this is for my homies

i am blessed with unbelievable friends. period. 

the thrift swaps thus far with buoy and thriftcandy have been SO much fun! i am sincere when i say that they have brightened my days, not just because i have received *amazing* surprise packages in the mail but because i've made friends with some ladies who are so nice and kind and stylish to boot... and who wouldn't love having more of that in their life?! 

i would look ridiculous if i put on all of the things that i've received from those two ladies (who more than outdid themselves, btw) so today i just chose a few things to show off the fruits of their labor so to speak. my bestie was nice enough (as she always is) to snap a few pics of me donning a few items from the swaps outside whole foods after our lunch date! she didn't even mind the searing heat or the stares of strangers - she rules! yay "bestie lou"! 

*you gals should look forward to seeing her make her debut on this blog in the near future - she's a living doll!*

thirftcandy sent me the gold brocade jacket, the adorable little woven box purse, and the ever cool three (movable) fishies necklace!

buoy sent me the hot-ass shoes!

tank is old navy, skirt is thrifted, best friend is mine and you can't have her!

FYI - i'm a total freak

yep, and i'm not ashamed either. in fact, i'll share just one of the bizarre-o thoughts that passed through my head today as evidence. i was wearing the bow necklace from my last post (cause when i find something great i tend to binge on wearing it until it's out of my system or i find something else to obsess over) and trying to decide what to wear to go to the post office to mail off my first official package of the thrift swap - i started to debate the idea of wearing a shirt that ties with a bow at the back of the neck: "too many bows? redundant? silly?" and then, i thought "well it's okay cause one's in the front and one's in the back... I'VE GOT BOWS IN DIFFERENT AREA CODES!" yep. i've equated bows to ho's and begun a whole new rap in my head weird-al jankovic style....

THANKS luda! *insert eye roll here*

(mom i made that a link just for you in case you don't know what i'm referring to - and if you do... well, props?! i guess.)

some amazing things about my monday:

1- i only had to work for 2 hours today

2- i went to the library and discovered they were having a book sale and it was the last day so everything was 1/2 off! got lots of good stuff for only 50cents each (great - now i'm gonna have "fiddy cent" in my head too....)

3- checked out several movies while i was there and came home and watched emma - which was cute. and there are lots of pretty things to look at in the movie too - including super pink walls filled with gold-framed paintings which i think was the inspiration for the pink room from the royal tenenbaums which everybody obviously loves. anyway, i think P is down for letting me have a pepto pink room in the next apartment now!

4- as mentioned above, i sent off the first of what i hope will be many bundles of joy! i'm referring to the the thrift swap i've embarked on with diana. boy, i hope she likes what i've sent her. if you are interested in thrifting and getting presents in the mail from new friends then you should join us! leave me a comment and i'll tell you more!

5- while there, i got the LAST book of frank sinatra stamps at my post office - she took them out of the locked display case for me and everything - i felt like i'd won the stamp lottery!

6- the boy and puppy and i went to the park and it was a little breezy and nice. the dog rolled in the grass, i found a fall leaf (even though i think it's a leftover from last fall), and even convinced him to take some silly pics of me:

i'll never dunk.

but i can try!

a fall leaf!

puppy LURVES to roll in the grass

these are the oxfords i got in the haul the other day - love them!

dress was thrifted and shirt is from tj maxx

i like it cause it's mod and it feels like it goes with my new 'do

p's guns

these little guys are popping up all over the park!

i'm so excited! and i just can't hide it! i'm about to lose control and i think i like it!

*apologies up front for the terribly obnoxious nature of this post*

JSFOWF!!! JEIOWAFFJIOF; WEHFUIE!!!!! (squealing!)

you know how sometimes you get all pumped to go to the thrift and you can't find a single thing?

well today was like that..... IF IT WERE OPPOSITE DAY! 

if a policeman pulled me over on the way home from the thrift just now he would've arrested me under the suspicion of being on crack! i'm so stoked on my thrift finds that i am acting like a LUNATIC! (and i'm honest when i say that all you other online thrifting gals are lucky i only know you online and don't have your phone #'s cause you would've received some major all caps texts today!)

i'll post pics of the best finds soon so that you can also share in my excitement but for now i'll just tally it all up (a shopping cart's worth) and then try to cram it all in the closet and various drawers so the BF doesn't freak that i keep bringing home loads of stuff as we plan to move into a smaller apartment! 

store one:

-very cute little woven leather bag 

-brown wool pencil skirt 

-ankle boots (bought with THRIFT SWAP in mind - that's you buoy) 

-cutest shoes i've EVER found at thrift but are a size too small (possible thrift swap or cut off my toes) 

-perfect black ladies lace-up oxfords 

store two: 

(i should either be shot or given a medal for this......) TEN PURSES! 

-wooden, woven (picnic style) bag a' la jane birkin

-small green leather one on long strap

-gorgeous maroon one with metal handles (very vintage-y)

-red vintage with interesting metal details and closure

-red (slightly less vintage) with slinky necklace-like handles

-multi-colored patchwork leather one (possible thrift swap for vintagesociety?)

-brown oversized change purse on long strap - adorable!

-HUGE oversized tan leather envelope clutch

-woven gold & cream clutch/purse with handle cut-outs

-black metal meshy 80's bag for night

AND

-old maroon leather samsonite carry-on bag

-lucite/acrylic wine bottle holder

-too cute for words burgundy 70's mini with pleats!

-red & white checkered shirt a' la marianne from gilligan's island

-brown leather hip-slung belt (70's look)

-maroon leather high-waisted belt

i repeat:

JFIOW X AFJK!!! FJOE EAJRI3O3!!! JIOFSDC RFJNWCOI!!! OMG! (squeals!)

pics soon! 

xo!

here we go again...

there's just so much i want to say! 

anyway, i wanna throw out the idea that i want a thrift store pen-pal. 

here's what i'm thinking:

i buy something cool at the thrift and send it to someone whose blog i admire whom i think would enjoy it and they send me something back - we can keep doing this forever.....

OR 

if enough folks get into it, we can make it a chain-letter type of thing and i send something to someone and then they send something to someone, and so on and so forth until the circle completes itself and i get something back from someone i may not even know of! 

brilliant! it combines the joy of getting mail with the joy of thrifting!

and if someone somewhere along the way drops the ball then you may be out like $5 at the most but you'll know you tried and that you probably made someone's day! 

WHO'S IN?!