My Casual Summer Style Featuring JORD Watches

|| Top: Anthropologie in grey || Jeans: AG in 11 years journey || Shoes: kate spade new york (from four summers ago) ||  Watch: JORD [c/o] in navy || Necklace: Kendra Scott in turquoise || Earrings: Tiffany & Co.|| Ring: Tiffany & Co. || Photos: Melanie Foster Photography ||

Here lately, I have found myself living for the weekends. For me, it's a time to recover from the workweek, spend quality time with Jered, and get my ducks in a row for the upcoming week. My weekend uniform is more on the casual side if I am be-bopping around town. A few weeks ago, I stopped by Anthropologie and found this tunic top. I didn't try it on, I just grabbed a medium as a safe guess. As you can see, it is a little large under the armpits. It comes in four different colors and is less than $40! This week I paired it with skinny black pants and wore it to the office (with a gray tank underneath). You will feel like you are wearing pajamas out in the world--it's that comfortable!

Speaking of comfortable, let's take a moment to talk about jeans. Every woman should own one pair of jeans that fit her in all of the right places. I do my best to keep things budget friendly here at Sassy Southern Living, but these jeans are a splurge. I like to think of them as an investment. My fashion philosophy is quality over quantity and mixing high-end with low-end. These jeans are expensive, I know. Let me show you how I make large purchases like these jeans, suck a little less.

First, think to yourself, how often will I wear this?  Right now, I am wearing these jeans once a week (praise hands for casual Friday) and sometimes more. The jeans are $215, and there are 52 weeks in a year. That brings my cost per wear to $4.13. When you break it down like this, they cost me less than a grande iced caramel macchiato from Starbucks (and yes, I know that number off the top of my head).

There is another piece that is a necessary investment to any wardrobe, a good watch. I purchased my husband a men's watch and gave it to him on our wedding day and he wears one watch every day to work. Over the past year, I have seen these unique watches popping up everywhere on Instagram. What makes them so unique? JORD uses different woods instead of traditional metals. This particular Zebrawood and navy watch caught my eye. If you have been lusting over these beautiful watches, you are in luck! The best part? You can engrave them to make for a perfect gift item. I have partnered with JORD for a $100 giveaway! Every person who enters will be eligible to win a $100 gift code to use on the JORD website. One lucky person will win, but everyone will receive a consolation code worth $25 once the contest ends! Please note that the offer codes will expire on 10/31/2017.