Yesterday I went to Hobby Lobby and bought some fabric to sew a skirt. I've had the concept in my brain for a while, it just took me a while to finally get around to sewing it! I had made a skirt earlier using a different concept that I had read about on another blog (I can't remember the address, or I'd post it here), but I didn't like the results, so at about 12am I decided to attempt my own version. It was relatively simple, and took me around 2 1/2 hours, which isn't bad considering that it's my first time REALLY sewing something without a pattern or anything. Here's the finished product:
It fits me very well and is quite flattering! I was so happy when I finished it. I'm thinking about offering to make skirts like this for people I know if they provide me with 2 yards of their fabric of choice and $10. It'd be a great way to make some spare change, considering how my mom won't let me get a job.
I also decided to stop at my local thrift store and pick up a few things. I got these:
(a baseball shirt for a local kiddie team. It's so kitschy, I just love it)
(I figured this would look good with some waist-high shorts. Now to get the shorts.....)
(This looks really really good tucked into the skirt that I made. They both have a rose motif, so it flows nicely)
I also bought a pair of high-wasit khaki pants that I'm in the process of turning into shorts. It's a slow going process though, because I had to make the waistband a bit smaller and make new pleats, as well as fix some problems with the cuffing. I'm hoping that I'll be done within the next week. If not, I'll just go back to the thrift store and buy a better fitting pair of khaki pants that will make things easier. It'll only cost me $.50 anyways.
I also went to Claire's today and bought two different eyeshadow palletes, which cost me a grand total of $9.46
(The colors are really vibrant, and there are only a few which would be need to put on a base to be bright. They also don't crease easily, which is nice)
That's the last time I will ever go to Claire's, however. I was wrongly accused of shoplifting, and the store clerk was very rude to me. If she had simply said "Excuse me, may I check your bag?" I would have been fine, but this is how the situation played out:
I am a very indecisive person, so I picked up several items and walked around before putting each of them back. When I finally decided on the two eyeshadow palletes, I checked out and left the store. As I walked out of the door, the store clerk came after me and said with an extreme attitude, "Do you want to put back that pearl necklace that you put in your bag earlier?"
I was extremely offended immediately because of her approach, and I replied "I don't know what you're talking about, I didn't take anything from your store"
HER: (still, with the attitude!) "I have proof, I can show you on the video, do you want me to check?"
ME: "Well you can check whatever you want, I didn't steal anything"
HER: "Well what did you do with the necklace then?"
ME: "I put it back. I can show you exactly where I put it down." I then went in the store and proceeded to show her the rack where I put the necklace back. I attempted to exit the store again, when she once again confronted me.
HER: "Well what about all the hair clips you had in your hand earlier? You want to show me where you're hiding those too?" At this point I am really offended.
ME: "You can search my bag, and you can search me, but you won't find anything from your store except for the things I bought and have a receipt for. I'm really offended by this whole situation, and I don't like being wrongfully accused of anything." I then left, and went to the game store, where I called my mother and told her the whole situation. I've never been so livid in my life. I wish I had really given that woman a piece of my mind, but it's better to be slow to anger and slow to speak, than to regret something.
My mother ended up going back in the store and having a "friendly" chat with the woman, which ended up with us getting a 20% discount coupon, which I doubt I'll ever use because I don't want to go back into that store ever again. Since when is it okay to be so rude to a person? It would have been fine if she had asked nicely "May I please check your bag." I would have been fine, and offered her my bag, and left. That's what Hollister did when the alarm went off because the left a security tag on one of my shirts. I wouldn't have been offended, because the woman would have just been doing her job and checking out "suspicious" activity. The fact that she was so rude about it is what gets me.
But whatever, I'm sure I'll be able to laugh about this whole situation tomorrow.
Bonne Nuit, readers!
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The outfit and makeup I wore for Casey's birthday. Turtlenecks are something I really see as an indepsensable wardrobe staple. It's that item you can just throw on paired with dark wash jeans and manage to look chic in a snap. I also love mine for the versatility, whether worn with the aforementioned jeans, or with a skirt, or underneath a white blazer, it always looks great. 
