It's time! Time for what you ask? Time for a blog for working women, women that only have evenings and weekends to be crafty, women who love thrift stores and estate sales, women who refuse to spend a lot of money on clothes, but know a good deal when they see it (I just found a camel hair coat blazer for $10 yesterday!). I'm just discovering accessories, and this blog will be my continued discovery of reasonable fashion. Note: many awkward moments to follow - I'm sure of it! I also really love DIY projects, sewing, canning, nutrition, health and life.
The main themes are: fashion for reasonable thirty something-year-olds including non-moms and moms alike, saving money, looking cute, making healthy food (and finding alternative foods and drinks that are low calorie, no chemicals that replace my cravings) being green, saving the world and making things.
I'm 30 and feel young and am tired of Forever 21, Urban Outfitters and Mod Cloth making dresses that are inappropriately short! I vowed never to try on clothing at Urban Outfitters in 2006 because regardless of my weight and tone or lack of toned muscles, their clothing and dressing room making me feel like #1: I'm trying to hard, #2: I'm overweight, even at my fittest and #3: ridiculous. Maybe I'm modest, or just don't like feeling like a hussy, and maybe it's because I'm 5'6" but I see no reason why they need to be so short. I'm low maintenance and like being able to pick things up without feeling like I'm flashing my undies to the world (or the creepo behind me at the store). Point being, I love dresses and skirts, but I also like looking older than 19, and for that, I have to dress my age. Plus, I think many short-skirt-wearers are unaware that mystery is fantastic and sexy, and classiness is timeless. Let's put the mystery and classiness back into daily wear!
I love clothes, I love thrift stores and haven't purchased a full priced and brand new piece of clothing in over a year, other than unmentionables - of which I'll write about on here because I also happen to be pear shaped and I'm just going to go ahead and say it aloud: "I have tiny boobs". But I kinda like my booty, so there.
So there you have it. I'm going to embrace the June Cleaver in me with sewing, altering; embrace the hippie in me with canning and nutrition, and embrace quirky DIYer/not-quite-fashionista with my ventures into altering thrift store finds and interesting color combinations. Hang in there with me as I venture into dressing like a lady land and making scarves, finding and making necklaces, bracelets, altering fantastic vintage finds to fit my tiny boobs, painting shoes, making shoes (once I get the tools) and making high waisted skirts and so on. Also note that I'm feisty and have an unexplained courage that I've always had, hope that doesn't offend you.
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