Hot! Hot! Hot!

Great little knit dress for $5!! We are in a heat wave here in Maryland and temps hit 100 degrees today! But I was cool and comfy in my funky, brightly colored dress! I took a black cardigan to wear in the office but never needed it. Cardigan was $4, by the way, but since I never wore it, we aren't counting that today. LOL


I'm still working on a new article for my blog about how to dress appropriately for different situations, such as an interview. So, stay tuned! I'm still putting it together.


Stay cool my thrifty friends!!

Rough day!

Sometimes you just know when you wake up it's going to be a rough day. No particular reason, you just get that feeling. I was SO right today! I JUST got home from working over 11 hours today. ROUGH is an understatement! So, knowing this would be a possibility as I was getting ready for work this morning, I chose to go comfy today. At least one thing would go right. My look! As I always say, it's more important to look good than to feel good! LOL


So, I wore this cute floral dress (no name) and dark denim jacket from the Gap. The jacket was $6 with my 25% discount and the dress I got several weeks ago for $4. So, this comfy outfit was a grand total of $10 today. I don't care who ya are....if you can look this good for $10 your day can't possibly be a total loss!


Part of my bad day inspired a new idea for another blog article that I am going to work on as soon as I can recover from my long, challenging day. So stay tuned! :o)

Love getting a discount!

I have a discount card to one of my local thrift stores so that on Thursdays I get 25% off anything I purchase. So, this outfit, with my discount, was $14! That's a Talbot's jacket ($6) and Larry Levine capri pants ($5) and black tee ($3). Even without the discount, this would have been under $20 but saving even more is a bonus! :o)

Welcome!!

Welcome to those new to this blog! I've just started this recently, so I'm learning as I go but wanted to give you all a little background on why I started this in the first place.


After losing more than 100lbs due to weight loss surgery, I had to go through clothing sizes very quickly but didn't want to have to knock over a bank to do it! So, I found that recycling clothing was the way to go! As clothes got too big for me, I'd drop them off at my local thrift store and pick up a new bag of high-quality designer fashions to replace them! I didn't think much of it at first until I kept getting more and more compliments on my wardrobe. Wait a minute...I'm spending a fraction of what I used to spend and now I'm getting more compliments? What's up with that? There may be something to this!


Each day at work someone would ask where I got whatever I was wearing and I found that I was really excited to tell them, "Thrift store, $5! Can ya believe it?" It became a morning ritual...What is Suzie wearing today and how much did she spend? So, I made it my goal to look fabulous and be able to say that I was wearing $20 or less that day! Day after I day I was easily doing that. And then the inspiration to turn my passion into a blog! So, here we go. :o)


Welcome to my obsession. I have always been interested in fashion and making the most of what you have. In this economy, it's important for all of us to save our pennies and thrifting is environmentally friendly too! (I like to think I'm recycling this way.)


My goal with this blog, Pinterest, Twitter and FB page (Whoo! Where do I find the time?? I thought technology was supposed to save time! LOL) is to help people save money, look fabulous and maybe if I'm lucky, help people feel better about themselves through fashion tips. Since I have lost quite a bit of weight, trust me, I'm no stranger to dressing for many body shapes and sizes over the years. I know how to camouflage those trouble areas without looking frumpy. Accentuate the positive, I say!


What do I want from YOU? Input!! Share your thrifting and fashion tips and tricks here with us all! Show us your pictures of great fashion finds and I'll do the same! Have fashion questions? Ask them here and if I don't know the answer, someone will or I will find out!


Local peeps! If you need some help putting together an outfit or an entire wardrobe, I'm happy to go thrifting with you! So, become a member of my blog, sign up for email notifications and share this with your friends! Together we can look like a million bucks without spending more than $20! :o)

So cool!! (looking)

These capri pants and top were $9 and the shoes, which had never been worn were $6. Grand total: $15! For a 100 degree day, I sure looked cool, didn't I?

Mix & Match

I love the color of this Carol Little dress! I got this for FREE from a friend and you might recognize this white eyelet jacket from casual Friday that I paid $3.00 for! This is a perfect example of mixing and matching your pieces to make different looks. Most outfits can be dressed up or dressed down depending on what you pair them with. This dress is great on its own but I am not that comfortable wearing sleeveless to the office, personally. That's mostly because of my weight loss and not wanting to expose my flabby arms. LOL I use cardigans, shrugs and jackets to dress up my outfits and strategically hiding the body parts I'm not thrilled with. If you are not comfortable in your outfit, you will self-conscious all day long! That's no way to spend your day.

So, I love the dress but needed a little something extra. Throwing on a sweater or jacket makes it the perfect ensemble!

What's your color?

So, besides making sure you are wearing the correct size and fit for your body shape, which we discussed earlier (just scroll down for a refresher!) It is equally important to wear the correct color palette for your skin tone, eye and hair color. The book, "Color Me Beautiful" is a fabulous tool for us to use in establishing the colors that best compliment us. Part of the problem we have is simply wearing the wrong color!

Have you ever had someone ask you if you're tired or say you don't look like you feel good when you feel just fine? Most likely, you're just wearing the wrong color for you. The wrong color can make you appear pale or washed out. Depending on the lighting, the wrong colors can actually make you appear older! Who wants that?? Certainly not me!

So, invest a little time into finding out what your color palette should be and then make sure you are using those colors to the fullest to make yourself look your best all the time!! Oh, but keep in mind that if you change your hair color or when you develop a tan over the summer....sometimes these small changes can also change your palette!

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