My friend Sarah’s pregnancy renewed my love of thrifting…(stay with me now!)

My sisters and I used to frequent our local thrift stores all through our high school years.

When I went off to college I thrifted a little, but mostly to find pieces for costumes.

Then I graduated, found a job, became a working professional, and spent all my extra money at the mall, trying to make up for all I had been “deprived” of because I was 1 of 9 siblings (boy I wish I still had that $$!).

So fast-forward 5 years or so….
and my friend Sarah became preganant! And I was hosting her “tea-party” baby shower at my house. And I needed to find cheap tea cups.

So I hit the thrift stores hard to find tea cups!
And as I was rushing out of one particular store, I happened to glance over at a rack of clothes.

I saw this green number, and within 30seconds I was back into thrifting mode!
“I like the color”
“This cut would disguise my post-baby hips”
“I could wear a cute belt with it”
“It’s modest so I can wear it to church”
“ok, it’s mine”

I don’t remember exactly, but I think I only spent $3-4 on it.
So glad Sarah got pregnant :)

Summer cannot get here soon enough!

Although the Texas heat can sometimes be brutal, it’s a small price to pay for the abundance of sunshine we enjoy here!

So bring on the heat! I’m ready to wear some sundresses!

I found this lovely lady at a local consignment store. I couldn’t pass up the color or the cut. I like the almost-tribal print, and the color makes my hazel eyes turn green.

Wear it with flats for a beach-capade or with wedges for a mid-summer’s night dream :) and don’t forget some cute dangly earrings!

Today I’m going green! One dress at a time! Hey, why buy a new dress when you can buy a recycled one?!
And chances are that you’ll be the only gal in town sporting it!

I’ll start with my latest and most favor-it-est one.

This lucky green number was found a couple of weeks ago at my local Goodwill store. Unfortunately, they were not running any specials, so I had to dish out $5.99 for this baby… kinda steep for thrifting, but I had to have it! The dress is not perfect.. it has a couple of faded spots which I hope to remedy by dyeing.

It’s a cotton knit made by Talbots.

Ladies, you can never go wrong with a classic cut and a classic color. You can always use your accessories to modernize the look.

I tried a couple different things with it.

My favorite is the black belt look, (cuz it’s 100% thrifted!).
Which one do you like best?