Dress a L'orange

Let me tell you about my current predicament. A predicament that seems to find me this time of the year, every year. I go to Clemson University (go tigers) and our team colors are orange and purple. Quite a unique combination, no? Being a southern insitution, it is completely expected of female attendees to deck themselves in stylish sundresses for the first few games of the season. Here's the issue... our first four games are all at home and I am quickly running out of options (and funds for options) for gamedays. We're coming up on home game #4, so I have set out on a personal quest to find inexpensive-and actually attractive-orange and/or purple garb for this weekend's festivities. Take a gander at my finds thus far..

Ahh.. simple yet classic. And orange, no less! This little beauty is by Renn and I found it on Amazon.com for $33.66 (no shipping because I'm an Amazon Prime member..hollaa!). Definitely a do-able price considering I could wear this again for a number of different occasions. Ideally, I would dress it up with some fun jewelry.... observe:

This party-on-your-neck is from Francesca's Collections and I happen to love it. It's like a necklace made of Nerds candy (cue Willy Wonka imagination room daydream) and a reasonable 18 bucks.

And now.. for the more subtle fan...

Voila! Both orange and purple are adequately represented. This would be p-resh with a nice little orange scarf and some booties. Also, I'm a huge fan of the criss-cross straps cut-out in the back.. sassy! This number is by my good friend (and probably yours), Forever21.. and on sale for $12! Hellooo, college budget!