Thrifted Black Dress from a Housing Works Shop

I fell off the blogging sphere there for a bit but now I am back. I have been busy with adding items to my Etsy shops, taking some classes online prior to beginning my work search again soon and just living life.

I have been in need a black dress for a while. The one I had no longer fits due to lifting small weights at the gym! I put off buying one since I haven’t been working more than a couple of days a month with my foot healing. Now it turns out I am in need of one so I had to buy one.

I found this Cache dress at the Housing Works thrift shop in the West Village. It is at 245 West 10^th Street and they were having a January sale. Any purchase from Housing Works goes to help fund their efforts to help those affected by HIV/AIDS and homelessness. So you can shop further down the chain of mass production plus help a good cause at the same time! They have various shops in NYC and Brooklyn.

I found another designer dress I liked more but it needed a repair and it wasn’t as practical. So I went for the more practical dress since it could be more multi-functional. At first, I wasn’t sure about the leathery looking appliques on the dress. I thought perhaps it was too much like a superhero look but I put that caution aside and tried it on. Then I was sold on the dress.

I always like to brighten up a black dress somehow so in this point I used a red silk scarf that has a floral design in the center. If I was going to wear a slightly bold, mod look I have some red plaid stocking I could wear with it. That is what is great about a relatively simple black dress; it is more versatile than a fancier one.

I recently found a group on Facebook for women who are in the process of going gray or who decided to stop coloring their hair. It is called GGG Going Gray Guide. It could be a confidence booster if you are on the fence about stopping dyeing your hair. I for one am very happy with my gray hair. It was a hassle to keep dyeing it and I have eczema so I wasn’t happy about the dyes and any chemicals.

Well, I hope you all are enjoying the New Year thus far. I am in the midst of serious spring cleaning since after spending so much time opening two Etsy shops the last few months I need to do it now. There are numerous things that I need to recycle or donate. It feels good to clear out some old things and make way for the new with being more conscious not to get too many of certain items. T- Shirts for instance. I am letting a lot of them just wear out and not replacing them. I always need some for wearing under wool sweaters so I won’t itch (the wool makes me itch) or just to have to wear when dressing casually. I am however aiming to end up with a small fraction of what I had before.

I hoped you enjoyed this post and I will try not to fall off the blog sphere again any time real soon!