Jun 8-10th - Outfits #8-10 - Busy Weekend (with Much Retail Therapy)

Sunday already? Where did the weekend go?

Well, I'll tell ya. Here's Friday's outfit:

This is my new-to-me seersucker jacket (purchased for about $18.00). I'm not sure why I keep buying trapeze-cut jackets, as they don't ever quite work right on my body shape, but I persist. I really liked the portrait collar on this one, and the fine seersucker stripe (you can't really see it well in these pictures).

These are also my new-to-me white denim cropped shorts (Kasmira called them "jorts" here), purchased here in April for $5.00.

I added the gladiator sandals (last worn here), and my rocker accessories.

The blue cami is never worn on its own; it's not part of the capsule.

I ended up wearing the top snap of the jacket done up all day. 

As I had envisioned, I've had to spot-clean and wash both the jacket and the pants already! Dang, pad thai is messy to eat!

Jacket (Willi Smith, consignment), cami (Plum), pants (Contrast, thrifted), sandals (Enzo Angiolini, consignment), belt (swap from Ruth), studded cuff (80s), black cuff (Guess, thrifted).

After work on Friday, Elaine and I met for dinner and a drink, then took the bus to check out the new Banana Republic that just opened in town - I've only ever been to BR in Vancouver once, so I was excited; however, thrifting has spoiled me for shopping new. All I could think was which stuff I'd want to thrift - it's all so expensive, but the quality is good. I quite liked the new Trina Turk designs - very Pucci-esque.

I mostly bought accessories to enliven my June neutrals, but found some great bargains. I bought a bunch at Le Chateau:

The ring and the necklace both have real stone (vs plastic), and I liked the colours. I've been looking for a skinny yellow belt for a while. They were all $6.99 to 9.99 on sale.

I found an awesome pair of leather fingerless gloves at Danier for $19.00:

And that's another pair of stone earrings that I got at Le Chateau. Look, my earrings are colour-blocked!

I always stock up on tights out of season. The Gap has these two marked down to $4.97 a pair:

The centre pair were from Aldo and were 2 for 1 - they were $7.98. The two pairs on the right will be great layered over coloured tights.

I couldn't resist this gorgeous and colourful bag at Aldo:

It was marked down then had an extra 50% off - it was $17.50.

It totally reminded me of a rip-off of some high-end designer bag, like Coach or Louis Vuitton.

It actually holds a lot, and I liked carrying it NOT as a shoulder bag.

On Saturday, I got up early and went to my WW meeting. From there, I bused to town and hit a bunch of thrift and consignment stores that I rarely go to.

This skirt is really becoming a go-to item in my closet. This is its third wear (last time here) already this month!

This is my chocolate brown cardi (last worn here), and this is my original Trina Turk sweater that I got on consignment for $20 back in March 2011.

I wore the cream Clarks sandals again (last here), and they were awesome for a full day of shopping! It was a very windy day, so my skirt billowed, and my bright yellow vintage silk scarf (thrifted for a couple of bucks a few months ago) fluttered.

I was exhausted by the time I met up with my girlfriends for drinks at 4pm. L came down and picked me up and from there we went to a friend's for BBQ and board games. A long and tiring - but fun! - day!

Cardigan (Alternative Apparel, thrifted), sweater (Trina Turk, consignment), skirt/wrist wrap (Club Monaco), shoes (Artisans by Clark's, consignment), bag (Aldo), scarf (vintage, thrifted), necklace/earrings (Plum).

I showed off all my purchases to my girlfriends. Check 'em out!

The spot on the front of this skirt is now dry and invisible - I had to Folex a pen mark out of it.

The skirt is very high-waisted, and feels like suede - the denim is so soft. I love the giant button, and the metal belt loops. The brand name is Stockerpoint, which seems to be a Western wear manufacturer. The skirt was $7.99 at Value Village.

Look at the awesome buttons!

 They look like the Canadian Coat of Arms!

This skirt made me laugh:

The hem is very swooshy!

It's Tobias (a line that Plum carries), and I am pretty sure this is actually MY skirt. When I first lost weight, five years ago (yay, go me!), I bought this entire suiting from Plum on clearance; I had to quickly pump up my nearly empty wardrobe after losing 50 lbs. However, of the dress, pants, jacket and skirt that I bought, I only ever really liked the skirt.

I didn't wear the pieces much (it was pre-blog), and I ended up giving the entire set to my friend Jean about 4 years ago. I wonder if she ended up donating it!? It's the same size, exactly the same skirt - there would only have been maybe 2 size 8s in the one Plum store that was in town back then.

Anyway, I'm happy to have the skirt back, even thought I bought it twice! It was $7.99 at Value Village.

And I was super stoked to find this Smoking Lily skirt on consignment for $25.00:

It's linen...I'm getting past my fear of linen, although it wrinkles like crazy. Check out the orange "galaxy" clusters, and the contrast burgundy peonies in the slit:

Ooh!

But the best detail is the back of the waistband:

Octopi!

I found this at Regalia Boutique in Fan Tan Alley (hola! I link because I love!)

Okay, Megan Mae, I finally found you something cool:

It's a Smoking Lily top, and it was $15.00 on consignment (also at Regalia). It's baby blue, with black flies, yellow dot circles and white flowers.

I love how the pattern is so perfect on the back.

I stopped into the Salvation Army for a quick look around and found this cool skirt:

Usually, you see this hypno-plaid (seriously, if I stare at that long enough, I go into a deep trance!) in A-line skirts - I loved the high waist and pencil skirt cut of this. It was $5.99 and will be awesome in an autumn capsule!

This top took my breath away:

It's a Le Chateau piece that I found at the Women In Need (WIN) store downtown. I ignored the sizing (XL) as it didn't really indicate the actual fit (which is perfect! yes!). 

It's 100% but is machine washable. And what a bargain:

Only $9.50! And look at the wonderful dragons on it!

The last piece:

I adore the pattern and the soft cotton material. It's by Soft.

Only $5.00!

Aren't the flowers lovely?

I spotted these sweet legwear designs at another Fan Tan Alley favourite store, Heart's Content. They carry amazing Goth accessories (I got my steampunk stomacher and black leather fingerless gloves there), Doc Martens, and other very cool stuff.

Aside from bright and bold tights, I'm not too adventurous with short nylons, so I'm excited to experiment with these. I've bought Trasparenze and Filodoro tights before (here and here) and like the brands - very good quality.

Whew, almost done...yeah, I had a good retail therapy session!

I got some shoes:

These are Marc Softwalk (same as these boots that I paid over $100 for in an after-Christmas sale).

The granny shoes were Value Village, and were $19.99:

They are black (sunny day glare) with grey zigzag trim and laces.

I love the vintage shape of them, and dang, they are so comfortable! 

And they don't show any wear on the soles - I don't think they have ever been worn. That just boggles me!

Someone is not impressed:

"Feed me!"

 I also found these amazing shoes at Regalia:

They are black suede and have a platform wedge and ankle strap.

The white stitching is so cool:

They are from Bata and are made in Italy.

"Vera Pelle" means "real skin" so real leather.

They were $18.00.

Well, I think I am good for shopping for a while. I have plenty to keep me going over the next couple of months. I am going to take a bit of a break now and enjoy the clothes I have. I wonder if I can make it a month?

Today, L and I got groceries and had brunch out at our favourite diner:

I always like to dress nice when we go out. This is my comfy stretchy leopard dress that I first wore here - I got it for $9.99 at Value Village back in November.

I'm wearing a berry red cami underneath it (not part of the capsule) for a bit of colour.

I'll be dressing this up for a work look later on this week.

I wore these sandals again (last time here) - they're so comfortable. I wore a jean jacket as it was still a little chilly out.

It's outerwear so also doesn't count in the capsule.

Hope you had a great weekend!

Dress (Majora, thrifted), cami (swap from Ruth), jacket (Ann Taylor Loft), shoes (Kenneth Cole Reaction, consignment), belt (Gap).