this is not hip

First off I would like to brag about a fantastic purchase I made.

Fabulaire shoes on sale $15 - Rack Room Shoes

They are 23403824 times better looking in real life, so comfortable (I walked around Charlottesville in them the first time I wore them) and so perfect for going out/looking nice shoes. I love them so much! And $15! I am the best at buying shoes!

Anyways so I just ordered two sizes of those Cheap Monday jeans in the previous post so now I will no longer be a jerk and will give you guys the link so go and buy yourself some $30 Cheap Mondays.

Okay so American Apparel is the bane of my debit card. I keep buying clothes from there and then they tell me LAURA! We have 9879 more awesome clothes for you to buy and I’m all like come on guyyssss. Of course last time I ordered from TrendyBlanks.com. If you click on the wholesale link you can choose from a limited selection of aa clothes for like 1/3 of the price. I bought a bunch of shirts, a couple leotards, and a pair of mesh shorts that I am wearing right now. If you use TrendyBlanks, put my email address (nillabean87@gmail.com) where it asks who referred you and I get $20 credit! It costs you nothing so do it!

Anyways, on to the things I have been looking at. First I saw this dress at AA and I was like, I like the concept but eh.

$34 Funnel Shift Dress

But then one of my favorite posters on newestwrinkle posted herself in it and I was like omgawesomedress.

But then she’s like all gorgeous and thin and looks fantastic in everything. But she makes me want that dress so much!

Also I’m getting new glasses soon and I really want these:

$50 Carbonlite Sunglasses  

But they are like $50 before I go get lenses put in them (usually like $80) and I’m afraid this whole thing with the big frames will go out of style before my eyesight gets worse again and I’ll be stuck with mad passe glasses. I love them so much though. Not sure what to do.

This vest is so overpriced, but it is so practical considering the large number of oversized tshirts and plain dresses that would go with this. I’m so torn.

$36 Unisex Solid Rib Vest

It is not possible for AA to have pictures that are not ridiculous

Also:

AA, i can’t believe you are selling this. And for so much money.

$36 poplin reversible vest

Like, there is a whole rack of these for $3 at everyone’s goodwill. You can’t do that.

ONE MORE THING

I really want some moccasins. Particularly brown ankle boot moccasins. And everyone knows Minnetonka shoes are where you turn for moccasins. I can’t decide between these two styles though:

Back Zipper Hardsole

Minnetonka 482

I think i like the 482’s a lot better. I’ve heard Minnetonka shoes are mad comfortable. I probably have too many casual shoes, but whatever. These look so effing cute with dresses and things.

Okay this post got so long. I will stop now!

So I finally sucked it up and made 2 american apparel purchases a few weeks ago.

Cotton Spandex Two-Toned Fitted Mini Dress $32

Oh my god I love this so much. It’s so easy and flattering. If only there was occasion to wear it casually in lynchburg. It’s a little too short to just wear around town I feel. Also I like the look and idea of it without a bra the best, but when I try that it is nipple city. I will have to find a way to remedy that. Anyways, I believe this dress is flattering on most body types, so I think everyone should go buy it now yes.

Unisex Tri-Blend Short Sleeve Deep V-Neck $18

I really was planning on only buying the dress, but AA was going to charge me a ridiculous amount for shipping and I could get free shipping if I bought $50 worth of stuff so I went ahead and got this too since I had heard how amazing and comfortable it is. And oh my god it is the most amazing shirt. I got the small size (it comes in unisex sizes), but I could have stood to get the extra small and I’m tempted to buy another one with my next AA purchase. It’s so lightweight and relaxed and comfortable, but can be dressed up quite a bit and incorporated into like any outfit. Fantastic.

Now recently I saw this leotard in a picture of a girl wearing the slim slacks and a vest over it and I was like omg love.

Cotton Spandex Jersey Halter Leotard $28

I am so tempted to buy this in a color and black or gray and wear it all the time year round. I kind of like the low-cut no bra look on smallish boobz (not crazy about it on the busty model featured above). Am I crazy?

Interlock Pencil Skirt $30

I can’t find a flattering outfit photo of this skirt on AA, but I’ve had a recent obsession with high waisted skirts and have been wearing my one polka-dotted one so much that I am tempted to buy an awesome color of this AA one considering the raving reviews I have heard about it and its versatility. I’m scared though, because while I love the high-waisted skirts knee-length skirts aren’t fantastic on me because I have big swimmer’s calves. But they look so fantastic on other people I want to try them out!

Okay sorry for the huge aa binge. I got my first paycheck and I am flipping out.

So I got an email from Alloy today about a “secret clearance.” Alloy usually sucks, but they can have alright stuff so I checked it out and found that some jeans I had my eye on were now only $15!

Nothing really special about them except that I really wanted a pair of blackblack jeans and I have brown jeans in the same brand/style so I knew what size to get, which is the biggest trouble with pants

And since these things always charge ridiculously for shipping, I threw in a couple other things I had my eye on.

First, this shirt was only $6

And so was this skull scarf

Nothing super exciting, but some pretty nice basic cheap things.

I am on a huge scarf binge right now. Anyone wants to make me happy, buy me a lot of silk/cotton scarves. forserious

So I hopped on the Euro-hipster bandwagon and ordered a shemagh from some ebay dude based on Cairo (which is pretty cool).

I won’t have it for 2-3 weeks since it is so far away, but I’m pretty excited.

So after a year of trying to use cheap substitutes, I bought some of bed head’s manipulator from ebay and received it today.

Seriously, people on madradhair had warned that getting cheaper product just won’t be as good as manipulator and they were so right. It gives texture and control to hair without matting it and weighing it down (like garnier fructi’s surf hair did to me). So amazing. If you want good hair, seriously buy this.

also i think I did a pretty good job with makeup today so hooray me.

So today I went out to get some shampoo and conditioner for my newly bleached hair and then decided to run by Forever21 for some hair accessories (for new hair!)

But I couldn’t resist scanning through the sales items and picking out a couple pairs on shorts on sale for $10 and $7 respectively. I usally avoid shorts and only own a pair of cutoffs that I wear when it is absolutely necessary. But it is about time I throw my shorts-hating days behind me and put on a couple of cute shorts this summer.

And the only accessory I got was a headband.

whatevz