Outfit Two: Dress on a Dime (Sorta)

I love dresses.

Seriously, I sometimes wish I could've lived 50 years ago when it was still the norm for a girl to put on a dress or at least a cute skirt every single day. *sigh* It would be lovely to have an entire wardrobe of dresses wouldn't it?


The "one time wear" is the down fall of most adorable dresses. It might work perfectly for the event you're shopping for, but, more often than not, you spend $50 on a dress you might wear twice. Not a very good use of my hard earned money (yes I am guilty of this *hides*).


Last spring I bought a dress to wear to my graduation party. I wanted something that would stand-out and be special for my special day, but I also wanted something I could wear again. This weekend provided me with a perfect opportunity to wear this dress again in a new way.

Sunday was a library day for me. Basically this means I sneak out of church early, rush home, eat as fast as I can, open the library doors for the waiting crowd, work the rest of the day and then come home. There's no time to change so I always try to dress in a professional, yet church appropriate outfit that's comfy enough to work in. It was nice to easily thrown on my versatile comfy dress Sunday morning, pair it with different accessories than at my party and be ready in no time for a long crazy busy day.

For Church: Red Chadwicks dress I bought at the local Consignment shop

$10

For Professionalism: Black mymicelle Suit Jacket,

Borrowed from Debi

For Warmth: Black Leggings from Claires.

Birthday Present

Just For Fun: Red Sash for my hair and my "Dorthy Shoes" from Target
(Note: The whole "There's no place like home" spell doesn't work with these particular red shoes, I tried ;-) )

$20 Bought With Gift Card (Thanks Aunt Elaine!)

Total Cost of Outfit for me: $10

Day One: Lend-me-please?

In my own personnel world of clothing and fashion three words reign supreme.

Hand-me-downs.

or

Lend-me-please?

I don't like to spend huge amounts of money on clothes. I might see an adorable dress in the store window and absolutely LOVE it, but generally one glance at the price tag squelches my love post haste. An experience I don't like to go through.

If department stores were all there was in life I would be a strangely and saddly dressed young lady. Therefore I must thank the good Lord for two thing:

Secondhand Shops

and

Older Sisters

For a girl who is tight-fisted when it comes to clothes I have a rather large wardrobe. In fact, it's been called huge by some people. Even gigantic. This is because, a) I love clothes and b) I love my older sister's old clothes. I love going through my sisters cast-off clothing and pairing Debi's old skirt with Susie's shirt and they both match perfectly with one of Rebecca's many old handbags. It's even better than seeing the adorable dress in the store window, and the best part?

It's free :-)

Even with 5 older sisters, my entire wardrobe is not hand-me-downs. Some of it still belongs to them. Although I know I should weed through my closet more often it's true that my wardrobe must seem so extensive because I am always and forever borrowing clothes from my sisters.

And I love it :-)

A perfect example of my (I hope frugal) wardrobe is this spring outfit.

Jean Jacket from Gap: Hand-me-down from Susie. (Basically I borrowed it enough that it found a permanent home in my closet)




Pink No Boundaries Shirt: Hand-me-down from Stephanie.



Necklace: Birthday Gift



Saddles, Montego Bay Club: Borrowed from Susie

Skirt: Handmade, material off the Wal-Mart $1 a yard sale.

Total Cost of outfit: $3.00

"I'm sure when I'm older, I'll understand." "I'm older and I don't think I *want* to understand... "

My Birthday Present to Myself

Yesterday my friend Lillie's mom took her and I to Madison for tea and shopping. While we were there I bought myself an outfit as a birthday present.

Church this morning:

A new jacket:

New skirt. I just know I will wear this ALL the time, it's VERY comfy and versatile.

A fun plaid shirt. Ruffles are in this year!! Or so I'm told...

Pictures of tea and shopping coming soon!!

The Numbers

Hours Worked: 8
Number of time I regretted wearing my most on uncomfortable pair of shoes: 7
Number of time I compared my head with a steel drum being played by a 3 year old: 6
Number of nice people who told me I was doing a good job: 5
Number of people who called me names other than Lydia e.g.'Hey you' 'Staff' 'Leanne!': 4
Number of rude people who told me I was doing a bad job:3
Number of times a creepy guy stared at me: 2
Number of hugs my Mummy gave me after a long hard day: Priceless

"That does put a damper on our relationship..."

3...2...1... SMILE!

I love photo booths



...and I love the indulgent sisters who willingly join in on my photo booth loving goofiness :-)