Thrifting

Yesterday I managed to go to our local goodwill, ALL BY MYSELF! I found some fantastic goodies! I found myself some pants I can wear for work, and a pretty little wall sign. For my preschooler I found a jacket to grow into, a pair of shorts (Gymboree), a belt, and a purse. I also spent $4.00 on a COACH purse! I don't know if it authentic, it appears to be though I need to do a little more research, but I found similar purses for sale and some of them were selling for as much as $50! Pictures to follow soon!

On a Mission

I'm on a mission. I am searching for a shirt or tank with a crochet collar area. I can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for anywhere, in the right size. I really like the look of crochet trim on a plain shirt, and if I knew how to crochet I might actually try to make one myself, but I am inept at yarn type creations. I'm hoping that I will pick up a reader at some point who may or may not have a suggestion.

On another note, it has been raining on and off here so my "mountain" of laundry has been pushed aside. I thought I managed to get one load outside during a sunny break in the rain, but sadly a downpour snuck up on me, so I raced to bring in the clothes. I got soaked, but I didn't mind. It was unbelievably hot and humid here. I can't wait for a break in this weather.

The Bear Went Over the Mountain of Laundry

My wonderful (using the term loosely today!) step-son decided to clean his room yesterday, for the first time in 18 years. Which is wonderful, I can't say that I could complain about that, he even took care of his own garbage, and sorted out 3 large garbage bags to go to Goodwill. Then he invaded my very small laundry room with every article of clothing he decided to keep, he couldn't remember what was clean and what was dirty. So that is where my mountain came from today. I did 5 or more loads of laundry, and none of it belonged to the hubs, the babies or myself. My clothesline worked very hard today. The poor girl was hanging to the ground by load number 3.

All of this laundry gave me some time to peruse some clothing sites I hadn't visited since I was in school. And I remembered why I quit shopping on those sites, I grew up! So I took myself back to ModCloth and Old Navy and spent hours drooling, I loved it, much more than my mountain.

I'm just thankful that I wont have a mountain like that ever again. When the boy brings me home laundry from college, I'm going to load it back into the car for him DIRTY.......he is lucky I'm gonna miss him when he goes, because I might have put all that laundry back into his room. We shall see how it goes tomorrow!

A NIght on the Town

I had a busy day yesterday. In the morning I attended a bridal shower for my best friend from High School. She had a great turnout and made off with a bunch of goodies. I was a bit apprehensive at first, I walked in and the only people I really knew were her family and one or two other people from school. I did have fun though, and my big "mommy" purse paid off, we played a purse game in groups and my purse tagged quite a few points!

I had a small break and then we attended a graduation open house for one of my husbands students. It was a nice party, and the food was great:)
After the grad party I packed my daughter up to spend the night with my parents. She loves to spend the night with grandma and papa because she is spoiled beyond belief and my nephew is often there to play with.

From there I left for a bachelorette party for the shower friend from the morning. I had a blast. I had never been out bar hopping before last night. I didn't drink a drop and I had so much fun. However I spent the whole night wishing I had something fabulous to wear, I got over it fast when the party goers starting slurring their words, but it still made me wish for unlimited money for clothes!

Oh to be Stylish.....

I found my new favorite shopping website today! ModCloth and I found a dress to pine for. My husband even said I can buy it as soon as I get a job. Sigh, how I wish jobs were easier to come by in my area. This beauty is not something I would have typically bought before. In fact until this spring I had not bought a dress for myself in about 12 years. (I'm referring to wear everyday dresses, not my wedding dress, or bridesmaid dresses or even prom dresses) The last dress I got that was not for a special event was in the 7th grade. I do have a couple of tropical print dresses that I wore during my honeymoon to Aruba, but I don't count those either, they were worn for a week and then sadly tucked to the back of my closet, but I digress. Back to my new love:
http://www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Beach+Picnic+Dress+in+Afternoon

Again, still working on the picture business and not sure on how copyright works, so I will share a link

I am discovering that I LOVE vintage or vintage inspired clothing (almost as much as shoes and purses) and that given the choice I will be purchasing items in that category. I also am going to commit to buying from ModCloth the next piece that I need for work.

I did some drooling this afternoon. I have a weakness for shoes and purses, so I went online window shopping at one of my favorite but too expensive stores. I have been pining for a new pair of wear to work or other function shoes/sandals where my plain flip-flops are inappropriate. I found the pair I want, but I guess I will drool over them till I find a real job. I love staying home with my babies, but I need to support my shopping habit! So if I had a full time job I would buy these lovelies :)

http://www.dsw.com/shoe/jones+new+york+gondola+sandal?prodId=203962&category=dsw12cat750002
(when I figure out how to post pictures I'll post one, but a link works too right? Right!)

I know they probably look a little boring with all those exciting shoes from this store, but I am realistic. I look for flats or low heals for a few reasons:

1. I CANNOT walk in heals over 2 inches
   
2. My husband is about 5 inches shorter than me
3. Heals are not practical with babies and toddlers, especially when said toddler is on the petite side.

I also found an awesome "going out" purse as I would call it. You know the kind you take when you wear a really fancy expensive dress. I can't come up with a practical reason not to drool over this one so maybe someday!

http://www.dsw.com/shoe/jones+new+york+gondola+sandal?prodId=203962&category=dsw12cat750002

And it is relatively cheap! I would definitely buy this if I had the aforementioned job.

*no one is paying me anything, I'm just sharing my faves!

Hi!

I don't know if anyone will actually read this, but that isn't important to me right now. And for anyone who does happen across my little spot in the universe, bear with me I'm rather new at this whole blog business.

What interested me in blogging in the first place was a fashion blog that I found some time last fall. I have been randomly following it and really enjoy it. I recently have added quite a few fashion blogs into my regular reading, and truly wanted to blog about fashion and show the world how fantastic my wardrobe is, but sadly my wardrobe is pretty lame. So the daily outfit type blog isn't going to work for me as of yet, but I can still share my online window shopping adventures, when I get bored! And once in a while when I am proud of my fashion sense I can share that too!

Today it hit me like a ton of bricks, I had an epiphany. I do laundry almost everyday; I can write while I do laundry. Now 6 people create a lot of laundry, I am currently on load number 3 today, plus I have a whole "laundry list" of chores that I need to do. I know, I'm starting to ramble.

But again, for anyone who miraculously finds this, bear with me while I learn about this blog business and maybe a little about myself.