Winning Wednesday: Great Fashion Giveaways!

Winning a giveaway is fantastic for two reasons: 1.) You have a new item to add to your wardrobe for free. What could be more frugal than that!? 2.) You are (most likely) introduced to a new company/store/brand/what-have-you. This is a great way to try something you either might not have bought on your own or try something you may have never heard about prior! I love that. This, my friends, is why every week I write a little post called Winning Wednesday.

1. Hope's Cafe is giving away your top of choice from Langston's. I think I would pick this plaid tunic-length button up - it would pair great with jeans and boots for an easy look. Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 27, 2012

2. Hope's Cafe is also giving away a $50 gift card to Yala Designs. I would love to get the Tessa tunic in any color - that is totally something I would wear and could wear year round. Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 22, 2012

3. Purse Pixie is giving away a J. Crew newsstand tote! GORGEOUS! Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 26, 2012

4. Transatlantic Blonde is giving away a pair of Hold Your Haunches leggings in your choice of style. Head on over to her blog and check out how great they look on her! I'm not normally a leggings girl due to my curves but these sound and look awesome! Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 28, 2012

5. My Style Diaries is giving away a super cool statement necklace from Jennifer Elizabeth.  I'm thinking it would look pretty great paired with a simple black tee. Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 20, 2012

6.  Fashion Is My Drug is giving away any piece of jewelry of your choice from Shop Belina! I'm personally a huge fan of their new Emily Spike Bracelet - how cool is that? Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 16, 2012 (Hurry!)

7. Blonde Bedhead is giving away a pair of shoes (your choice!) from Blowfish! Have you checked out their new spring line? I am love, love, loving the Tush wedge sandal (in every color)! Click here to enter the giveaway!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 19, 2012

8. Orchid Grey is giving away a pair of shades from Bonlook! I think we all know how much I love some sexy spex! I'm currently loving their rose gold pair. Pretty! Click here to enter to win!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 20, 2012

9. Favourite Vintage Finds is giving away a beautiful spoon bracelet from Silver Spoon Creations. You have to check out this etsy shop - it's the newest shop added to my favorites! Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 28, 2012

10.  Jaebum Fangirl is giving away a fun mermaid design sweatshirt from Pina Styles. I love the designs this company creates! Be sure to check out their entire shop! Click here to enter the giveaway!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 16, 2012 (Hurry!)

Do you have a fashion/beauty giveaway you'd like featured on one of my Winning Wednesday posts? Drop me a line at fashionfrugality@gmail.com to let me know about it! I'd love to include you!

Valentine's Day: Red and Pink, of course!

Happy Valentine's Day, my sweetie pies! This just so happens to be one of my favorite holidays... ok, who am I kidding... I think I have expressed my love for every holiday to you guys. I will say, however, that Valentine's Day is especially near and dear to me because my boyfriend and I began officially dating on Valentine's Day ten years ago. Yep, he asked me to be his lady on Valentine's Day. Sweet and sappy - just how I like it. :)

Floral Skirt: INC, Thrifted (Value World), $3.10 

Red Blouse: Sears (vintage), Thrifted (Value World), $0.80 

Pink Blazer: Dialogue, Thrifted (Value World), $3.80 

Socks: Old as dirt 

Pin: Made by me! 

Boots: Fashionbug.com, $15 

Glasses: SEE Eyewear

Truthfully, I was already planning on wearing red and/or pink today to celebrate the holiday of love. It just so happens that Everybody, Everywear coincided this month with the holiday and the theme was red and pink. I've never worn the two together but have been admiring the combination from afar as quite a few fashionable ladies have been rocking the look lately. Always into trying something new (at least when fashion is concerned!), I gave it a go.





I would certainly say that my combination is a bit more reserved than most. I love the pairing of a vibrant light pink with a prominent red but felt like that may have been a little too wild to wear to work, even for me. Nah, I kept my red bright but added a pink that was close in color to the red and topped it (or, bottomed it, I guess) with a floral skirt that captured both colors.

I can't resist a great tie neck blouse. True story. It is closing in on my gingham obsession but not is not quite at that level yet. (And, yes, that is a cat toy on the ground. Just keeping it real for all of you.)


I made my pin the night before. It was something I have been thinking about doing for a while now but just haven't put into action. Finally decided to get off my duff and just do it... so I did. And I love it. And I have ideas swirling around for more. Here is to making it happen in 2012!

And now a little sap for the road... I was wearing these socks the Valentine's night that my boyfriend and I became a couple. Yeah, they're pretty old and they are pretty worn (you're not seeing the giant hole on the bottom of my left foot...) but they have a soft spot in my sock drawer and heart. :)

Now, go on, get out of here and go hug the person, animal or thing you love. Valentine's Day may be a "made up holiday" but I'll take any reason to tell those I love that I love them - how about you?

Black Banana

Perhaps the title of this post isn't the most appetizing but it is the first thing I thought of when starting this post. Black and yellow apparently equal gross bananas in my mind - not bees... but from every squishy banana comes banana bread so I think there is a rainbow in there somewhere.



Top: GAP, $7 (on clearance)
Black Jeans: Lee, Goodwill of Canton, $4.99
Scarf: Won in giveaway
Boots: G by Guess, Marshall's, FREE (after gift card - but $22 on clearance)
Earrings: Claire's, very old!
Glasses: SEE Eyewear

I bought this super soft tee on a whim while shopping at the GAP right before Christmas. It was marked down and an additional 40% off. I couldn't resist it with that vibrant color and fantastic price. I'm not usually much of a t-shirt girl... you may have noticed that I wear them next to never. They're just not something that I've ever worn often and it is mainly due to the fact that I don't think they're very flattering on me. I end up feeling frumpy when I wear one and frumpy is not something I really think any of us strive for, right?

I did the unthinkable and bought this without even trying it on. I'm used to doing that at thrift stores (where they often don't have dressing rooms) but I normally don't do that at actual stores. It is usually a matter of not knowing my size at a normal store. Vintage clothing? I can eye it. A used skirt in a thrift store? I can estimate. But brand new clothing at a store within a mall? I usually fail every time. I'll walk into the dressing room with what I think my size is and it's either too big or too small. Taking something home that I never wear AND not trying it on? Dangerous territory!



Lucky for me, it worked out. This is fitted yet loose - soft and light yet warm. Now the only thing I regret is not snatching up more than just one color! Darn.


My boots? Yeah, they have tiny skulls on them. I'm obviously not the edgiest girl on the planet but I couldn't resist these. Hey, there's a little edge is everyone, right?

P.S. Yes, it is still winter here despite the lack of snow. It was actually freezing while we took these pictures. Don't worry, Mom, I wore my coat...


Coat: George, Walmart, $7 (clearance - years ago)

Winning Wednesday: Great Fashion Giveaways!

Winning a giveaway is fantastic for two reasons: 1.) You have a new item to add to your wardrobe for free. What could be more frugal than that!? 2.) You are (most likely) introduced to a new company/store/brand/what-have-you. This is a great way to try something you either might not have bought on your own or try something you may have never heard about prior! I love that. This, my friends, is why every week I write a little post called Winning Wednesday.

1.  Color Issue is giving away an Ona camera bag. I've got my heart set on the camel colored bag - I would love to carry around my new camera in that! Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 10, 2012

2. Blonde Bedhead is giving away a $150 Beso gift card to spend on your Beso shopping list! here is my Shoe Love collection... I would absolutely buy the Steve Madden Intyce cognac boots if I would this gift card. I have lusted over those boots for over a year now! Click here to enter the giveaway!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 9, 2012

3. DC GOP Girl is giving away a gorgeous hand-painted poppy print scarf from Takuyo. Have I ever told you how much I love poppies? Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 11, 2012

4. Fashionable Collections is giving away a $100 Shopbop gift card! I think this sounds like the perfect Valentine's Day gift to yourself! :) Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 14, 2012

5. Everyday Makeup Blog is giving away a $50 AMC movie theatre gift card AND an entire collection of NYC Smooch Proof Lipstains to one lucky winner and one Liquid Lipshine to five runners up! Pucker up for Valentine's Day! :) Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 9, 2012

6. Shannon <3's is giving away a super cool scarf (your choice from four) from Snoozer Loser.  I love the Antique Scissors scarf - which would you pick? Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS:  February 12, 2012

7. In Honor Of Design is laying the love out for readers with a giveaway for a gorgeous THEIT camera bag! Swoon! This would make a great companion to my new camera! Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 13, 2012

8. Kitties + Couture is giving away a Stylemint tee of your choice to one lucky winner! My favorite right now is the Charlton. Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 14, 2012

9. The Budget Babe is giving away a Julep Maven intro box to one lucky winner! I'm not normally a big nail polish girl but I am slowly learning a new appreciation for it. Click here to enter!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 14, 2012

10. O My Heart is giving away a $100 Shopbop gift card! Do you have your eye on anything there right now? I'm totally lusting over this statement necklace from Juliet & Company. Click here to enter the giveaway!
GIVEAWAY ENDS: February 15, 2012

Do you have a fashion/beauty giveaway you'd like featured on one of my Winning Wednesday posts? Drop me a line at fashionfrugality@gmail.com to let me know about it! I'd love to include you!