8.24.2018

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.




 
       

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2 comments:

  1. Rebecca9/27/2018 8:45 AM

    You've made my daughter very happy.

    And that is amazing garlic! Wow! I know you said you rotate the garlic every year or so...but how do you do that without interfering with the tractor tilling? Trying to figure out how to do garlic well...consistently!

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  2. Abigail10/05/2018 12:10 PM

    We DON'T rotate garlic! I've probably told you, guiltily, that we should. :) I've moved it from the upper garden to the lower garden in the last five years, but that's it. Waiting for eventual ruination because it's in the same yearly plot.

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