Some thrift stores in the city.

So on the trip before the last trip I took to the thrift store, I had a surreal experience.  I know better than to go into any Salvation Army IN the city, but my determination to find furniture I could fall in love with kind of redirected my focus.  So as soon as i step foot into this Salvation Army, I remember why it wasn't one of my favorites. It was extra grungy with an extra whiff of odor on the side.....and with the nerve to be EXPENSIVE.  A little grunge never hurt anybody, but this store, ew.  It kind of seemed liked they were trying to get it together because I did smell Pinesol but it was still especially grungy.  And there was also a drunk man with a food cart who followed me in but he was harmless. But, being the determined woman  I am I decided to stay and look around anyway, with my hands in my pockets though. So after five minutes of browsing furniture, I decide there's nothing there worth the asking price.  I decided to look through the accessories, hands still in my pockets until I saw a purse that was rather interesting. Cute! Take my hands out my pockets, inspect the purse, drunk man who speaks NO english comes over to help me inspect it. I was still ok cause he wasn't hitting on me and spoke no English. Anyway, drunk man walks away
and then BAM! I see a rat jog across the floor that was the size of one of those toy dogs like this:


The cute purse flew into the air, I screamed and power walked my way ALL the way to my car. I was thinking if the rats on the inside are that big, there's no telling what the outside rats might try to do to me.  I didn't see anybody running behind me and nobody seemed as shook as I was, i wonder if it was a pet.

On another note, I bought some wedges from Old Navy last summer and they are comfy and so versatile.


Wore them with this fit last week:






Top- Forever 21
Jeans - Vigoss
Wedges - Old Navy

Now on to the Pour La Victoire wedges that I bought from MzFashioncloset!

 


LOVE them and she sent the most thoughtful and girliest note to go along with them:


They fit great, but I have to really focus on what I want to wear with them. Choices. I think I've worn out the skinnies with wedges look. I need some more wide legged pants.
night.

frugal frame.

So I went to this estate sale about 3 months ago. I found this regular looking picture frame. Nothing special.....but it was a $1.  I've been hawking the pic. frame section in the thrift stores for a while and they are kind of expensive to me. They range from 5$-7$ and up for mass produced frames with imperfections....AND I would have to take it home and rework it. I still havent been able to find any really good quality picture frames at the thrift stores I've been hawking, so I decided to make my own I am new at this picture frame thing. I really think I need assistance picture frame shopping.:






Then paint got involved:



I tried applying paint with a roller but I was going for the antiqued look and a paper towel actually did it perfectly.

The things I do when I don't have the funds to buy the artwork I would like:


I painted the the glass and cut up pieces of paper bag and painted them.  Really abstract but it came out pretty decent.  Not I just have to do some similar and subtle frames to compliment it. No matchy matchy hopefully.

On another note I bought some GORGEOUS shoes that I can't seem to find a look for. Somebody hep me plee. Hopefully I can rest my eyes tonight and think of one. Next post!