YouTube Account :) Yay!

Long time, no talk. I always say that I will post more and never do. I suck. Sorry. Butttt - I've made a YouTube account! I plan on uploading every week. I'll be doing random videos from video game reviews, video game let's plays with my friends, makeup tutorials using my Thirtyonewest pigments, thrift hauls, favorites videos, and more. Just a bunch of randomness on one channel. So it'd mean a wholeee lot if you went a subscribed and watched my videos! :D

My channel is : stfulaurenpack

I may post more on here & I may not.. just depends! But I will for sure be posting on YouTube.

Hope you guys have had a good year so far!

Would you like a spot of tea?

I've always liked tea cups. I have also always wanted to have a nice floral china tea set - all matching. But now, I want mix & matched tea cups, pots, and saucers! Here lately, I have been so obsessed with collecting random assortments of tea sets - tea cups, saucers, sugar bowls, etc. I still have yet to find my perfect floral tea pot :( 

I went to Salvation Army the other day and picked up these:

This past week - one of the gifts I got my boyfriend for Valentine's Day was 'The Rum Diaries' on Blu Ray. And in that movie - they had these same blue cups (well, except they were the green ones in the movie) in the film! And I pointed them out to my boyfriend and stated that they were awesome cups. Then 2 days later at a thrift store - I find them. Is that not weird? I got them for $3.99 for 4.

I also got these super adorable Texas Ware Melmac mint green tea cups! I have been longing for a set of these bad boys. I got a set of 5 for only $1.99!!

Plus, I got a few vintage books to read. I've also been reading a lot more lately. Butttttt, that's not what this blog post is about! I tend to get off topic a lot :/ Sorry!

Anywayyy, my mother and I went digging in one of the barns in our backyard today and I found yet some more tea cups! :)

The blue set my mom got a long time ago. She said she got them for the cabin she never had. The metal yellow set was my nanny's. So I gladly accepted both of them. Plus we already have a shit load of Mason Jars - but we found a ton more.

I have also been trying different types of tea. I already know I like green tea. But I got this sampler pack of fruit tea to test out.

Yeah, I tried that Country Peach Passion - it tastes like ass. However, the Raspberry & Black Cherry are very much delicious! I haven't tried the other 2 flavors yet.

I am quite uncertain as to why I want to try all these different weird teas. Perhaps because I don't like coffee and they're so many different types of coffee that people love? I don't know. I'm a rather odd one :P

^^ I also don't know why I typed that small paragraph so proper? Hmm, maybe my love for reading books is helping me with my writing ;)

Do any of you know any other teas I could test out? What's good and what's not?! I've also tried Chai - but I don't really care for it. It's weird. It's not gross or nasty - just odd. Not my cup of tea. Hehe ;) fhsdkfhsjfflfhjsaskl I'm lame, I am aware of this.

Oh, random. But here's a picture of my somewhat lighter hair:

Dark blonde/Light Brown/Slightly Orange? 

To be honest, It's not that different. It's just very light up top. Didn't really do much to my ends lol.

I don't know what I'll do next - maybe go blonder? Maybe not. Who knows!

Until next time sugar plums!

New Thrifted Outfits!

Some of these I orginally got to re-sell in my shop, and some I am going to keep! Here we go:

 This is a superrrr cute outfit! I got this entire outfit at Goodwill! This dress is really a nightie, but looks cute as an oversized dress with an awesome weave belt! I found this uhh-mazing scarf as well! 

Dress:  $.50

Belt: $.75

Scarf: $.30!

Total cost of outfit: $1.55 -- wow!

 These pants are mine - but I love them & wear them all the time! I got them from Target on sale for $4.98! There jeggings - and I am in love with them & never wear actual pants anymore :P Anyway, I got this red blazer at Goodwill - I am going to be re-selling this one because I already have one I got from a yard sale awhile ago. I also got this great rose printed blouse! I am most likely going to be keeping this one for myself. I love it! It's so tacky - which I loooove! :) 

Jeans: $4.98

Blazer: $1.19

Top: $.75

Total cost of outfit: 6.92!

 Here's a close up picture of the blouse.

 Same jeggings & belt! This sweater is actually a guy sweater from Express! My friend and I traded it (it was her boyfriends). And it's kind of slouchy, yet fitted? If that even makes sense! But I got this scarf at Goodwill - it's signed. The brand is Symphony - which I am not too familiar with. Oh wells.

Sweater: Free?

Pants: $4.98

Scarf: $.30

Belt: $.75

Total cost of outfit: $6.03!

 Up close of sweater & scarf ;)

 This is an awesome summer outfit - i'm a little late on picking this one up. But I am re-selling all of this outfit (minus my brown belt)! This yellow top was given to me from a family friend - so it was free! It's also 100% silk - awesome! Omggg, how many more exclamation marks am I gonna use? Sorry :( Just excited about this blog for some reason I suppose :P lol. I got these shorts from Goodwill - as well as the hat. What a cool hat - vintage floral 1980s Miller beer hat. I tried to get my boyfriend to model this top for me for me to sell in my shop - but he refuses. Baha. 

Top: Free

Belt: $.75

Shorts: $1.00

Hat: $.75

Total cost of outfit: $2.20

Up close of top / hat.

The great thing about vintage shopping is that no one else finds these items interesting! So thrift shops and yard sales are filled with tons of awesome outfits. Some people find it difficult to vintage shop because some items really do look horrible on the hanger - but once you try it on & add the right accessories, you have one unique outfit that looks great. You just have to have the right eye out for different stuff. Plus, it doesn't matter if it isn't  your exact size. Most of my vintage clothing (tops and dresses) are wayyyy oversized. A bunch of my dresses are just plus size shirts that I add a waist belt onto  to make it a dress! The more oversized, the better. -- Well, at least I think.