I'm still nearly a neophyte when it comes to the GMBC Nearly New Sale -- last fall was my inaugural trip, and as I was unemployed at the time, I felt more guilt than joy at my finds. But this spring, with my fancy new job, I was good to go (yo).
It was a typical Baltimore August day (but it was the first Sunday in May) -- hot and sticky and almost overcast -- and the barn doesn't appear to have air conditioning. I felt woozy at times, reaching to high racks and shoving aside wrinkly dress shirts and unflattering skirts, sweat dripping down my back and into my mouth. The turnout was blissfully sparse, though, and the communal dressing room blissfully empty, and I felt almost heroic in my quest for bargains.
And bargains I found. I walked out some $60 poorer, with a bag full of skirts, shirts, earrings (including a clip-on pair for Her Madness), shoes (SHOES! TWO pair -- this is unheard of, in my gargantuan size!), pants and a dress, plus a funky little brass-looking box (made in India, the sticker on the bottom said) and a patinaed horse-head bottle opener for Hig.
These shoes deserve a better picture -- they're sweet, strappy, almost-sandal-looking, with a closed toe & heel and remarkably comfortable ... but not so much that my poor feet were blistered and majorly owee after walking to the train after work. Totally worth it, though.
Shirt: thrifted, from the boy's section
Skirt: GBMC, handmade, I think
Belt: from my grandpa's military dress uniform
Shoes: GBMC
Special thanks to LF, for introducing me to the Nearly New Sale last year, and making me an obsessive life-long fan.
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