Feed a Fever, Starve a Sold: Run Up to Red, White, and Blue

Fabulous Felt Yellow Folk Flowers Barrette

Bag: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Croquet All Day Necklace

Skirt: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Top: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Top: Decree, JCPenney

Fabulous Fall Flowers Barrette

Scarf: A New Day, Target; Shoes: Betsey Johnson, DSW; Yellow necklace: So, Kohl's; Bangles: B Fabulous, Sunglasses: Party City; Ring: Makin Waves, Ocean City

Shoes: Mix No. 6, DSW

All pieces: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Barrette: The Tote Trove; Necklace: Charming Charlie

Old-fashioned Flowers Barrette Brooch

Dress: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Bag: Marshalls

Fabulous Felt Balloons Barrette

Dresses: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's; Belts: Belt is Cool, Amazon

Yellow Necklace: Sonoma, Kohl's

Ring: Francesca's; Necklace: The Tote Trove; Sunglasses: Mudd, Kohl's; Mint bangle: Decree, JCPenney; Blue bangle: So, Kohl's

Did you know?  Did you hear?  Labor Day is almost here!  

I've hoarded clothes all summer long, and now it's time they join the throng.

Florals and dots in red and blue parade with fruits of every hue.

To weave a wonder, wait and see, Americana's tapestry.

Okay, so there's one fruit-print piece here, and a cornucopia of colors it isn't.  But I couldn't resist writing some bad poetry any more than I could keep from collecting (yes, even more) LC Lauren Conrad clothes.  That said, with the ahem, close of the summer, I'm going on something of a shopping cleanse.  Not the hard-core kind with cayenne pepper and lemon juice and no solid foods (a girl's gotta eat, by which I mean buy the odd spool of jewelry wire or pair of granny panties), but the kind where you don't eat desserts you don't need.  By which I mean all desserts.  By which I mean shoes, bags, blouses, skirts, etc., etc., etc.  I'm going to try to appreciate what I have and also maybe save up for a mattress.  You know, like a grown-up.  

So this haul is my last hurrah for awhile.  Any "new" stuff I post after this won't be so much new as having hung out, unworn, in my closet.  There's so much of it that you probably won't know the difference!  In publishing this, I realize I'm strapping a target to my back, tempting fate to push me off the wagon -- and, predictably, into Target.  But I won't let that stop me, even if I stumble.  Because some broccoli is better than no broccoli at all.  Or whatever it is that sane people say.  

So this Labor Day, I'll be celebrating in something paid for.

While eating a boatload of cupcakes.