Thrifting and Milkmaid Style

friday night, kirk and i watched the move My Girlfriend's Boyfriend. it was a cute movie with Alyssa Milano that I had never heard of. not Oscar material or anything, but a fun chick flick for a friday night.

anyway Alyssa Milano had this hairstyle in a couple scenes:

i have always thought this milkmaid style of hair was cute, so i figured i'd try it for sunday. i couldn't do the full braid across my head because you need really long hair to pull that off, but i braided one braid on each side, and placed them across as far as they would go across my head. essentially i made a braid hairband.

this was the result:

i found the video tutorial here.

on a different note, after reading about Rachel's adventures in thrifting, i was eager to go. so saturday, kirk and i spent about three hours going to thrift stores (and a video game store for Kirk, of course). i got two shirts (super cute, but i'm too lazy to take pics) and these cute shoes. i also got some stuff for syd the kid, including a baby einstein dvd for half price!

the shirts and shoes i got were $6 a piece. not too shabs! {oh yes, i meant to say that!}