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Last weekend I visited one of the local Goodwills and found:
1 dotted wool sweater
2 men's shirts
2 knit sweaters
1 pair of Eddie Bauer flannel-lined boyfriend jeans
= $22

This bout of thrifting came from watching my coworkers drop money on full price outfits at work. I LOVE THE THRIFT.

The hair did not die

My first "victory curl"! Messy but visible. Lots of hair lotion used to set.

Cheese and Beer Country

There are decent Goodwills in Chicagoan suburbia, but Wisconsin beats all when it comes to resale. There stores are bigger and better, probably because they're not newly developed and entirely urbanized. My family usually makes a beeline for their neighborhood GW or St. Vincent DePaul. This lovely place has just relocated because of all the stufffff they have *excited face* so usually we go here first.

Oh the things I found:

L.L.Bean zip sweatshirt $3.99
Nine West dress $24.99
Two light sweaters for fall $5/ea
Josephine Chaus zip sweater $5.99
Liz Claiborn handbag for school $9.99

 The next stop wall GW.......the things I found:
Ralph Lauren button boyfriend sweater $4.99
JH Collectibles pencil skirt $3.99
Apt. 9 overcoat $6.99
Gray flared shirt for work $4.99
Worthington white blouse $3.99

My grand total at St. Vinnie's was a whooping $56 because of the Nine West dress and the Liz handbag.
My grand total at GW was the best: $24.
The show-stealer was the JH collectibles skirt. These are usually $50 a piece, but for a mere $4 and a good fit, it was so worth it.

GRAND TOTAL SPENT: $80 on 10 pieces, averaging around $8/ea.

Liz handbag, sweaters galore

JH skirt, Nine West dress, oh and 99cent little beady earrings in between!

Perfect Fit!

Love it!

A change of pace

Just like the mind and the season changes, so does my blog. The summer has been full of museums, friends and fun! Like always, I could not compete with my promised challenge of 50 days of the 50s, but my hairstyles are ever-vintage-y puff, and my yearnings are still for those pencil skirts and pumps. I have decided to bring in the fall with my old obsession of thrifting!

Thrifting: the art of finding expensive things cheap; going green the real way; recycling the many things that we Americans need to get rid of; rummaging through a dusty store to find the treasures you can triumph-dance about, etc.

My family raised me to participate in thrifting and I have continued to thrift in my college years- even more so recently, limited by the college budget. 

So I declare this page to be the property of resale, the gloatings of a treasure-hunter and my personal way of rebelling against our consumer-consumed society!

50/50s: Day Two- Pre-Ann Date Night!

Last night my honey and I went out to eat, then stayed in for a movie. Because it's pre-anniversary night, I thought I would app it up a bit in this cotton, form-fitting dress with the stretch denim middle. I had to wear a silk slip underneath because my lines were showing, it was so tight! This is as close to a wiggle dress I own, and could probably easily qualify for one. Because it was a casual outting I paired the outfit with flats. My hair was crazily curled. Fun and comfortable! The criss-cross in the front and the peep hole in the back are adorable.

I don't remember where I got these pieces...but I'm sure they were a bargain! The flats are from Target.

Beauty tip: I have just discovered the loveliness of exfoliating! I use Suave's apricot body scrub ($1) and the rough side of my puff ($2) in the shower. If you take some time a buff out your legs, arms, and booty, then lotion them up after your shower, the results are spectacular! Super smooth skin...I can not stop rubbing my legs together! Marvelous!

50/50s: Day One

Now this happened a couple days ago last week when I went to work. I wanted to try out these mary-jane's (which didn't last long at all- still working on necessary ball padding), and the dress and pearls together for a vintage look. This is probably leaning more towards the 1940s fashion, but still qualifies in my book!
I tried to do victory curls but my layers are too short, so I just do my twists.

Shoes (5.99) and dress (6.99) compliments to Goodwill

school is old school

Victory curls, in anticipation of my victory over Spring Term papers!

I have just finished a paper, a presentation, and a hard final today. Waiting for my next meeting with intern ppl, I made a beeline for the air conditioned library.

The Road Block was amazing, the Blacktop Barons gave it there all. The cars are simply impressive, very well done, looking like they just pulled out of a driveway from the 50s with Susie Homemaker waving her scarf from the passenger's side. It made me want to learn more about cars so I'm not subject to such androcentrism!

After tomorrow, I will unofficially be on my last term of college. The next day that will cause a bit of anxiety will be next week, as me and my honey turn one! I'm in the dark as to how we are going to celebrate, but I can say that I have tried suggestions, such as going to see the Flat Cats or go to the Brauerhouse, going to Chicago, etc. He has to work late, but we are hoping he can switch with someone else. *fingers crossed*

Until later!!