Wishful Thrifting

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Pardon my accessory-less outfit, my friends. I was running late to meet a friend for lunch and forgot to grab my jewelry, a belt, a watch, sunglasses, another purse to put inside of my purse, a hat, some gloves, another pair of sunglasses, lipstick, a flashlight, a travel-sized hand sanitizer, and a small dog to take with me everywhere. Tomorrow I'll be accessory loaded, promise.
I would like to welcome my newly thrifted green pencil skirt to the blog. A few weeks ago, Linda and I both spotted a girl trying on a green pencil skirt at our friend's vintage shop. We turned to each other and simultaneously said "Must. find. green. pencil. skirt. now." I don't make promises out of incomplete sentences that I can't keep, so I rushed out to my favorite thrift store and a little green pencil skirt was waiting for me. I think that I'm going to start wishing for things like 'brand new car' and trying to see if I can thrift that. I'll let you know how that goes. 

Technical Difficulties

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Today my internet broke. I can not even explain it, friends. It seemingly should work, but it does not. I kick and shake our modem and router and nothing is working. I'm pretty sure our internet is on strike. Thankfully we have a sketchy neighborhood coffee shop that has free wi-fi. Sketchy as in some guy just offered to sell me a bootleg version of iWork for 'half off.' The guy spoke in a low voice and barely showed me the cd. I half expected him to show me his collection of watches for sale inside of his jacket. I am in the market for a watch, so maybe I'll just ask.

So far my computer and my internet has broke this week alone. If my cell phone dies, I'm going to take that as a sign that I need a new profession. Or maybe I just need to upgrade my electronics. Windows 97 is still legit, right?

Man, I Feel Like a Woman

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I typically don't say much about my outfits, but this one might be one of my favorite outfits ever. I just feel like a lady in this get-up. I might even start using the words 'please' and 'thank you.' I might stop pushing children down on the streets and stealing from old people. That is how good I feel in this outfit.

I'm kidding, I don't push children or steal. At least today I don't.

(Why yes that is a Shania Twain reference in the title. You wanted that song stuck in your head all day, right? You are welcome.)

Words to Live By

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You are probably thinking "is this girl a hoarder?" since I've been on thrift overload since my 30 for 30. But actually...yes I might be a hoarder. I thrift pretty things and then I keep them in a pile in my living room until my next trip to see my parents so my mom can hem dresses or pants. It's not that I can't sew them myself -- wait yes it is. I've tried to sew before but I'll be honest: I'm not good with my hands. You can quote me on that, if you'd like. 

Other things you can quote me on:

"I am a toddler."
"I had a pint of frozen yogurt and a beer last night."
"I'm starting to suspect that someone lives in my car."
 "I only painted the fingernails on one of my hands."

This makes me proud and ashamed all at the same time.

Granny Bottom

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So after seeing this girl's pants redo I became a woman obsessed. I had snagged these pants for fiddy cents (that's right half a dollar. Not for a trade in of the talented rap star.) and I took them to my mom. She sewed them right up and voila! I have new blue pants that give me a fine granny booty. I am going to be a hit up in the club. Of course the only club around these parts is a bridge club. Again, I'll be a hit but probably because some old lady will recognize her pants and want them back.
I feel like it's only a matter of time before rap songs start talking about granny bottom pants. I know what America wants -- a high waisted bottom with an plastic animal print belt? Yes, please. 




*also, please excuse the awkward half rolled up cuff. I didn't realize what it looked like until it was too late, meaning I had already taken my pants off. 

Laid Back Weekend

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This weekend we decided to take a road trip and be hot somewhere else in Texas. 100+ degrees is always more fun when you aren't at home, right? 
Now I may be 26 years old (is that okay to share on the internet? did you want my address too?) but going home to see my parents never gets old. I never mind the 5 hour road trip to go see my momma. Plus she likes to hem crazy grandma pants I thrift so that they fit me perfectly. And she likes frozen yogurt. Those are my two requirements of a best friend: a talent for sewing and a penchant for fro-yo.

In fact, I've always been a fan of my mom. This video is just a glimpse of what my high school years may or may not have looked like, even if she didn't want to go to the prom with me.

Polka Stripes

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It's usually a bit overwhelming to go back to my whole closet after I've limited myself to 30 pieces. The first thing I did was hug my shoes. I held each and every pair for 10 minutes and told them how much I missed them. No favorites here, I'm a good mother like that. All shoes are equal in this family.
Like a kid in a candy store, I went straight for one of my favorite dresses and a top I've had for a while, but haven't worn on the blog. Although I pinned up one of the layers, it normally doesn't quite cover my stomach, which I typically prefer in shirts. But I slipped it over this dress and it worked perfectly. I feel very Chuck from Pushing Daisies. I'm pretty sure that's her name -- I'll be honest, I only watched that show for the outfits. Other shows I only watch just for the outfits? Judge Judy and Swamp People. 

New Favorites

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I've worn this outfit pretty much every weekend of the 30 for 30 but we just took photos of it this weekend. I don't know why but I tend to repeat outfits more in the summer, I find a favorite and don't want to take it off. I think it's just the laid-back feeling of summer, or the fact that I hate doing laundry, but either way I like it. 

So this post brings you a new favorite outfit AND a new favorite wall to pose by. I mean this wall is a style bloggers dream -- an upside down 8 ball and outfit complementing wall colors? I hit the jack pot on this one. Too bad I live about 400 miles away from this little gem. But if you think that's going to stop me, well then you're right. I can't drive everyday to take photos by this wall. That would get in the way of my Pinterest time. 

Ball and Chain

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 As I was trying to figure out what to wear today, my husband casually said "I've got an outfit for you." To which I thought this meant he went out and bought me a whole new outfit. What a sweetie. After a few "You shouldn't have!" moments, I realized that he meant that he had an outfit idea for me, not an actual outfit. He gives and then he takes away.

I'm always up for a good time so I said "sure, dress me up kiddo" and he came up with this little number. I was expecting my "too short for my own good" dress but instead this outfit came together. I have to take credit for the accessories, but the rest was him. Not too bad for a man that wears Birkenstocks, eh? 

Blue Crush

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If you can't tell I really like this shirt. (Okay the last one is a different shirt but close enough.) There is something about this blue that gets me. It just reels me in like an ex-boyfriend then it dumps me for a younger girl and then calls me again the next day. DRAMA. 
Wow, that was weird. 
Moving on. I'm loving scarves this summer which is weird because normally I have a big question mark over my head (much like an Arby's sign when I'm thinking about roast beef) when I find pretty scarf. I love pretty vintage scarves but I never quite know what to do with them. I've done the head scarf, the neck scarf. And as a belt? Don't mind if I do. 
(PS -- Earrings are from Anthropologie two years ago. Dang.)

Overcast

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I have wrongly mistaken overcast clouds today as being cooler. Normally I wouldn't layer a shirt over a shirt in the summer, but it looked chilly outside and I'm an optimist. Turns out, the sun's heat can actually burn through those sneaky, thin clouds. But this isn't the first time I've thought "I should have listened in science class."
I had a moment today. Well, my red heels and I, we had a moment. Two years ago I would have never worn this outfit. I would have never picked up these heels and paired it with these shirts. I would have never posed in a park at lunch with husband snapping photos. All of a sudden I was overwhelmed with gratitude and I wanted to say thank you. For the last year or so, you have visited my blog for one reason or another. And because of you, I have confidence to dress in the outfits that I do, to write what I write and to generally be a very happy person. You have become friends to me, even though we've never even met. And for no other reason than that, I am SO very grateful for you.

Before this gets cheesy and I start crying alone at my desk and have to turn to food for comfort, I will end this by saying thank you for the encouragement and the love. I hope you know that you are very loved. And yes all of that was brought on by red suede heels. The world works in mysterious ways.

Blue Redo

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I'm a big fan of finding inspiration in one's own closet. I'm also a big fan of myself (yay for hyper self-esteem!!!) so naturally I would use one of my favorite outfits from this spring for a summer time look. Black and blue (no matter how many shades of) are meant to be together in my book. (And yes I did just thrift two similar blue silk blouses. I haz a problem, ok?)

Thoughts on dressy shorts? I felt a little weird with heels and shorts on. Which is weird because I never feel weird with heels and a skirt on. And I feel 100% comfortable in a skort and heels. But then I always feel comfortable in skorts because nothing can go wrong when you are wearing half shorts,half skirt, so...

Happy weekend? That was the strangest segue to a well wished weekend yet but it was straight from the heart.