An Afternoon at the Library :-)

I spent my Sunday afternoon in the library. I haven't been to the library in so long. : \ I love to read, but my life doesn't always allow me the time to sit back and read. I'm going to change that though. The library is one of my favorite places. I always get so lost in there. I blame my mother. ;-) She took us to the library almost every week when I was a child. Thank you Ma for instilling in me the importance of reading. :-) I'm going to pass that on to my children (when I have some). When my aunt moved back to Memphis, she took my brothers and I on Thursdays in the summer. We'd go to the grocery store & then go back to my aunt's house to have her official gourmet burgers. :-) Some of the best times of my life. On Sunday, I felt like I'd finally come home. :-)

This is what I had on...at first. I really felt like a school girl. That belt started bugging me so I took it off.

I love these earrings. They're different from the typical pair of feathered earrings.

When I got home I took my hair down. My hubby liked the look. :-)

My infamous Leo bracelet! Hahaha

Ya'll should've seen me about to break my back trying to get all of these books back to my car. lol It was so funny. The hubs is always picking on me when I go to the library because I always get way many books to read in the 3 week loaning period. Oh well. That's how I've always been! At my new library I can check out up to 250 books at a time! That sure is a long way from the "25" I could get as a child. ;-)

*Look! There's "Cheaters" by. Eric Jerome Dickey (can't wait to re-read that!)

Dress-Another thrift store production!, $4.90

Earrings-Walmart, $5

Leo Bracelet- I got it from an expo show for $5

Other Bracelets- Around $1, top one from a beauty supply store

And I wore my regular black flip flops with this....didn't feel like wearing heels. Which were $3....

So the whole outfit was around $19. That's what I'm talking about! Haha

-K.D.

My Wedding Attire

My husband & I had a great weekend. :-) We went to a friend's wedding and had so much fun. I saw some of my old co-workers so it was kinda like a reunion. It was so good seeing them. If you read my other blog, The Leo Duo, then you already saw a sneak peek of what I wore. ;-)

I bought these shoes on New Year's Eve... I was looking for some cute shoes to wear out that night! I love the color of them.

Okay I LOVE the back of this dress. I'd seen peplum dresses, but the back of this one sold me. I wish I'd gotten another one in black though.

We'd gone to the grocery store after the wedding reception & we were both tired. Hence, we only picked up a few things. Oh and that's my wedding bracelet from this post.

My hubby took this photo & then I realized the next day that purse was turned the wrong way. Grrrrr.

So I took this one. Look at the lovely background of my Dell laptop box! :o My sister gave me this purse for Christmas. When I got it in the mail, the purse matched perfectly with my shoes. Go figure! She is the queen of hobo purses. ;-)
This was a relatively cheap outfit. I watched this dress for months on Wet Seal's website just waiting for it to go on a good sale. I knew I wanted to get a different color than black. (it's hard, but I'm trying to steer away from black clothes & get into color, lol) I have too much black. So hopefully, you'll see a lot of color on The Ex-Thrift Store Snob. ;-)

Dress-Wet Seal, $15

(Fake)Pearls- Don't remember, but got them a long time ago, from this post

Wedding Bracelet-Bijoux Terner, $10 ( everytime I'm in an airport my mission is to find a BT!)

Earrings- Forever 21, from this post $3.80 for a 3 pack.

Shoes- Forever 21, they were around $30

So that's it! (I'm going to get a clear shot of those F21 earrings, they are really cute!)

-K.D.

What Was In My Shecky's Bag?

I forgot to post all of the goodies in my Shecky's Goodie Bag. :D

This was the most interesting thing in the bag....a dream stone.

Some chips were in the bag too, but I ate them....haha.

-K.D.

Shecky's Outfit

So this is what I wore to the Shecky's Girls Night Out event. I was kinda frustrated because it took me sooooooo long to come up with something. I went with this at the last minute. I bought this dress from the thrift store down the street. Someone asked me the name & it's called Village Economy Thrift Store & it's in Woodbridge, VA. :-) The dress was a whopping.....$5.90

This is the only good shot I got of the dress head on....I was so tired. As you can clearly see.

Sequined belt. This was my first time wearing it.

Great back this dress had! I'll say it again. I LOVE an interesting, different back. :D

So here's the breakdown:

Dress- thrifted, $5.90

Belt- Forever 21, $6.80

Purse- (Not pictured) from Wet Seal, $10

Earrings- which you can barely see, Forever 21, $3.80 for a 3 pack of earrings

Shoes- Nine West, FREE (one of my co-workers gave me these & I love them!)

My $26.50 outfit. :-)

-K.D.

Shecky's Girls Night Out!

I'm sitting here with the worst headache known to mankind. :-( No interesting outfits to post. Just wanted to let you guys know I'm going to the Shecky's Girls Night Out event tommorrow in D.C.! I can't wait because women say it's so much fun. :-) Red carpet, cocktails at the door, goodie bag packed with freebies, & discount shopping. Oh yeah! I'm excited. :D Visit them at http://www.sheckys.com/ for more info. They have events in a lot of major cities.

Now what to wear? Hmmmm......I'll think about it later when my head stops pounding.

-K.D.

(Photos courtesy of Shecky's)

I Finally Bought A Romper :-)

Remember this post where I talked about Forever 21's clothing under $10. Well, I stopped by F21 this weekend just looking for a romper on sale. I went to one of the managers first & asked her if they had any rompers. She said "no, they've all sold out." So I proceeded to leave....That's when I saw a striped coral & gray romper placed ramdomly in the wrong section.
Hmmmm. Thought they didn't have anymore? Grrrrrr...You would at least think that the manager would know what she's talking about right??? Anyway, I tracked down a whole section of rompers. I finally settled on the one i initially posted which was this one.....

I got it in blue though...it was on sale for $8. I really liked this one too... :-) I liked the laid-back look of it.

I'm hearing that Walmart has some rompers too...Hmmmm. So I'll be checking them out too. Now I want at least 2 or 3 more. lol

-K.D.

(Btw, I'm in the process of changing the look of the blog. Excuse the mess!)

Pretty In Pink

So this weekend was very relaxing. I watched Pretty in Pink about 2-3 times. The movie had nothing do with my outfit though! :-) I just love Molly Ringwald movies. Sweet Sixteen is my fave. :D On Sunday, the hubby and I took a stroll in the park, got some delicious food from Ruby Tuesday, and watched Next Day Air. Well, actually it's just a trail, but I liked our walk. The actual trail is a bit creepy though...reminds me of walking through a forest The movie wasn't as bad as I thought it would be....It had a lot of funny parts. The ending didn't go with the movie though. Can't stand a bad ending. It ruins the movie... : \

Everything that I'm wearing is old. My sister gave me that scarf a long time ago. I have worn it as a shirt too. Those are gold accents on the skirt by the way. The newest thing I have on are my gold flip flops. I got them last year from Kmart I believe...I don't remember how much they were. They're very comfortable though. Hope you guys had a great weekend. Later....

-K.D.