pinching pennies part deux

Today I decided I'd take it easy, clean up a little, and stay indoors in hopes that I might not spend any money. BUT as usual, I got cabin fever and decided to give thrifting another try today. So I ventured out a bit further than my typical thrift store haunts and came out amazingly victorious! I have faith in thrift stores again, faith which had been lowered by the fact that many of the local thrift shops have raised their prices and become totally overcrowded and picked over. But this gem of a store provided me with 6 new wonderful additions to my wardrobe, and it only cost me $3.15. Yea, you read that right, three dollars and fifteen whole cents. Here are my finds (minus one silky black top that was too hard to photograph, especially on this terribly fuzzy camera).

This last dress I'm particularly excited about. It's splendor is not done justice in the picture, and it also doesn't show that the dress goes alllll the way down to my feet. But I plan on lopping off all that excess and hemming myself up a nice little summertime frock. I didn't find any green glass this time around, but I still feel quite successful if i do say so myself.

nickel and dime store

So the other day I was totally pumped to spend the morning thrifting like crazy. And while the finds were not as plentiful as I had hoped, I did make out with a couple of pretty little things.

1. New vases for my weird water plants
2. Two of these glass dishes for my rings and such

I've really been liking green glass and the way it looks when the sun hits it. I'm going to try and hoard as much green glass from thrift stores as I can, in forms of vases, bowls, plates, etc. I also found some good fabric for new curtains that I plan on sewing up, but I don't want to post a picture of it until the curtains are good and ready. I'm trying to do a slow and steady revamp of my apartment, so I'll update as I make my way across.

In other pictoral news, some new and old lip things I've been frequenting lately. Lots of orange and pink and coral for the summertime haze.