Wowie Zowie Thrift Haul!

WOWIE ZOWIE THRIFT HAUL!

Boy oh boy, did I hit a home run on Saturday while I was out thrifting. Read on to discover what I bought for a total of $15 (some of the items had additional discounts at the register)!

Kate Spade Handbag with vintage handmade dress from the 70's...$3.50. 

That's right, you read that correctly. $3.50.

All of these great dresses as well! Each dress pictured here was $2 and the sweaters were .75 each.

A vintage map of Michigan and a vintage embossed leather book cover with built in leather bookmark from Chile: $3.50

Vintage gold cuff: $2

Vintage "Buttoneer"--buttoning for lazy people, packaged in vintage deliciousness! Love it. $1.49.

Vintage Clip ons: $1

Pretty amazing, right?

Invested

OUTFIT: Jeans: Liz Claiborne, thrifted: 2.99, Striped tee: OP, $5, Grey sweater vest: Vintage, Boundary Waters, .99, Necklace: white chain from previous thrifting blog posts, .99 (doubled it for this outfit), cocktail ring: Amazon, $10. Couldn't find this exact one but HAVE FUN looking at all these darling, cheap little trinkets: Cocktail rings on Amazon (inexpensive). I also bought the little Buddy Holly glasses (fake, ofcourse) on Amazon as well, for $4. Shoes: Unlisted, black mary jane high heels...thrifted, $3. Watch...a cute, delicate little Armitron I picked up fo .99, thrifted ofcourse. So dainty and elegant. I wore my lip piercing today, too...sometimes I throw it in there for a little edge. LOL. :D I have lots of them and today I went with some girly "bling" on the lip.

Isn't the pink glitter mani cute? I adapted the nude glitter mani that I got from Love Maegan...check the original, it is one of my favorite nail looks EVER and I just took it off last night to replace it with this pink, which is fun. So girly! Normally I don't do my nails because I'm not so hot at it...but this was fun. Lasts well, hides imperfections, too!

Do you rock the "SWEATER VEST"? You should. Love 'em. If you are bodaciously curvy (see the girl above that has to dress carefully for a thick figure), this is a very flattering look. (Longer tee under a buttoned, fitted vest).

Have fun...stay dry and warm today Michigan!

Home is where the "H" is...

Outfit is: Dress (Merona/Target: on clearance for $7.00), Vest (GAP--it was a gift, freebie!), necklace: strange quilted "H" brooch attached to another thrift chain, 99 cents from Goodwill, bag: "Sixteen", thrift for $2. I posted these shoes I wore on another thread but they were also a thrift find. I paired this with navy tights and decided to dress down the necklace for work (I am a music teacher and webmaster for a school in West Michigan and sometimes I tone outfits down a bit for the office). For hair, I did this fun messy updo by pulling my hair back into a loose pony, and then regular (not French) braiding in an upward direction. I then twisted and tucked the ends and secured the vintage butterfly clip, which was another little thrift treasure for 99 cents!

A hoot and a half...

In another blog I posted about the cutest little owl pendant that I had found while out thrifting for a dollar, so today I decided to post the first outfit with it. It's been a while since I've rocked a sweater vest! This navy blue one was, ofcourse, a $1.59 special. The black shirt underneath it was a freebie from my mom--it's that great stretchy synthetic polyster stuff that is so forgiving and hangs nicely on everyone. Jeans (Gloria Vanderbilt, which I think is Kmart) were another Goodwill find for $3 a few years ago, when "skinny jeans" first became popular. Ofcourse, they aren't "skinny" jeans on my size 14 frame, lol! But I find if I were them with a fitted top and boots they are pretty flattering!



The boots I have are one of my brand new purchases this year. I am a thick shorty and I have HUGE calves. Boot shopping is such a headache for me. I can never wear what I want to! This year I actually found a pair of black calf boots I liked at Target for $40. They have a stretchy panel sewn in the back so they are super comfortable. The only thing I don't particularly love is that they sometimes are a little too stretchy and the fabric gathers in spots. Next year I think I'll try something a little different, but for the bigger girl looking for a good versatile calf boot...good choice!
Ofcourse I have that adorable little owl pendant on. The watch is something I made myself...I bought an old watch for a dollar at a thrift store and I bought the pretty velcro bracelet at the dollar store--that weird one by my house with all of the cool stuff. I actually sewed the watch face right on to the bracelet. So many choices in making a neat watch if you upcycle. Try it out!
Cool beaded/mirror bracelet cuff was a wacky yard sale find this summer for 35 cents. That's right!