes the comforter, bedskirt and shams for wait for it...wait...$90!!  So I bought the set from Target, brought both of them home for inspection.  The one from Target is softer, fuller and seems like such a better quality than the one from West Elm.  So I'm keeping the one from Targ and am working on making the room look like the one from decorpad.com.  I will post my final result when I'm finished.  Below is just a generic pic of the Targ duvet set:



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