(Not Quite A) Misfit

 
Top: Thrifted (68 cents!) / Sweater: Forever 21 sz m / Jeans: Gap 1969 skinny sz 0 / Shoes: Macy's sz 7 / Necklace: Gift

This top isn't quite a misfit, so much as it is something I got recently but hadn't yet had a chance to wear. I really really like it. It's so simple and casual, but in a bright fun color I don't wear too often (I have hardly any pink in my closet), and it has stripes, AND it was only 68 cents!

 
This top: a definite keep!

68cent Striped Skirt

 True story: This skirt cost 68 cents.

Top: Forever21 sz s / Skirt: Goodwill outlet (68 cents) / Shoes: Macy's / Necklace: Various charms, put together

To be perfectly honest, I wasn't really feeling this outfit at first; I thought it was nice, but just a bit too simple. (Heels would have helped, but I have a 6 block walk from the bus stop, so no thank you!) Two things changed my mind and made me love the outfit by the end of the day: 1) I remembered, hey, this cost me 68 cents, and 2) a really friendly homeless woman told me I looked "Cute! Really cute!" on my walk to work. Fair enough.

Hope you all have a great 3-day weekend!

A Little Bit o' Color

Top: Ann Taylor LOFT sz sm / Shorts: Thrifted from Goodwill outlet (66 cents!) / Belt: Forever 21 (about $3.00) / Shoes: Gap (old) / Necklace: Various charms, put together

Apologies for the lack of posts this past week; I just started a new job (!) and moved in to a new place (!!) so things have been a bit crazy as I've gotten settled down.

And now for the debut of my 66-cent salmon-colored slightly-too-big shorts. They are awesome, for all of the aforementioned reasons (except for the slightly-too-big bit. But they were shrunk in the dryer, and with a belt, you can hardly tell.) Did I mention they were 66 cents?
Anyway, it is still hot as hell here in LA (Fall, where are you??) so I took these photos in about 20 seconds and ran back indoors. Hope you're having a good weekend!

Thrifting Finds for under $3.00!

I went to a Goodwill outlet the other day. I had no idea that Goodwill had outlets, but apparently they do. In good outlet fashion, this means that everything is DIRT CHEAP. I mean, you're paying for clothes by the pound, not by the item! Unfortunately, this also means that the clothes are piled in one massive heap and a few various dumpsters in the middle of the room. Which made it kind of like hunting for treasure? Sure, why not.
Anyway, I was amazed that I found FOUR cute pieces in that pile of randomness, not to mention the fact that they were....drumroll please....$2.68, TOTAL. Dang. I should never buy anything full price ever again.
This trip was spurred by a challenge from the boyfriend: Create an outfit for under $20. I think I passed with flying colors, seeing as I got two for under $3.00, but he thinks I cheated because I also bought two other pieces at Ross, totaling $23.00. I tried to tell him those were extra, but, alas, he is a man of honesty. Stay tuned to see my two under $3.00 outfits (after they get washed, shrunk, and washed again, probably....).