{all skate}
I grew up in a really small town. Teensy. The name of my little girl map dot was actually 2 words. I can remember sitting in the back seat of my Mom's Volvo station wagon as we passed the water tower just a piece after the one traffic light thinking, "Man, who named this place? It's just big enough to hold one syllable much less two whole words." Words. Mmmm.I love'em. I love them equally as much as I do Cheap Thrills Thursday. Whoop.
So back to my small town. If you turned around at the water tower right around Panter's Garage & Auto Parts and went the opposite direction back through the traffic light, you would cross a bridge over the lake and eventually spot Starlite Skating Rink on your right. I passed by it just this weekend while I was there for my 20 year high school reunion. Rolling wheels, ginormous dice & a disco ball. And who can forget the indoor carpeted walls? Oh, those jutted out beams saved my arse on many occasion from the infamous concoction of 1 part excessive speed + 2 parts chase with your friends.
And there was ALL SKATE. Love.me.some.all.skate. I was never huge on sucking face or even holding hands with boys until well into my upper middle school years. Nope.I frequented Starlite for joy. For the stale, humid, trapped-inside cocktail of oxygen & carbon dioxide whipping through my side ponytail. For the slippery tiled UNEVEN bathroom floors with NO DOORS on the stalls. For the limbo competition. And, of course, for ALL SKATE. Couples skate was B-O-R-I-N-G.
I love ALL SKATE so much that I wanted to bring it here to the good ole blogosphere. Only in fashion format. I try not to go too deep into symbolism much past fashion if I can help it. Because in about 2.5 seconds, I can go political with my ALL SKATE ideas. Ahem. Stepping off of U.S. Capitol steps as I type.
ALL SKATE is where everyone gets to be in the rink rollin' on dubs. Backwards skating. Truckin'. Who knows how to truck? Freestyle skating. It was all-systems-go on the round about. So I wanted to create this ALL SKATE idea in an outfit form.
I have a few blog readers who ask me to give them Goodwill fashion-finding pointers. And it never fails. They send me some kinda signal or notion of disbelief that I actually find some of the stuff I blog about at Goodwill. There's usually a "Girl, there's no way you found that dress there." So I thought I would take you through a typical segment of my Goodwill hunting.
These are pictures of me in the dressing room at Goodwill. Question: Does Macy's, Banana Republic or Anthropologie rock pressed boarded walls with white plastic Wal-mart mirrors drilled into them?
During my trying-on portion of my Goodwill visit {yes, it is important NOT to skip the trying on part of the process}, if I run across an item that I'm a wee bit iffy about, I do just what you see here. I send a photo to my highly classified style consultants. We are a closed group bound by Goodwill dressing room pictures to & fro to secure the best look for less. My preferred informant gave me the thumbs up {in emoji form, of course} for this particular $2.99 army green one-piece jumpsuit. My caption to her with this photo may or may have not been "Y/N? Too Crocodile Dundee?" {insert age indicator here}.
This girl was purchased along with about 7 other golden nuggets. As I was driving home, the lyrics of Carole King's "You've Got A Friend" came on the radio dial. "Winter, Spring, Summer of Fall. All you've got to do is call. And I'll be there, yes I will. You've got a friend." I'll take that Cheap Thrills Thursday sign, Big Guy. Boom.Here.we.go.
I went home and washed this baby girl up. I then paired some of my favorite jewelry pieces with her. From there, I decided I was going to create 4 seasonal looks with this jumpsuit. Below are the accessories chosen to create each of the 4 vibes.
I paid some attention to the now trends, but mostly, I nabbed up what I loved from my closet. Which just so happens to be uber organized thanks to self inflicted peer pressure to get that mess cleaned up & out. Promise I don't have multiple personalities. Unless, of course, you count Luka who lives on my 2nd floor.She's crazy as a loon. She moved in when I became pre-menopausal. You know, chin hairs. Erratic outbursts that appear satan lives inside my person. But, he doesn't. So yeah, Luka. She's ruheeeeal. She live in your upstairs too? No sweat. I'll send you my best set of tweezers and a good bottle of Vitamin B. {insert age indictor here}.
The following are the visuals my in-house ROCKSTAR photographer, Eli G. Cobble, captured of these accessories in 3-D.
- belt: $.50 GW
- shoes: $6.47 Target clearance
- bracelets: $2.00 jewelry show
- shoes: $1.00 Merona brand GW
- belt: BEBE brand $1.00 GW
- navy crocheted sweater: $1.99 GW
- yellow belt: $.25 GW
- Limited brand sweater {found with store tags still on it}: $3.00
- Link infinity scarf: handmade by my sweet friend, Abbi, who owns Leave'Em In Stitches
- boots: $3.00 GW
- socks: no clue--had them FoReVa
- striped black & white top: $1.27 Old Navy clearance
- gray tights: $.50 GW
- booties: $19.99 Ross
Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall.
All you've got to do is call.
And, I'll be there, yes I will.
You've got a friend.
Which season is your favorite look? Vote all easy-peesy like below:
[polldaddy poll="8286307"]
HUGE HAPPY FALL SCENT SALE happening right now at k.Mac. Select from these wonderfully festive scents to celebrate Fall in your home. 12 oz. jars are regularly priced at $12.99. Go here to place your order.
To read more Cheap Thrills Thursday posts, visit here.
