Snow Gypsy

 ^mid-sentence mouthage

YoOoo everyone! 

I just got home from a nice getaway weekend in Utah. Although the fresh mountain air was lovely, my desert-rat self is happy to back in 80 degree Nevada weather.

As mentioned a few posts ago, i'm now working at Anthropologie, which is more like a source of an expense than an income for me as I've been making use of that employee discount quite a bit lately. This dress is one I bought with my discount at the Fashion Show Mall's Free People last friday. It is sooo lovely and butter-soft. Definitely a must-have dress for this spring/summer. 

The coat i'm wearing is a Roxy one that I bought at a thrift store in Reno last year. It is the perfect thickness and looks so good over everything. You can see me wearing it in the post Nature Walk. 

My mom bought me these fun Betsey Johnson over-the-knee socks a couple christmases ago and the boots are from Target.

Rain in the Desert

 wind...

::Photos by my Brother::
Today's been one of those super awesome rainy days. The rain is just now clearing up but for us desert rats, a rainy morning and afternoon is a rare gem.

I'm wearing a sheer vintage cover up with a dress that I wore to my sister's 16th Birthday (who is now 21), rain boots from Target, and some grooovy shades from a thrift store.

Back in Black

 Today was a nice, yet unusually rainy day here in Nevada. The streets were covered in puddles and the drainage ditches were rushing with water. With these circumstances at hand, I decided to break in my new boots I recently purchased at Target for $35 minus the $25 gift card I used...what can I say, I'm a thrifty lady. The shirt was also a recent purchase from Nordstrom Rack for $25 which I bought specifically to wear with these faux leather vintage-ish pants I bought at a thrift store in Reno for $10. The vintage necklace is one my grandma gave me and the watch, which needs new batteries, I bought at Savers a couple years ago.

Charcoal

Today has been a bit chillier compared to the last few days but I took advantage of it, went on a run, and now I'm wearing a 3/4 length sleeve that I wont be wearing during any of these upcoming 100 degree summer days... sheesh.

My thrifty-ness isn't just about shopping at thrift stores... it's about, well, being thrifty and shopping sales or holding on to items I love, for example. <-- this is just something to keep in mind while scrolling on through my blog. xo 

The shirt is from an Urban Outfitters sale a year or two ago, I believe I paid $10, the shorts are vintage Lucky Brand that I got at a thrift store about 4 or 5 years ago... damn. The super long zipper even reads "Lucky You". The shoes I bought at Target is also an item that has stuck with me for a number of years. The beaded vintage handbag is one that I picked up recently at a thrift store for $4. The spike necklace has been blogged about before but incase you're wondering, I bought it at the Gypsy Den.

xx Karina

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch Cherry Bomb

Hello March! 

Sadly, this is my first post in March and it happens to be coming to an end. 

Again, you all might be tired of this excuse but... I have been a busy lady.

I'm on my spring break right now and was hoping for some warmer weather but it hasn't been so pleasant so I had to brave the little chill with my shorts today. 

The rest of the week looks to be warming up so I will, fortunately, be able to wear my warm-weather outfits I packed for this week.

Thrifted Luella for Target cherries button up//thrifted vintage (well early 90s) shorts// Free vintage shoes that I discovered in a relative's dusty attic in Wisconsin (also worn in this lovely post)//

fresh start

I woke up quite early this morning for my hair cut but I guess that's what I get for waiting till the last minute to schedule my appointment. Today I've been organizing, cleaning, and getting things ready before I ship off to college. I'm quite the last-minute kinda person which ends up biting me in the ass most of the time.

The dress is from a garage sale.

I've had the shoes for many, many years and bought them at target... it's going to be a sad day with those suckers break.

AND the necklace I bought a couple of years ago at Betsey Johnson.

where the water tastes like wine

This is my outfit of yesterday. It's really quite simple; a Lacoste dress found at a thrift store, Target sandals and purse. 

Don't you love the background of this photo? 

Well I do. I'm in Wisconsin on vacation. I've been coming back here each summer ever since I can remember and have loved every month of it. I love that there's so many old buildings, places and things that haven't been touched in years. Oh yeah, and the thrift stores are AWESOME.

Time to unpack the clothes I brought back here. 

Sorry if the next couple months of outfit posts don't quite compare to my previous ones but it's really hard while packing to project what i'm going to feel like wearing and fit it all into a bag that has to weight less than 40lbs aye aye!

Alley Cat

 "Tell me about it, stud."

What I Wore today consisted of a super cozy striped dress from Target, Vintage heels from a thrift store that wobble when I walk, and a bowler style "Pink Ladies" shirt i've had for at least ten years. 

I remember when my mom was ordering these shirts for my sister, my cousins, and I, we could get them personalized with our names on them and I, being obsessed with the Grease movie at the time, begged my mom to order mine to say 'Sandy' like the character in the movie rather than 'Karina' on the left chest pocket. I now know why my mom tried talking me out of embroidering that on my shirt because I am now stuck with a shirt with a random 'Sandy' embroidery on it.
*glasses from Buffalo Exchange

Sun! Sun! Sun!

Ooo spring has sprung! 

Wow. look at me. The last three posts i've been talking about the weather! 

How cliche of me... Can you blame a girl though? It's so good. 

I picked up these almost vintage? Guess jeans at a garage sale this weekend and realized later today that the shirt matched purrfectly... the flats are h&m.

Adios

Let Your Love Grow

Cardigan- Thrift store
Dress- Issac Mizrahi for target
Hi-top chucks

Yearning for the Month of May

Floral dress- vintage @ thrift store

thermal dress- thrift store

socks- target

shoes- steve madden