tiffany | the Year of Living Fabulously

It’s Time For…FIND OF THE WEEK!

Another great week for thrifting. I ran out in the rain for a run to my fav Goodwill this afternoon, and what did I find? A FABULOUS Tiffany and Co. Silver Necklace! I paid $50 for it, a serious bargain. I’ll be honest, I already have a nice silver Tiffany & Co. necklace, so I’ll be selling this one on Ebay to help pay for the other goodies I find for my closet* (actually no I won’t, see the Follow Up below)

And…2 adorable pairs of near new Hype wedges, $11.99 for the leather with red bits ones and $6.40 for the green ones.

So go thrifting and find your treasures! What did YOU find out there this week? Please share your finds in the comments section.

FOLLOW UP: OK, it turns out the Tiffany necklace was a fake reproduction. Sigh. Yes, even yours truly can be fooled! It IS solid silver, but not Tiffany. Ebay has great guides to identify fakes and repros, the one for Tiffany is here:
http://www.ebay.com/gds/how-to-spot-fake-tiffany-jewelry/10000000001241859/g.html Thankfully I bought it at Goodwill so I can return it. Lesson learned! Now I know how to tell fake Tiffany jewelry.

I can’t remember the last time I paid retail…I am obsessed with “the Deal”. There is absolutely no reason you have to spend a ton to look good. In upcoming posts I’ll share all my little cheap-ass spending secrets with you, and I will honestly say where I get it and how much it cost. Here’s a couple brief examples:

Just running out to do errands? No excuse to look shlumpy. (whenever a see a lovely lady in faded jeans, dirty tennis shoes and a grubby tee-shirt I want to grab her by the shoulders and scream “You deserve to look better than this!”) It only takes a minute for a quick, put-together yet comfy look. Here’s one of my fast & fabulous errand-runner looks, and what it cost me…

This is what I wore last Friday night out gallery-hopping. A fun, comfortable yet fashionable look. Here I am shopping at the Mona Lucero Boutique, a great local fashion designer. (I don’t remember what she said, but it must have been funny…)