Blogger's Guilt

Ok, I have been gone far too long from my bloggy blog and friends but if your pelvis was opening at the rate mine is, I bet you'd be gone too. Well, maybe it isn't the pelvic pressure that has held me back but rather a good old fashioned case of the Lazy Gagas (term coined by Janessa). There ain't that much excitement going on in my wardrobe. Summer heat and a 36 week size belly has left me in dress after dress every day or my personal go-to outfit- my underwear and a tank top. Makes it real fun when my grandpa shows up to the house and I have to run into my room to find the closest pair of pajama pants on the floor to cover up so he doesn't see me in my chonies.

I'm 4 weeks from my due date. Maybe even closer to giving birth if baby comes sooner.

 

Dress- thrifted

shoes- thrifted

 

vintage S necklace- swap meet

earrings- I won in Leah's giveaway but they came all the way from Turkey via BeMe Jewelry http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeMeJewellery

This bench is where I practice for labor. I'm full of jokes now, but I'm sure I wont be laughing later...

Will be visiting all my long lost friends soon. Let me go rest my back first. 

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Happy Thoughts

The first thing my boyfriend said to me after I put this dress on was, "Are you thinking happy thoughts?" It took me a bit before I realized he was referencing Peter Pan and alluding to my Peter Pan collar. What a punk.

 

dress- thrifted

shoes- Crossroads (2nd hand)

 I wore this dress to our baby behavior class today where we learned valuable tips like not to shove a bottle in our baby's mouth just because it is crying. I love dressing up to places where people don't normally dress up. Like government run medical offices, and the doctor's office itself. Although this did backfire once when I wore a dress to my monthly visit. When it was time to listen to the baby's heartbeat, instead of pulling my pants a litttle lower, I was wearing a dress. I had to pull up the entire thing. Such shame. Can't wait till live birth. yayyyyyyyy.

 

"Think of Christmas, think of snow" Am I flying yet?

I reserve heels for one outing a day. Then I change into flats. My mama didn't raise no fool.

 

After my 6 12 inch pizza sub from Subway. My eyes started to get weak.

Fun facts- I dont know why I bought this dress originally since it was many sizes too big. I think I was planning on removing the collar. But then...I got pregnant and was guaranteed weight gain. 6 months later, I tried the dress on and it still looked frumpy dumpy. A shorter length was the only thing that could save it, so I chopped 11 inches off the bottom and put a sketchy hem on it. And that's how I beat Shaq.

LaSophia

Polka Dots and Palazzos

 

What? You don't walk out in the snow in your open toes, palazzos, and pussy bow?

 

I usually say no to polka dots but this bow was just too cute. So I thought. What is on your fashion dislikes list? My list is long and I constantly wear things from it. My boyfriend calls me out, "I thought you hated pink? You wear it all the time." Ain't nobody sued me yet. 

Oh yes, it's all thrifted. But you know that by now because we are such great friends. 

Presenting Maricela

Meet my friend, Maricela. Her and I met stomping around in our Mexican folklorico group in college.  Since then, homegirl has come a long way. She has been a bilingual elementary school teacher for years, and she even went back to school and got her Masters in Creative Writing. Not bad for a Jalisciense eye browed girl from East Los. She is one of my friends that I truly admire. We met up recently to go thrifiting, as she had never been with me before. Here's the account in her own words. She flogs (fake blogs) on her Facebook page, and emails me the tales, since I don't have a Facebook.

I envy Sophia's savviness and thriftiness for fashion. That's why I decided to try it. I, thankfully, didn't inherit my mother's shopaholic gene but don't underestimate the power of clothing. I mean, I was frustrated last night over what I was going to wear on my outing today. I'm frustrated because my closet is lacking anything trendy due mostly in part to my decreased paycheck. That was the main reason behind this new interest. I was really hoping to find cute and fun things to wear on my non-working days. And for my first thrifting experience, I think it went well.

The first thing Sophia taught me today is that there is more than what you see when it comes to articles of clothing. You can't just take a sequenced, pink bow tie for what it is. You have to use your imagination and get creative to make things work for you. Cutting, gluing, and sewing it back into another form are fair game.

That's when I spotted a purple, see-through, stringy thing. Sophia would know exactly what it was called but since I only shop for specific events, I buy whatever there is to buy within my budget of $15 or less. It was half a blouse and it had shoulder pads I could remove.

"Have you noticed," I asked Sophia, "how they're selling half-shirts for the full price?" Yeah, that's been bugging me when I go retail shopping.

After I found two more blouses, a pair of "Zumba" pants, and a pleated skirt for work, Sophia and I headed to the dressing rooms to make a show of our findings.

It was fun modeling what we'd deemed stylish for each other. I first tried on the purple blouse.

"I remind myself of JLO in In Living Color in this," I told Sophia. "with my tight jeans, the boots, and my short hair." All I needed to do was the Running Man.

$8 later, I walked out a thrifting-virgin no more!

I, Sophia, got these shoes for 2 dollars.

I know some people don't dig the idea of shopping at thrift stores but this is my take on it. I donate clothes regularly to my local Salvation Army truck located conveniently a block away from my apartment. Some of the stuff I give is new, tags still attached, other is stuff I wore once, and the rest if stuff that doesn't fit anymore. I never give clothes away that look like rags. I assume that someone could benefit from clothes that I don't wear and vice versa. Someone else's trash can become your treasure.

With that said, I can't wait to find the appropriate outing to show off my great $4 find!

Happy hunting to you!

New Year

I'm not drunk, I swear.

My new fave skirt. Thrifted for $1.80. I just put a short black skirt underneath it because it's sheer.

My new gold earrings from Gypsy Land.

Welcoming 2012 in my glitter Flitas (fake Litas)

I've been absent from the blogging scene for a couple of weeks now, but not because I havent been dressing up, rather, I've just been taking it easy and enjoying my time at our cabin in the mountains of Southern California. IT IS WARM here. Yesterday it was 80 degrees! I didn't wear my black jacket for long. I was channeling my friend Golden Light, or Dora Luz, with this outfit. I changed out of my Flitas into some flat black lace up boots to wear this costume to the local mall amongst my fellow trendy Mexicans of San Bernadino County. To my dismay, none of the bad girls from "Beyond Scared Straight" were there. Oh well, there's always the swap meet. Am I the only one addicted to prison shows?

Happy New Year to all my dear blog friends. I talk about you guys way too much in real life. It's kind of creepy,

LaSophia

Loverboys

"A bright young man, he was. Is. A bright splendid ray in my life. But like Picasso said, 'When you come right down to it, all you have is your self. Your self is a sun with a thousand rays in your belly. The rest is nothing.' But for a while, he was all mine. Mio. Mio. Mio."

-Ana Castillo in "Loverboys"

starfish jewelry- old Avon set, thrifted

dress- vintage, thrifted on 50% off day for $3.50

shoes- Jessica Simpson but from TJ Maxx. Good for her. 

That's it, I'm not wearing this tree anymore. It makes me look short(er).

LaSophia

my earrings matched the clock

This clock matched my clock earring but that was not the only exciting thing brewing at Angel's Thrift that day oh no,

The clock said "Tempus Fugit" which is my all time favorite latin saying which means "time flees" or time flies. I just say time flies.  It's the saying I always talk about getting tatted on my holy temple of a body, but I never do. Yes, when it comes to tattoos I'm "one of those." Better to just shut your trap if you're never gonna get it right?

Got these clock earrings at an antique shop. They are clip on, we all know I've had my ears pierced since I was a baby as I have provided photographic evidence of such in previous posts. 

sweater- thrifted, Thrift Town

shorts- Urban Outfitters

over the knee boots- JC Penny's last season

I scored nothing on this shopping excursion, but this day was not about me. We were trying to find a blazer for my niece. 

Don't know how blazer shopping lead to boot shopping but she scored this pair of boots. Maybe it is because my heart is so grand and sweet,

LaSophia

Pre-Shopping

Because I will be black friday thrifting in a previously undiscovered territory, I thought it would be wise to do some pre-shopping at the Goodwill in Redlands, CA to orient myself with the lay out of the store and hide spy any potential buys.

My plan backfired as my pre-shopping turned into actual shopping. Good thing I had a senior with me, so I could  use her 10% discount. Thanks mom.

I've been wanting a pair of moccasins so bad it hurts, ironically, these actually hurt. I want to put the "sin" in moccasin.

car emblem necklace- I made it

sweater- thrifted

shorts- cut and thrifted

tights- Target

left boot- Target

Here's what real people have to say about the places I will be going on Friday. Really, I couldn't make this ish up:

"This place is across from a convalescent home so all of their great prized possessions end up there."

"The location is in San Berdoo so i wasn't expecting much, I did go kind of late, but police car shooing away a "street walker" the next street over had me rethinking the place.
I'm glad i kept going though, because this place is amazing!"

"Some people might say San Bernardino is a shithole. That may be so but I grew up there and I love it like family." 

I don't know how I'll sleep tonight, but Im sure Ill find a way between allergy pills and classy full glasses of wine. The moral of the story here is: pre-shopping IS as dangerous as real shopping as they can both lead to pregnancy.

Happy Thanksgiving,
LaSophia



A pretty poncho



Hi my name is Sophia and I have a problem. A problem watching Lifetime movies on Lifetime (the network for women), and On Demand. Something I used to laugh at my mother for, catching her late at night sitting on the couch, scratching her own head, I'd walk into the room, "Sophia, you have to see this movie it is so good, this man in a wheelchair is pretending to be handicap so he can use this woman for her money," I sat down with her for a bit, but after a lady took off her prosthetic leg and used it as a weapon, calling herself, "handicapable" I had to excuse myself.  

But then I discovered Lifetime makes true crime movies and became hooked: The Hollywood Bling Ring, Girl Fight, The Amanda Knox Story, The Craigslist Killer, and The I-5 killer.

So a few weeks later here I'm at midnight in the middle of the mountains getting gas on I-5. I go in to use the restroom and check all the stalls, something I dont normally do. I squat to pee and check the walls for blood stains. I'm mad creeped out, and its all thanks to Lifetime. I exit my stall, wash my hands, and start to walk out when a lady walks in and I gasp with my hand over my heart like my life is about to end. I thought she was an average white male who was about to do freaky things to me, murder me, then do more freaky things to me. I tried to laugh it off as I said, "haha sorry, you're not scary, Ive just been watching too much Lifetime." Then I walked back to the car and yelled at my mom for letting me go to the bathroom alone.

END

I made it to the hills alive.

poncho- thrifted, Thrift Town

skirt- H&M

leg warmers- Capezio

shoes- JC

My mom said I looked like I was about to go walk the streets, I told her that hooking was not a seasonal occupation. I call this look winter hooker.

Thanks to my niece for taking pics of me and not telling me I had lipstick on my teeth.

Stay safe,

LaSophia

Vintage Suitcase (wow, thats sounds so unexciting)

I was pretty sure my dad was going to kick my *ss when I brought this suitcase home from a yard sale a little while ago. For only 2 dollars, it was a chance I was willing to take. I brought it inside and as I twinkle toed to the bottom of my stairs, I heard his voice, "What's that?"

"A suitcase."
"For what?"
"For uh, my craft fairs."
"I don't get it."
"You know, like I can open it and put things in it, like as a display."
"Oh, I get it as a prop?"
"Yes, a prop."

And I continued on my way up to my room and dumped it on my crowded floor. Even though I haven't had a craft fair since February, you never know when you're gonna need a suitcase with a collage on it.  "Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare today."Tell me you don't think hoarders would have a good chance of survival if some crazy disaster happened. They are ready for anything.

dress- Salvation Army

shoes- Jeffrey Campbell

I'm not gonna lie, I don't like this dress for myself. It's a little too Laura Ingalls "Wild"er for me. It's definitely going in the Etsy shop I don't have yet. At least I realize it now that I've seen pictures of myself in it. Didn't Cher say that in Clueless? "I don't trust mirrors, so I always take polariods." Smart vegan.

P.S. I'm petrified of snakes, so it was really surprising I was able to purchase this suitcase. I thought it would be good phobia therapy for me. In my defense, growing up in the country snakes were a real threat esp. rattlesnakes. We found many and I always had to watch where I walked and ran when I played outside. 

Your half pint,

LaSophia

Strawberry button up

Let's go to work.

blouse- 5 dollars G-will

leggings- I got them from my momma

shoes- Charlotte Russe made by the devil

Permission from the elders to speak freely? I don't get what this hoopla is over Missoni for Target. I don't like the color scheme, or the patterns. I also am not attracted to things that sell out quick and end up on ebay. I have never gone after those things in my life whether it be gaming systems or shoes or whatever. I felt like as a blogger I should put my 2 cents in. Maybe I should have saved them for a future find.

This shirt is sweeter than my personality. Not my online personality, my IRL one. 

I got this shirt for 5 dollars along with 2 other items for 5 dollars and drove away from the Goodwill depressed. My boyfriend kept asking me what was wrong and then finally he was like, "Are you upset you had to spend 15 dollars for only 3 things?" I looked up at him with the same emo puppy eyes I have in the above pic. I was kinda bummed. So to cure my despair, I immediately put my shirt to good use, wearing it to work.

I like how bloggers have FAQ spaces on their blog. I find them informative and often have the same questions. Well guess what? No one ever asks me anything so I'll share freely with you what my work is. I'm a private tutor to 3 high school girls. That's why I was broke during the summer, cause I wasn't tutoring. These shoes were the perfect work shoe as all I had to do was walk from my driveway to my car, their driveway to their house, and back out to my car. I'm trying to say they hurt like a biotch.

Dance, too much booty in the pants,

I miss Left Eye,

LaSophia

A baby shower

top- 99 cents thrifted (I showed it to u before, i lied to the salvation employee about the tag)

skirt- $2 something thrifted

shoes- $12 dollars 2nd hand

Well well, what does one wear to a baby shower where attendees are mostly in the beauty business? Or to be more straight forward, what do I wear to Caitlin's baby shower so I don't scare her family and friends made up of stylish stylists? The answer was this little polka dot skirt number. Being a hater, I had decided a long time ago that I "hated" polka dots. It was late 2006 when Forever 21 flooded their stores with them and made them trendy. After that I stayed away. But I couldn't deny the fit and accessibility of this piece at the Goodwill when I found it. I decided to open my heart to polka dots or else I might be missing out on something in this beautiful world.

Speaking of hating, I also "hate" baby showers. But this one changed my mind. Caitlin called it a "rager" and told me there was going to be sangria. My friend Lisa gave me a ride and we caught up the entire way and back. Our friend Sarah aka Pinky made the trek from Napa and told us all her wine barrel throwing adventures and how her yoga teacher went from a he to a she. Our dance teacher "K.B. the Great" came and shared a plate of our favorite pasta salads with me. Oh yeah and I WON a game! I guessed how many diapers were in the diaper cake 49! I was right on point. What did I win? Kerastase and a scented candle! I told you they were some fancy folk. 

An emo on sangria, Lisa, Caitlin, and Sarah

Who wore it better? Caitlin or B? Bitch stole her look! 

No longer a hater of weddings, baby showers, polka dots, or any other gathering of man kind,

LaSophia

Meet my new boots

So, back in January I posted an interview with my boot collection http://lasophialasophia.blogspot.com/2011/01/interview-with-my-boots.html

I recently thrifted 2 new pairs of boots and had to give them the same treatment. Here is my interview with my latest additions to my boot wardrobe.

Well hello, thank you for agreeing to do this ummm mint was your name?

I don't like labels. I have never given myself a "color." Nor do I have a size or birthday.

Wow, were you adopted?

Listen, all I can tell you is that I ended up at Jesus' Hands Thrift Store in Yucaipa, CA.

Oh, really?

It was basically my calling except this was real life. No Whoopi Golberg fake nun hiding out after she witnessed her married lover murder a man in the back of Moonlight Lounge. This is real life.

Sister Act? I love that movie!

I don't.

(awkward silence)

Well they say it's not where you come from, its where you're going right.

Precisely. So I'm just looking forward to some trips with Sophia, maybe a few more shoots. You know, just helping her do her by me doing me. 

That makes perfect sense. Thank you for stopping by. 

5 dollars holla!

5 dollars again! 2 pairs of boots for 10 dollars! Great high, lasted about 2 days.

First off I'd like to tell you that I love your fringe!

They are bangs thanks. 

Oh, um tell us a little about yourself.

Well, I consider myself "Western" but thuggish like Ghetto Cowboy by Bone Thugs N Harmony. 

A great song!

I know right? Should have got more recognition but people were so obsessed with the Space Jam Soundtrack.

Hahaha! You know a lot about pop culture. You don't look like the type to be concerned.

Don't judge a boot by it's rubber. But no, I'm into it, I can't help it. When I'm not properly put away in a closet I watch a lot of E!

Really, what is your favorite show?

I love Chelsea Handler but I must admit that I do satisfy my occasional Kardashian fix.

Uh oh, we hope you're talking about the show and not "the tape."

What tape?

Uh, no tape. So who is your favorite Kardashian?

Mason, because he doesn't talk.

Well said. Well we'll let you get on your way. Your program should be coming on soon.

Thanks, much love. 

To read my first interview with my boots click here

Tales from the Thrift

My weekend was filled with thrifting highs. Thank God for Labor Day, day for us laborers to get some mad deals at Goodwill and Thrift Town. I will be showing all my finds with my  new JC shoes courtesy of my boyfriend, not Jeffrey Campbell. He got them for me for my b-day. We lift your name on high, JC shoe savior.

Southwest Chola

wrap around skirt $1.40

shirt- Brass Plum

shoes- JC

name necklace- Melody Ehsani, courtsey of my boyfriend as well

Oh my mod. This dress is so short I have to wear white shorts underneath.

mini dress/jacket- $2.80

sweater and skirt $1.40 each. My bf doesn't dig red and blue cause he claims it's too USA. Then I said there are tons of countries that have those colors as their flag. Then we started naming off all those countries. Talk about color block c*ck blocking! 

I woke up Monday morning around 8am because I heard a big crash. I was so scared. It thought an alien was trying to get into my bedroom window. I couldn't even look in that direction, I dug my fingers into my boyfriend's arm and he told me to relax, that my top closet bar had just fallen. This is the 2nd bar I've busted this year and I refuse to blog from Home Depot again. SO, I guess its time to let go of some clothes. My boyfriend told me I could have my own boutique with all the crap I own thus far. True dat. 2 closets full of clothes and 2 racks. Yet nothing to wear. boo hoo 1st world blues.