Back in Black...

...And cream—well, and a few golds. 

Anyways, the point is, I'm back to bloggin' yo!

My last post was April 2013 and even then my blogging wasn't as consistent as it should have been. 

So, as one of the bullets on my list of New Year's resolutions, I will be bringing my thrifty ensembles to the web at least twice a week. 

I just barely caught the sun to get some photos for my first 2014 post today. My 16 year old brother (who took many of my previous blog photos) and his friend (with his new T3i in hand) snapped these photos for me today. I'd say they did a rad job!

~Outfit details at the end of post~

 Hat: H&M

Beaded Vintage Bolero: Thrift Store ($10)

Crop Top: Brandy Melville in Rome this Summer

Vintage Skirt: Garage Sale ($2)
Vintage Handbag: Garage Sale ($1.50)

Shoes: Zara Sale ($60)

Yesterday's Thrift

My thrifted outfit I wore yesterday:

Forever 21 dress: Savers for $12

Vintage clutch: Garage Sale for $1

Vintage shoes: Local Thrift Store for $3

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.

Ti Amo

As promised, here's my festive little Valentine's ensemble from today. My brother was going to take my photos but he'd rather eat sushi with his friends (weird, right?) and before I knew it, the daylight was too dim for photo taking. So I opted for this "self portrait" for lack of better words. I posted it on my Instagram as well. If you aren't following me already, go check out my insta at @karinastanton.

I'm wearing: a floral silk pajama shirt from savers thrift store, a striped shirt on sale from urban outfitters, a skirt just bought with my employee discount from urban outfitters, and a vintage necklace and cashmere jacket given to me by my grandma.