Crazy Cat Lady

Hello friends! I've been making the most of my time away from work and haven't been on the computer much, but I promise I'm here! I'm still trying to get around to all of your blogs!

So you may remember in this post I said I had my eye on a cute sweater from ModCloth for Christmas that had kitties on it.  Well Santa, err, the Pants Monkey, decided I was a good girl this year and decided to give it to me for Christmas!

Sweater - ModCloth

T-shirt - Ninkybink

Jeans - Gap, thrifted

Shoes - Thrifted

I love how comfy it is, it's not overly thick and warm for a sweater, but it works well for layering.  It was very comfy under a jacket when I went on my thrifting adventure yesterday.  Oh and did I ever score - Coach purse with the tags still on it for $14.99, H&M sweater, Nine West coat, Levi jeans.  I may have spent all of the money I got from the Pants Monkey's grandmother, but oh well.  That's sort of what it's for.

And appropriately enough, Pippin decided to photo bomb me while I was doing this pictures.  Let's drive the crazy cat lady thing home!

I love this big girl.  I haven't gotten Taylor on the blog in awhile, I'll have to fix that one of these days!!

Thrift shopping necessities

So for the last couple of years I've been going and doing the 50% off Labor Day sale at a couple of local thrift shops with a good friend.  I have learned from each experience and don't want to brag, but I think I have my shopping experience down to an art.

First off - a tank top and a skirt are a necessity as long as it's warm enough.  It totally was today.  This way, you don't have to stand in long lines to try stuff on.  I pull stuff on over the tank and pants I can pull up under the skirt.  We just find a corner - usually in bedding because that aisle doesn't seem too crowded, and just do a quick change right there.

Also a necessity are sandals - easy to slip off if you do find good enough looking shoes to try on and take home.  I don't have tons of luck thrifting shoes but a big part of that is, I'm picky.  They have to look relatively new. 

The last necessity is a good crossbody bag.  I want to be hands free when I'm digging the racks and I don't want a big bag in the way.  I have learned this the hard way in the past, but I finally have that part figured out! I got this bag just this weekend when my ModCloth order showed up - it's my first ever order, I shopped their big summer sale and the box came on Saturday.   Girlfriend needs a shopping ban now!

Anyway, this worked out perfectly - we only made it to two stores before we were shopped out, but I was pleased with my purchases, you'll see more of those soon too.  Like I said, it may be time for another shopping ban....

Outfit rundown:
Tank top - Mossimo, Target

Skirt - LOFT thrifted

Sandals - Italian Shoe Company, DSW

Purse - ModCloth

Jewelry - S&D

Floral Fun

Today I am wearing one of my finds from the Band of Thrifters sale this past weekend. This dress is my new favorite thing EVER.  It's the perfect spring colors, it's nice and lightweight, I am in love.  It is going to be a frequent flyer this summer, you just watch!

I didn't even add a necklace today, which is rare for me, but I feel like this outfit has enough going on that it doesn't need it.  Flirty and fun, you can't beat it!

I went on a thrift date with Erin last night and found a few more fun summer things for just over $20.  We found vintage there and I found a vintage shirt and skirt that I am super excited about.  You'll see those items soon.  I had no idea that this particular thrift store had vintage until Erin told me about it, so now that I know, I'll be checking in there a little more often.  

I am sharing a kitty picture today for Megan Mae - she likes my kitty pictures and I thought she could use some cheering up, so here are my lazy girls from this morning.  Pippin's out for the count, Taylor's not so sure quite yet.  Neither of them really cared all that much that I was leaving.  "Bye mom, we're sleeping."

I had two questions yesterday that I thought I'd answer real quick.  For those who are curious about how I did my blog header, I found a really helpful guide on another blog - link is here.  I used Picasa to create it as this guide suggested and it worked pretty well.  I did find that I had to chose "shrink to fit" when I uploaded to Blogger, but then it worked just fine.

Then as far as the Target shoes go, I was clued into the fact that there are often apparel and accessories coupons on Target.com by fellow MN blogger Heidi - she always is on top of the good deals and had posted last week that there was a buy one, get one 50% off coupon on shoes on Target.com, so I printed that bad boy off right away!  I was lucky too in that both pairs of sandals I chose were already on sale and the coupon made them even cheaper.  So, moral of the story, check out Target.com from time to time for deals like that!

Outfit rundown:

Dress - vintage, Band of Thrifters

Sweater - Decree, JCPenney

Sandals - Marshalls

Bracelet - Stella and Dot

Earrings - Charming Charlie