The Famous Blanket Scarf

Happy Hump Day! I'm breaking up the travel posts with an outfit one! I shot this look awhile back when we had a day of fall weather and took advantage. I kinda forgot I had it until I was looking through my archives and found it so yay! 
I am sharing the infamous blanket scarf and the unusual place I found mine, so read below to find out where! 
Also can I be anymore original with my striped dress and plaid scarf? Haha! 

Sunglasses: Forever21 (in store: similar here)// Scarf: Walmart (in store: similar here)// Dress: Old Navy// Booties: Forever21 [limited sizes] (similar here and here )// Bag: Old Navy (similar here and here)// Watch: Kohl's (similar here)// Spike bracelet: OASAP (identical here)// Druzy bracelet: Kendra Scott// 

|Thanks to Alex for the photos|
So I searched eveerywhere for a striped dress dupe and couldn't find one partly because it's not the season for these type of dresses apparently.... I bought this one back in September? Early October where it was being clearanced out. Once it gets to be spring I would try Forever 21, Old Navy and Target for a dupe.
Also can we stop for a sec and talk about this blanket scarf? It is basically identical to the Zara one but I bought it for under $10 at, take a guess. Walmart! CRAZY RIGHT! They had tons of other colors/patterns and I woulda bought them all to be honest. It's a huge size, but not too big, and can double as a shawl. Last time I was there, before I left for Fiji so late October they had them but I couldn't find them online so try your local store. 
I'm also obsessed with these booties. Granted they are the only pair of booties/boots I have with me in California but that's beside the point. Haha! They're the perfect tan/taupe color and go withe everything. I can wear them with jeans, shorts, skirts and dresses. I linked the same pair but they have limited sizes so I also linked up some dupes. 
I know I'm a bad blogger and don't buy everything from Nordstrom so it can always be in stock but even Nordstrom is expensive for my blood. If I by elsewhere sometimes it's in stock and other times it's not BUT I always try and link dupes for you guys. I know some people get crazy that they can't get the same item but I do try my best so I just wanted to let you know since the majority of these items are dupes. :) 

Where did you find your blanket scarf? Love the trend, hate it? How do you wear them? Share your thoughts in the comments below!