First!

Yes I know, the picture says summer '09, and I'm posting this during the winter of '10! But I started this whole thing back in the spring of '09, and since I'm changing everything over to a new blog, I thought I'd start at the beginning. Well maybe not the exact beginning, but the beginning of my documentation of this whole change.

What change? Many changes, but mostly wardrobe change. Before last summer I pretty much wore the staple of capri jeans and tank top. That was it, for the most part. A skirt here and there, maybe a dress once or twice a season. In the winter it was jeans and a hoodie. Nothing exciting, nothing girly. But then I discovered the joys of shopping for clothes second hand, and my life kind of changed. I've started dressing like a girl again, and from the period of May 2009 until probably October, I could count the number of times I wore pants/capris on one hand. It was all skirts/dresses, all the time!

I have since incorporated jeans and pants back into my wardrobe (mostly due to the cold weather of a Canadian winter, though it was not as bad a winter as seasons past, hooray global warming) and am starting to wear makeup and collect purses. I have also discovered that I have an affinity for jewelry. I am now a proper lady. Who would have thought?

So to sum things up, in this blog I have decided that I will document my purchases from thrift stores. I'll probably write about other things as well (like my writing, my crafts, my bird, and my summers spent supporting Toronto FC) but I don't want to make too many promises.

I tried to do this last year and failed, so this year I am keeping it simple.

And so, with this bottle of wine I am currently in the midst of consuming, I hereby christen this blog! May it be exactly what I need it to be.