Dollar Daze

I went to the Dollar store yesterday to buy some wet wipes for my purse; I ended up spending $7 and got:

• a small box of wet wipes
• 2 long drawer organizers for chopsticks
• a notebook for my computer stuff
• a big container of baby powder
• AND this top:

I was quite pleased with the blouse - it's a sample; the tag on it said it comes in a lot of 80 pieces.  There were two, but the other one had a different colour print on top and did not look as nice.

So I decided to wear it with other Dollar store items:

 

It was flip-flop day at work, but I am not one to display uncovered toes at work, so I wore my Spanish loafers again.

I think the jeans are detracting from the overall look, but it's Friday and the whole department was in jeans or dockers.

Today I wore:

black sequin trim racer back tank - Winners - $3

black and white knit tunic - Dollar store - $2

jeans - costco - $16

shoes - spain - ???

necklace and bracelet - Dollar store - $1 each

Faux Wrap Dress

Do you ever pick out something to wear in the evening and then the next day change your mind?  It happens to me all the time.  So it was with today's outfit.  Being Friday, my original plan was to do a dress with jeans look, and then I thought dress with footless tights.  But it just seemed a bit weird so I went back to dress with regular tights.

I wanted to wear a bright tee on the inside but the day started out drizzly and cold so I reverted back to a basic black turtleneck.  It looked a bit plain so added the obi thing which I've worn previously as both a scarf and a belt.

To match it all up I added my dollar store accessories (the necklace and bracelet), and at the last moment tossed on another scarf from the market in Spain:

I'll have to try experimenting with my look a bit more because this outfit got a lot of positive comments. 

The dress was $8 from Old Navy, but from about 5 or 6 years ago.  I find that I no longer like Old Navy; most of their clothing is poorly made and of shoddy material.  This dress seems to be an exception.  Seams are serged and it has held up well.

It's actually a faux wrap dress which is nice because you get the look without the hassle of having to worry about the dress flying open or gaping when you sit.

I only wish the cute flower print was on the outer panel instead of the inner.

A Dollar ?!?

Today we had a training session at work and to spice it up we had Mancakes. No, nothing racy, they are actually cupcakes for men. Quite tasty, but rather expensive and perhaps due to the not-so-low price and intended demographics we expected slightly bigger cupcakes.  Lots of manly flavours like bacon and buffalo wings though!

So, onto today's post.  Something thrifty:

 The thrifty items in this pic are:

1. the striped blouse, $3.99
2. the kimono-sleeved over-layer, it was ~ $1 at a liquidation store
3. and the bracelet was only $1 too!

Here is a closeup of the bracelet:

I can't believe it was only a dollar! Or do I just not have a good sense of what things should cost?  Even for coloured glass and resin stuck onto machine-stamped metal, I would think it would cost more than a dollar, no?

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Let's hope it works!