thrift photoshoot

now i'm not trying to be a fashion blogger or anything, but i have to admit that sometimes it's fun to do a little dress up and smile cheesy for the camera.  

i went to plato's closet with my mother today (i came home for the weekend) and i didn't have any high hopes or great expectations; the last time i visited this particular plato's i couldn't find anything i wanted to try on, as far as dress selection went.  but today i had like eight pieces to take to the dressing room!  seems like that'd be overwhelming and very tempting, but anyone who's familiar with trying-on clothes knows that the dressing-room selections can get very trimmed down very quickly.  most were nos.  but a few were absolute yeses!

i came home and i was so excited about them i staged a little photoshoot for myself.  i think i got a little too into it.  i blame the fact that i was surfing through a lot of fashion blogs yesterday (which i then blame on Pinterest).  

dress #1, for a nice dinner with friends/ semi-formal event: 

cost: $12.00

i will also note that this dress selection was inspired by my favorite artist ever in the world: Elle Varner, as pictured here:

loved that lace look.

dress #2 (actually it's a romper), for everyday summery wear
+ cardigan:

cost: $10.00 + $14.00

and dress #3, another every day dress:

 when i put it on again it suddenly felt a little shorter to me than i had remembered.

 i put the cardigan on with it and proposed the outfit to my mother.

she said she thought it'd look better with jeans.
cost: $14.00

total cost: $39.90