Pretty Lunatic

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Flower Child

I've always been attracted to colorful, floral prints. I bet I'd have a room full of clothes if I were born in the 60's. For sure I'd make a pretty stylish hippie minus the weed. Heeh. Anyhow, I found this lovely floral dress in one of the thrift stores I frequent a few weeks back. The girls at work went crazy over this piece because it looked good as new. I love how the print seemed to be hand painted with water color on the cloth. How much? Php. 55.00 (approximately $1.10). Ain't this a great steal or what?!

There's just so much pretty stuff that I find for less. People at work are always in great disbelief after I tell them how much I get my ukay clothes for. And I have to admit that going thru a ton of old clothes and searching for the right piece could be very de-stressing. Some of my friends even ask me to shop for them. All the compliments I get for my cheap clothes got me thinking of creating an online thrift shop as well. I see that there is a big market for vintage and second hand clothes. I have yet to see if things would be feasible for me though. I still need to figure out how to stretch that remaining time I have for my family and myself since the bigger portion of my time is being eaten away by work.

I've voiced my plan out and a lot of people had volunteered to help. I just don't know if I would have enough time to maintain and supervise everything. I do need the extra income though. You can never have enough mad money, you know?

Labels: dress, thrift shopping, ukay ukay

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4 Comments:

Charles Bjørnsen Ravndal: It's a great steal! And you look awesome on it btw!; August 24, 2009 6:24 AM
r u s s: Lucky girl! It's so pretty! You sure do know where to shop. That's a really good deal you got there.

I like vintage stuff too but I really don't know where to look for them. The only place I know that sells nice vintage items, is Baul in Saguijo. I have not been there for a while and I have no idea if Baul is still there.; August 24, 2009 2:50 PM
Joeish: Pretty!!! Can you shop for me na rin? Hehe.; August 25, 2009 8:59 PM
Kaitlin: @ Charles: Thanks. It's a good deal for cheapos like me. :p

@ Russ: Oh, I haven't been to Baul. Thanks for suggesting that. I know where Saguijo is... That's something I'll look forward to visiting soon. :)

@ Joey: Hehe. Tara!; August 29, 2009 11:32 AM


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Sunday, August 23, 2009 Flower Child I've always been attracted to colorful, floral prints. I bet I'd have a room full of clothes if I were born in the 60's. For sure I'd make a pretty stylish hippie minus the weed. Heeh. Anyhow, I found this lovely floral dress in one of the thrift stores I frequent a few weeks back. The girls at work went crazy over this piece because it looked good as new. I love how the print seemed to be hand painted with water color on the cloth. How much? Php. 55.00 (approximately $1.10). Ain't this a great steal or what?! There's just so much pretty stuff that I find for less. People at work are always in great disbelief after I tell them how much I get my ukay clothes for. And I have to admit that going thru a ton of old clothes and searching for the right piece could be very de-stressing. Some of my friends even ask me to shop for them. All the compliments I get for my cheap clothes got me thinking of creating an online thrift shop as well. I see that there is a big market for vintage and second hand clothes. I have yet to see if things would be feasible for me though. I still need to figure out how to stretch that remaining time I have for my family and myself since the bigger portion of my time is being eaten away by work. I've voiced my plan out and a lot of people had volunteered to help. I just don't know if I would have enough time to maintain and supervise everything. I do need the extra income though. You can never have enough mad money, you know? Labels: dress, thrift shopping, ukay ukay Kaitlin posted at 4:08 PM Links to this post: <\$BlogBacklinkControl\$> <\$BlogBacklinkTitle\$> <\$BlogBacklinkDeleteIcon\$> <\$BlogBacklinkSnippet\$> posted by <\$BlogBacklinkAuthor\$> \@ <\$BlogBacklinkDateTime\$> <\$BlogItemBacklinkCreate\$> 4 Comments: Charles Bjørnsen Ravndal It's a great steal! And you look awesome on it btw! August 24, 2009 6:24 AM r u s s Lucky girl! It's so pretty! You sure do know where to shop. That's a really good deal you got there. I like vintage stuff too but I really don't know where to look for them. The only place I know that sells nice vintage items, is Baul in Saguijo. I have not been there for a while and I have no idea if Baul is still there. August 24, 2009 2:50 PM Joeish Pretty!!! Can you shop for me na rin? Hehe. August 25, 2009 8:59 PM Kaitlin @ Charles: Thanks. It's a good deal for cheapos like me. :p @ Russ: Oh, I haven't been to Baul. Thanks for suggesting that. I know where Saguijo is... That's something I'll look forward to visiting soon. :) @ Joey: Hehe. Tara! August 29, 2009 11:32 AM Post a Comment << Home	Insane! lu.na.tic ('lu-na-"tik) adjective 1 a : affected with lunacy : INSANE b : designed for the care of insane persons (lunatic asylum) 2 : wildly foolish (a lunatic idea) ~ Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae ~ Voices In My Head Ticket To Ride Lady Gaga Live in Manila Almost Home Goodbye and Thank You To A Tee 'Til Chill Time Weekend Wreck Pretty Lunatic Has Moved Unsent Boot Camp The Psycho Ward Jessica Rules The Universe 3 Shots Of Espresso Bryanboy: Le Superstar Fabuleux The Girl In the Glasses Alaism Fruityoaty Discombobulation Frequent Flyer Diaries Queer Chef Laurganism The Tattooed Mama Clever Girl Goes Blog Touched by An Angel Case Files Delicious Design Studio Roxy Hot Topic Amazon.com David and Goliath Etsy Artbeads.com Avalon.ph Deviant Art This work is licensed under a Creative Commons 2.5 License.