You smashed a plate over my head, then I set fire to our beh-ee-eh-ed

Quick outfit post. I love what the light was doing here. That was totally unexpected!





Dress, belt, shoes- thrifted, tights-Target, necklace-Grandma's

Gypsy woman spoke to me

So I finally wore my bright yellow jeans and that Salarmy shirt I bought and this belt I've had forevs and never wore. Mmmhmmm



Sorry for my blurry photos!! I think it was the dim light.







shirt-thrifted, pants-TJ Maxx, boots, belt, necklace-Target

So I know I like to pretend I'm this super hip thrifter person, but I actually get a helluva lot of shit from Target. And TJ Maxx too. I love those stores.

Home is wherever I'm with you

Doooo0000ooood. Damnit. Shoot. See, today I was gonna go out to this pawn shop to check out their guitars on the off chance someone pawned a Gibson. ha and mostly I decided to go out there because I left some food at work and the pawn shop is close to work, so I thought I'd make the trip to that part of town to pick up my food before somebody ate it (this would sooo totally happen. I mean, it didn't have my name on it). Anyways, thought "I should drop off some of these old clothes at Flashback's....and mayyyybe I guess I could stop at one or 2 thrift stores...just to looooook."
So GCM is still having this 50% off sale this whole week. AND THEY HAD NEW STUFF SINCE MONDAY. WHAAAAAATTTTTT?!??!?!

Ignore my slightly retarded expression:



Oooooh love those colors and CHEVRON STRIPES. I forgot how hot those look. This dress is so comfy too. That's why I bought it!!!
AND THAT IS ALL I BOUGHT BECAUSE I AM THRIFTY.
BUT HERE'S SOME OTHER STUFF I TRIED ON (AND MAYBE SHOULDA BOUGHT?!?!??!)



I think this is supa cute, but it's 2 pieces and you can't tell, but the skirt was a wee bit tight. Actually it prolly fit just exactly right, but I just don't particularly like things snug around my waist. Makes me feel confined and unable to breath and fat and stuff. I just dunno if I would have worn it for that reason. I guess it could possibly be adjusted to be more comfortable but....whatev.

HA THESE PANTZ:


They're so silly. The shape. I dunno. They fit perfectly but I just don't see myself wearing them. Same with the top. But I'm not sure. 'Tis quite a cute shirt. Meh.



I basically picked up every dress that looked small enough for me, but I then realized this one had TIGERS AND LEOPARDS ON IT. HAHA but it looks like somebody made it or something because the fabric on the front panel of the skirt part appears to be upside down.

SEE?:



FUGLY!!!!



A bit too severe looking. That shirt is made for someone with a really long neck. But this skirt is kinda whack (in a good way):



Damn, I love old lady clothes.

I've wanted something like this ever since I saw this Fan Death video (I love Dandi's style):



But this was way too big. I tried hand-clipping it and I think it's sposed to fit more like this:



And last but not least, giraffe shrug:



Woulda gotten it but the right sleeve felt stretched out and it wanted to fall over my hand and just get in the way. Basically I am not supposed to be spending money and trying not to overflow my closet even more, otherwise I would have bought most of these things!!!

On an unrelated note, why have I not been seeing anything in the blogosphere about Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes?

Sorry, the best quality vid I could find was on Letterman...


HOW FUN ARE THEY?!?!?! Must see them live ASAP.

I sank into the sea, wrapped in piano strings

Went thrifting today. 4 stores, $16.80---3 pairs of shoes, a sweater, jacket, romper, and jeans. More than I should have spent but what can I say? I have an addiction.
And the one store was playing Handel's Messiah and the cashier was saying "everything in the store is 50% off to celebrate our 5 years in business" and then the music was all like "HALLLLLLELUJAH!!!" It seemed appropriate.

BAYUM!!!


WTF? This sweater was just too weird. I had to get it.


I have too many sweaters to live in Florida. I need to move somewhere where there are more than 5 days a year to wear them.

Tried on this ugly children's dress:



It was actually a little big! I dunno. I didn't figure I'd ever wear it.

Shazam!



Rompers are all the rage these days, though this one's big baggy shorts are kinda weird. I might attempt to shorten/take them in. Who am I kidding? Will I really do that? We'll see.

Found me this jacket:



This picture doesn't do justice to how vibrant it is. It's way more purple than this actually, but for some reason it looks blue in this pic. Dangz.

I didn't even bother trying this dress on:



It was a size 14. But look at this print!:



It's so ridic, I would totally wear it. This style of dress is so common to find. I mean, this cut with the elastic waist, generally designed to be worn with a belt but most of the time the belts are missing. Anyone know what these kind of dresses are called?

I tried on another children's dress:



It fit cuz the top was stretchy, but it looks like I'm about to bust out of it hulk-style. Kinda funny. I decided not to get it, but it is kinda cute. I am just such a sucker for florals these days.

I don't take pictures of myself trying on shoes!!! I can't believe I found 3 pairs I liked in my size today. I should do a shoe photoshoot and post all my thrifted shoes in one big post. Hawt.

HAY. I really like Sea Wolf a lot.

Zippity doo dah

Whew! I just got home from a weekend in Tallahassee. This past week or so has been crazy. I will use that as an excuse for not posting.

1. I played The Fest
2. I saw Madeline at The Fest
3. we had Halloween. Here is my costume:


I was a midwest diva.
4. I saw Why? and AU
5. I saw Peaches

6. I went to the State Fair

7. I saw Bowerbirds

8. I bought this sweet dress at Goodwill in Tallahassee

9. I tried on some other stuff I didn't buy:




I think that's all for now! Happy November (this is my favorite time of year!)

she was the queen of the rummage sale, the curator of a great collage

Aight. So. My name is Becca and I'm a thriftaholic.
Sometime last week (I don't remember when) I went to the G'ville Community Ministry thrift store again and tried on this beaute:



Didn't get it though, cuz tops are $3 there. I since found out they're doing 50% off on ladies blouses the rest of this month, but I'm not sure if this would count as a blouse. I would personally call it a jacket, but it was on the rack with other blouses. You never know how they might define certain things at thrift stores, and some things defy definition.

Like this (from thrifting trip to same store yesterday):



Is it a sweater? A shirt? A pullover? I don't know. Whatev. I didn't buy it cuz well...I have a few tops that are kinda the same idea already.

Same goes for this shirt:



Although I really like the pastel rainbow colors. So if it didn't make me look all fat and frumpy, I mighta bought it.

This was on the 50 cent rack and looked cool on the hanger:



I love peachy-pinks and lace, but when I put it on the collar was all weird and felt funny and awkward.

But here are two sweaters I DID buy because I cannot resist gem sweaters apparently.



That is something I will probably wear all the time because cardigans are sorta my staple piece. Of course I probably have like 50 of them, but you gotta have one to match any outfit, don'tcha know!

Anyways...this pic doesn't do this one justice:



I should have done a close-up. Because the detailing is really nice and looks like an easter egg. I am drawn to anything seafoam-colored also. Did I mention?

Them I went to Salarmy and saw THESE AMAZING PANTZ:



Look at that waist detail!!!!!!


I was scanning the jeans racks for acid wash and when I pulled these babies out I was even more blown away by the waist. But alas, too big. They don't look terribly too big in these pics though. Maybe I should have bought them and gotten a belt or wear them with a sweater and tuck it in. HAHA!!!!

I dunno. At a store I went to between those 2 stores I actually came across a pair of authentic Doc Martens 2 sizes too big for me for $6.50. I almost bought them thinking "I'll get some inserts and wear really thick socks." But I dunno. Has anyone ever made a pair of shoes 2 sizes too big work for them?? It just seems not too often that you come across authentic Docs, but then again, I haven't been actively looking that long. But these were also pretty worn. Which can look kinda cool on these kinda shoes BUT the bottoms were even worn almost smooth---like there was no tread left hardly, so I wonder how practical that woulda been anyway.

I did, however, buy a pair of cuffed pixie boots at the first store that were a size too small. But I could still get my foot in and I've been reading about how to stretch them. They might actually be only a half size too small. Depends. But I've been looking for them so hard!!! I didn't take a pic, but they look kind like these but brown:



Also, hahahah lookit this bag at Salarmy:



I wish I actually needed more bags because I woulda got it.

I also found a bunch of suspenders at Hospice Attic and I'd been looking for suspenders for awhile, but now I can't remember what for, so I couldn't choose a color. They had some mustard yellow ones, and that's one of my fave colors, but wtf would I wear those with? I dunno.
But yeah. There are certain things that always grab my attention whilst thrifting:

mustard yellow
teal
seafoam
peach/nude/baby pink
lace
rhinestones/beading/sequins/shiny things
fringe
acid wash
animal print
native american-inspired anything
cats
florals
plaid
rainbowness

Hmmm...is that all?

Anyways...I still don't know what to be for Halloween!!!! I was thinking of being a Midwest Diva, but I don't have any gold pants or gold shoes. Sigh.

No one wants a tune about the hundredth luftballoon

So I've been having less luck with thrifting lately. Maybe I've just become jaded, going so frequently. You start to see the same kinds of things over and over and realize what you once thought was interesting or unique, is really pretty damn common. Sigh.
First, last week I went to a thrift store I'd never been to, Gainesville Community Ministry. They actually had pretty interesting stuff and I'll have to check back from time to time. Unfortunately, most things I find that are cool aren't in my size. For this reason I'm almost considering opening an ebay store or something...just to have a reason to buy awesome things that don't fit.
Anyway, this store had a whole lot of Christmas sweaters. I guess they probably had them out because it IS the season afterall, being October and whatnot. But also Jesus people are probably really into Christmas...it being his birthday and crap. Whatev.

WTF is this dress???



Something about it fascinated me:



I don't know if it's too big or if this is how it's supposed to fit. I didn't buy it.

I am sad because this sexy little number is too large and frumpeh.



I pout.
ha! perfect 90's dress!!!


I don't know why my body looks all contorted. I was trying to one-handedly demonstrate the fullness of the skirt. I should bring a tripod with me thrifting.

This pinafore was cute:



But squeezed the crap out of me. Poo on that. So I left with just the floral dress. Some other like 5'10" girl was checking out in front of me with the most perfect pair of pixie boots that I coveted the crap out of and had a twinge of jealous/grrrl-h8 but then realized there's no way we were the same shoe-size and those boots would not have fit me anyway.

So then yesterday I went to Salvation Army and didn't see a damn cool thing except this jacket:



Sorry for the shitty pic. Their dressing room light is dim and the mirrors are dirty. It was a genuine suede black biker-ish jacket with FRINGE. I am really into fringe lately, I feel I should mention. It did seem a bit big and it was super heavy. I guess it'd be pretty warm for if it ever gets cold, but it was $9. I mean, I guess it was genuine leather and all. And I'm not a big fan of wearing that much leather, but I guess it's kinda ok when it's secondhand. Whatev, I didn't get it. It's pretty epic, though.

Then I went to Hospice Attic and found the mother of all gem sweaters.



Too big and $6. I didn't get it, but damn, if these don't look like bunny tearz:



Almost got it for a friend but decided I really should be saving money. Dumbass me.

Tried on this vintage wedding dress:



Sooooo pretty



Again, too big. On the rack it looked like it'd be a mid-calf length, but on me it was pretty much floor length. And it was $35. But it's sooo pretty. If it'd actually fit, I'd contemplate getting it and of course just wearing it for fancy-ish occasions, not necessarily a wedding. Though if I ever get suckered into getting married (blahhh) I might like to wear something like this. And really, for a wedding dress, $35 is pretty damn cheap. (I simply don't understand people who spend hundreds of dollars on a dress to wear once. It must be nice to have that kind of disposable income)

Anyway, this is what I wore today:



I realize this is kinda spring-ish, but it really has been so hot here, it doesn't feel the least bit autumnal. I hear tell it'll cool off a bit by this weekend though. I'm so excited!
Love these shoes:


skirt, shoes, belt-thrifted. Shirt--Quizz, necklace-Target