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179: firefly and the fivehead

 Oh, hi.

I was going to show you a picture of myself from the other day. Feeling a little self conscious about it, I asked my honey, "Is this a good picture of me?"

He said, "It's a little forehead-y." 

Now, you should know that I often joke around about having a five-head , as in "Her forehead's so big, she should call that thing a five-head."

So will I be showing you this picture? Um, no. No, I will not. 

But I will show you my cute shoes:

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Canvas ballet flats from Old Navy. Way cheap. Had a ratty looking and uncomfortable ankle strap that I removed.  Salmon-y polka dot shoes. Awesome.

Oh, and speaking of awesome? 

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From Goodwill.

Yeah, I know. It's polyester. But you will see why couldn't resist:

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and a cute tag even:

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I am still haunted by a crazy  polyester shirt that I passed up years ago, and  I didn't want to have any more regrets. 

And this one was too perfect:

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Can you even believe it?
And yes, I will wear these. Open, over a tank top.
I have so many clothes from thrift stores. Oh man, I should document those! 

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Just wanted to let you know:

You know what you can do, if you want?

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Strikeoffs due this week! 

xo 

Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 at 07:03PM by Registered Commentermelissa | Comments5 Comments

Reader Comments (5)

I am stuffing the green eyed monster in my bag as I type .... how do you find such beauties? Why do I only unearth electric orange kaftans with the satorial appeal of a decomposing slug. If you get bored of the blue and orange landscape, we (me and the girls) would like it for the playroom !!!!
April 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commentergillie
Cute shoes! I never think about altering shoes but now I've seen two people do it in the last month.

The thifting finds are fun too. I wish I could find more clothing thrifting.
April 22, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterhannita
Dude, Melissa, we might actually be the same person because I TOTALLY have a fivehead. Mine might be five and a half, actually.

To make matters worse, I also have an itty bitty noggin overall -- like, kid's hats tiny -- so my forehead seems even more out of proportion.
April 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJulie @ Letter9
Great score at Goodwill. The tag is so cute. You know what ? I say to heck with cotton only. I am grabbing whatever floats my boat these days and sewing it into anything. Whatever right? Speaking of being haunted by soemthing you didn't buy- I sometimes have dreams that I am at the best flea market ever and my hands are too full and I can;t grab everything. Ah.
April 23, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBetty
Love Love Love that spool and ruler fabric! Great find.
April 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKB VanHorn

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