Busy Wkend Aftermath

Had a busy weekend what with my Emeritus College scene showcase - It went well in the new Edye Theatre of Santa Monica College - even computerized lighting?  And real union techs who went on mandated lunch breaks?  Very professional, really.

Found out that someone else in the showcase won 3 Emmys for writing on the Carol Burnett Show!  Not to mention that my scene partner was in BARFLY and was up for an Emmy nomination - & I have "been in award-winning productions." So it's not amateur night (or afternoon).

The heat wave is over & I think the swamp cooler experiment did help to alleviate the heat.  Will put it in motion again when the temp rises.  Every little bit helps.

After the showcase we went to downtown Santa Monica and walked around.  There was a thrift shop, so I had to stop in.  The pickings were less than elsewhere - but I did snag a Nicole Miller sequined tank top for about $4!  I say, all my designer things are from thrift shops!

Leslie Earnest, the L.A. Times reporter who wrote the article about frugal shopping that I was in - had another article on frugal fashion for back to school in the paper on Sunday - once again in the business section.  She wrote about how vintage is back in style - but the poor teenagers were shopping at the upscale vintage marts like Wasteland  (in fashionable Melrose Ave. territory) - rather than getting in on the ground floor of vintage, as I like to do. 

I found a vintage silk kimono jacket up in Ojai for $12 a few weekends ago & they were oohing and aahing about $35 Members Only jackets? 

And they spend $12 on pseudo-silver jewelry rather than looking for the real thing? Or putting together something from Michaels - curious.  But I don't spend much on my t-shirts, either - they never last long before the stains get to them - When I see good deals, I stock up on a variety of colors.  Same thing with the tank tops at the 99 cent store!  I have a whole bunch of them from last season I am still wearing.

I love the thrift shop in Santa Paula we go to now and then - I got jeans for $1 and the same for a nice gauze shirt I can wear with my Nicole Miller dressy tank! And a pair of cute orange shoes for $2 - and a nice bag for $3....

Not the same cachet as Melrose's funkiness - but not the same prices, either, & in the end who will know the difference?  You have to start somewhere, I suppose.

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thrifting is an art form! perhaps the young have not been taught. You did great as usual!

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