Category: Bargains


Mar
2014

Grey on Grey

categories: Bargains, Favourite things, style

What I Wore: Friday Morning School Run

blue collar red lipstick, what i wore
Jeans, Cleo (via consignment); t-shirt, Joe Fresh; blazer, J. Crew (via consignment)

 

Unnecessarily dressy? Yes. Cute anyway? Yes. According to my Instagram feed, anyway.

I couldn’t wait to wear this J. Crew blazer I scored at Red Pony Consignment – for a great deal, natch. For some reason, post-baby #2, my upper body (rib cage and shoulders) have stretched some more, making all of my old blazers resemble straightjackets. Straightjackets two sizes too small. So I’m snapping up blazers whenever I find them for a good price because at some point in the future (September to be specific) I will have to start dressing like a professional adult again. Blazers are more useful for that than pyjamas, I’m pretty sure.


Mar
2014

Mommy Glam

categories: Bargains, Pearls of wisdom, style, Trials and Tribulations

What I Wore: The Met Gala (just kidding)

blue collar red lipstick, what i wore
Pants, NYDJ (via eBay); shirt and vest, Old Navy

Ready for another dose of SAHM glamour? I’m keeping it real over here, you guys. Putting you all to sleep is just an unintentional bonus. Thank me later, ‘kay?

Hmm, what else can I say about this? Oh, the top was another cheapie find on the Old Navy clearance rack, but made me re-learn an important lesson. Always try stuff on. Preferably before ripping out tags. Yeah, so this is a “small”, which in usual Old Navy-ese means “big enough to fit post-baby Adina”, except … this time … it actually meant “small”. D’oh! I mean, for $4, I’m not too heartbroken about it, and certainly not deterred from wearing it (sausage-casing arms notwithstanding). But lesson learned. Again.

I still like it though. It’s cute but still relatively age-appropriate. Stripes are never a bad thing, yes?

 


Mar
2014

Pile on Pilotto

categories: Bargains, Shopping, style

What I Wore: Weekend Errands

blue collar red lipstick, what i wore
Top, Pilotto for Target; vest, Old Navy; jeans, Rachel Rachel Roy (via Winners), boots, Hunter; bag, MbMJ (via eBay)

I’m actually digging this Peter Pilotto for Target top, but I wanted to have a punny title. Even if it is completely nonsensical.

Moving on. Or back. Yes, of course I checked out the Pilotto-Target collaboration first thing on opening day. Because hope springs eternal. But, for once, it paid off because there were a couple of non-polyester items in the line-up, and the prints were cute, and you bet your ass I bought them. Cotton-blend for the win!

Also, I do realize that this Old Navy vest makes me look wide and squat through what is still a relatively non-wide, non-squat area of my body. I should have bought a “small” but all I could find was a “medium”. But … I don’t care. Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Looking at it on the positive side, it’s the prerogative of my old(er) age to wear whatever I like, proportions be damned.