An Awesome Thrifty Outing
I cannot believe it took me 6 years to visit the Park Ave Thrift store in my town! Maybe it is a good thing since I was very impressed with the clothes selection and had to limit myself to which categories to browse. My friend and I decided to get together last Friday and spend the morning together. We hiked, thrifted and had lunch together. We have known each other for about 20 years as she was my student teacher before getting hired at the school I worked at. She was hired to work on my 3rd grade team. We have been friends ever since!
I found several things new with tags including this Simply Southern sweatshirt. It is so soft and I love the back design: it will be coming with me to the beach this November. I also picked up this macrame fringe purse: I couldn’t pass up the cute design.
I can’t believe I didn’t notice this skirt (Draper James, NWT) when I went down the skirt aisle. Thankfully, my friend Katie saw it, and because she didn’t think she would wear it enough to buy it, I was able to get it. I know that I will wear it a lot since I love my red tulle skirt! This was last Sunday’s church outfit!
I changed into my next find that Sunday afternoon to go back to the thrift store to find a couple blazers: a black one for a skirt idea for the 7 day skirt challenge I am participating in this coming week and a brown one that I will wear for our next Ageless Style Link up. This newly thrifted top is perfect for mild fall days with the lightweight material and the burgundy sleeves.
I look a little stiff and frozen in this picture: early morning and 43 degrees! The outfit sure is a thrifty one: the jacket is new and from my thrifting outing and is really comfortable as it is a stretchy material. I found the snakeskin pants a year or 2 ago at Uptown Cheapskate and my booties were a giveaway win! I am loving this fall weather and might need to pull out a few sweaters!
My last outfit combines the newly found crochet maxi vest with my Arizona thrifted embroidered jeans and hand me down booties from my mom. The cuff is also from Arizona from a small boutique. I enjoyed wearing this outfit and plan to wear the vest over a black dress next week, combining it with cowboys boots.
A bientôt!
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18 Comments
jodie
Gosh, that’s the best kind of thrifting day, when there are so many treasures. Now I need to come out there and shop with you one of these days,
XOOX
Jodie
mimifce
For sure! You know, you and Rob are welcome here at any time! We have the whole upstairs!
Marsha Banks
It looks like you hit the jackpot at this thrift store, Mireille! Love that tulle skirt! We have Goodwill and another consignment store but nothing to get excited about. One of these days, I will just have to take a ride and find some!
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mimifce
I really did! I am making sure not to stop by for a couple weeks because it is so tempting to buy more!
Ashley
You hit some thrifting gold! And what a great day- hiking, a little shopping, then lunch! So fun!
-Ashley
Le Stylo Rouge
mimifce
It was a great day!
Leslie Susan Clingan
Green with envy over here. What a haul!! Love the sweatshirt. Would wear that all day long. And all year-round. And the macrame bag is like new.
But that skirt. OH MY GRAVY!! Adorable. You styled it so cute with that mixed media sweatshirt. I love the contrast of ultra feminine with casual. So much fun.
I think I just thrifted a similar long crocheted vest. Need to see if I still have it or if it is gone. I loved wearing it and it was a flattering cut but I caught it on everything. Snagged it on everything I walked by. Especially when I wore it to sub. I was ruining it. And it was too pretty to ruin. Yours is perfect with those great embroidered jeans – they are thrifted, too, I think?? – and your mom’s hand-me-down boots. A+ outfit, A+ shopping.
mimifce
That skirt is so fun: I was so glad my friend decided not to get it. That the hard thing about thrifting with a friend who is your size: sometimes they find the goodies first and then jealousy happens: why didn’t I see that first?
Jennifer
I really love that burgundy skirt!
Jennifer
https://curatedbyjennifer.com
mimifce
Such a great find!
Kathrine Eldridge
Love all these thrifting goodies! I love that skirt with the denim jacket and need that cuff!
https://www.kathrineeldridge.com
mimifce
It’s so much fun when I find some cool things!
Bethany
What great finds! That sounds like my kind of fun day!
mimifce
I am restraining myself for going back until November! Such a good thrift store!
Gail Is This Mutton
What great bargains ! I love the tulle skirt with dots. You look sensational in the snakeskin pants. All the running has paid off big time. Thanks for linking
mimifce
Thanks, Gail! I am also walking more than I did, so I am glad it’s keeping me trim.
Grace
The polka dot tulle skirt is SO cute! Lots of good finds, sounds like a fun outing. I still haven’t found a good go-to thrift place in Denver.
Miles of smiles,
Grace
graceperwear.com
mimifce
This one is the one for me! You should have stopped by here when you went through GA: I would have taken you and your mom!