Saving money
Saving on buying school supplies
When my teen was in primary school I didn’t have to buy any school supplies, stationery and the like. It was all included with the school fees (public school). He now goes to a public Read more…
Op shop
Retro sunglasses
I realised recently that I have a bit of a retro sunglasses collection. I bought my first pair of retro sunnies when in Melbourne probably around 30 years ago at the Camberwell markets one Sunday Read more…
Op shop
The retail secret – baby wipes
When I buy clothes from op shops I usually try things on so I know how they fit (or not). This is how I found the un-stitched seam of one of my gorgeous OpFrocktober frocks. Read more…
Op shop
Adventures in op shopping
Last Friday I visited an op shop that I hadn’t been to in some time, so I could check it out. When I arrived my friend’s niece (who works at this particular op shop chain) Read more…
Thrifty style
The Dressmaker exhibition
A year ago I visited The Dressmaker exhibition at Ayers House in Adelaide. It featured many of the outfits from the the movie of the same name directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and starring Kate Winslet Read more…
Op shop
The long 70s frock
None of my long, retro frocks (image above) made it into OpFrocktober. This is probably because I had a wardrobe full of other ones to display throughout the month. However, I have a collection of Read more…
Saving money
Being thrifty when buying new things
I vacuum at home once a week but during those times the dog drops a lot of fur, or the teen drags mud in on his shoes. It’s a pain to lug out the vacuum Read more…
Thrifty style
Photography out-take
During my month of OpFrocktober I got my teenage son to take photos of me – bless him – and he did so without complaint. Our usual routine was that we would go out to Read more…
Thrifty style
Op shop frocks #OpFrocktober part 2
In part 1 I outlined my reasoning for wearing my op shop frocks during October and added photos of these for half of the month. Below is the rest of them. When you wear dresses Read more…
Thrifty style
Op shop frocks #OpFrocktober
Three years ago I participated in Frocktober, a fundraising effort for ovarian cancer research. The idea is that you wear frocks as little or as much as you like in the month of October while Read more…