An awesome tool for ALL!

 AN AWESOME CONSIGNMENT STORE .... OR QUALITY THRIFT SHOPPING ... yup THATs IT ...
One just can't go bad IMO ... of course I treat myself to awesome new stuff too ... but in the shifty economy mindful spending is the budget of the day ...  as we lose the weight .. who is to complain by saving a few $$$$$$$$$$$ while traveling down the size ... and as I love to dress and always did I love love love to save a $ here there and everywhere....

So today after Zumba workout this morning ... on my way to purchase more yarn for my project where we are knitting hats and scarves for the homeless, I just could not drive past my favorite spot without peeking in... with ONLY $33 dollars ...check what and what I got....

No words ... check the tag ... check the tag...check the tag ... and this is me wearing it...WOOT a BCBG dress tags still on I guess the original buyer did not want it and decided to consign it so I could just scoop it up!...


and another view...



AND FOR IT I ONLY PAID DING DING DING $18.50 YES eighteen dollars and fifty cents ... YAYYYYY SCORE!

and then I heard this number calling my name on an adjacent rack ... a two piece corduroy type skirt and top by Ralph Lauren... and I checked it out... it had this tag ... for $14.50


WOOT ... and I added it to my treasure and I NEVER TRY ANYTHING ON ... if it does not fit I PASS IT ON ... AND IT FIT! WINNER...


SO I made my before and after collage ... with only $33 dollars .... 4 years 9 months and maintaining seamlessly ...



on Friday I took my still bruised arse from my fall to work ...patch and redid my broken nail myself in a nail wrap...


and right now I am crashing in the den ... with my knifty knitter and yarn on sale for $4.99 a pound at A.C. Moore which is what my business was this morning after Zumba at WOW .... but but but I went right by Consignment Originals in Orange CT and I HAD TO STOP ... that's my playpen and my only consignment store ever visited in the whole wide world ...

K, spending the night making hats and scarves for the homeless ... from now till Xmas week we have a task at hand.... this is awesome fun ... we did this a couple years ago and with the cold winter coming up we are doing it again...



the journey is as AWESOME as LIFE is awesome ... it is only a matter of embracing joy and making it happen to me! 

I CAME A LONG WAY ... FROM BEFORE TO AFTER AND MAINTAINING ONE DAY AT A TIME...


AND AS WEIRD AND GOOFY AS ALWAYS lol .... 

 what a great day you have had!  Bravo!! And you look amazing too!  Thanks for the inspiration - in both my weight loss journey and my philanthropy journey!

 Thank you! Your support and encouragement are a great inspiration to me as well.

o way to go on scoring such a bargain. and you look so chic! thank you for always putting up such positive and inspirational posts

 Thank you! that was a bargain indeed... I appreciate the support and encouragement always!

You look dynamite! I loved your post...I miss living in a metro area where there are decent consignment shops. Your photos are awesome. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

 A couple of my favorote stores that I have been to are in Naples, Fla... Whenever I visit my friend and she picks me up at the airport in Ft. Myers we always go by there and I find TREASURES...

Nothing like getting a bargain and walking out of the store on cloud 9. You are beautiful I can't wait to just fit in a regular Large without the X's but a SMALL?! You're awseome!