Is It Just Me?

This photo of Drew Barrymore is from the new issue of W. I think the look here is "rock chick" because of the smoky eye/pale lip/big hair combo AND also:

Check out this photo of Sebastian Bach, rock dude, circa 1990 (from rockaces.com). Weird, huh? Am I nuts? Maybe. The question of the day is, who rocks (heh) this look harder?

Tuesday Shoes*

To be filed under I-can't-believe-I'm-posting-this... These are the pair of shoes I wear the most often. They are a pair of boy's faux suede Mossimo sneakers I bought at Target about 2 years ago. They are utterly disgusting-- dirty, fraying, battered. And maybe- though I have not verified this- maybe a little smelly. Currently, I wear them on weekends and as my "commuter shoes." (Not that I walk anywhere, but I don't like to wear my nice shoes outside, even for the eight steps from car to building.) It is probably time for these to go, but they are still so comfy! I actually bought a second pair of them later on clearance, but ended up returning them. Gah! I should have kept them, because now the boys' department is full of shoes with skulls and skateboarders on them. (I almost bought the skull ones. I'm not even kidding.)

Now you are thinking, what are you doing buying boys' shoes? Well, I wear a size seven in womens, so I can still fit into youth size 5 or even 4.5 shoes. And they are cheaper, sometimes by a lot. Also, I don't really like white tennis shoes, which predominate in the women's section. What I like are big old wide skater boy shoes. If you like flats and have small feet, you can find some pretty cute shoes in the girls' department too. But. This time I struck out in little people shoes, so I bought these Vans (from the adult women's section!) to replace the veteran sneakers:
But the soles are falling off already! I'm sooo disappointed. The one time I buy a brand name shoe, and it can't even survive being worn around my office. I doctored them up with superglue, so we shall see, but I may be back at Target buying the Converse One Star shoes. From the kids' section, of course.

*This post inspired by Sally at Almost Pretty's Sunday Shoe post. Everyone should post their shoes!

Outfit- March 6, 2009

Yet another face of doom... smiles are hard at 7 a.m. This is my Casual Friday outfit from last week. It's a "vintage" sequin-peacock-feather-t-shirt from Target (9.99). I wore it with my dark wash jeans from... okay, they are from Wet Seal, but they were only $13.00, so I had to. The shoes are black Vans sneakers that I am super disappointed about. They are relatively cute, but the soles are falling off! I only wore them outside three times. When they get wet, they make this annoying squeaky fart noise as I walk. Nice. I'm probably going to buy a pair of the Converse One Star sneakers from Target to replace them, unless my superglue job worked!

Outfit- March 5, 2009

So here is a makeup-free, slightly blurry photo of me on Thursday morning. I'm wearing my new strawberry sweater from Savers ($2.00), a denim pencil skirt from Old Navy ($20.00), a red necklace from Target, black tights from Penney's, maybe? and no shoes because I was running way, way behind. I mean, I put on shoes before I left the house, but I didn't have time before hand. I think I ended up wearing my black sequin flats again because my ankle is still acting up.
I was really excited about this skirt when I bought it, but I think "dark denim pencil skirt" is back on the Want List. This one fits really oddly around the waist and the pockets sort of stick out. I'm thinking of sewing them shut. (I say that like I actually have the skills to do any such thing.)

Starting Over (Again)

Okay, this is flaky of me, but I had two previous blogs. One which was mostly sporadic complaining and one that was supposed to focus on my new interest in thrift store shopping. However, I soon realized that I wasn't really living up to the "thriftstorerookie" blog name. So I'm moving my fashion/general observation blog to this address. In case anyone actually reads either one. Hah! And I should have realized, but since I actually imported the old entries, they are all BEFORE this post.

Outfit March 4, 2009

I really need to work on my modeling face-- I'm not sure what I'm looking at here. Anyway, it isn't too bad for a hastily-taken, poorly-lit shot snapped 2 seconds before I had to leave for work. This is a gray ombre sweater dress from Target. It's sort of like walking around wrapped in a blanket and isn't very form-fitting. Good for all-you-can-eat buffets and the early stages of pregnancy, I imagine. I wore it with extremely annoying (see below) navy tights from Walmart and my new blue striped heels from Charlotte Russe. I will probably feature these shoes in a later post, because they are cute, and there is a mildly amusing story associated with their purchase. I also have a little sapphire necklace on, but you can't really see it. It matches my bracelet.

Here is a list of complaints about these tights:

1. Going by their size chart, I thought I was buying a size UP from what I technically could cram myself into. These tights are supposed to fit someone up to 40 pounds heavier or 5 inches taller than me. No. Flippin'. Way. My husband was laughing watching me try to wriggle and dance my way into these suckers.

2. Not opaque! Tights that aren't opaque look kind of trashy, I think. And I need the opaque tights to blend in the fact that this dress is shorter than I would normally wear to work.

3. I had a snag in them by noon, and I haven't had a run in my tights in years. I later spent about a half hour turning it into a full on run, just to see if I could pull off a sort of punk look. Nope.

4. The seam on the front-belly part was all lumpy and no matter how high up I pulled the tights (pretty darn high) it wouldn't flatten out. As a result, the fabric of the dress would cling to it. Ugh!

The odd thing is, I have another pair of George tights from Walmart in gray and they are awesome. For the record, I also had issues with Worthington tights from Penney's. So far, I like Vera Wang from Kohls the best. I hear good things about Merona tights from Target, but they didn't have navy the last time I looked. I bought some on clearance at Old Navy today, so I will see how they hold up. I know I should "invest" in some from Hue or Wolford, but I just can't make myself pay more than 10 bucks for something I'm probably going to shred.

Outfit March 2 2009

So this is what I put together for yesterday. (And a bonus shot of my other blogging buddy, Dimitri. We matched yesterday!) Not bad for a Monday, for me. It is a purple tie-neck top from Target, on clearance for about $6.50. Target.com styled it with a big bow tied in the middle, but that didn't work for me, so I just pretend it's a scarf. I love the color of this shirt, but unfortunately, the fabric is really cheap and I will probably only be able to wear it to work 2-3 more times before it is too ragged-y looking. It is too short to wear with pants, anyway. (For an in-depth analysis of ideal shirt lengths, see Sally @ Already Pretty!)
The gray skirt is one of my finds from Savers- $2.50. The brand is Alia, and I actually bought an identical one in navy from Savers that same day- weird. When I Google the brand name, I get a lot of matronly elastic-waist Bermuda shorts, but I assure you, the skirts are basic, but very nice. The tights are gray, maybe from Walmart? And I'm wearing my black sequin Oh Deer! flats (again) because my ankle still hurts. Sigh. Continuing with my tradition of being unable to photograph jewelry, here is close up of the sapphire tennis bracelet I was wearing:


This was a gift from my grandma when I graduated from college. I don't wear it nearly enough-- the last time was probably when I got married 4.5 years ago!
This whole outfit thing has been tricker than I thought. I really admire the people who do something different every day, because that really takes effort.