Leanna Takes Down the Thrift Store

Yesterday on the way to Costco after church, we drove past St. Vincent de Paul, my favorite thrift store in the whole world. I made a sad remark about how long it's been since I've got to go shopping there. Just as we were driving by, I saw signs out front with every shopaholics favorite words: "HUGE SALE. ALL CLOTHING 50% OFF!". Needless to say, I almost died on the spot. So after getting grapes and candy at Costco, going home for lunch, and changing into a thrifting-appropriate outfit (Jeans, Toms, sweater), it was on to the thrift store for me. I spent about 2 hours poking around and trying on clothes. Glorious, glorious day.

You know you are a hardcore shopper when you are literally sore the next day. My right arm is seriously on fire this morning. I used it is a clothes rack while I was wandering around pulling things to try on, and at one point I literally had 20 items hanging on my arm. I am quite sure I must have looked ridiculous, but hey, if that's what a girl has to do to get good deals on clothes then it's a small price to pay.

In the end, this is what I came home with.
5 Belts:

  
1 Dress: (Don't worry, I'm going to do a bit of tailoring and hemming to make it cuter.) (More cute?)

1 Scarf:

 1 Pair of Shorts:

 5 Skirts:

And 4 Tops: 

So for those playing along at home, that is 17 items. And my total cost?
$32

Roughly $1.88 per item. Thank you thrift store!

Sorry about the erratic lighting in the pics. I was too lazy to fix it. :)

Outfit: Orange

I can honestly not remember ever having worn the color orange before. Maybe I used to wear it a lot and just have bad memory, or perhaps I've just actually never worn it. Regardless, I wore it yesterday and was quite pleased with the color. I think it's a good shade for my skin tone.

This outfit was another hit at church yesterday, much to my surprise. It usually seems like the outfits that I'm on the fence about are the ones that end up being liked the most, while the outfits that I am in love with are never mentioned by anyone (which I know doesn't mean people don't like it, but still, it makes one wonder...).

Anyways, I just wanted to show off the earrings I made. Unfortunately I cannot lay claim to the beautiful wire loops (I purchased them that way), so they were actually much easier to make than they probably look like. Nonetheless, I like them very much and have been wearing them frequently the past few weeks.
Music Monday post coming soon!

Watch It

The other day I shanghaied my Alaskan sister into going shopping with me at St. Vincent's thrift store. I had a shopping list in mind that included shorts, skirts, scarves, and possibly a sweater or two if I had extra time. After I had made my selections (3 skirts, 1 sweater vest, and 2 scarves), we were heading up to the registers to check out and I got distracted by the jewelry case. I like vintage jewelry, though something would have to be especially spectacular and inexpensive for me to buy it, but as I was looking in the case I saw a large number of watches.

I've been on the hunt for a good watch for a while now, but the thought of getting one second hand had not even crossed my mind. But where better to get a vintage/old looking watch than a thrift store? After looking at a few different styles, I eventually settled on not one, but two new watches to start my watch collection.

This first one is Pulsar Quartz and is most definitely a man watch. The band is what gives it away, though the face isn't particularly feminine, either. I could care less that it's a man watch, though, as I love the face so much that it more than makes up for it. And just think, some old guy probably died so I could have this. Pretty crazy, huh?
And besides, I can always get the band changed if I end up hating it too much. For now I don't mind it, though.

The other one I got is a Fossil Skeleton watch, whatever that means. It has little tiny gears in the front which I love, even though I'm quite sure they are good for nothing but decoration. I also like that the numbers are Roman Numerals. The downside of this watch is that is doesn't actually work, but I didn't buy it to tell time, I bought it to look pretty on my wrist.
These watches were my big splurge of the day... the Pulsar one cost me $18 and the Fossil cost me $5. That's far more than I was planning on spending yesterday at a thrift store, but as I've been looking for some cool watches for quite a while now I felt as though it was justifiable.
I think my whole family thinks I'm nutters for getting these. But oh well. I love them! :)