Holiday Trinkets On The Cheap

Bring on the Christmas jewelry!

 Costume jewelry is always fun at Christmas time. I picked these up at The Christmas Tree Shops for $1.99 each.

 These trees are free-moving.

It's a new trend for me to wear thumb rings. My mom does it so I thought I'd start too. For the past 1-1/2, I've collected quite a few. This one I got at The Christmas Tree Shops, as well, for $3...

If you don't mind shopping at Walmart (I don't since I have to go there for particular jobs anyway), they have an affordable Holiday collection...

And, if that isn't cheap enough, I snapped these cheapies on clearance...

 Happy Holidays!

Creating Just A Bit Of An Edgy Look

No one has to go all out to create a 'bad girl' or 'tough girl' look. Just a few accent pieces can get the message across...in a playful way. I found this bracelet...

at a store called 'Charming Charlie'. This store is in a mall where I visit some retail customers. The store has been there for some time and I just assumed it was a high-end jewelry store and one much like Pandora. However, I had some time to spend so I took a stroll through the store.

Now I will have just one more store to check out when I go to this mall. I now shop more than I work in the malls. I've been told that I'm lucky. What I am is broke, not lucky!

Nevertheless, I found this bracelet very interesting...

and heavy. It is metal and doesn't bend. I'm banking on it not falling off my small wrist if it should turn sideways. Hopefully, it will create a loud noise to alert me if it does. Thing is, this bracelet was under $10. In fact, a lot of the jewelry at 'Charming Charlie was reasonably priced. The purses that they offered were well-made and at $35 or under, I was very surprised. They also had trendy shoes, some tops and some scarves and hats. Enough to create a serious temptation!

Not only do I like the bracelet, but it went so well with a pair of earrings I picked up at Forever 21 about a week earlier...

The earrings were $3.80. Since I mentioned that one doesn't have to get all spikey and leathery to look tough, these pieces of jewelry only hint at it. Dressing as I normally do and adding these two accessories gives me an edgy look and not like a scary dominatrix.

Studs and spikes are very trendy at the moment. Are you into them?

Body Central: BOGO Free Jewelry Clearance

Forget those 'value' meals. Fast food isn't good for you! But saving some fast bucks is good for the spirit and easy on the wallet too.

Here's what I got today for $.99...

I purchased these at Body Central in a mall. Their website is bodyc.com. They have their clearance jewelry buy one get one free. And all the clearance was .99 cents. Even though the website sells their regular jewelry for $6, it is $3.90 at the store.

I think I can find a buck's worth of change hanging out in my car that can cover this one!

And the fun part is coming up with a look around these pieces.

Have you had a great bargain purchase lately?

OOTD: Hello, Kitty And Braids

I've had long hair almost my entire life. Almost my entire adult life save for the last time when a hair stylist (I use the term loosely) went rouge on me. But, the reason I like my hair long is that I can style it so many different ways.

Last Saturday, I got my hair cut to update my style. I found a new hair stylist and I think he is pretty awesome. This is how it looked after he was finished...

It's still long and I can still do updos. Plus, the different colors all show too.

 Seriously, I liked braids way before the 'Hunger Games'. When I let go of trying to do it perfectly, I got a fairly good French braid.

I did this along with wearing my new Hello, Kitty shirt. I got it at Rue 21 and was pretty happy to find something there that actually fit!

And I found the holographic Hello, Kitty necklace at Claire's. I saw the matching ring and earrings, originally at another store, but that place didn't have the necklace. I kept looking and I did, indeed, find it...

I didn't want to OD on Hello, Kitty (though I wanted to), so I wore these earrings instead...

(My favorite painter, John Waterhouse, in the back, cuz I know you look!)

I got these at Forever 21. And I wore blue denim jeans along with sneakers. This look was very comfortable. And fun too.