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Sunday, 8 February 2009

Value Village Victory

Posted on 19:20 by kumar
We went; we shopped; we conquered.

Today a friend and I shopped VV for a good hour and a half. It was looking grim for a while. Nothing in the jewellery case. Ditto for jeans and dresses. After a troll in the sweaters I knew I was getting desperate; a chunky acrylic bat-wing sweater was actually looking good. I hit a low point in suits, where another acrylic creation of gold and brown had me thinking if I couldn't perhaps stretch the look to Boho....

But we fought the good fight and stuck our shopping ground, my pal finally emerging with a cute suit and picture frame. Still thinking of my short velvet skirt from the day previous (see post below), I didn't have issues with this skirt, $5.99. A thick crepe with white braiding detail, it was obviously a good make (though no tag could be found). I'll wear it tomorrow with black opaque tights, a black turtleneck, my green Simon Chang belt (see Jan 22 post), a bright scarf, and my rock n' roll booties (see Jan 25 post).

We celebrated our victory with beer and nachos after - the perfect end to a Sunday afternoon
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