Wednesday, June 26, 2013

All My Dresses: Finale!

The end. That's it. All done. No more dresses.
The other day I walked by a shop window with a cute blue chiffon dress that had little polka dots on it and walked in to look at it, them immediately realized I have enough dresses, and turned around before I touched it. I had enough dresses to get me through March to June with no repeats. That means NO NEW dresses. Does home-made count??? I don't think so. OK. No BUYING any dresses is the new pledge (sewing them is fine :)
What's your pledge for the day?
All vintage, all thrifted, except bottom center: Prabal Garung for Target.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

All My Dresses: part 10

Part 10. Wow. Next week should wrap it up. I can see the end of the (hem)line... I just have to get through one more week of dresses. It's been a skirt-drought that I can't wait to end. :)  In other news I finished my sprint triathlon (my last tri was 5 years ago) in 1:09 and got 15th in my division. Kicked the most ass on the bike course. Yeah! I love riding my bike! My garden is producing some fine vegetables, so garden fresh cooking/recipes will be posted throughout summer. And I'm nearly finished with this Butterick Retro dress in red chiffon with white polka dots: pics coming soon.

red hash mark dress from Modcloth; gray cotton plaid vintage dress from Goodwill; pink flowered summer dress from F21; purple jersey shift Made By Me; rose dress Made by Me; black halter from Goodwill.

Friday, June 7, 2013

All my Dresses:part 9

Another week, another 6 dresses. I was just about done and then I opened a vintage hard-side suitcase I keep in the bottom of the closet with vintage clothes I rarely wear... and don't you just know it? There were a handful of dresses in there just waiting to be pressed and worn. So the project rolls on...
Have a great weekend. I'll be racing in a triathlon this Sunday so no dressing up for me. I have to take a break once in a while :)
Gray shift Made By Me, with paper bead necklace, also MBM. Button print dress, MBM; black dress thrifted; white dress with blue flowers MBM; vintage green dress thrifted; black polka dot dress thrifted.

Also, I got a haircut; you may have noticed.