Green With Envy

The title of this post might strike a nerve with Jenilee. However, it’s just another reality we both have to swallow sometimes. Which is that you can’t always own everything. Sometimes you just have to be happy enough that someone who you can share a wardrobe with, owns it for you to borrow.

Not only is this coming from a budget standpoint where we both make it a priority to live well within our means; but also comes from a place of living more simply, shopping intentionally, and making smart purchases. I know we have kind of been harping on this a lot lately. It helps hold us accountable and can hopefully also help you not get sucked into the consumerism of today’s society.

Let me also be the first one to tell you that we are not perfect at following our own wisdom. Just yesterday I was browsing the ASOS sale and somehow had a shopping blackout and Jenilee and I had both purchased a handful of sale dresses for Cancun. Did I need 5 new dresses? No. But were they all a phenomenal price? Definitely. By the time you read this hopefully I will have decided not to keep some of them. Instead I can choose older items that I already own to pack. That darn consumer lifestyle and always wanting to look good, different, and on trend in social media can bite us just as hard, as I am sure it bites some of you sometimes.

I also have to continue on this tangent for just a moment more. So obviously Jenilee and I love to shop. Some might even say (I say) we live for it. Fashion is what we are passionate about and those closest to us have kind of gathered that. So while we were both already down our ASOS hole (hah) our brother texted us about needing help to find some swimsuits.

Say no more fam. It took me seconds, and I mean seconds(!) to light up my shopping basket and our group text. To which Jenilee also responded within minutes saying love them all, and boom, ordered. This is such a common occurrence for us lately with our brother, mom, friends, each other, etc. With all of that being said, if you are ever looking for something in particular drop us a line and we would be happy to put our speed shopping to work for you too!

Okay, back to the reason I started this post-this beautiful green skirt. I got this emerald beauty from my parents for Christmas and I could not have been more pleased. I may have picked it out but it was still just as exciting to receive it. Our parents have always been so incredibly fair with opportunities, gifts, trips, etc. that that is the reason I got this skirt. Jenilee didn’t know she was receiving this amazing duffel (that will last her a lifetime!) so my mom said she needed something else to get me!

We both loved it from the moment they dropped it. However we had other priorities that took precedence. As much as our style can differ at times, we tend to usually be on the same page. Sometimes I think Jenilee is just a few chapters ahead with trends and boldness. Cue her hopefully loving this book pun. In reality, I can’t tell you how many times she got on board with trends before I could accept them (I’m looking at you bodysuits.)

I have worn this skirt so many ways already, and find myself wishing it was more acceptable to wear the same green skirt to work weekly. Unfortunately for myself I don’t like to re-wear outfits to work within the same month. So I see this moving to Jenilee’s house for a few weeks, hopefully in exchange for something else! There is nothing like shopping your mom/sister’s closet. It’s free, immediate gratification and helps me feel like my wardrobe is triple the size.

The look you are seeing here is probably my favorite thus far. This is an old cami from Nordstrom, but you can see a nearly identical one below. You have seen this leather jacket make appearances here and here. And of course I am still rocking my Long Tall Sally booties, and a fun necklace I got a few years ago for Jenilee’s Bachelorette party.

So my question for you, after talking so much about sharing our wardrobes is – Do posts where we each put our flare on a specific piece interest you? AKA would you like seeing this skirt (or other pieces) shown on Jenilee also, but styled differently?