Dressing On A Dime: The Copycat Edition

This morning I was looking through my blog roll and I came across two different fashion blogs that were sporting the same idea of an outfit. Both Kimberly at Fab Finds Under $50 and A.at Academichic were wearing variations of a blue striped shirt over a white dress. I decided today that I would pay homage and try to do my take on their look.

Gray tank - Old Navy

Blue and white striped shirt -Target

Belt - thrifted

White skirt - thrifted

Shoes - Target (highly clearanced)

Bracelet - Downtown Disney

I don't own a white dress and I have a long white skirt that I bought on a cruise once but I didn't care to go on an Indiana Jones-type adventure looking for it. I did have a white skirt hanging on the back of my door. Although my outfit isn't as flowy as their two outfits, I think it still captures the essence of summer with a touch of nautical.

Thanks Kimberly and A. for letting me be a copycat today!

Dressing On A Dime; The Where In The Heck Have You Been Edition

Hi everyone! I know that I have been gone too long. It has been a rocky three months. Let me see if I can give you the run down.

A. My car was totaled.
B. Our house was broken into twice. They took our laptops, all my cameras and my son's gaming stuff.
C. During all this time, my son's FFA pig had babies which not too long after they were born had health issues resulting in losing half of them to staph infection.
D. We received a $1000 tax bill because my son did not qualify for the child tax credit because he was 17 for a whole three days in 2010.

I could go on ( I am serious there is more) but I am depressing myself and I am sure you too.  So let's move on!  I decided I needed to make a post and dress up and do a Dressing On A Dime segment. Here it goes...

Denim Jacket - Thrifted

Yellow Tank - Wal Mart

Skirt - Thrifted

Shoes - Thrifted

Ring - L.A. Garment District

I love this outfit. It felt light and breezy and I finally felt like summer was here. Seeing how California was still having rain and cloudy days all the way into May and June, I was beginning to think that I would never get to say that. Whew! I will have to remember this post when it is 100 degrees and I am wishing for winter to hurry up and get here.

I hope everyone is doing well.

Happy Thrifting Everyone!!!

A Sunday Dressing On A Dime

The boy and I ventured out of the house to do some grocery and thrift shopping this morning. We tried to get to the Goodwill but they didn't open until 11am. We were very bummed. We were trying to get all of our stuff done early so we wouldn't be out in the 90 degree plus Central California heat. This meant no thrift for us today. " (

My Outfit Du Jour:

Dress - Merona (thrifted)

Necklace - Target (highly clearanced)

Belt - thrifted

Bracelet - thrifted

Shoes - Target

My husband said I looked like a greek goddess. He is currently on meds so I took that into account. Haha... Just kidding! (kinda)

 This dress held up so nice in the heat. So nice in fact, I didn't realize it was 90+ degrees outside. For me, that is good. I need more dresses like that.

SHOUTOUT TIME!!!

Well it is official, my followers list has ballooned into the double digits. What!?!?! I know way exciting. So with that being said I would like to say welcome and give a big shout out to my new friends Pixie, Mick from Everybody Goes To Mick's You gotta love the Casablanca. Kevin from Hollywood Forever, Kevin,  He has the most beautiful home go and check it out. You will be jealous.  Lime Vintage She has some great vintage finds.  Amber at I Heart Everything Go to her blog and you will see the coolest tiki bar arcade that anyone ever owned. Toronto Yardsale Snoop loves Pyrex, owls and all kinds awesome stuff. Someday I am making a roadtrip to Canada to check out all the places she finds her great bargains. Debbie at DebbieDoos. She also has a gorgeous house and some great eye for thrift. Finally, Reduce, Reuse and Rummage has a wonderful blog. I think she likes jewelry and owls just like me. " )

 Welcome and expect more posts since School's Out For Summer (yes I am singing Alice Cooper). Hahaha...

Happy Thrifting Everyone!