Sorry!

Hi lovely readers,

I'm sorry for the lack of posts. My house is messy. Is that a good excuse? Well, not really but because it's messy I can't find my camera cord. I have about 3-4 posts worth of good material (debatable) but I can't get it from my camera to my computer without that stupid cord.

Good news? My sister is coming into to town for a baby shower on April 7th and all of my family (well the woman) will be coming to it. They all want to see my place.So, my place will eventually have to be cleaned. There is another Other Babes in Thriftland coming up tomorrow so get ready for that! I'll try to clean sometime this week but with book club tonight and my tax appointment tomorrow, it's not going to happen anytime soon :)

You are all the best! I can't believe I'm only a couple people away from 100 followers!


**Edited** I found it! Get ready for lots of new posts coming your way!

For the Locals - Junk Love

It's that time again, another Junk Love sale! This one is bigger than ever with all of us being at a new venue (across the street) with a lot bigger space. I can't wait to spread out all of my stuff! Come down and see me and buy some goodies!


Doing some prep work for my jewelry.

Check out the website and the Facebook page for more details!

Other Babes in Thriftland - Thrifted Shift

Hi all! Welcome to another addition of Other Babes in Thriftland. This has been so fun so far, I hope you all have enjoyed it too. Today we have Thrifted Shift! I have never met her IRL but I think based on her style and what she writes in her posts, we would get along well! She was the first person to send me an email about joining in on the fun!  She has a really cool thing on her blog where she calculates the cost per wear to show how much worth a specific piece in her wardrobe has. How great right?

I had a hard time picking some of my favorite outfits from her posts but here they are!


Thrifted items: T-shirt, jeans, cardigan and the boots are from Ebay! Love this look! Full post here.


Thrifted items: the dress! Full post here.




 She gave some great tips on why she wore this outfit while thrifting! Check out the full post here! First of all, no coat despite the rain- nothing extra to carry. Second, bag worn crossbody for maximum arm maneuvering and freedom to elbow (just kidding!) Third, non-bulky form fitting pants so removal is unnecessary for trying on dresses and skirts. Fourth, basic black tank underneath cardigan so removal is unnecessary for trying on tops (I'm not a germ-o-phobe, but I don't feel comfortable wearing used clothes until they've been washed in my home!) Finally, shoes that slip off easily. 


Go check her out over at Thrifted Shift! Remember, if you want to join in the fun, send me an email at babesinthriftland@gmail.com and send me a link to your blog, your favorite outfit and some tips/stories from thrifting.  Check back next week for 

St. Patrick's Day!

I hope everyone had a great St. Patrick's day! It was SO nice here! I wore my favorite (well my first favorite doesn't fit anymore...) green dress and soaked it all up!  I hope you enjoy my "outfit pictures" :)

Favorite Finds Friday

Admittedly, these are not the best pictures I've taken. My neighbors kept coming home. One after the other. So, I just gave up. Why yes, I am standing in the wood chips taking pictures of myself with my camera balanced on the community grill. No big deal.

Anyway, this is one of the skirts I got with my awesome overload at Savers the other day. Some of the other pieces were featured on Favorite Finds last week! I did like this outfit when I was wearing it. Sort of felt like a 60's college kid with my plaid skirt and oxfords.




Bad picture but the only one where the rock wasn't blocking my shoes.

Well, I'm so excited for St. Patty's tomorrow. I get to drink during the day, wear my favorite color and celebrate my heritage. What's better than that? Even better, I thought I had to work but turns out I don't! Yay!

Outfit details:
Skirt - Thrifted
Shoes - Two Birds
Shirt, tights - Target
Owl Necklace - Christmas gift from my parents from Styled Life

Other Babes in Thriftland - Emma

Hi all! Welcome to another edition of Other Babes in Thriftland! Today we have the beautiful and sweet Emma of Hello Emma! She has such a great sense of style that makes me very jealous. No matter what she wears, she just exudes a level of cool that I don't have. Not just stylish but also so nice and my friend IRL!  I'll let you tell her about her ideas of thrifting in her own words :)  Plus, she's wearing a skirt that I found but put in the swap I had. I think it suits her much better than me!

I am not as expert a thrifter as Erin and other bloggers I know, but every once in awhile I'll get the thrifting bug big time. Usually I'll make a list of very specific items I'd love to find to keep me focused, because otherwise I don't know what to look at first! This outfit features my absolute favorite thrift find ever: these awesome wedge Timberland booties shone out to me like a beacon at a local Goodwill a few years ago. Thank goodness they were my size! 

The striped t-shirt and straw bag have also been thrifted at various Minneapolis/St. Paul thrift stores. The straw bag is another treasure, found at "Fake Target" (which I found out about on Future Lint, thanks Christine!). If you live anywhere near the Twin Cities and have not been to this secret thrift store, YOU HAVE TO GO. It is in the basement of a regular Salvation Army, but is filled to the brim with overstock from Target - brand new stuff! - plus items they seem to have purchased when trend shopping. I think that's why the bag ended up there, once I found an Isabel Marant tunic for twenty buckaroos! So exciting.

Hmmm, now I've got thrifting on the brain. Guess I'll have to make another trip soon!

 

scarf: vintage

necklace: vintage

shirt: thrifted

skirt: swap'd, from Erin!

boots: thrifted

bag: fake target thrifted

I'll go thrifting with you!! Can you believe that this whole outfit is swapped/vintage/thrifted?! I hope you enjoyed Emma! Don't forget to check out her blog! If you want to be featured, send me an email at babesinthriftland@gmail.com with a link to your favorite outfit. Also, I would love to hear your tips, a story about thrifting or why you shop at the thrift store!

A Night at the Opera - Outfit

Here's what I wore to the opera!











Outfit Details:
Dress - Asian iCandy, won in Lulu Letty Giveaway
Tights - Target
Cardigan, earrings, headband,coat - Old/not sure
Shoes - Band of Thrifters
Belt - From a different dress
Faux fur stole -  H&M