Back to School Ideas for Teenagers

It is time to think about the children going back to school.

I can hardly believe that the summer is over! I hope you had a wonderful time with your children, and here are are few ideas for back to school shopping.

BOYS

My son has been in school uniform up until now, and still has a pretty strict dress code, but we were able to find some things to allow his personality to show.

I found this jacket at JCrew, I especially love it because it has a little Union Jack ;-)

We found the perfect book bag at Urban Outfitters, he selected a green messenger bag similar to this one

GIRLS

My daughter loves these bags from Lilly Pulitzer, most of the girls at her school have Vera Bradley bags, so its an easy way for her to be a little different.

For clothes we hit Zara, Urban Outfitters and JCrew and she was able to add several new things to her closet.

No luck finding her a new jacket yet, but it will be a while before she'll need it, its still in the 90's here.

Some budget friendly fab finds

These are some recent purchases made by my fashionista daughter...

J Crew inspired cardigan $29.99 at Target. The ribbon ruffle down the front makes this looks like a much more expensive item than it is.

Skirt - $38 from Urban Outfitters. She has several of these.

This white lace back tee from Anthropologie was a budget killing $88, but she looked so amazing in it that she didn't care that is was half of her budget for the month. She is wearing it with 3 silver bangles that we got in Mexico over Christmas break and my shoes.

This T-shirt was a Walmart find, only $8

A faux leather jacket from Target. I think that she paid about $25 for it.

As you can see you don't have to wear designer duds to look a million dollars.

Some of her favorite budget friendly stores are:

Zara

Forever xx1

Urban Outfitters

Charlotte Russe

Target

H&M

:-)