In limbo for this long, my it's no fun.
Then our local Vinnies and Salvos recently shut up shop for a couple of weeks and reopened in vastly improved, bigger premises just a few doors away from their original digs.
Days later, I was strolling down the street and spotted a new shop, Pop Up Vintage.
Clearly the planets were aligned and it was time for a jolly good rummage to whet the appetite.
I've been wearing cast offs since I was a kid and I can't recall an occasion when I didn't get excited about wearing someone else's clothes.I learned to sew at a young age and was sewing most of my own clothes by 16 then once I started working I loved treating myself to new gear.
But I always returned to second hand clothes and to this day, I get more of a thrill from finding something odd, used and inexpensive than prancing about in clothes from over-priced, pretentious boutiques.
During the 90s, I wouldn't have been seen dead in saggy floral frocks like this, even when they were popular here in Brisbane. It was strictly black all the way for me back then, which I still love, although these days my black outfits are usually highly decorated.
But ever since I grabbed this fine cotton frock from Pop Up Vintage for $12, I've worn it nearly everyday.
Just goes to show it's never too late to change your mind about style.
Cotton frock - Pop Up vintage shop1960s beauty case, Demonia shoes, jewelry and 1940s fur cape - op shops and marketsTights - Sock Dreams 
The black sequin 80s top was a closing-time $10 bargain from Camberwell Market in Melbourne during our recent adventures and I found the cotton stretch skirt at the Red Cross shop.When I took it to the counter I was told if I bought two items I'd get the third for free, so I found two more skirts and paid just $10 for the three.Bargain-ous!I haven't worn tube-style skirts since my Madonna days in the 80s, so I'm cracking open yet another time capsule. 
1980s sequinned top - Camberwell Markets, Melbourne1950s leopard-print beret and 1970s beaded bag - Nelly of Vintage WishesFishnet top - online saleSkirt - Red Cross op shopJewellery - all op-shopped1970s leather boots - second-hand from local boot makers
I've unpicked part of the waistband of this fab 80s taffeta skirt as it's too small.I can't wait to finish it as I love it!It's the second of the three-skirt bargains.
The kilt was the third of the three-skirt bargains.After my recent wardrobe purge, I realised I'm low on skirts and a Scottish kilt for three bucks?Yes please.
This is my favorite t-shirt in the world. I have no idea what will happen when Miss Camel Toe goes to t-shirt hell, but it's not worth sweating over. She only cost me a few bucks, so it's no great financial loss, yet Miss Camel Toe has attitude and understands me.
Green leather jacket - Camberwell Market Black t-shirt - online second hand shop
Bangles, earrings - op shops
Pink tights - Sock Dreams
Shoes - market
FREEKY necklace - custom made by Phussy
I trawl op shops and second hand markets for ideas when I'm in a style funk.What do you do?Baci,Desire xox
