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Thrifty Wife Happy Life

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Year of Color- Blue Dress

September 15, 2017 by Katie Haller

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

It’s time for another Year of Color link up!  This month’s color is blue!

 Blue is one of my favorite colors to wear.  Some of my most favorite dresses that I’ve ever worn were blue.  September is my birthday month, and my birthstone, the Sapphire, has always been one of my favorite stones.  For today’s blue look, I picked out this Old Navy Sapphire blue shirt dress.  I love the style of this dress.  I used to wear it all the time at my old job with a business casual dress code, and now I can still style it down with a denim jacket and some flats and wear it to my casual dress code at my current job.  It’s a great teacher dress to wear in the classroom!  It’s also perfect for church.  Another plus about this style of dress is that it’s great for breastfeeding moms, especially if you’re pumping at work. 

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Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

Thrifty Wife, Happy Life || Blue shirt dress || Teacher outfit

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Dress- Old Navy (similar, similar, similar, similar) || Shoes- Old Navy (Thrifted from the Goodwill) (similar, similar) || Purse- Last Call Neiman Marcus (similar) || Necklace- LC Lauren Conrad- Kohl’s (similar) || Bracelet- LC Lauren Conrad- Kohl’s (similar)


As always don’t forget to link up with your blue posts.  You can share anything blue…recipes, outfits, crafts… anything!  Next month’s color is black!  See you back here on October 20th!

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Filed in: Affordable Fashion, My Closet, outfits, Year of Color • by Katie Haller • 7 Comments

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  1. Lexie Loo, Lily, Liam & Dylan Too

    September 16, 2017 at 6:43 pm

    That is such a cute dress! Love the versatility of it!

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  2. Leah

    September 18, 2017 at 12:58 pm

    I would wear this ��

    Reply
  3. Katerina

    September 18, 2017 at 1:11 pm

    I looooove this dress!!!!! Blue is such a nice color! Very interesting post

    cosmetologylover.blogspot.com

    Reply
  4. Polly

    September 18, 2017 at 4:40 pm

    Super cute dress! Blue is just about my favorite color – so much so that I need to remind myself to buy some other colors too 🙂

    Reply
  5. Katie Margaret

    September 20, 2017 at 6:34 pm

    Thank you!

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  6. Katie Margaret

    September 20, 2017 at 6:35 pm

    Thank you! I love blue too! It's always a good color to wear.

    Reply
  7. Katie Margaret

    September 20, 2017 at 6:37 pm

    Lol, I'm the same way with stripes. I do wear blue a lot. It's just a nice color, especially navy blue!

    Reply

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