In The Fashionista's Closet: Goody Two Shoes

I call this dress, 'Miss Priss' it's so girlie with its puff sleeves and dainty bits of yellow, blue and green in it and I paired it with this yellow belt. Notice I changed the earrings from the long shot to the head shot, I needed a little more 'oomph' around the face since my hair was pulled back.

Dress: Thrifted *I think Goodwill
Yellow belt: Thrifted
Wooden sandals: Michael Kors

I am loving the photos over at Swagger360, I love street style and here are a couple of my favorites thus far....

This dress makes me so happy!

In The Fashionista's Closet: Shoulder the Load

I love this dress although it's a little big, The sleeves are phenomenal. I want to take it and have the length shortened. Also, the belt is too 'cutesy' for me, it has a heart shaped buckle. I'd like to swap it out for a wide belt or sash of some sort but I wanted to wear this dress today in all of it's unaltered glory:

Dress w/belt: Thrifted
Wedges: Steve Madden

Thanks to Deatrice for doing me a solid and snapping my pics today!

In The Fashionista's Closet: Hip Hip Hooray!

I got this dress at a thrift store for about 7 bucks, it looks very hippie chick. (Or should I say hippie chic!) It had a small tear on the seam but I stitched it right up and it's all good!

Full disclosure: I set the timer on the camera and was rushing to get in place and I stumbled but still tried to salvage the shot:

This is my second shot after the trip up:

The shenanigans I go through for my readers!

And here are a couple of close up shots of my hair:

*Sorry for the pale face, I had just put my foundation on*

 

These are twists that I do using Qhemet Biologics Amla and Olive Heavy Cream and Eco-styler gel. I don't part when I twist my hair except in the front to make it look neater. I then gather the twists together while rolling them and use bobby pins to hold. I've been doing this for years and people always think that it's complicated but it's not.

That's all for now. It took me forever to do this post, my computer was running slowly so I finally transferred or deleted the bazillion photos that I had stored. Yay to progress!

SCORE!!!!

Check out my thrift store find today:


Aren't they PRETTTTTYYYYY??????


I am never able to find cute shoes in my size while out thrifting so this was a good day. This was my one and only purchase and for a mere $10 to boot!


I also saw this dress at the register, it was gorgeous but it was $99!!!!! That was the THRIFT store price. The label said Phoebe Couture and is apparently pretty pricey but I couldn't justify spending that amount of money on one item at a thrift store unless it is a designer handbag.


Amanda at the register was kind enough to hold it up for me to snap a photo

5 Good Reasons To Shop Thrift Stores

1. Individuality. Thrift stores normally only stock one of a kind items unless its a donation from the local Target or Walmart. I have a bad habit of letting people know where I get something from if they ask. I so want to be one of those people who say, "Oh this?!? I cannot remember where I got this from. " But I am seriously reconsidering this after incidents of people buying the same items from retail stores and wearing them at the same event and us looking like twins. And I really cannot stand when someone buys the same item and DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE that they bought the item because they saw it on you first. Give credit where credit is due, people. Thrifting solves that problem for me.

2. Men love it. Tell a man you shop at thrift stores and they will think that they have hit the lottery. They are able to view you as the penny pinching, Mother Theresa, future baby mama that you are. But I caution you to give full disclosure, I don't only shop at thrift stores so my man should be prepared for that occasional extravagant purchase for a quality handbag or killer shoes that comes along with that $4 find.

3. You get to use your imagination. Thrifting helps you think outside the box and visualize what a shortened hemline or a layering piece can add to an outfit. Adding different buttons or even dying items will give an item a totally different vibe and reinforce the new-to-you feel!

4. Affordability. Got a trend that you want to try and don't want to pay an arm and a leg? Got a special occasion coming up and need a formal dress? Go thrifting, dahlings! Thrift stores aren't all old lady castoffs, stores carry up to date trends and after five options as well. And lots of stores have specials where you can get an additional discount on color coded tags.

5. You're supporting a non-profit organization. Nuff said.