the best vintage shopping trip ever :)

I found this lovely boyfriend blazer yesterday at a thrift store for $7. It was slightly difficult trying to find a blazer that wasn't too businessy looking, but I found it! It's vintage Dana Bauchman. so excited! Shorts: DIY vintage shorts. Grey V neck: Pac Sun These new AMAZING thrift store find booties make my legs look skinny! and toned. I love them already!

I also got the following at the thrift store...

I also bought a scarf and a wristlet.

CAN'T WAIT TIL SATURDAY! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! AND PARTY! WOOOOOOO!

that vintage flair

First, I have to say my face looks funny in this picture. I look like I have some "too cool for school" smirk on my face. Which I know I am not too cool for school, education is very important. My apologies.

I found this really old, cropped, velvet blazer stuffed in the back of my closet. I bought it from the "Arena Sale" at my school. Every year my school has this HUGE garage like sale in their hockey arena. People line up from all over the place, and some even camp out over night! It's insane how much stuff they have there, and I tend to get a lot of my "back to school" clothes there. The blazer was bought from the "Round Room", which is a sqaure room with more upscale things in it. Once I found these pale blue Gucci kitten heels. Another time I found these great Juicy Couture skinny jeans, and a funky blue backpack purse from Louis Vuitton. You never know what's in there, which is what I love about trifting.They also put like store brand clothes in there like nice jeans from Hollister, good sweaters from GAP, and other misc. items.

Sorry about the fish in the background... I forgot to take them off the wall!

Jeans: Forever21. Tank top:Forever21. Scarf: Vintage

I just finished reading "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. A movie of this book just came out with Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin. I want to go see it, but have no one to go with. Mom would cry too much, and my dad wouldn't want to go. The book is about a girl named Anna who's sister, Kate is dying of Lukemia. Anna was born to help her sister by giving Kate her blood, bone marrow, and eventually her kidney. Anna shocks her family by suing them and wanting medical empancipation. The whole book is stunnig, and highly recomend it! It struggles with finding out what is ethically right, and should you harm one child to save another? Go out and read it!

Just thought this was kind of a cool picture. I didn't edit it like I normally do, but I don't think I need to. Scarf is Vintage

Thrift store shopping!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! Mom and I made an awesome American flag rice crispie bar thing. It took a while, but it's aawesome. This time last year I was in Colorado with my friend and her family. Caleigh and I made this amazing American Flag cake with strawberries and blueberries for decoration. We stayed up very late that night eating cake with her step brother... Ah, good memories!

So this morning my mom and I went to the biggest thrift store ever! Ha, not really, but it is really big! We went because they had a 50% off sale! It's one of those thrifts stores that has everything you need. Clothes, Jewerly, shoes, house hold appliances, games, books, furniture, everything! It's so crowded too! There are aisles, and aisles of clothes and stuff. It's really unbelievable.

I like the store because they have lots of good stuff. For some reason they have TONS of vintage designer purses, like Coach, Dooney & Bourke, Louis Vuitton, and more! They have tons of real vintage Coach purses like the black leather cross body bags with gold buckles and accents. My mom has one, but she got hers at a garage sale for $10. Today I found an adorable coral bag from Coach. I think it was only $19.99, but would be like $10 on sale today. I didn't get it, but it sure was really cute. I found a whole bunch of the old, old, old Dooney & Bourkes from a long time ago. I was even gonna buy one, but didn't want to owe my mom one. Shoot, I should have gotten a picture of it, but I got a picture of two different ones. Those too were really cheep, but I had no desire to buy them. Sometimes if you want to buy something, you have to think to yourself if you're really going to use it a lot. That's what happened with the other Dooney & Bourke, I was in line to check out but put it back because I didn't think I was going to use it that often. It was only $10, and my mom wanted to buy it. However, she didn't because she doesn't have a job... *sigh* What else did I find that I didn't buy?? hmmm I found this really UGLY Marc by Marc Jacobs dress. It was yellow and white stripped with this bow in the front. In the back it was criss crossed, and had a really weird ruffley bottom. I don't know what Mr. Jacobs was thinking when he made this dress. There's a reason why it ended up in a thrift store and is still there months later. However, I once found this charming turquoise cardigan from Marc by Marc Jacobs there. I didn't buy it because turquoise just ain't my color. They also have lots of super cheap jewerly. I liked the elephant one... but thought it might be creepy if I wore an elephant pendant on my neck. People may think I am an elephant killer... or worshiper. Neither are true, so I didn't buy it.

Here's an... interesting dress I found. It even had sequins on it!

And they had my old school uniform. Well, not MY uniform, but it's the jumper we had to wear. *BLAH* it brings back bad memories... and makes me wanna barf.

Have fun tonight! Don't blow your head off while lighting fireworks. And don't get caught by the cops if u light illegal ones...

new dress!

Ha ok while looking through my closet drawers, I find the skirt I wore for my first communion in 6th grade. It's a purple floral Roxy skirt that I got for $13 at TJ MAXX. I love the tulle at the bottom. So I know it's too long to wear as a skirt, so whadda I do? I pull it up to wear it as a strapless dress. Sure it's a little poofy, but I can wear something over it to hide it. i decided to see what I can use in my closet to hide all the poofyess. The black vest I got at a second hand store. It's got some vintage looking gold buttons and black lace, which I love. The one with the leather jacket and yellow belt is cool too. I wear this yellow belt a lot because it add a splash of color. I also can't wear like yellow shirts or dresses because it doesn't go with my skin tone, so I like to wear yellow accessories. Then, to clinch all the fabric together I added 3 belts. A red one, yellow, and brown all from a garage sale or thrift store. I think it has a tribal feel to it, and I love all the tribal belts the designers are doing for summer. I've always been a waist belt person. I always get comments at school wondering why I'm wearing a belt on my waist. People just don't get fashion do they? I respond, "Because it looks cool" Curvy girls should also wear waist belts because it accentuates (I totally spelled that wrong...) their waist, the smallest part of their body. I'm not saying I'm curvy, but I just like the way it looks. And for our final look, I wear a big grey vest($15) that I got at the boutique called KARMA. The triple buckle belt is from H&M($10), and the shades($.25) from a garage sale. This black belt is my favorite of them all! It's also stretchy, so if i get fat or feel bloated I can still wear it! :D

Midwestern hick???

Hello!!!! So I know this outfit may not be the most summery thing out there, but I like it. I am wearing a vintage Ralph Lauren plaid shirt that I bought at St. Vincent De Paul, a charity thrift store for $1.99. When I bought the shirt, it was weirdly perportioned. The waist was too big and the shirt too short. I fixed the waist problem, I just sewed a new but smaller hem on both side. The grey tank is from H&M for $12.95, and so are the zipper leggings! Leggings are going to be HUGE for fall, and I absolutely LOVE zippers. They just add the whole grunge rock feel to it. The nerd glasses are some broken sunglasses from Wet Seal that I got the lenses out of. I needed some nerd glasses for a movie at school, and didn't have any. Found the glasses and VOILA! I had myself a nice pair of attractive nerd glasses. The white ballet flats with bows are from an Animal Ark charity store that I got really cheap! It feels good to shop at stores where you know your money is going toward a good cause. Once. I found these adorable mustard yellow Gucci sandals there. I wanted them so bad, but at that time I didn't have any money and my mom didn't want to pay $20 on sandals! "But mom! They're Gucci!", I complained. She didnt care, and used the "your dad will kill me" card. *sigh*

So yes, I do realize that this outfit may have a... midwestern Hick feel to it, but I think it's a nice, easy, comfortable thing to wear to school or anywhere really... Plaid has become really popular now, and many stores have been putting them out on their racks. However, I DO NOT want to pay $25+ on something I can buy at a thrift store for $5 or less. Plus, it's like recycling your clothes. How green! Also, you get the real deal at thrift stores, not some new fake plaid shirt.

Well kids, I must be going now. Don't want to bore you with anymore thrift store stories....

Have a great summer! Comment and tell me what you think!!

Summer...what will it bring?

Just thought I would share some more pictures. These are older than the War of the Roses, but I just forgot to put these up before.

leggings: target. plaid shirt: pac sun, white dress: macy's. necklace: forlove 21

shirt: forever 21. Glasses: vintage

Red shoes: steve madden

Shorts: thrift store. Shirt Forever 21. Necklace: i made it. Scarf worn on wrist: thrift store. Sunglasses: from a garage sale for .50 cents!
Haha, I just thought I'd put this on here. I think it's kinda funny! it shows some of my casual but different looks I have. As I wait for the summer to unfold and bring it's new memories, I wonder what can I do to make this Summer the best it can be. I know that sounds really cheesey, but I think I've had too many summers where I say "oh, I could go do that, but I'm too lazy!" I would really want to start running again this summer, because I want to start getting back in shape. I would also want to hang out with more friends, get together and chill. Oh, and I want to find myself. Figure out who I am and what kind of person I am. Ha, ok that sounds...dumb. I wanna be able to get out more and show people who I am. Maybe bring some spontanious things into my life. Ah, the places I will go this summer....*sigh*