The Shopping Itch

It never fails that as soon as my waistline starts to pop out and my zippers and buttons on my pants are rendered useless, I start to get the itch to shop for maternity clothes.  In fact, I actually busted out my bin of maternity wear the other day started going through it to see if there was anything I could feasibly wear in the near future.  Unfortunately, those of you who have been paying attention know that I dropped a good chuck of weight since the last time I had to don those clothes.  (For a visual reminder, click here.)  I was literally swimming in the maternity pants and tops in that pile.  I found a couple of shirts that will work, but not for several weeks and fuhgetabahtit when it comes to pants.  I was around a size 16 or so when I got pregnant with Micah.  I was just about to break into a size 10 when I got knocked up this time.  Big difference!  I'm not exaggerating when I say that I have very little to wear this pregnancy and I'm starting to run out of time since I am down to only one pair of jeans that I can wear to work and even zipping them is becoming a difficult task.

Hence the itch to shop.  I started poking around on the Old Navy website, my go-to source for maternity clothes in the past.  Have any of you ever ordered maternity clothes from Old Navy?  They have some pretty cute stuff at good prices, but they tend to run a bit big (in my experience) and the quality can sometimes be on the low end.  But heck, you're only wearing the stuff for a couple months, right?

To satisfy my urge to shop without actually spending any money, I whipped up a little mood board of sorts on Polyvore to show you all a couple outfits I really liked from Old Navy Maternity.  Everything on the board is from Old Navy except for the super cute blue earrings.  I just couldn't resist slapping those gorgeous gals on there.

Simple Maternity by kooimsa on Polyvore.com

Old navy maternity
$17 - oldnavy.gap.com

Old navy maternity
$9.50 - oldnavy.gap.com

Old navy maternity
$14 - oldnavy.gap.com

Old navy maternity
$10 - oldnavy.gap.com

Old navy maternity
$28 - oldnavy.gap.com

Old navy maternity
$20 - oldnavy.gap.com

Old navy maternity
$35 - oldnavy.gap.com

Old Navy wedge sandal
$30 - oldnavy.gap.com

Old Navy ballerina flat
$20 - oldnavy.gap.com

Old Navy black shoes
$3.50 - oldnavy.gap.com

Old Navy printed tote bag
$20 - oldnavy.gap.com

Hoop earring
$125 - alexisbittar.com

Fun, huh?  I blame The Pioneer Woman for introducing me to that cursed site.  It's addicting, I tell you!  Anyway, finally on to the point of this post.  What are your go-to choices for maternity clothes?  Do you have a favorite store, brand, or item?  How can we go about putting together a maternity wardrobe that keeps us looking cute and feeling comfy on a budget? 

Dying to hear your feedback!  (And if you want to go play around on the Polyvore website and put together your own "collection", don't say I didn't warn you.  Ashley, I'm looking at you.)