Outfit of the Day: It’s too hot!

Some of yall know this already, but it’s hot out there.  I think the high of today went over 100 degrees here in Fort Worth.  I had the day off and normally I would not step outside for fear of melting into a pool of chocolate. I had to leave the house today.  I had a lunch and dinner date with some friends.  Trust and believe that there was plenty of water and cold beers involved.

Shirt: Avenue
Shorts: Lane Bryant (really old)

I had to retake pics... excuse the wrinkles

My camera is broken, so I had to take tons of pics with my camera phone.  I wore as less as possible today…

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.

Thrift Store Finds!

Hi, I’m lalaG, and I have a shopping addiction.

Yes I must confess, I love to shop and I can’t get enough of it. It’s the thrill of the hunt that gets a high for me. It makes me happy to have something new with tags looking oh so pretty hanging up.  Here are my problems, first I have a job where I wear a uniform, and second, I’m broke.  So I needed a solution to feed my addiction and I started looking around on blogs and got some ideas on what to do.  Going to thrift stores is my new way of shopping.  Not only does it feed my addiction, the money also goes to different causes (depending on the location) so it’s a win- win situation. They have a ton of stuff in where I went to and it was more organized that I thought it was going to be.  The particular day we went on was 50% off of pink tags and pink tags were hard to find.  My main goal was to find an item that I could use in multiple ways or add something to it or have it tailored to make it different. I searched every rack for items. I hit the jackpot with what I found. (Sorry, I took these with my camera phone)



Its a black jacket from Jessica London



With this black jacket, I plan to take in the sides to give it a less boxy feel, take out the very thin, but bothersome shoulder pads and then I’m going to add rhinestones or studs to the shoulder area.  I was also thinking about changing the buttons on the jacket, but I’m still not sure about that yet.

The other items I found were just things I needed and wanted and I won’t be doing much changing to them.

These Lane Bryant pants are perfect for work. Very nice and clean and I don’t have to get them hemmed up at all to fit (I’m 5’2” ish)

This dress was to die for! Totally a summer dress, but here in Texas, summer will be going on and off until March. I can wear a sweater, a shrug or even a jacket with this with this.  I was taking off the dress and if you snip the tags off, this dress is totally reversible and you can rock the solid blue color on the other side.

Just a few tips before you start searching the racks at a thrift store

1.       It can be time consuming, so it’s best to know what you want, but with that said…

2.       Expect to not find something you specifically looking for because all stores are different and they don’t carry the same things. Its stuff that’s donated!

3.       Find out what days they have specials or the busy days.

4.       And just have a good time, you might find something that you weren’t even looking for!

lalaG

Every Girl loves Arm Candy.....

Arm Candy!

Every girl loves a little bit of arm candy now and then… no I’m not talking some hunk of a man (well that would be nice too) but I’m talking about bracelets.  This season there is all types of bracelets that are in style and at all prices. If you’re looking for something to adorn your arm, here are some options at different prices.



 For those who are looking for something simple:

30 Piece Bangle Set from Lane Bryant

Athena Metal Bangle Set
$5.80 Forever21.com



Elsa Peretti® Wave
nine-row bracelet $950.00
Tiffany.com

For those who like chain link bracelets:


Kenneth Cole New York "Metropolitan Mixed Metal" Link Toggle Bracelet

John Hardy Dot Three-Row Bracelet



ABS by Allen Schwartz Jewelry Pavé Chain Link Bracelet

Bracelets with beads are back again... all colors and all types:

Lauren Ralph Lauren Gold 8MM Beads Bracelet

925 Sterling Silver Pandora Bead Bracelet Style Mothers Beads Bracelet

We have cuffs that you can stack...

Miriam Salat Resin Feather Cuff



Oscar de la Renta Geometric Crystal Cuff

And then there is this.... it absolutely took my breath away...

Vera Wang Wrapped Rhinestone Bracelet

All of these bracelets can be found online.  And if you'd like to get me one of these... get the Vera Wang one for me

lalaG