Thrifty Outfit Post

My first outfit post!

Some of my favorite blogs are the fashion blogs where every day girls have pictures of themselves in cute outfits. Outfits normal girls can wear and afford. It gives me inspiration.
Some of the styles out there are way out of my comfort zone, but how cool that they have the confidence to have fun with what they wear, and then to post it on the internet where everyone can see. This is my goal. To have more fun with my clothes.
(Don't worry, I have bigger goals in life)

Confession: I have a TON of clothes in my closet.
Phew, that felt good. Now that I have that off my chest, I can also confess that I STILL stare into it thinking "I have NOTHING to wear".
Seriously.
What is that about!!??

I can go shopping, need to buy more hangers because of my shopping spree, and two days later stare into my closet completely stumped...and proceed to put on one of my go-to outfits.
B-o-r-i-n-g.

I've decided that my problem is that I have so much, I don't know where to start, so I just play it safe. This is why I like to read blogs and scan Pinterest (aka, internet "crack")
I get ideas, go to my closet, and try to recreate what I saw with what I have.
Doesn't work as well as I would like...I still shop for more.
=)

 

I don't pretend to be fashion forward...cause I'm not. But I love clothes, I love fashion, and mostly I love shopping. Mostly, mostly, I love thrift store shopping!

 

Its like a sport for me.

The hubs thinks of it as more of a disease...probably because he has to pay for it.

 I tell him I'm saving him money, I could be shopping at Nordstrom's =)

 

Of course, there are rules to thrift store shopping.

 

Rules:

 

1. Don't purchase underwear at a thrift store (this is a great rule)

2. Shoes are ok, but they need to be inspected. Nobody wants to end up with some kind of foot fungi.

3. Commit. Look through everything! If you just scan, you will miss the good stuff and never go back.

 

I recently went to Savers with my mom and found quite a few things.
Here are some pictures of my almost completely thrifted outfit...almost.

 

 

Jeans: Gap-Thrifted

Blazer: Thrifted

Belt: Thrifted

Shoes: Nine West-Thrifted (no fungi)

Racer back tank: Forever 21 (old)

Bubble necklace: Wet Seal

Gold "B" Necklace: "Push Present" from the hubs for 10 hours of labor =)

Bulldog: Craigslist (Yep, even our dog is second hand)