Living in a big city has major perks. One of course is the shopping at all the designer boutiques and high end department stores like Barneys. However, with all the glamorous ‘shopping’ I do (and being brought up by super thrify parents- my first bra was purchased at a second hand store. ew), I still manage to have the following breakdown in my closet:
30% H&M
30% Marshalls/TJ Maxx
20% Forever 21
10% Target
10% Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie (because my friend gets a 30% discount she shares 🙂 )

Sadly enough only the H&M is exclusive to big cities, and now that I hear the OC is getting one…….You actually can get really cute stuff online, even if you live far from a big city, at forever21 and target like this cute purse below (target on SALE):

I wish I could say our furniture was a different story.
Our furniture was for our first year of marriage:
25% ‘found on the streets of NY the night before trash pickup’
25% ‘left over from last tenants’
50% ‘donated from old missionary couple in my parents ward’

After almost two years we’re now at:

20% IKEA
10% Pottery Barn (thanks to Jordan’s discount :))
25% ‘left over from last tenants’
20% ‘donated from old missionary couple in my parents ward’
25% ‘donated from richer couples in our ward that didn’t realize apts here are too small to fit all their super nice stuff’

The percentages have changed a bit but the shame remains…One day we’ll get a new couch that doesn’t have a slipcover on it and I can’t wait!