Lightbulb

So I 've always likes to window shop in stores and take a look at the latest styles. Lately I find myself doing that more so than usual just becuase of some very important gift getting holidays coming up (ie:Mother's day, anniversary & my b'day). I mean I should be getting some special gifts ( hopefully in the form of a gift card!)


As I was walking around one of my all time favorite stores something hit me,  it was like a lightbulb just went off! I didn't even want to pay the clearance price for something even that was too much!!! I kept hearing my self say" I can just look for this at goodwill!" So I quit looking and turned around and left! WOW... I feel like I don't even know myslef when I can walk out of my favorite store and not want to buy everything I see!!!


This "Thriftygrlchallenge" continues to be a challenge but it continues to change my perspective on spending money as well. Have you tried to be more thrifty??!! I've already heard from alot of women who are trying!! If you not that's ok you can still enjoy our thrifty finds!!

This outfit was all stuff I've had for a minute howeve the tank is newer. Amazing how one piece can help you be so versitile in your outfits!

express cardi, old navy skirt, Bongo shoes, Gap striped tank

I Feel Pretty

 Do you ever put on your outfit & walk out of the house feeling a certain way? I feel like that is what the saying " Wear the clothes don't let the clothes wear you" might mean. I mean think about it, sometimes I can put on a flowy dress, curl my hair and I feel so pretty. Then other times I can put on some tight pants & heels that make me feel like I can take on the world!!! Well today I was sick today & looked more like a person on the show "what not to wear". However the other day was a totally different story!

I wore a pretty, flowy flowered shirt from clothes-swap, a blue cardigan I had and my trusty high waist jeans 2012. I rolled my hair as I sometimes do now that it is longer. After I took a look at the finished put together product I must admit, I looked at myself and I felt pretty. I think it is important as women, wives, mothers or a student. It does a body good to feel good about how you look. I know it can't be like that everyday do I like to enjoy the days it is.

Hopefully the hubby will have a new shift at work soon and I'll be able to post some date night pics!! But for now here you go!! Enjoy!

Game Changer

As we truck along in our "thriftygrlchallenge" we start to realize the things that are going to work and the things that are not going to work. We also can see the rules that are very good and the rules that were not so good. Now that we are in warmer weather we took notice of our rules involving shoes. I love to find cute shoes at the thrift stores but sometimes cute hardly worn sandals are really hard to find. Let's be honest people alot of times they look very worn in and sometimes a little dirty.  That's just what people do when it's warm weather... they go outside!!! May it be on vacation, a ball game or an outdoor festival being outside in the gorgeous weather is one of the best things about Spring & Summer!!

So we changed a rule! We can buy new shoes from a store!! I am not even going to lie,  I can barely control my excitement of how many more outfits I would be able to put together just buying one or 2 new pairs of shoes this Spring!!!!!

So right after we decided on the new rule I went out browsing. Much to my surprise I didn't find anything I really wanted to spend my money on. The "thriftygrlchallenge" still continues to change me. I wanted to make sure my first find was really worthy of my money. That I would REALLY get my money out of the purchase!

Then I found them... the game changers!! They were on sale at Target for $18.00. They were flat, strappy and a bold pop of an accessory!! They were all the things I was looking for in a new Spring/Summer sandal!

Target-$18

The first outfit that came to my mind had to be something with my gold & turquoise statement necklace! Here's one of my new fav outfits courtesy of my New Summer Sandals!!!!

Banana Republic Coral top-Goodwill, white skinny jeans-TH outlet clearance( had), Gold & turquoise necklace-F21(had)

Weekend Getaway

CRBR shirts

At the beginning of this year I not only resolved to do the "thriftygrlchallenge" but I also wanted to get in shape. I started running in January and have slowly tried to build up endurance to run more miles. My sister Michelle( fellow thriftygrl) lives in Charleston and has ran the Cooper River Bridge Run before. I had heard about it and thought it might be a good run to train for. I had asked Nick's Aunt to run with me because she has lived in Charleston before and wanted to run CRBR. So weekend in Charleston with some of my favorite girls sounds like a good time!!!

The week of the race Nick's aunt fell ill with a nasty stomach virus as well as her whole household. So she couldn't make it and I headed out to Charleston on my own. The first night I got there we had a pasta party with my little sister and some of her friends that were running the race also. It was a great night of good food and fellowship.  I was able to meet a friend of my sisters who has decided to join the "thriftygrlchallenge" too!! How exciting that is to me to have more girls that want to do "thriftygrlchallenge" with us. (you will be hearing about her thrifty finds in the near future)Then we got in bed early so we'd be ready to leave out for a 4:30am departure to the race!!!! When 4:30 came we headed out and were as ready as we were going to be!!

Michelle & I before the race

our group

I finished the race in 1 hr. 9 min!! I was so happy with my time and the fact that I can still barely move my thighs doesn't even bother me! I did it and I can say I am proud of myself and how I did.  After the race there was a ton of free food!! As a thrifty grl I like the word free especially when it's connected to good food!! So after having some good munchies we headed back to the house for a long nap and for what the rest of the weekend had in store for us.

The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing and taking it easy. We ate some good Mexican, did a little thrifty shopping and went to a cool little festival in Summerville where we also ate good. That is pretty much my ideal girls weekend minus the 10k!! A little girl time is always good for the soul whether it is running a 10k together or just shopping and eating together. It always refreshes me!!

festival in Summerville

Thrifty girl thrifting

~Easy like Sunday morning~

I love Sundays!  Well our Sunday mornings aren't exactly easy considering we teach pre-k for the 1st service at our church then attend 2nd service. Afterwards comes the easy part. We always eat Sunday lunch at my parent's then head home for whatever the day brings us!! Easy, right??!!!

Today was one of those days! We went to church, had lunch at momma's then came home. We spent the afternoon outside enjoying the beautiful spring weather. I had dressed in layers, which is kind of an essential for GA weather.  Seeing as how when I went into church it was a bit chilly and when I came out of church I had to come out of my jacket it had gotten very hot!!

                                                 Green Army jacket-Papaya clearance last year
                                                        White flowy blouse- hand me down from my sis
                                                             skinny jeans- Old Navy clearance in Dec.
                                                                brown sandals- hand me downs
                                                             necklaces- American Eagle 2 years ago
                                                          bracelet Ny & Company clearance forever ago
                                                                   Rings- flea market find
yeah so basically 50% of my outfit was hand me downs, hey ain't no shame in my game!!! Perfect pieces  for a perfect outfit for a lazy Sunday Afternoon!! Now if you will excuse me I'm going to spend the rest of the evening on my hammock with that wonderful hubby of mine!!!

Whatta day

So one of my partners in this "thriftygrlchallenge" happens to be the mom of the most adorable 4 yr. old  (my nephew) in the WORLD!!!!!! Seriously the kid is so cute! One day last year my sister & he came in the house from work/school & he walked over to his dad. Then he kind of plopped down & said" whatta day". Too Cute and the fact that he even realized that sometimes at the end of the day that is all you can say !!!!

Our last couple of weeks have been like that. We are busy & have had a whole" hubby's truck got stolen" episode on top of work and sports and kids in general and the list goes on!!

. So this morning I pulled this black shirt dress out of my closet that I had inherited from my baby sis last summer. No ironing,  add some cute wedges & we were good people!! I wish it was always that easy, but I am thankful today it happened to be. I like easy clothes especially when trying to find something to wear to work feels like one more thing I have to do!! So with the help of some hand me downs & a good classic pair of sandals my morning was saved, as for the rest of it....Whatta Day!!!!

 Gap shirt dress, purse- my own, payless clearance wedges last Aug

Spring has Sprung

Spring has Sprung...kinda, here in Georgia!!! I love Georgia's mild winters. Here it is the first of March and while it is technically not spring we have spring temperatures! So EVERY southern girl starts getting a little  very giddy because it means the start of the wearing of our favorite "Spring Looks".  Whether it's a sundress, short sleeves, shorts, rolled up jeans, sandals or white pants, we are  just happy to show our shoulders, legs and painted toes!!!!

 I had already found some great new Spring items that I have been very excited about  and are quite proud of for some new "Spring Looks" . I am also going to show you my "want" list for a couple more things I will be hunting for at my favorite local thrift stores!!Who says I have to have them all right now?!   Don't worry I will proudly post as I find them and mark them off my list!

Spring Want List:
1. Bright Shirt (  hot pink or salmon)
2. neon piece-
3. stripes
4. neutral color leather jacket
5. mint green piece
6. floral dress
7. red flowy shirt
8. day clutch
9. blue sheer shirt

                            Bright shirt-check

Stripes-check