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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:09 pm

I think, the proudest moment for a lolita is either when she buys her first brand dress or when she finds a lolita-like item for very cheap. Why dont you guys show off your lolita-like finds. heart

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:27 pm

My best find was a beautiful skirt in a charity shop. It is cream with pretty embroidery, a big bow on the front and it has a lovely fullness. The wonderful part about it was that it only cost $2!

It is my first (and only at the moment) skirt for my lolita outfits.

I'm so proud about it, I brag to lots of people who like it biggrin

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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:59 pm

I found this lovely tea-for-one for like five dollars.
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:57 pm

Omg. That Teapot is the cutest little thing! And little should be literally, apparently.

How big is it?

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:08 pm

Lol its a tea for one. so its just for someone to have tea by themselves. Its enough to have about two cups of tea. heart

Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:13 pm

That tiny teapot is very cute! When I went with my mum and her friends to a garden centre to have tea they had cute tiny milk jugs! So adorable biggrin They were probably only 5cm (2 inches) tall biggrin

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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:57 am

I found a nice white petticoat at a thrift store once for less than $10.
It's not stained or anything and it's well made!

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:00 pm

Yesterday (Fri 5 Dec) I was a discount queen with all the great stuff I found.

At a local opportunity shop that I don't visit often, I found these beauties:
A grey denim bodice top for $3:
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A gorgeous red Chinese vest for $8:
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Cute pie earrings for $4:
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I also bought a random gift for a friend. She wants to make a smocked dress for her granddaughter, and there just happened to be a lovely magazine with beautiful smocking designs and instructions in it. The shopkeepers only asked me for 50c for it, even though it was in mint condition. Score!

Just before I shopped in the op-shop, I went to an emporium right near it. They had a bucket of "new" clothes for $3 each. I had seen a skirt that I wanted the day before, I just didn't have time to buy it before.

This is what I bought from the emporium:
My very first sailor style shirt:
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I'm pleased with the price because it still had its tag stating the original price of 89.80 Chinese Yuan, which would be about $24 New Zealand Dollars at the current exchange rate.

My other item from the emporium is definitely a do-up job. This skirt requires severe intervention, even though it is "new". It is super short, too small for me, has rust stains all over it and the elastic has perished. But it has potential and I wanted to rescue it:
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You can't see the rust stains very well from that pic, but they're very noticeable flecks up close. The skirt is currently soaking in Napisan. Further modifications will be made if I am happy with the outcome of this step. Extreme makeover for clothes, hehe.

Then once I got home, after a trip to the movies with two of my best friends I got a delivery.
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New socks I bought off my country's auction site. Altogether they were $23 including shipping. That worked out to be cheaper than my department store socks. I have since found even cheaper long socks in temporary stands in my local mall. I just have to find out which place has the best fit for me smile

Then today, Saturday the 6th (International Loli Day) I went retail and spent a bomb buying clothes and Christmas prezzies hehe.

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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:35 pm

That sailor top is precious!

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:09 pm

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That sailor top is precious!

Hehe thanks! I think it will go well with my new black and white stripy socks (pictured above).

@Frosting
You're so lucky! I don't see petticoats in any shops I've seen, only slips. Except the non-voluminous petticoat that I wear as my main lolita skirt smile You had a great find! Does it fluff your skirts out?

Update on my $3 skirt with the stains:
It has been soaked and washed. I don't know if any of the rust came out, the the water was grey after it had soaked! Now the skirt looks brilliant white. The rust stains are mainly on the back of the skirt. I think I will go ahead with surgery and have this skirt as my playtime skirt that I can wear while at the beach, gardening or hanging out around the house. I need to make the skirt a bit bigger and add a zip, so I hope to do that eventually smile Maybe I could add some bustle-style details smile

Edit:
The skirt fits over my head! Funny! Good thing I don't have an hourglass figure. So now I'm going to leave it as is and not cut into it smile

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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:55 pm

I was shopping at the mall Sunday two weeks ago and I saw the most darling pair of shoes on clearance.
I had no money at the time, so of course I went to the bank....
"Father, father! I simply must, must have these shoes."

They ended being about $15.

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And that sailor top IS adorable. :3

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:35 pm

These are some things that I collected to make my room more loli. ^=^ so pretty.

My jewlery box that I fell in love with, it didn't cost me that much about 20$ because the buisness was having a huge deal. ^=^ Excuse my messy bed.
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The inside with my favorite bows and jewlery, I got all the hairpins at claires for about ten dollars. ^=^ I love the hellokitty bows.
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And my very favorite little heart box, I got it at an antique store for two dollars.
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Inside are all my lucky pennies that I've found over 08. ^=^ I usually take a few and place them in various locations so others can have a lucky day as well.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:18 pm

@xxDarkeningMoonlightxx
Those Hello Kitty bows are very cute! The icecream ones are yummy looking too.

I have done sooooo much shopping recently, and far too much spending. I bought a lot of loli appropriate jewellery the other day, but just wanted to share this amazing find with you all:
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The Tea Party necklace was on sale for $5 from a costume jewellery store. It has little cups, a teapot, utensils and flowers all over it like charms. I bought it because it was something really different, and it makes me think of all you other lolitas smile The bunny necklace was full price at $10.95, but it was so cute it just begged to be in the photo too biggrin

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:15 pm

Seamstress those necklaces are amazingly cute! I really like the one with all the utensils and tea cups. ^-^ I want it.

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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:15 pm

How pretty! eek

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