People. I have missed you. Yes, all 1-2-3-4 of you who left me comments since the last time I was ’round these parts. And I am back. For all FOUR of you and the twenty-one million who most likely stalked the page and never left any hard evidence of their busymom.com lurking. It’s okay. I completely understand. I, too, am a lurker. I scan & peruse all kinds of people’s spaces. Straight up in my night gown AND with furry teeth. It is here where I would like to interject the beautiful element of the adjective. Yes, I lurk. People’s space, uh huh. Let’s be more specific. People’s ONLINE spaces. Because the last thing my sweet little East TN town needs is a round-up-to-40 year old woman tip-toeing around people’s houses with furry teeth.
I’m the new gal. And with this being my 2nd official TBM post, I feel we need a refresher on good ole Meg. I live in East TN. I homeschool. I run a custom designing business. I am a writer. And I am HYPED up on B-12 to make all of the above happen. I love dancing. I also outfit 90% of my family’s closets by shopping at Goodwill. No. The dancing is not HOW I am able to outfit my family with clothes from Goodwill. Let’s clean this up. Because, truly, clarity matters.
I love to shop Goodwill, and I love to dance. Not related in the least, but both truths equally as important to my innards.
We ready to do this? Alright. Let’s!
It is a known fact that floral prints are totally hype-a-docious for the fall. The aztec prints of early summer are muffling their tones as the easy breezes of autumn are slowly unpacking. And just who does Fall happen to be pulling out of his cardboard boxes? FLORAL PRINTS. That’s what. The romantical kind. The hippy kind. The muted jeweled hues and the electric neon ones too.
So I put my Goodwill hunting to the test. Nah. That’s a lie. I didn’t. See? Clarity matters, dear ones. Truth? Our family is on a strict budget. We stick to it as best we can. Why? Because how else are we going to pay all those overdue public library book fines? For real though. We do keep a tight budget. Hence, the Goodwill shopping. So, for this fashion exercise, I only used what I currently had in my closet. 95% of these outfits were purchased from Goodwill minus 3 of the pairs of shoes & one pair of skinny jeans & a pair of shorts.
Below you will see how the above ensembles faired when they magically became 3-D.
White skinny jeans: Old Navy clearance. $6.46
{SCOFF & GASP} Yes, I am wearing these bad boys after Labor Day. I am looking at wearing the w-word after this holiday like the good ole comma. None of us really know where that sucker belongs in a sentence. So ignorance is bliss, and I am, wearing, white, after, Labor, Day.
- leopard print peep toes wedges WITH bow: $1.00 GW
- mod floral blouse: $1.99 GW
OUTFIT TOTAL: $9.45
STOP. Right there. I have a step mother-in-law who LOVES me. And she gifted me the moccasins. Straight up for FREE! She originally purchased them for her, but she didn’t enjoy them like she thought she would, so VOILA! On.my.feetsies.
- shorts: $.50 yard sale
- navy & white striped tank: $1.99 GW
- floral button up: $2.25 GW
OUTFIT TOTAL: $4.74
- skinny jeans: $7.99 GW
- nude pumps: $19.99 TJ Maxx
- Ralph Lauren cable knit lemon sweater: $2.25 GW
- red & white floral button up: $1.00 GW
OUTFIT TOTAL: $31.23
- mustard floral peasant blouse: $2.25 GW
- black crop jeans: $3.50 GW
- gray vest: $1.00 GW
- mint slim belt: $2.50 GW
- mustard booties: $19.99 online purchase from Shoe Dazzle
OUTFIT TOTAL: $29.24
I did it. I found my floral. Now if East TN would ever so kindly find the temperature dial and begin to ease in that breeze otherwise known as “less-than-95”, I would be ever so gracious.
Now it’s your turn. Whether it’s the happening floral prints of now or someone’s deceased Mamaw’s assortment of holiday handcrafted puff paint sweat shirts, Goodwill is waiting. It’s best you get there. You just NEVER know with fashion. First aztec prints. Next florals. Then BAM! Puff paint. You snooze you lose, people.
Until next time!
.mac 🙂
