Thriftanista Style File: Zara floral peplum

Feel free to ignore me and keep an eye on V. She photo bombed the entire post. My outfit is completely thrifted.  I'm wearing the floral Zara top from the $10 bag sale. I just love that it has a peplum and a tie front. My shorts are from a shorts haul last year when I was on the  hunt for colo…

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Playing dress up with vintage

I had about 20 minutes of daylight to myself so I decided to play a little dress up. I was also in kind of a crappy mood and playing in my closet makes me feel better. The place is a disaster area right now. We're in the process of moving so there are boxes everywhere and of course, Hurricane V…

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Thriftanista Style File: tie front shirt, high waist shorts

I think shorts are the perfect compromise for dress loving mamas on the playground. Even though walking shorts are pretty casual, you can spice it up with accessories. My "flare" today is bright purple lips, bright nails, a tie front shirt, and a couple of bracelets.  The shorts I'm …

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Thriftanista Style File: Little black dresses

I had a great weekend. How about you? I had two very special events and somehow I ended up wearing little black dresses to both. While going through my closet, I realized I have a lot of black dresses. I find them to be perfect for when you just don't know what to wear,  when you're bloate…

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On the road to even skin tone

Before I show you the raw real close-up of my face, here's a picture of what my skin normally looks like in pictures. I absolutely cannot have the lead picture be the one of me in my bare face. Now take a look at what my REAL skin looks like. It's dry and flaky skin and always decorated wit…

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Thrifted Treasure: Salvation Army $10 Bag Sale

Salvation Army had a $10 bag sale at the Fullerton location. Everyone familiar with how bag sales work? Receive bag when entering store, fill it, pay $10. Hurrah! I wasn't sure about going because the sale was on a Friday and Saturday. I was only able to check it out on Saturday. I thought I w…

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