What I Wore-Farewell Flower Pants

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(bag-matt + nat; jacket-olllllld; denim shirt & sandals-thrifted via buffalo exchange; pants-thrifted via goodwill; rings-gifted & nissa ring) I took these outfit pictures a little bit ago while the weather still had that sunshiny warmness mixed with the crispness of fall, yeah that’s over. Fall has morphed into the chillier side and I have to stow my flower pants (aka blanche pants) away. While I LOVE these pants they’re nearly translucent and so the material is just very very thin.… View Post

What I Wore-Flower Pants

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I wish I  took a million pictures of these faaaaaabulous pants I bought at Goodwill! Alas I was late for work and rushing to get out of the apartment and so my friends, I only have two images to show you. But I do have a fun consilation…. So I wore these fun pants to dinner with some friends and my clever friend Vicky pointed out that they are so totally Blanche from Golden Girls which I wholeheartedly agree with… View Post

Where the Goodwill Goes Tour

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Friends, I was incredibly lucky to be invited on a tour to the Goodwill NY/NJ headquarters in Astoria last week and it was profound! This tour truly made me love Goodwill even MORE! I learned so many things about the amazing work of Goodwill and what WE do to help their very worthy mission. Lesson 1-Nothing Goes to Waste! DONATE! DONATE! DONATE! I was really under the impression that there are certain things that should NOT be donated. I would… View Post

What I Wore-Green! Green! Green!

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So friends this is my latest purchase from Goodwill and I am in deep love with it. (sweater & skirt-goodwill; boots-urban outfitters; arm party-gifted; ring-flea market) I am not so  crazy about the sweater that comes with this suiting, but the color is fantastic and I am going rework it into something….as of yet undecided. But I wanted to show you the whole outfit because it was $25-that’s sweater and skirt friends! This is actually how I wore my new… View Post

WAAAAY More Than Fashion-The DMD Fashion Show

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Last week I introduced you to my models for the Goodwill Industries NY/NJ Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) Fashion Show in conjunction with the New York City’s Mayor’s Office for People With Disabilities. In case you’re just tuning in I was one of a handful of bloggers asked to style 3 brilliant models with visible and non-visible disabilities in business attire for a fashion show honoring National Disability Awareness Month. Above is the whole gang! Models, bloggers and organizers. (Back Row… View Post

My Models Last Night

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Last night was the DMD Fashion Show thrown by the fantastic people at Goodwill Industries NY/NJ and the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities. I had the BEST TIME EVER, definitely a banner event that I’ve experienced in blogging. (vest-rachel roy; shirt-Calvin Klein thrifted at goodwill; jeans-uniqlo; shoes-payless; scarf-goodwill) (notice the escalators! 3 floors of goodwill!) In case you missed my post last week on the DMD Fashion Show, I was one of a handful of bloggers… View Post

National Disability Mentoring Day AND! FASHION!

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  National Disability Mentoring Day falls on October 19th and I have an exciting project to share with you! But first let’s talk about what exactly is National Disability Mentoring day.   “DMD is held on the third Wednesday of October each year.  DMD promotes career development for students and jobseekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration, on-site job shadowing, and ongoing mentoring leading to internship and employment opportunities.” (source) So friends, DMD is kind of wonderful and super important… View Post

Wonderful Weekends-The Voice Live!

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On Sunday’s post I mentioned I wore my “new” shift dress from Goodwill Industries to my date on Saturday with the boy AND The Voice :). Well, here is my outfit. I went to a taping of The View (post here) a while back and walked away with a Macy’s gift card that I used to purchase this army green Rachel Roy vest. The sandals are DKNY thrifted from Buffalo Exchange. They might actually be my favorite shoes right now…sooooo… View Post

What I Wore-Rocking My Goodwill Goods

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Last week I showed you my recent finds at my favorite shopping spot, Goodwill Industries and shared all the awesome of the wonderful folks at Goodwill along with some Dos and Don’ts of donating and shopping (post HERE). I have now worn all my “new” pieces and received loads of compliments on my super steals found at Goodwill. I wore the white shift dress to my date with the BF yesterday to see NBC’s The Voice Live. Which was AWESOME.… View Post