this is the time of year that i restock my closet with new denim jeans, and some new shoes.
you see, i get monies for christmas, and then 6 weeks later i get monies for my buuurfday.
so, on top of my neato new kicks, i also went thrifting yesterday and gathered some awesomeness. it is now time for BBL show and tell.
you see, i get monies for christmas, and then 6 weeks later i get monies for my buuurfday.
so, on top of my neato new kicks, i also went thrifting yesterday and gathered some awesomeness. it is now time for BBL show and tell.
my three favorite pairs of shoes. all purchased the day after christmas.
i think everyone should have a pair of Vans slip-ons.
I also think everyone should own a pair of cute flats.
i have an insane amount of flats, since ted is my same height. we rule.
this dress looked like a piece of crap when i first beheld it at Goodwill.
with a little imagination i quickly fell in love.
i added a velvet shrug, some black boots and topped my crown with the "lindsay" headband.
ted loves this rockin' little dress. i also think it would be cute with tights and flats.
4 dollars for a dress? yes.
when i first laid eyes on this capelet, i HAD to have it because it reminded me of Blair Waldorf.
i paired the capelet with a vintage black lace dress and my new purple boots.
these boots rock. i originally wanted red boots, but the purple ones were more daring, so i yoinked them right off the shelf. the pop of color makes the outfit more fun.
i have been wanting a military jacket ever since i fell in love with the "sergeant pepper" beatles album. they play up any casual outfit. i finally found the perfect one, that is a fitted-cropped version, which is perfect for wearing over a slouchy shirt.
by the way, i got that slouchy sequined top at Goodwill. loooove it.
and that my friends, was a BBL show and tell.
Do you have anything to show and tell?
and that my friends, was a BBL show and tell.
Do you have anything to show and tell?
81 awesomespice comments:
Where did you get the purple boots? I am in love.
Can I go shopping with you all the time for the rest of my life?! I love love love love all of your outfits. Adorable!
oh my!!
i LURRRVE all your outfits! oh so adorable! and i have to agree... van slips on are the ABSOLUTE best! i have purple ones myself!
the first dress is my favorite although i love the blair caplet!
way to go on finding treasures at goodwill!!!
xo
SO amazing. You are a Goodwill GENIUS! :) You really gotta have a good eye when shopping there. :) You look fabulous.
Those outfits are so adorable! I wish they had that cute of stuff in the thrift shops in my town.
Super Super cute, as always! I love the shoes. I wish I could wear flats, but they don't fit me right.
Jealous much!
I wish I had your great eye for potential and thrifting skills, but I'm working on it!
I think of you when I shop now... too cute, Lauren!
Wow. I am dying over cuteness. I wish I could pull off stuff like that!!
Um, WOW.
These outfits ate freakin ahmayzing!!!!!
I am love, love, LOVING the lace dress, capelet and that whole first outfit. Très gorgeous!
Also, you look freakin GORGEOUS!
Hair, makeup, outfits; all perfecto!!
xox
P.S. You are totes one of my style inspirations! I am positive majority of the reason I dress the way I do now compared to a year ago is from reading the Busy Bee!
Cute!
I was wondering, what effect do you use on your photos when you edit them? I love these.
Love Love LOVE the Blair outfit! Absolutely Gorgeous! I also am über jealous of your purple jeweled flats.
And do I spy blue eye makeup? Awesome. I wish I was as confident with my sense of style as you are.
i just want your closet. yep. that sums it up. -nods-
also, where did this chandelier deal of awesomeness come from? because i love it!
I am once again in awe!!!
One day, I will reach your fashion level :)
one sequined top at a time :)
oh my gosh. those shoes are adorable and i want them.
i love flats and i have a pair of slip ons that are plaid and i got them at target. i call them my "cute shoes." i couldn't wear them for the longest time because they gave me terrible blisters. finally i sucked it up this fall and they fit with no problems and i love them. now i want a pair of those vans slip ons in the worst way!! size 11 please =D
those outfits are amazing, thanks for sharing <3
I am completely jealous of your military jacket!! And I totally almost bought some purple suede boots a couple weeks ago. But alas, they would get ruined in the crappy Wisconsin weather.
GREAT stuff! I thinks it's awesome that you prove that you can look so good and Modest. As a mother of daughters it's something I defintely believe in. Oh, and GW is 1 of my fav. places! Great deals, (ie: my black shiny flats I got tonight $2, and, last week, my daughter's heart rainboots $3) Can't go wrong! I agree wholeheartedly about the flats, according to one of my friends, I have a 'problem.' You can't have too many, they work so well with a great pair of jeans!
Lauren you should be a model. For real. I like that you take such joy in little things because it is refreshing and real. Who isn't thrilled when they get a new dress? I sure am. I just dont come off as photographic, so I enjoy this post showing off your stuff!
My show and tell would be the snow we have gotten this week. It's not much, but I live in Tennessee, so to us it was like a blizzard. Pic if you like: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2269195&id=38402878&saved#/photo.php?pid=38427901&id=38402878
Geez. I have to go to goodwill... haven't been thrifting since the summer. daaaang girrrrl, you have some good taste. :)
Can you please come to my house and dress me everyday?
I bought a dress like that at DI once. It was only 5 bucks. I wear it almost once a week. I love it that much.
cute cute cute! You are so good at finding cute thrifty things!
Do you dress like this every day because I look like crap compared to this.
up..I love your outfits, especially that dress. Please do a "How to thrift" post..cause I want to but don't know where to start!
*I just have to know is D.I. one of your sources? I've been here a few times in UT and have come up empty handed.
Love it!
Love IT!!
LOVE IT!!!
Emily - I try to dress my best each day, and you always look pretty!
Shannon - I am not a big DI shopper, but I hear they have some good stuff!
I am great at vintage things thrifting, but no good at clothes-thrifting. I wish you lived in my same city so you could show me how it's done. Cause you, my friend, are like the Empress of Clothes-Thrifting, hereby shortened to ECT. You could add it to your name like a doctorate or CPA. "Lauren BusyBee, ECT"
um want want want that dress.
Dear Lauren-
You're Gorgeous. I adore your sense of style. I wish that I were more daring, like you.
Love, Alicia
I really have nothing to show and tell. Um...maybe the pictures that I took of my gorgeous friend last week? A few are on my blog :)
Um- you are BEAUTIFUL, and these clothes just emphasize that. You look GREAT! :D
holy crap. i cannot even get over how cute and darling you are. SERIOUSLY. like, w.o.w! you are a knockout! i'm glad you don't do the whole frumpy wife thing. I don't intend on doing that either! love your outfits and the lindsey headband!
i love them all. they are so much fun!
SO gorgeous.
and the headbands look so chic!
love it!
AS girl after my own heart! I am getting some purple boots!
Great photos!!!!
Lauren, these outfits are amazing! I absolute adore that capelet! I can't believe you get all of these finds thrifting! Your headbands are fabulous with your finds!!
I love them all! I am also a firm believer in the Vans slipons. My navy ones are my best friends. My Goodwill is jealous of your Goodwill. I must find a better one. And those purple boots...I think I'm in love.
Please be my personal shopper! LOL I LOVE your style... awesomespice :) P.S. ... that has to be the most amazing word you've ever come up with!
I love your adventurous style. I also love the purple flats...like a lot. I need them. I also really really love the chandiler (sp?) print in your pictures. I want that too.
Very creative you are! (channeling my inner Yoda I guess!) Seriously great finds! It would be fun to have your readers guess how much all of your thrifting ventures cost! Real store value versus what you actually paid.
I love your taste in clothes and especially shoes (I have a shoe addiction)!! I really think I'm going to have to go back and buy those red plaid ones (if they are still there). And I'm pretty sure I have those black boots of yours (they look pretty similar and I love them obviously). You are a shopping goddess, and like the other comments, can I go shopping with you?? :)
So I'm sitting here editing pictures of my next post--which is all about how I'm a flat whOOr. And by "flat," I mean shoes. Not the in the chest region.
Ahem.
Anyway...
I LOVE your pink bejeweled ones. I have pink sequined ones.
We win.
And I love your fashion.
And I love you.
And that is all.
xoxo
p.s. Did you take a print of a chandelier outside & post next to it? Awesome.
Love it all. You really rock out your style. That's what I love the most!
Hey girl, let me tell you this (I think I've said before) I am a faithful reader, - when I can, for the work, of course - from lauren's bite.
I hope you continue having success in the projects you start.
best wishes for a new year. hope will be full of blessings.
Take care kei? xoxo.
Oooohhhh--I love show and tell! And your capelet, lace dress, and purple boots are TO. DIE. FOR.
Love you, love the clothes, love the headbands. Kthanksbye.
Love the lace dress with the purple boots!! H.O.T. :)
ooooo, I Likey! Show and tell= awesome!
the purple boots.... so fabulous! and the caplet...it is so 40's, I am in Love!
Do more show and tellls Pa-lease.
Does ted take the photos? or do you use the self timer?
you are too cute! and i love your fun outfits! for real!
i really love the military jacket, you must tell me where you got it!
(so in our new ward, in idaho, we announced where we are from and afterward a lady came up and asked if i knew you. {she said she remembers my name being on you blog} she proceeded to tell me how much she loves you. random though, huh?)
CUTE! I love finding random treasures for cheap! I should head down to our Goodwill sometime and look around.
Love the military jacket! I've also been on the lookout for the perfect one for a while. Of course it won't look as cute on me as it does you because of my prego-niss!
I get Christmas monies, too, and six weeks later I also get birthday monies. We are on the same level of birthday awesome. Only I don't know what to spend my money on because I'm lame that way.
Omg I WANT that capelet! It was the cutest thing I've ever seen! I wish I was as good as you at thrifting..
some eternal truths i chanced upon while reading:
no other outfit in the world is as lovely as the capelet and the black dress.
you are a genius.
the end.
You look absolutely marvelous! I'm in awe of the $4 dress!
I swear you are some kind of magic, I could never pull off any of those beautiful pieces. You just have style my friend. So cute. :)
Have I mentioned lately how jealous I am of your fashion sense? Seriously. Take me shopping and school me in the ways of thrifting!
Hi. I want your shoes. k thanks.
*sigh* You are so beautiful, you make any outfit pop. And seriously girl, your love for life just jumps off the page. LOVE the headbands on you, I wish I could rock one, but with my frizzy wild hair, the poor thing would get lost!
DEFinitely love your outfit :)
and i have those plaid shoes, too. i think i wear them too much- like, all the time.
your craftsmanship on your head bands and everything are just off the hizzle. i haven't commented in awhile, so I'll just say the blog looks very nice-love the navbar. and good for you for taking your talents to the next awesome level lauren. :)
Holy toledo! That Blair Waldorf top and those purple boots...... I'm swooning. Can you say Score? I congratulate you on those finds! Really!
LOVE the purple bejeweled flats!!
I love thrift stores. I got an ankle length cashmere skirt recently, I made it into some leggings. So comfy and warm.
You are adorable! I love your style.
I would show & tell the fabulous yellow flowered dress I got at Target and wore to my first day of work today, but I am too lazy/tired to go upstairs and get my camera...
My favorites are the capelet (CUTEST THING EVER) and the dress is sooooooooocute.
The headbands are so PRETTY, Lauren!
oooo i loove your capelet & millitary jacket! so so cute.
capelet and the black lace = fav! i just love your style.
so gorgeous, you have amazing style. I LOVE the dress in the second pic!
Oh wow! The military jacket and the capelet are my absolute favs. You rock in them
well.. i am in desperate need of your style & good looks. i am totally jellin'.
Ah I love all of your clothes! so cute!
I have so much love for this post. Vans, love them. Flats, lived in them since grade 5 when I was taller then all the boys around for a good 5 years or so.. still love them. I am in love with the 4 dollar dress as well as Blair Waldorf. I can't wait for gossip girl to start up even if it is absolutely scandalous. I loves it.
I wish I had the motivation you have! I'm lucky if I can throw together an outfit without looking like a COMPLETE fool. Please teach me, Empress of Clothes-Thrifting.
I love your fashion. I could never even put an outfit like that together in a million years. I am a jeans, sweats and t-shirt mother of four. So I am very very impressed with adorable you.
You are adorable!
Your sense of fashion is so adorable! You seriously look amazing in all the outfits. How do you do it? You are so cute!
aaah! i looove your pretty caplet. i want one so bad but haven't found the "right" one. ya know what i mean? and love your purple boots. purple is my new fave color. i just bought some purple nail polish at sephora on saturday.
I really like the first dress.
Can you please buy my clothes for me? thanks.
That is one of the prettiest green dresses I have ever seen. Hummm, yes, I know what I am talking about... I've been searching for the perfect green dress for about two years! And that capelet really is very Blair-ish. Yes, Blair just popped in my mind when I saw the first picture. And that black lace dress is so pretty too! I have been loving it in so many of your pictures!
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