Men's shirt refashion and a (mostly) thrifted outfit

Several months ago, before The Move to Boise, I purchased this shirt from the thrift store:

Also not great with gray PJ pants.

It was $6.99, which is usually a little rich for my blood at a thrift store, but I loved the blue and white gingham, and I loved that it was lined with a light blue and white pinstripe pattern. It had some serious problems though, not the least of which were the sleeves being waaaaaay to long! I fiddled with it and fiddled with it (and packed the unfinished piece and took it with us across state lines) and finally I came us with this:

The cutie in the pink coat is my Girly. She wanted to be on "mommy's blog"

I took it up, re-hemmed the bottom and cut a new curved hem with slits in the sides. I also took the sleeves off completely, shortened them, took them inside out to show off the complimentary lining fabric, and re attached them again at the shoulders. And lastly I look it in by about four inches on each side.

 Basically the only thing I kept from the original shirt was the button placket and the collar, but at last I have a shirt that I can actually wear!

And I did wear it today. Despite how chilly it still is here the family and I went on a good long walk to get some sunshine and exercise. This is what I wore:

I look soooooo serious, but really my husband was making fun of my "silly model feet" to try and get me to smile...

...two seconds later I busted up laughing!

coat: Forever 21, Goodwill $5.99 
button down shirt: Gap, thrifted from Savers and refashioned $6.99 
skinny jeans: (taken in on sides) Goodwill, $3.99
leopard flats: Target fall of '12 (Hilary has the exact same pair!) $16.99
sunglasses: Revlon from Sears Optical, FREE (it pays to coupon!*)
gold stud necklace: Forever 21, a gift from my mom
belt: Goodwill, $0.99

TOTAL: $34.95

It just goes to show you that between thrift stores and learning how to do basic sewing alterations yourself you can save a ton of $$ and still look cute!

*I follow http://hip2save.com/ for my couponing deals and steals. Collin actually just moved to Boise last year as well, and her blog is where I found the amazing coupon for my free pair of $99 sunglasses!