Dressing Up or Down!

I played suburban housewife yesterday. The aquatic center has still been closed because the people who are working on the pool roof cut the wires/cables for the pool area. It was a casual day, and I was able to dress accordingly.

It is easy to make a simple outfit look less plain with simple jewelry and a messy bun. I got away with the simple outfit because I work simple but nice accessories.  The earrings are cubic zirconia, and you can't tell whether they are fake or not. Of course, every wardrobe piece is second hand.

 

Tonight, I had more of an urban housewife vibe going.  Even though this was a bit dressier, everything was the same price point and second hand. My jewelry was a little different. But it was still not much. I switched out one pair of earrings and pendant, which was done to match the red/burgundy accent in the shirt. I love matching fine and faux, gold, gold over, real stones, fake, and all sorts of high/low combinations. No one knows what is dear or not -- just the like I way it! 

I made a dress up and dress down dessert too! A blogger I follow mentioned making home-made fruit gelatin, which inspired to make some in order to use up old and new juice, strawberries, and bananas. I boiled the tops of the berries to flavor some of water.  When they were done, I added the bits into fruit for Frankie's oatmeal.  As for our "dressed up dessert," it was a pint of vanilla ice cream with a fancier offering for dinner at a friend's house. I was given the remains of a quart of light cream as we departed, so that will be turned into more ice cream -- so my dessert was basically free.

It's not hard for me to make or put together nice things; it's just a matter of knowing where to look, how to put it all together, and getting invited somewhere to go. Isn't it swell that you can buy both fancier and casual pieces by shopping second hand? Do you spend extra for nice pieces, are you able to get what you need for a bargain regardless of wither you dress up or down?