Sunday, January 27, 2008

Springy and Thrifty

Oh Mother Nature you've been kicking my butt! The winter here has been brutal. But today it was beautiful, it was like a spring day! Probably because it was my dad's birthday!

My dad is the BEST! He's darned cute, funny, and inspiring. He's had a hard time of it as of late and yet through it all he works toward a better future and has lacked any complaining.

I feel bad though as he didn't get my birthday card yet. Oh I think he'll like it: a homemade card telling him how wonderful he is, accompanied with a special sugary treat!

(Dad, if you've read this before getting your package, still pretend to be happily surprised.)

So yesterday Frankie baby and I had quite the day. We tooled around his neighborhood hitting up the dollar store and Family Thrift. And this, even though Mother Nature has been kicking my butt, his how I do good for her.

I love thrifting, the hunt, scoring the cutest stuff for so cheap, and wow wow, the Family Thrift was having a 50 percent off sale; Frank and I were in Heaven! We found such treasures as a blown glass basket perfect for jewels (see upper right), a great men's leather jacket for $3, a 1970's denim coat, a new ladies billfold, uber cute earrings, DKNY jeans that are quite kind to my booty, and so much more. The total bill, after tax, $43, and I'm telling you we walked with like 50 nice items that will be used!

We also got a bunch of cute tees for $1 to $2. These tees were then taken back to Frank's and adorned accordingly.

On the right, you can see this animal print tee I picked up for $2; it was plain when I got it. Thanks to Frank's help, I found this funky iron-on in his collection and he pressed it on the tee for me with his high-tech press!

I also picked up a new nightgown for my collection of vintage gowns, and seriously I should have been born in the 1950s because every gown I pick up seems to fit me perfectly.

There's room for the hips, thighs, and the lacy cups that make my small bosom appear, well, sort of attractive. I love lounging around in these gowns, watching TV, eating chocolate, salsa and chips, and...basically pretending I am Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Eco-friendly and living green are all the range. In learning of people's efforts toward bettering the environment I rarely hear about people purchasing thrift store goods as a recycling effort; most the time these certain people come off a little too snobby, they would never wear an item of clothing that has been worn before!

Green-lifestyle aside, I also just rarely hear of people perusing their local thrift shop for some fun, cheap finds.

For Mother Nature, I say, it's these fun finds that will not only save you money, but contribute to the new green-living lifestyle! I highly recommend it, but um, please steer clear of my fav shops, I'd hate to go there and have those great finds be scooped up already!

Happy shopping!

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Title photo by Nick Gordon