I've been following a new (for me) blog recently, called My Edit, and the blogger is a thrifting queen! Really, she finds the coolest items!
So last week I channeled my inner Jentine and headed out to some second hand stores and came back with:
These boots for 4 euros ( that's about 5,20 US dollars)
This comfy cable knit sweater also for 4 euros:
And this little number with the cutest detailing in the back for 3,50 euros (about 4,50 US dollars)
And now for my finds thrown together in some outfits:
Outfit # 1:
Cute detailing on the back:
Outfit # 2:
Or does it look better without the belt? I'm on the fence:
I now have two new outfits for the total of 11 euros.
I LOVE it!
Like a true dutch girl, cheap is my middle name and I'm not afraid to say it! :)
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I told B. when I came back with my loot that
I might try to buy all my clothes at thrift stores this year.
He looked at me as if I were crazy.
Am I?
This might actually be a super awesome belated new years resolution!
Should I? Could I?
Tell me I can!
So, have you done any thrifting lately? Tell me!
Love, Maria
Linking up with the Pleated Poppy today
Ummm I need to come there just to thrift!
ReplyDeleteFound you through the link up! Stop by my blog to find links to about five other link parties today! Wednesdays are full of them :)
Tiff Ima
Style Honestly
Umm, you do! :) Holland is fun!
DeleteThanks for your comment!
love it! by the way this gives garment shopping a much better sense...even husbands can say nothing against, because it saves a whole lot of money...that you may can invest in some other clothes:)...(I`m also thinking about some alternative style posts for myself, I like the idea of showing thrifted articles,or maybe some selfmade stuff...sometimes I even wear my hubbies clothes,he has nice ones:)...hope you had some nice days off, greetings,noni!
ReplyDeleteYou should do alternative style posts! I always love your style!
DeleteI LOVE your outfits!
ReplyDeletehttp://ordinaryinspirations.blogspot.com/2013/02/thrift-finds-what-i-wore-wednesday-week.html
Thanks Traci!
DeleteHi Maria: I love YOU even more than your outfits. But you did well, once again.If my vote counts: I like it better without the belt... :) Papa in Benin
ReplyDeleteLove you too papa! I'll take your vote into consideration :)!
DeleteI like it with the belt just because it shows off your itty bitty waist more. I really like both of these outfits - classic but still completely adorable.
ReplyDeleteThanks Franziska!
Deleteoh, and I forgot to add that I think you could probably thrift all of your clothes (except like...underwear. ew). I've recently started thrifting but feel I could really fall down that rabbit hole. In the last month I've found a burberry jacket for $8 and a christian dior blazer for $8. NUTS.
ReplyDeleteJep, underwear is where I would draw the line, shudder! :)
DeleteCrazy what you can find thrifting! I haven't had the luck to find any big designer pieces yet!
crossing my fingers that I someday will!
I thrift shop all the time!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how much 11 euros is because I'm canadian, but I get the impression its very little.
both outfits are really cute. I love the stripped shirt.
and the boots.
www.roothless-xo.blogspot.ca
pay me a visit :)
Thanks Ruth!Thrift shopping is so much fun hey?
DeleteBoots for 4 Euros!?!? Very nice sister! I thrift almost all my clothes! Xx
ReplyDeleteOh, and I like both with and without belt, but like I said on instagram: longer necklace!
Check: longer necklace! Going to look for one today! :)
Delete4 euros, jep! Awesome hey?
xoxo
cute cut cute!! you are so stylish!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lyd! xoxo
Delete*cute - that was for the middle one! haha!
ReplyDelete:)
DeleteGuess what - I was in Talize (second hand store) on Monday, and you know who I saw there?? Jentine!! Truly. She was a bit undercover, with a tuque on (very cool one, by the way), but it was her for sure. I was going to tail her, to see what she picked up and put down, but since I am in my YEAR OFF CLOTHES SHOPPING (yes, really, crazy, hey???) I decide to keep my distance. But it was hard.
ReplyDeleteGreat buys, sister dear. I say go for just thrift store clothes for a year - you'll be amazed at how good it is for your own personal sense of style.
Love you!
I would love to tail her someday!
DeleteWow, a year off shopping? That is crazy! But I bet it's eye opening as well!
Let know how it goes!
Love you!
This is a really sweet post Maria! I'm glad you had good luck thrifting. Those boots are pretty freaking cool! It's funny to reconnect, I totally remember your family coming to Canada; you were Emily's cousins...
DeleteAlice- I thought I saw you at Talize. I guess I was too shy to say hi?!? I didn't know if you would know me? Haha... Also, no clothes shopping for a year. I'm sweating just thinking about that.
Hi Jentine,
ReplyDeleteSo funny that you remember us coming to Canada!
I kind of remember your family too, I think I was a counselor at CampFire together with your brother (?) Kees one summer when I visited Alice and her family.
Anyway. thanks so much for stopping by my little space!
xo