Ever since I saw this ModCloth kitty pocket dress (here and here) I started "coveting" it. However, because I cannot afford a $367.99 dress and I don't see ModCloth sending it my way any time soon, I had to take matters into my own hands. It was a very easy to do, this thrifted skirt was the purr-fect candidate. Get it? purrfect? (silence and cricket sound) yeah...okay never mind that, let's go on to the refashion shall we?

Today I almost had a "heart attack" at work when a teary, but not worried, little boy came to me and said "Teacher I had had this up my nose all day long" showing me a piece of a pencil's eraser, "I just got it out when I blew my nose" (!!!). I'm so glad he was alright, he didn't tell me anything until the end of the day. I made sure we turned that into a learning lesson: Never put anything inside your nose. Now that I think about it, it was actually pretty funny. It reminded me of me when I was 5 years old and stuck a bean up my nose and then we couldn't get it out so my mom had to take it out with some tweezers.

Did anyone go Black Friday shopping today? I wanted to, but there's really nothing I want to buy so I skipped it. I do need to work on that Christmas list though. I'm such a procrastinator when it comes to Christmas shopping, I'll probably be one of those people who waits to buy presents till 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Today's plans include more sewing, a little bit of movie watching and plenty of tamale eating at my mom's house. Hope you have a good one!

I love Laura Ashley's dresses, they are good refashioning material and LA knows how to pick quality fabric and nice prints. This is the third Laura Ashley dress I've refashioned (see here and here). I picked up this dress at the thrift store for .25 cents, great deal! I almost left it behind, I'm so glad I didn't, the fabric is black corduroy. For this refashion I took off the shoulder pads, took in on the sides, sleeves and shoulders, I shortened the length and made the sleeves 3/4. I love the new dress, it looks like a 50's dress. I wore it today for our Thanksgiving dinner. It fit just right so there was no room for to me indulge in gluttony which is a good thing, last year I had a real bad indigestion after our Thanksgiving dinner.

One problem I often have when I'm thrifting is that most vintage things I find are too small for me. That, however, doesn't stop me from buying it if I like it a lot and I can figure out a way to make it work. Today I was lucky to find this vintage belt, however it was too small for me, I tried sucking in my gut but still no luck, after much thought my creative light bulb went on and I got an idea on how to make this pretty belt fit me.

Getting ready for the turkey anyone? I'm enjoying my days off from work and I'm so grateful to have a job where I can have the whole Thanksgiving week off. Yesterday I volunteered, along with some friends, to decorate the east wing of our church, we decorated the Christmas tree and entrance, it was fun. Tonight I'm volunteering to decorate our church's gym for Thursday's apartment ministry, Thanksgiving dinner. In between I'm trying to get as much sewing and thrifting as I can, I found some good stuff today. Gotta stay busy!

Yesterday I spent the day altering a coat and a cape with my mom, can't wait to show you the before and afters. This is what I'm wearing to church today, I like that it makes me look curvy! For a girl who has no curves (me), curves are something to get excited about. After church we'll be heading off to my cousin's house to celebrate my sister's birthday, I hope everyone has a delightful Sunday!

Happy Sunday everyone! Last night I was out at a Thanksgiving dinner with my friends from church, I rarely go out but my son had a sleepover at his cousin's house. It was really nice to have a little time for myself, my friends thought it was funny that I was amazed of how may cars where out on the road on a Saturday night (that tells you I don't go out much at night). This is what I wore to church today, I can't wait to wear more of my sequins, they've been patiently waiting for the cooler weather.