Thrifty adventures // Casual Friday Outfit

The other day I got an opportunity to go hang out with my mom. She's been telling me about this new thrift that they put in 15 minutes away from my parent's house called Savers and she has also been well aware of my un-dying need to thrift. So these are my little treasures from the trip;

one of the first things I came across. I fell in love instantly.

My mom had her doubts, to prove her wrong I put this bad boy on the social networks & let my friends respond.

All 3 of them said yes. Done deal.

AWESOME adornments.

It even has that rockin' grandma/thrift smell.

This was brand new from Gap, tags on, $50 to $5.99. MUAHAHAHA!

Empire Records-esque

I saw this and knew I had to have it. It is marked as a size 12, multiple sizes too big.

I was really bummed out, but when it came to trying it on, it fit me perfectly.

When I read the label on this plaid pleated beauty, it reigns from a boutique in Wilmette/Oak Park, Spauldings.

It was also marked brand new with a tag for $168, mine for $14.99!

It shall go perfect with my babies;

this is a total high school throwback for me when I had a whole collection of odd shit to wear atop my head.

It just seemed right. Plus, I knew they would go perfectly with my just-arrived Woot shirt!

I love this bright little floral dress. It's a tad big, but it works.

My mom tried taking it in, but the machine was acting up.

The funny little thing about this is that it is a SKORT!!!

ha ha ha ha. Where are my jellies??

This reminded me of something from Proenza Schouler Fall 2011 and I knew it had to be mine.

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Casual Friday outfit.

Huge. Deal.

 

These are cool, but were instantly made cooler by turning them inside out.

 

leggings: UniQlo (Japan) Dress: Target Coat: Forever 21 Scarf: hand-made by me

this scarf has a satisfactory back story to it;

So I made this sucker in high school. I made A LOT of scarves in high school, almost 1 a day.

I crocheted in all of my classes, teachers allowed this because I still participated, did well on tests, & did homework.

[this was also allocated in college]

So that's about 6 hours of crochet time, which totally allowed me to do one chain per class.

I was rolling these out all the time, gave them out to people, etc.

This was obviously an awesome scarf & was COMPLETELY excited upon finding it.

I accumulated a ton of yarn; a huge bin of it over at my parents house.

I was over there the same night we went thrifting while my mom was trying to take in my dress in the basement.

I went through the huge bin because I am working on a scrap blanket...

[where I use all my old yarn from past projects]

I took home two huge bags of yarn that is totally rad and usable.

I threw out one garbage bag of un-worthy threads. The blanket will be HUGE.

It's already getting to be kind of a beast...

So anyway-

EARRINGS....

 

earrings: bows (Forever 21), Turquoise ones (?)

Necklace: I made this sometime last week.

Needless to say it's part of every outfit.

However, now that I made this one today, there will be some competition:

I'm in love with this necklace.

It definitely looks better when you see it live!

just peachy

I've been d y i n g to wear this sweater.

TODAY WAS THE DAY!

  

sweater: Talbots (thrifted)
shoes: purchased on Etsy
leggings: bought in Japan (UniQlo)
black dress: Target
white button-up tee: H&M
unicorn/brass knuckle necklace: Spencer's (bought today)
ring: Forever 21

Heartbreak in Japan & disdain towards "the line"

Heartbreak and outrage would be two words that you could possibly use to sum up this day.

My alarm went off at 7:20. I have this habit of eating and breathing Tweetdeck on my phone, so in the morning when I have no desire to get out of bed, I'll catch up on news and any flashy fashion posts rollin' on in. Today was something of a more somber note; Tsunami and earthquake reports from Japan from every source possible that I follow. I freaked when I saw how high it was. 8.9. Shit. Where did this happen?! I went on Facebook, saw the people that I knew there had posted they were okay and relief hit me hard. My brother, sister-in-law(her mom,dad,brother,& sis-in-law), niece, and I know a girl that works and lives there from one of my old jobs. When I woke up with nothing planned out to wear (CASUAL FRIDAY!) Japan was on my mind and in my heart today. My clothes reflected that because it was all from Japan.

The pants are from UniQlo & the shirt was is from a shop called AC/DC Rag on the

main street in Harajuku.

I don't think any of my customers got my "Japan vibe"...that's fine...

I had to leave my phone behind today and I didn't really get too much of a chance to catch the news before I left. I had to go without any information about what was going on in Japan until I got home past 3pm-the pictures are truly heartbreaking. Especially for hit in Japan-where such beauty resides in all forms. The people are so respectful and gracious; a country that is so ornate and gorgeous. It is a country that stole my little heart. Those images are horrible to see. I'm grateful everyone that I know is okay. I know a handful of people there, so it makes it all the more saddening. I'm just glad that so far nothing I've seen there has been hit or destroyed in anyway.

It's amazing to see such force impact this country. It's completely mind boggling. The thought of destruction at the arms of nature, something completely beyond your control...woah. Tsunamis have got to be a completely terrifying experience. This meltdown around it all is terrifying too. I'm glad we have the ability to get so much help over there at such a rapid pace.

photo from Time

photo from Time

photo from Time

photo from Time

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Whilst watching the local Chicago news this evening, they showed the line of people, three blocks long to be precise, waiting in line- FOR A GOD DAMNED IPAD 2. YOU. HAVE. GOT. TO. BE. KIDDING. ME. It's called tomorrow, people. The reasons that people want this...are you ready?

BECAUSE IT HAS A CAMERA.

I bet EVERY one of those people in line like cattle down Michigan Ave has a digital camera in their pockets or somewhere within 30 feet of your computer. Your phones have a camera-probably a better one than the IPad 2. (oh, if you hadn't noticed, I'm not acknowledging the "i") It shocks me of the minimal changes they can make that will still make people line up. Seriously?This got me heated for the latter part of the day. I got home and said "Seriously, tape the camera to the IPad." He fashioned something real fancy!

Ah. Perfect! "Hey, look babe! It's the IPad 2!"

hardy har har!

Oh and in case you were curious, the Friday Feature on XRT was The Who. Woohoo!