The time I bought a size 16 dress

My University is dangerously close to a street lined with thrift stores.  Dangerous I say well because..I have no self-control when it comes to thrift stores.  I'm a bit of an over-enthustiastic DIYer and think everything and anything can be made over into something glam. 

Not so much, at least not for me anyways. 

 I just don't have that special *touch*.

After class last week I stopped by one of these thrift stores looking for a long pleated skirt to DIY.  No luck.  But I did keep stumbling over denim dresses.  Seriously who wears long denim dresses?

Then it hit me.

Didn't I spot a denim dress in the BCBG section last week?

Yep!  Granted, it wasn't a long denim dress, but I had high hopes for these here dresses at this here thrift store.

Glorious!

So I bought one and figured if all else fails, the only thing I've lost is my pride  a few bucks.

Here is the before:

 (I wish I had taken a picture of me in it before.  It was literally 10 sizes too big!)

All I did was take it in a few inches on each side and hem it just a tad.  Total time from start to finish?  Less than 1 hour.

(Insert creepy proud smile here)

I can't wait for warmer weather so I can prance around in this beauty! 

Sidenote:  The scarf+ sunglasses has always been an obsession of mine.  

Owning a red convertible and driving around with the top down and my scarf + glasses is on my bucket list.