how not to look like a ho

Before we get too far from the title, let's be clear, this is how not to look like a ho. I ran into this woman (thankfully not literally) at the Lake Street Savers and in many ways she is my philosophical doppelganger -- note, philosophical, awful h8ters. Obviously, we're both shopping the toxic aisles of thrift that provide exactly the right lighting and ambiance for choosing your post-atomic world wardrobe. (do these capris make me look undead?) She got her vintage skirt at My Sister's Closet which we both love (we both love the skirt and the shop which has two locations, so that would be love X 6), and we both agreed to whisper and blush and die a little bit that her cute back-button blouse is yet another cheap ploy by Forever 21 that we fell for (sucker X 2). And she follows The Sartorialist and such (but now she's going to follow me and name her first three kids sarah) but instead of going all the way to the meatpacking district and outing with the bags of gold to buy Margiela, she gets her togs on the cheap. Except for the witty and comfortable sandals that she got at Schuh in St. Paul. Again with the sandals from Schuh (see post of a week ago or so). 

BUT, and this is a big but (ha), some weird and horrible brain chemical mutation happens when i mix with the whole thrift store milieu. She comes out of the experience looking like Heidi of the Alpensonnenblumen, and i look like Rita of Reno. see below...

this is honestly the scrap of skank i came home with. Heidi and i were in the same store at the same time, shopping the same merchandise. well ok i says to myself, ok. i can change, i can turn over a new fig leaf. i'm going to try to look classy or at least more expensive. lucky for me and my $10 budget, savers delivered with this...

for $7.99. but i had a frequently offensive discount off that. you be the judge...

what's that saying about silk purse and sow's ear? is that good or bad? what the hell, exhausted by the effort, i've buttered myself and put rita back on. see ya at Likker N Things!