Frugal Fancy-Pants: July: Double Feature

Well, that didn't take long, in blog-time, at least. The real-time space between these posts is a couple of months, but you-- lucky you!-- get to skip right to the present. After many sleepless nights, I decided that the compromise to the Frugal Fancy-pants dilemma is to showcase two fancy-pants outfits at a time-- one a bonafide frugal outfit that I have purchased by my very own self for pennies and the other a sham frugal outfit that has been handed down to me.

Without further ado, here's another FFP, whose motto should be, "Until you're sick to death of them...and after!"


Exhibit A:

Wear this outfit to run errands all day long. Blah. Errands.

Dress: rummage sale, about a dime
Sandals: rummage sale, about a dime
Total cost of outfit: about 20 cents.







Optional accessories:
Glasses: EXPENSIVE, but they help you not crash into things when you're driving.
Leather wrap bracelet: hand-me-down
Circle earrings: gift
Pockets in your dress: To store your glasses! Free with the dress.
A good laugh: for this one, you need a Mildred-daughter making fun of you while she snaps pictures.






Exhibit B:


Wear this classy outfit while you mow the lawn, weed the garden, and harvest your garlic.

Clogs: SO OLD. These have more lives than a cat. Hand-me-downs.

Running shorts: Rummage sale, about a nickel

Tank top: Hand-me-down

Total cost of outfit: about a nickel

Optional accessories: 

A wheelbarrow: free

An impressive mound of garlic: free except for labor

A garlic bouquet: cost- one's pride

Side-by-side comparison:
(Oops. Forgot to have a prop to mirror the poses, hence, I'm leaning on air like a big ol' dork.)



           

Exhibit A (2)

Wear this outfit to church as soon as you're able to squeeze into it without breaking the zipper.

Dress: hand-me-down (thanks, Sarah!)
White pettiskirt: borrowed from Millie (a gift from Grandma O.)
Nude heels: thrift store, can't remember the cost, but they were more expensive than I wanted, so they were probably around $10.
Total cost of outfit: $10

Optional accessories:
elephant bracelet: borrowed from Annika
Glass teardrop earrings: a gift from Pip; rummage sale, ten cents
An umbrella: because you don't want to lean on air again for the side-by-side comparison, but then realize too late you look even dorkier with an umbrella.