Thrifted

The Day We Become Grown-ups Because IT’S DISHWASHER DAY

- Melody

lace top: Liz Claiborne via Goodwill, belt: thrifted, skirt: Old Navy, shoes: Cole Haan via Goodwill

I remember when I bought this skirt. I thought it wouldn’t fit, but I bought it anyway because I never try on clothes in the store. That’s dumb, right? Anyway, when I found it in my closet and put it on and it fit, it became one of my favorite skirts.

So here’s some news. Jason bought this really fancy recording microphone so he could start streaming himself playing Minecraft. (It’s this computer game that you build stuff on…? Don’t ask me. I don’t play it.) He got the mic in today, hooked it up to his computer, started streaming, AND already has 8 subscribers. That’s crazy, right!? It’s like insta-blogging.

Today is a glorious day. Jason and I are going to buy a dishwasher. The one we have is probably from the early 1800s and smells like fire when we use it. So it’ll be nice to actually wash dishes from a week ago. Also because all we have are spoons left. And mama can’t cut her chicken with a spoon.

When You Leave Your Phone at Home

- Melody


cardi: Pacsun, shirt: Passion, jeans: Target, oxfords: thrifted

We drove literally a minute away to take these pictures. I saw a fire truck drive by and asked Jason where the fire station was. He pointed the opposite way of our house. So when we got done shooting I thought it would be a fun idea to drive down that way since I’d never been down 5 minutes past our house in the other direction. I didn’t bring my purse, phone, or wallet with me. Neither did Jason. We drove and drove and ten minutes later ended up in another town with a Whataburger, a Jaimes Rancheros Mexican restaurant, and a few old stores. We decided to check out the tiny restaurant. Without a stitch of technology on us, I felt naked. Like at any moment, just because we didn’t have our phones, something would go horribly wrong. Isn’t that sad? We ended up having such a great time and I didn’t miss my phone once. 🙂

And now I’m going to take a nap.

How was your week? Happy Weekend! Weee!

They Do Exist!

- Melody


blouse: thrifted, jeans: AE, wedges: GoJane, necklaces: F21 & Target, glasses: thrifted

This was the first day Jason and I actually drove somewhere to take pictures. I had originally planned to go to this awning with old pews and picnic tables under it because it was super sunny, but on our way there I spotted this great door. Then looking around more I found a bright red garage door, old church doors, even older doors, brick walls, walls with strange numbers on them, feed signs… I had no idea Laneville had so much to offer this little blog. Thank you Laneville. Oh, and Jesus? Could we stay here forever? Just make them give us a Starbucks.

What Happens When You Have No Water

- Melody


beanie: J’s-Target, shirt: F21, necklace: F21, jeans: Target, sandals: F21, glasses: thrifted

So, we had no running water all weekend. Walking through the yard Wednesday Jason found a squishy wet part. I thought he was crazy because it had just rained buckets the day before, but he insisted on “digging it up” and “checking it out.” So what did I find when I drove home Thursday afternoon? A Jason butt pointing up at me out of a giant hole. I stopped in the driveway so he could come explain to me just what in the world was going on. He borrowed a shovel from the school and dug away to find a water pipe with a steady dripping leak. I guess he was right after all. So he cut that piece out on Friday, (thus turning off our water) took it to Lowe’s, and came back with nothing. Because crazy Lowe’s only sells that pipe by the roll-100 feet! We only needed 6 inches.

So Jason called our plumber neighbor to see if he had a pipe. He did. He would bring it over Saturday morning. Jason was up early to wait for the neighbor. We had to leave at 11:30 so he called the neighbor when he didn’t show up before then to gently remind him and to say he could leave it on the porch. When we got back home at 1 AM there was still no pipe. At this point we hadn’t had water since early Friday afternoon. Jason had played basketball TWICE and had no shower. I had showered Thursday night. No washing hands, no cooking, no drinking water… nothing. Fortunately I found a water bottle to wash my face with. That’s fun.

Sunday morning Jason made the decision to go back to Lowe’s and buy the whole 100 ft. roll of pipe because obviously the neighbor wasn’t going to bring it and we sure as heck weren’t going to hire him to fix it. So $30 and 99.5ft of leftover pipe later, we have water. And we are clean. And you can speak to us again. And we are humbled and grateful for water. (You should be too.)

And then I was sick Monday. Which looked a little like this:

And this:

How was your weekend? Water filled I hope.

There is a Man Flying in the Sky on a Go-cart

- Melody

blouse: thrifted, skirt: Old Navy, sandals: F21, bracelet: InPink

In the middle of taking pictures this parachute came OUT OF NOWHERE. I frantically pointed at the sky for Jason to look while he just ignored me and then said, “Oh, yeah. I saw that earlier.” Oh. Old news I guess.

Then parachute man flew into the sun and we never saw him again.

Grattis på födelsedagen!

- Melody

No, your computer didn’t malfunction. That’s ‘Happy Birthday!’ in Swedish. Why Swedish? Well, I just finished reading Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Is it sad that it took me almost a full chapter to realize it was set in Sweden and not some weird America? And the happy birthday? Well yesterday was sweet Jason’s 27th birthday! A post is coming up about his day later this week. So while I’m trying to get my head back on straight after our incredible beach vacay, how about the coolest thrifted blouse ever?

blouse: thrifted, jeans: Target via Goodwill (brand new-$5!!), boots: thrifted

Oh yeah, and I got all my hair chopped off! I think I lost 5 pounds when I did. It looked like someone ate my hair then threw it up all over the floor. That’s how much hair there was. I can turn my head without it getting yanked or stuck under my armpit! I can brush through it in less than 10 minutes! I can curl it! I have HEALTHY BANGS THAT I DIDN’T CUT MYSELF! Thank you, sweet sweet hair savior, Kelso/Michael.

Yes, we had an amazing time on our vacay thank you for asking! Believe me, there will be some picture heavy posts coming up once I melt back into reality this week. We hit the motherload on thrifting down there in ye olde gator state. They have 1/2 off Mondays! GET IT TOGETHER, TEXAS.

In other thrifting news, did you guys know that Tyler is getting a Plato’s Closet!? I almost had a panic attack when I saw that. EEEEEP!

PS. How humongo does my ring look up there? The waitress at dinner last night said, “Is that your wedding ring!? Awwwright!” 🙂

PPS. If you try to comment but get some kind of error let me know asap! My mom and I were having trouble commenting but as far as I can tell it’s back to normal now. I’m trying to get this weird error fixed so if you can’t comment you can email me or (surprise!) like me on Facebook and comment there. 🙂