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I wore : thrifted shirt, eBay coach rexy fanny pack, anthropologie pants, gifted sven clogs It was a night at the museum with an adults-only twist. There was a Silent Disco, glow-in-dark bingo, a board game lounge, a hula hoop contest, multiple bartenders and 2 fun downtown Food Trucks parked outside with pretty tasty snack-y menus that were priced pretty fairly for a dinner or late-night treat, in our opinon. I went with 2 friends and my brother and his partner. It was a nice group, and we had a really good time! I would do this kind of thing again for sure. It was my first time. My shiny clogs found a familiar friend in the shiny silver disco-like floors of the restrooms.  I tried the chicken parmesan stuffed 'crazy bread' and was pleasantly surprised that it was plenty of food for me and my friend to split between us.  I also bought cream puffs and cannolis to share between the 5 of us. They were fab. I think the cannolis were better but my brother was all about the cream pu

When looking at my closet, and bedroom in general (I also have shoes by my bed in a display) shoes are loud and clearly the biggest focal point. I have amassed an impressive (or crazy if you ask some people) collection of footwear. I only have two feet. There are only 7 days in the week and 31 days in the longer months so why have more than that amount in shoes, some people might ask.  Well, I can't say I have a perfect response or reason to why so many shoes.  I can say it used to be worse, I used to have nearly 100 back in NY when I had two closets and I was a frequent amazon deal/cheapie shoe lurker/orderer in college. I also often would buy discount shoes at Peter Harris outlet store near my campus. Even when I taught abroad for a year, I would go to the mall and window-shop shoes and bought at least 5 new pairs that year alone. Sandals. Flats. Two pairs of boots. My first pair of Melissa jelly shoes because they had my name, so I had to, right? Nope. None of those shoes had st

My husband recently picked out this super cute and probably Spring/Summer type dress that gave me a New Girl Zoey Deschanel vibe at Savers when thrifting recently. I love the fit! I decided to wear it for the first time for a Winter look by adding black and layers.  I also had a HUGE closet offer to likers sale recently on Poshmark and got rid of a TON of dead inventory that was stale and sitting for too long. I probably already said this, but my sweet spot with reselling would be having only 100 -200 active listings or less at any given time. Right now I am down to 330. I had 500 last year, and it was WAY too much!  I respect people that do it like that on such a big scale and even have storage lockers or warehouses but that's just not for me. Especially with everyone looking for a deal and insisting on free or discount shipping, it means even less money goes back in my pocket from a ton of work and effort for a very low payout (in my opinion, I don't resell super high end or

My Coach backpack was my bag for thrifting, flying, and longer excursions.  You can kind of see my thifted dress here! I wore it towards the end of my trip. I bought it in Hawaii with one other dress. More on those later. My formal sequin dress with my scarf and silver sven clogs for anniversary dinner.  A thrifted dress (worn twice on the trip) with my reebok high tops and heart bag for a day of walking, eating, and the most shopping we did all week.  There were times that I wished my hat had a chin strap (the winds were kind of crazy during some of the trip) but I actually got several compliments on my hat! The color of my Tessa Clogs definitely fit in with the bright island vibes of Hawaii.  I wore my leopard print skirt twice. Here it is with a sheer top layered over a cami and my tessa clogs.  I wore my little sailor top over my red dress with my doc martens for a day of exploring. My doc martens are my favorite travel shoes when I KNOW I'll do a lot of walking, it probably wi

Here is one of my last looks before our big anniversary trip! My husband decided to go the extra mile(s) (literally) and he's treating us to an amazing cruise to Hawaii! It's going to be his first time and our very first tropical vacation ever! We aren't really beach people but all of the lore of the volcanoes, ocean life, exotic foods, and adventure are calling to us. Plus, last time I went to Hawaii, I was a bratty 17-year old that was unappreciative of my family vacation and would have rather been 'cool and independent and with other teenagers' (what little I knew back then)...so it was a great idea to get a complete refresher! Redemption trip to Hawaii, please. This time no sun poisoning or pouting!  I'm wearing: eBay beret, thrifted blouse, kate spade bag, old navy vintage skirt, calou stockholm bea boots Here was a look from earlier this week that I really loved but just didn't have the energy to do the full photo thing with. I will save it and wear i

I'm wearing: eBay beret, thrifted shirt and skirt, target tights, poshmark jacket, mercari bag, poshmark doc martens I scored this fun Hawaiian style dress for my Hawaii trip at the thrift store recently! It's ultra comfy and I want to wear it to the beach.  Not a thrift, but my first time trying The Prairie Misfit's corsets that have a cult following on instagram and depop. Honestly? I do feel like they are pricey for what you get but it is handmade and I do want to support artists, so it's okay, but I would not buy again. One is enough...the straps are not adjustable so it is a bit tricky to truly fit a ton of sizes and body types. It would be great if the back was smocked or if it had a zipper, but having to unlace and relace it every. single. time. is tedious and slows me down from reaching for it when getting dressed. I do have a few outfits I really want to try it out with though so stay tuned and hopefully I can make it shine in my wardrobe! The patterns and col