Pin The Tail On The Human

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pink sweater blue skirt collage 1pink sweater blue skirt collage 2(Shirt and Necklace: HandMeDowns  Sweater: Goodwill (F21)  Skirt: Goodwill  Boots: Steve Madden)

I was at a kid’s birthday party last week and they were playing “Pin The Tail On The Donkey”. If you’ve never heard of this game, the player dons a mask covering his eyes so he can’t see, is spun around a couple times (enough to disorient him), then sent off in the direction of the poster with the picture of a donkey on it and attempts to pin the tail as close to the appropriate spot (err…the donkey’s behind). It got me thinking, what if God designed human beings like that?! Like someone would end up with their eyes where their bellybutton is and an arm coming out of their skull? We’d all look like a bunch of Picasso paintings come to life. I guess it would suck if you were formed the day God got spun around one too many times. Ha!

Sign Me Up For Rehab

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blazer dress collage 1

blazer dress collage 2

(Earrings: Goodwill  Dress: Sweet Serendipity  Blazer: GAP  Belt: Plato’s Closet  Shoes: Plato’s Closet)

I have an addiction. Like no joke, I am in way over my head and can’t stop. I am completely addicted to…wait for it…sugar. I keep telling myself, “Rena, you should go without sugar until June” and then two seconds later I drink a milkshake, like the previous brain convo with myself didn’t even happen. I did paleo for about three weeks a little while back and did great, but as soon as I stopped, I went off the deep end. I am consuming sugary products like I’m going to die tomorrow. There is a bag of chocolate chip cookies in my kitchen right now and they are calling to me. They are kryptonite to my Superman. And just so you know, I could totally rock a cape. 😉 How do I stop?!??!

Don’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover

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I love thrifting. No, more than love…I’m a little obsessed. I could go every day and never get tired of it. I don’t buy something every time I go, but it is über therapeutic to skim over clothes and look at so many different styles/eras of fashion in one place.

The best is when you find something “ugly” and give it new life.

I found this dress that I felt like had good bones, although I think my sister threw up in her mouth when she had to look at it while taking my picture. She really didn’t like it.

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I had originally planned on shortening the sleeves and the hem of the skirt and modernizing the look.

Then I woke up and remembered that I have 2% skills in the DIY/sewing category and decided to just turn it into a midi skirt. Fortunately the waist line is elasticized, so all I had to do was cut above it to make a skirt.

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It is pretty sheer, so I have to wear it with a slip. The top also has a frayed finish to it, so I can’t tuck in a shirt. I someday hope to nice-ify it, but remember my DIY-lacking skills.

Despite that, I turned this dated, slightly funky dress into a trendy midi-skirt.

So, when you’re thrifting, make sure to #1-call me first so I can join you and #2-don’t quickly pass on something that might be “ugly”.

Happy Fashion Friday!