More Garage Sale Finds (pic heavy)

As we all know, I love garage sales, thrift stores and a discount.  The last two weekends have been filled with hitting up the garage sales and I found some really great stuff.  I found a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses for five dollars! An absolute steal!  I found a ton of purses, one that might be a Dolce and Gabbana purse, but I’m not sure if it real or not but I’m still gonna rock the hell out of it.  I purchased some bath products that were still in the packaging and a white plate with a stand.  I plan on using that for my jewelry.

I also did some dress shopping and I found a great floral frock at Lane Bryant that was an additional 50% off the already marked down price.  The purple dress was at JC Penney’s and of course, on sale.  The purple dress has a 70’s type of vibe to it and I can’t wait til I wear it out on the town.

Sales! Sales! Sales!

Ok this past weekend, I found some really great sales!  It was Mother’s day weekend, so every store was having a sale.  Our first stop was JC Penney’s.  Our first stop was shoes, which gave me no satisfaction at all so we quickly by passed it for the accessories.  It’s always a guarantee that I will find some little bauble or trinket on sale.  After minutes of searching and fighting to get to the clearance racks, I found a lovely little necklace that was on sale, 80% percent off, for less than five dollars.  Then something sparkly caught my eye, it was a beautiful purple ring with the stretch band. Love it. They had a few of them but they were scratched in one spot and I had to search around for an unscratched one. You already know I found it.  We went upstairs and found tons of clothes on sale but there was only one thing that I fell in love with, the dress with the bow.  It fit perfectly!

After JC Penney’s, we went by this plus size store that is in North East Mall and for the life of me I can’t remember the name of the store, but they have really cute stuff in there.  I think some of it is more for a younger set, but I found some cute things and everything is very affordable.  I tried on some dresses. One was too tight for me and a wee bit short.  The second one I would have to find a tub top type of a bra thing for me to wear.  I did find an asymmetrical shirt with flowers and… it’s just so cute.

Then we went to Lane Bryant and everything in the store was on 40% off! Including the already on sale items! SCORE!  I found two pairs of leggings, a very lovely blouse and a nice floral sweater.  We found some great stuff and gained 50 bucks in real women dollars.

Outfit of the Day: 3rd wheel action

Ok, so I was planning for a quiet evening at the house and then I received a text from a friend saying that she wanted me to go out with her and her ex. Anytime that there is an ex involved, I will have your back. She also said she would pay for my beer and that’s always motivation for me.

This is my cool, casual 3^rd wheel outfit. Everyone had a good time that was full of laughter, beer and good times (mostly cause the Mavericks won!) 

Shirt: JCPenneys
Pants: Tommy Hilfiger @ Macys

Look at that makeup... damn im good

Outfit of the Day: I’m the handler.

So this is my first Outfit of the day I have ever done.  I plan on doing it more often so you can get a little bit of a taste of my style and what I like to wear.   I had an opportunity to work on a photo shoot for Fort Worth, Texas magazine. I didn’t do anything big. I was just basically a handler and if they needed anything from the museum that I worked at, I had to get it. I got to hang around and look at pretty clothes and jewelry.  When the issue comes out, I’ll make sure to post pics. The model looked beautiful and it was fun and some great experience for me.

I kept it casual fabulous that day. Normally I wear uniforms to work, so the only way I can express myself is the days I’m not working.

The shirt I got from JC Penney’s and everyone loved it.

I will take better pics next time!

I got these wide leg denim pants from this awesome place called ½ of half that’s here in the metroplex area and in several other spots around the country.  It’s like Ross, but much more stuff.   It’s basically the stuff that didn’t sell in stores like Macy’s, Nordstrom’s, and Old Navy and sold there.  You have to be careful because sometimes the clothes can be damaged. Some items you can buy and repair them yourself but some aren’t worth the time.   They carry everything, from clothes to watches, shoes to bedding. They are always having sales!

yes i know, a bit dirty

The shoes are from Payless, I think I got them last season. If you know me, they are sooooo me.

Tell me what you think!
@lalaG
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Thanksgiving Haul

I still have every bit of those clothes and this pic is 5 years old

Ok. My name is Shawnda, and I have a shopping problem.  Yes I know I do, yall know I do but I now know that I have limits to my shopping and rules. Rule 1. Only stuff on sale. Rule 2. Set a budget. Rule 3. Buy stuff I need. Now this is me we are talking about and I pretty much needed everything I saw but I pulled back.  The only thing I always purchase that I feel you can never have too much of is jewelry.  I’m pretty much gonna buy jewelry every time I go shopping.

Since I had to work on Black Friday, I had to go shopping another day.  What other day to go shopping other than Thanksgiving Day.  There were a few stores open on Thanksgiving and I made sure to take advantage of the opportunity.  One of the stores that were open on Thanksgiving was Old Navy.  There have been a lot of people who have been dissing Old Navy lately, and yes while I agree that the commercials are whack, you can find some good basics and some things that you wouldn’t expect. I also bout some long sleeve shirts but i forgot to take pics of these.



This is a really cute brown dress with pockets (Old Navy)



Same type dress as about but plaid (Old Navy)

very cute short sleeve sweater. (Old Navy)

I call this my Kim Kardashian sweater. (Old Navy)

Please excuse the pictures… I took some with a digital camera but I cannot for the life of me find the cord, so I had to take them on the camera phone…

So since we were in the North Hills Mall area, we decided to take a stroll over to Sears, but it closed at 12 and it was already 11:55.  By the time we would have even gotten to the clothing department, they would have been turning down the lights!

So we decided to go over to Garden Ridge to check out some bedding over there and we weren’t disappointed. I found a very nice bed in the bag type thing and my Aunt found one even cheaper than mine.  I was also looking for some fabric to make some flowers from, but a lot of the material that they had on sale was too heavy.

I love love this sweater from Macy's and in a color other than Black or Gray

ok so back to black, but its cute (JC Penney's)

I wish i would have taken a pic of this on my neck... its so sparkly (JC Penney's)

ooh so shiny! (JC Penney's)

yes, on sale! (JC Penney's)

Ok since I didn’t have to work on Saturday, I figured we could partake in some Saturday shopping sales.  And you know me; we got there super early before anyone else and I picked up a few items that will keep me warm and sparking from Macy’s and JC Penney’s.

Don't judge a book by its cover, go in the store and check it out!  You can always find something in there...

lalaG