Thrift Shopping Awesome

If you have done it before, isn't it like, really fun? I know, the clothes are used, and some of them are really so, old, but if you love vintage curvy divas, even better! And if you love a bargain, you've hit the mother lode! Plus, some people really give away some really nice stuff so what's to lose?!!!!!! I love thrift shopping and will continue to do it even when I have hit the mother lode!lol!

Sidebar: you have heard the song by Macklemore featuring Wanz - Thrift Shop,

"....Only got twenty dollars in my pocket I'm, I'm, I'm hunting, looking for a come up This is fucking awesome... "....I'll wear your granddad's clothes I look incredible I’m in this big ass coat From that thrift shop down the road...."?!

Sub-sidebar: I've loved that song from the first time I heard it as a fan of VH1's Top20 Hits and One to Watch..I tweeted about loving that song before it even started rocking everywhere! - (yeah, you needed to know that!) [lyrics from: http://lyrics.wikia.com/Macklemore_%26_Ryan_Lewis:Thrift_Shop]

The one thing I don't buy at a thrift store are shoes, unless they're new and have an original tag. Listen there's something not so nice about someone else's cheesy foot-smell! I'm not knocking it though, because if you see a pair of shoes that are actually in good shape, and doesn't smell, hey go for it!!!

So on a recent trip at our local Thrift Store, or as the hoity-toity people like to say, the Vintage Store, I found the most darling dress, one I've always wanted to own, a Jean dress! OMGG (Oh My Goodness Gracious)!!!! Without further ado, here it is:

Cost of this Cato Woman dress: $5.69!!!!

Knee length - perfect!!!!

These earrings were only 99 cents!!!!

The Look - loving it!

I also found something nice for Amanda, in fact, she picked them out herself! She's always wanted a bolero Jean jacket and found one in white; and a cute blouse to go with her ballerina skirt she's always had and never the right top to wear with it!

Costs: Exocet Jean Bolero Jacket $3.89 Blouse $3.69

The Look, her idea to belt it!

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