Happy New Year! Â I’ve shared this bargain dress with you before, but it bears showing again, since I chose to wear it to ring in the New Year this year. Â I don’t often get this dressed up, but it is fun to do it occasionally. Â I feel like a real lady when I’m dressed up in a little black dress with high heels. Â Wearing pearls just adds to the festive occasion.
This is the little black dress I picked up at a thriftstore in Destin earlier this fall and happened to be just my size. Â The brand is Moda International and it is such a cute and classic dress. Â It has slits up each side to the knee, so is sexy in a subtle way, which is the way I like my clothing. Nothing too in your face for me, I try to dress modestly and in good taste.
I love the shoes I found at TJ Maxx on clearance for $20. Â Great looking shoes and I have gotten a lot of compliments on them.
I don’t like wearing panty hose anymore, so I choose to go bare legged, making sure my legs are shaved and moisturized. Â I also used a sugar scrub on my arms in the shower for extra soft and glowy skin.
I added this hip length jacket with faux fur trim for my night out on the town. This is the jacket I got at the  Atlanta Market earlier last year, for only $15, I might add.  I do love my bargains!
I was sent this necklace by Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin from HSN and this is The Ambassador. Â It was the perfect necklace for New Years Eve and I felt very stylish wearing it. Â I get sent things to try out, so I’m happy to do so!
I wore these glitzy drop earrings and a bracelet that I already had.
I also had a date on New Years Eve and posted a picture on Facebook, if you want to take a peek at us…you know you do! Â We were stylin’ if I do say so myself and had a great time on the Marietta Square.
Happy New Years to all of you! I hope you enjoyed your New Years Eve as much as I did this year.
You find the best clothes at thrift stores!! That dress and shoes combo is amazing.
Rhoda, you looked smashing! I love the jacket with the dress, and the jewelry is very Coco! (pssst….your date looked dapper, as you said…hope it was a great outing for you).
Such a classy ensemble. Loved taking a peak at your date picture, both of you looked smashing. What is it about men in tuxedos, makes them look so debonair.
Rhoda you look classy and amazing! Love the outfit and the jewelry. I took a peek of you and your date on Facebook and you both looked great!!
I did the peek, too! Perfect styled couple. Love this dress, jacket and the jewelry. You wear it well.
Beautiful! Love the bargains too….just goes to show spending big bucks isn’t always necessary for a great look.
You look amazing!
Wowza! You look smashing!! And yes, I peaked at FB – double Wowza!
I have a question for tha ladies about pantyhose (not you, Rhoda, because you pulled the bare legged look off well). Celebrities started the sans hose look…I read they put Aquaphor on their legs to make them gleam on camera. I’m 63 and very pale even with tan-in-a-bottle. My dear husband of 42years, who would not notice if I was dressed in black Chanel or a black garbage bag, commented to me one night he really did not like bare legs on most women. He thinks hosiery hides a multitude of sins. Holy moly!!! Wonder what other men think?
Hey, Roxanne, well he is right about that. Sheer hose do cover and look nice. I’ve just gotten so used to not wearing pantyhose and in the summer especially. I do think sheer hose in a nude color or black looks nice with many outfits too, I just didn’t feel like that look for NYE. I’m not totally opposed to it though. Adding color (in a bottle) to legs is a great idea when going bare legged and I didn’t do it for this occasion, but like to have color in the summer months.
You look great. The leopard collar and shoes are especially chic.
You find the best things, Rhoda, including that handsome gentleman!
Thank you, Jane! 🙂
What a handsome couple! Your date reminds me of one my favorite actors…Stanley Tucci! They have the same hairstyle. Hope you had fun!!
I LOVE that necklace and you look lovely and very elegant for NYE. I too have given up hose in the summer. It’s hot in Texas! But my dresses usually skim mid-calf or ankle length so my legs barely show. When I wear heels and a little black dress I just have to wear a very sheer nude color hose unless I wear sandals. Call me old fashioned but I don’t feel right without them and they do hide a multitude of flaws (my winter white legs.) It doesn’t bother me if other women go bare legged, to each their own. I’ve never been able to wear pumps with bare feet, not comfortable for me. With the shoes you chose I think either way is fine. You pulled together an awesome look on a budget (and it looks comfortable too).
this is a nice look for you.. very classic. I went to a sale on New Years at Dillards.. lots of great bargains there.. I found several pieces for not a lot. I gave up hose too, so wear leggings a lot. They are easier to pull on with my bum hip! I wear a lot of long skirts too.
Love everything! Those shoes are to die for. Would you happen to know the brand/style? It’s so hard to find a stylish shoe with a heel that is not too high. These are gorgeous!
Leah, the brand is Joe’s and I’ve found them at Nordstrom and other places online. Here’s their website. I didn’t even know what a deal I got until I started looking at their prices. Not sure you can still find the ones I got, but they have similar on the Nordstrom & other sites. I got a deal for sure at $20!
http://www.joesjeans.com/Womens-Shoes/1007/dept