thrifted wedding

dear diary, 

i'm so sorry that i don't have outfit pictures today.  it has been hard this week trying to find a time to take them.  i was telling patrick how i really needed to do a post but didn't have any pictures, but then he reminded me about our engagement pics and our wedding, and then i got really excited...

so basically, here are all the thrifted things in our engagement pics: 

the striped dress i'm wearing is thrifted.  i LOVE that dress.  it is michael kors.  how amazing is it that i found a dress like that at a thrift store?  like seriously, who was the CRAZY person that gave that gem up?  i also thrifted that belt which is another one of my favorite belts.  patrick actually found it for me one day while we were shopping and bought it for me.  i love the different colors. 

ironically, patrick is actually wearing more thrifted things in our engagement pics.  the corduroy blazer, his vintage striped button up shirt, the diesel jeans, and member's only jacket are all from thrift stores.   yes, you heard me correctly, DIESEL JEANS!  this is where i get my love of thrifting, ladies and gents.  that handsome guy right there.  he is the one that got me into it, which i'm sure he actually now regrets haha.  sorry sweetie!    

i also thrifted a BUNCH of decorations that i used for our wedding.  all of the centerpieces on the tables were from thrift stores, as well as many other details, but i can't show you everything because this post would go on forever.  but to give you an idea they consisted of vases, votives, picture frames, mirrors, and the old books were courtesy of my mom.  

i loved everything about my wedding and it was exactly what i wanted, and mostly from thrift stores!  so, for all of you out there that need to do your wedding on a really tight budget, get your decorations at thrift stores!  i did it and still had my dream wedding.    

{happy thrifting}

that was awkward...

shirt: thrifted, jeans: target, sandals: thrifted, 

hair scarf: gifted, glasses: target

dear diary, 

sorry my outfit isn't more impressive, but i didn't feel much like dressing up tonight.  especially since mine and patrick's plans for tonight were to go grocery shopping, then clean the house.  so i thought i'd put on my 60's housewife scarf.  

anyways, lets talk about what i really wanted to post about tonight.  sometimes i experience really awkward moments while hittng up thrift stores.  i mean, let's be honest, thrift stores tend to drag in some, let's just say "interesting" people, so you never know what you are gonna experience when you go there.  here are some of the recent awkward thrift store tales:

to start us off i'll tell you about the random guy who walked in to goodwill the other day.  he was wearing rolled up jean pants, and, well…….that’s all! no shoes, and no shirt!  yup, real classy people.  he walked in all crazy like, as if he was on a mission and wouldn't stop no matter what it took.  the strange thing about it was that he was looking in the women's section.  he just kept circling around in the area around me mumbling to himself.  i thought he would figure out he was in the women's section and head over to the men's, but then he spent longer and longer just aimlessly roaming around in my area.  it actually started to concern me.  he had that crazy look in his eyes and i started to feel a little unsafe.  i looked around to see if anyone else was noticing how strange this was, and yup, everyone in the store was watching him.  one of the workers then shouted out at him and told him that the men's shirts where over on the other side of the store.  i didn't see him the rest of the time i was there, but man, that was really awkward.

another fun story is the employee at the goodwill right by my house who i swear stalks me while i am there.  everytime i walk in he ALWAYS makes a point to say hello to me.  i see him every 5 seconds while i am there and he is always smiling at me.  he always tries to make comments at me about things that i am looking at, or clothes that i have ready to try on.  one time, i finished in the dressing room leaving some clothes in there that i didn't want.  i headed over to the home décor area and as i turned the corner of the aisle, the said employee POPS out of no where and asks me if i was finished with the clothes in the dressing room.  SO awkward. 

now, i don't wanna scare you and make you swear off ever going in a thrift store again, because yes, there are some really weird and crazy things that go down while thrifting, but trust me, it's totally worth it :)  i mean, just look at how many awesome things i find thrifting! 

{happy thrifting}

two is better than one

top: thrifted, cardigan: gifted, jeans: nordstrom rack, 

boots: thrifted, watch: gifted

sweater: thrifted (and 100% cashmere might i add), 

jeggings: target, boots: thrifted, necklace: thrifted, 

watch: thrifted

dear diary, 

i am so sorry that i have not posted for a few days.  patrick took our computer to work the other day, and never brought it home, so i had no way of posting new pictures on here :( 

so, to make it up to you, i decided to post 2 outfits instead of one.  hope you enjoy them.  

on more exciting note, i took a little trip with patrick's sister, kaitlin, to goodwill the other night.  found some amazing things that i am in love with and can't wait to share them with you.  one of them is that polka dot shirt in the top pictures.  i also found an amazing summer floral skirt, some rad pointed leopard flats, and a cute, vintage grey dress.  more pictures to some soon.  

hope you have an amazing memorial day tomorrow.  i get to join patrick at the fire station and have a little bbq. so excited, but i now i gotta go figure out what to wear, so i can be the hot fireman's wife tomorrow haha

{happy thrifting}