Outfit: Cowl, Again --- Day 5: Suicide

Are you guys totally sick of seeing this cowl yet? I sure hope not, because I adore it and plan on wearing it every day for the rest of my life. OK, so not every day, but quite often until it decides to get warm again (and by "it" I mean Oregon weather. So yeah, I'm going to be wearing this cowl until July). Also, I forgot to put that I got the booties at Kohl's, but you all already knew that, didn't you? Of course you did.

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Day 5: A time I thought about ending my own life
I have never seriously considered suicide. Never ever. Sure, I've had my fair share of drama queen "Oh I just want to die!" moments, but nothing beyond that.

The Guessing Game

Guess how much the following cost. :)

Two tops, one cardigan:
One vest, one skirt:
And two scarves:
Have you guessed yet?

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The total:
$18.10. Huzzah! Thank you, St. Vincent's!

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! :)

Outfit: The Casual Thrifter

This sweater is American Eagle, which means the rich soul that bought it the first time around probably shelled out a good $30-$40 for it. It is also cut rather strangely, which leads me to believe that the rich soul that bought it was, in fact, a man. I am not above cross-dressing, however, and I shall wear this sweater proudly. Besides, girl argyle is always pink and purple. Lame.

Outfit: Thanksgiving

Top to Bottom:

Beaded Bib Necklace: $6.80, Forever21

Grey Ruffle Cardigan: $17.99, Target

Ivory Lace Tank:
$29.99, ModCloth

Interlock Bars Belt:
$6.29, UrbanOut.

Thrifted Green Wool Skirt: $3, TeenChallenge

Apt. 9 Grey Tights:
$5, Kohl's

Grey Felt Buckle Flats: $10, Target











This is what I wore on Thanksgiving. I'm not particularly fond of Thanksgiving. Like most holidays, it's gone the way of the world and is now more about food and shopping than it is giving thanks. So I guess I shouldn't say I'm not fond of Thanksgiving, I should say I'm not fond of what the world has done to it, reducing it merely to "Turkey Day" or "Black Friday Eve".

Two things I am quite fond of, though, are this necklace and this skirt. Forever21 is the only place I buy jewelry from, as a general rule, because jewelry everywhere else is overpriced and I could make it for myself for cheaper. And this skirt is probably my favorite Thrift Store find yet... it's a really nice wool blend in a great dark green shade. Sure to get lots of wear.

As I said in my previous post, let me know if this blog layout looks wonky on your screen. I'm messing around with new set ups and whatnot and I know sometimes things look different on different monitors.

Outfit: Snow Day

It snowed last week and you would have thought the whole of Oregon had not seen a snowflake before. I logged on to facebook and I'd estimate over 90% of my friends' status updates were along the lines of,"It's Snowing!". So I looked outside to see this wondrous event that had everyone in a tizzy, and was frustrated to find I couldn't see any snow. I actually had to walk outside in the cold in order to see the teeny tiny microscopic flakes that were falling. Lame!

And of course, because snow is soooo dangerous (I'm being sarcastic, if you can't tell), school was canceled. For this:

Only in Oregon...

Anyways, to prove how much I couldn't care less about freaking 2 millimeters of snow, I did my picture outside. Take that, Mother Nature.

Thrifted Mock-Neck Sweater: $1.64, St. Vincent de Paul's
Black Skinny Jeans: $22.42, Alloy
Gray Socks: $?, Unknown (Gift)
Black Union Bay Heels: $18.06, Kohl's
Striped Scarf: $2.50, Kohl's

Cut-Out Circles Stretch Bracelet: $4, Charlotte Russe

I went to St. Vinnie's for the first time the other day and was pretty impressed with it. Very neat and organized, and I didn't leave feeling like I needed to run home and wash my hands. I found 4 tops that I really liked and when I took them to the counter to check out, this is the conversation that took place:

Checker Dude: "Find everything OK?"
Me: "Yup."
[Checker Dude quickly looks at the tops I put on the counter and then punches some numbers on his register]
Checker Dude: "$6.54"
Me: [Silent, because I'm waiting for him to ring up the rest of the shirts]
Checker Dude: "Uhm... $6.54?"
Me: "What, for all of them?"
Checker Dude: "Uh, yeah."
Me: "No way!"
Checker Dude: "All the clothes are 50% off today."
Me: "Marry me."

OK, so I didn't ask him to marry me, but I was pretty happy.

Outfit: Second Hand Steals

Stepping outside the comfort zone.

-Thrifted Old Navy Salmon Cardigan: $1.99, Teen Challenge
-Ivory Knit Top: $14.80, Forever21
-Black Pencil Skirt: $?, JCPenney
-Basket Weaved Cream Rope Belt: $6.80, Forever21
-Apt. 9 Gray Tights: $5, Kohl's
-Black Predictions Oxfords: $19.99, Payless
-Cut-Out Circles Stretch Bracelet: $4, Charlotte Russe

The other day I went and shopped at a thrift store, a completely new and frightening experience for me. I tried to pretend like I knew what I was doing/looking for, but I really just ended up wandering around grabbing clothes that I thought had any sort of potential. After I'd tried everything on and made my final selections, I had 7 items and my total came to a whopping $13.46. For that price, it doesn't even matter if I don't end up wearing half of what I bought!

Probably my favorite find was this Old Navy cardigan. I've been attempting to add a bit more color to my wardrobe (I just went through a hard-core ivory phase, and now find myself leaning towards gray and black combos), so this is a great piece for me with its awesome shade of pink/salmon, paired with the orange strip running down the front. I've already worn this piece twice and plan on wearing it again. All that for $2!

And on a side note, don't those black oxfords I just bought at Payless look pretty darn similar to these Seychelles ones that I included in my last Seychelles post? Obviously they aren't made from the same materials, but for less than 1/5 of the price that's fine by me.