Mid Century Dream

Hello there! Yay, I'm so glad my long weekend has begun! We got out of work early today. at 12:30. Tonight Bob and I are going to my parent's for dinner, and my aunt, uncle, cousin, and grandparents will also be there. My aunt, uncle, & cousin are in from Texas, and tomorrow Bob and I will be going to his aunt and uncle's house. Friday morning my mom and I are going to antique mall and a couple of other little shops, about fourty minutes from me. 
Unfortunately, Bob has to work on Friday; he never gets off on Black Friday.  
Last night I went to Panera with a friend I hadn't seen since July. We've been getting together about every three or four months for awhile now. It's always nice to see her and get to catch up. I worked with her a horrendeous job, about seven years ago. I lasted less than four months there ha, before I quit with no notice, something I do not typically do. Even though the job was so terrible, I'm just glad I met her and have stayed in touch with her all of this time.
I'll definitely be doing some Black Friday/Cyber Minday shopping between now and Monday. I did place a couple of orders earlier in the week: a purse from Pinup Girl Clothing, and a Bernie dress. I also ordered some new Splendette bangles today (the new release went live this morning), and my mom's going to pay me back for some of them, and give them to me for Christmas. It was better that way, than placing two separate orders, and playing twice for international shipping!
In the pictures below I'm wearing my Bernie Dexter Go Retro Drive in dress, that I got back in May. I've worn it to work a lot since, and I just love the mid century modern print! I love this color combo too; it's a bit unusual. I'm not into brown, but I don't mind it here with all the other bright colors surrounding it. 

Dress: Bernie Dexter
Brooch: Instagram seller
Bangles: Etsy (BrighterBakelite)
Heels: BAIT Footwear

~Bye bye for now!

Retro Market

Hello there! Bob and I had a good day out in Pennsylvania yesterday, in spite of the rain and traffic we encountered. It's just over a two hour drive to Lancaster for us, and we got there a little after 10 a.m. We went to the Retro Market antique show, and it was the very first one they'd had. The same people who put on Retro Fest in July (which we went to this past July), also put on the Retro Market. I hope they'll continue to put on both shows! 
I had a lot of success yesterday. My best finds were two adorable vintage dresses for a total of $40! Vintage clothes shopping is not an easy feat, especially if you're not tiny, as the medium to larger sizes are harder to find. The red dress I got fits me pretty well, just a little big in the waist, and the gingham dress I got is very big in the waist, so I'm going to see if my mom can take it in for me, and for now, I'll just be belting it. I got my first vintage purse at the show, and it's a cheery shade of yellow. I got that for $15, and a blue flower enamel brooch for $8.
I also got a small fruit lithograph print that I'll hang on the wall. As for my Christmas-y finds at the show: I got a plastic Santa Claus cookie jar, a new book on vintage Christmas with the CUTEST graphics, a dish towel with a super cute, bright, bell print, and a smallChristmas gift for my mom. 
The show was on the small side, but that's okay, because I got enough great finds! I also saw Joann there, a woman I met at the July show, after following each other on Instagram. 
My dad happened to ask us Friday night when we saw him, if we'd be stopping in Adamstown on the way there or back. I totally forgot it's right on the route to Lancaster!
So, Bob wasn't excited ha, but he was very sweet and let me go to two antique malls in Adamstown on the way back. It was a long day for him, with all the shopping, driving in the annoying rain, and the traffic.  
I found a few small items in Adamstown: a Christmas apron that I LOVE, a board game with adorable graphics, a really cute Scotch tape container, and my very first petticoat! Can you believe I never had a petticoat before?! I got it for $13, too, ha. I got really good deals yesterday! I definitely won't be wearing the petticoat to work, but I will start wearing it on weekends. 
I'm really glad we went, and I'm looking forward to going to Retro Fest again, this July! 
There's so much amazing antiquing out in that area of Pennsylvania,a nd I love going. 
My mom and I are probably going to Adamstown over Christmas break. It's better when my mom brings me, instead of Bob, because she has more fun, ha.
Oh, and I got TONS of compliments on my outfit yesterday! First when I got to the show, I was walking around with my coat on (which also could be worn as a dress), and people thought I was wearing it as a dress, and were complimenting my outfit. I got hot later on, took of the coat, and then was getting compliments on my reindeer skirt outfit, and a couple people asked if I had changed my outfit, ha! Nope, just took off my coat. 
 

Look at this whopper of a tree!!

Top: Pinup Girl Clothing
Skirt: The Oblong Box Shop
Brooch: Erstwilder
Heels: BAIT Footwear

~Bye bye for now!

Field Flowers

Hello there! Ah, what a crappy Monday it's been...it was raining, cold, and dreary all day, and it's always rough going back to work after a long weekend! It seems the last of the warm weather is probably gone until spring, unfortunately. We had an Indian summer, and it's hard to say goodbye to it, that's for sure. 
Tonight I'm just taking it easy, tomorrow I am leaving work early, for a doctor's appointment, Wednesday night I'm going to a board meeting at work, Friday I'll be going to Panera for dinner with my dad, grandmother, and Bob, and Saturday is the Retro Market in Lancaster, which I have been looking forward to for months, and am so excited for! 
In the pictures below I'm wearing my newest Retrospec'd dress, in their new field flowers print in the Vivian style. This is my second Vivian, and I love this style. I think it's one of the more flattering Retrospec'd styles on me, and it's also really comfortable, and easy to wear. I think this big flower print is absolutely gorgeous, and I already got a few compliments on it. As soon as I saw it online, I fell in love with it, but I didn't want to pay for the shipping from Australia (Retrospec'd is an Australian brand, and their dresses are made there, as well). So, I contacted an American shop that carries the brand, and who I have bought from many times before, A Classic Paradise. Luckily, they ordered it, and it did take about three weeks to get it into my hands, but it was definitely worth the wait! 

Dress: A Classic Paradise (Retrospec'd)
Necklace, bangles: Splendette
Earrings: Etsy (Luxulite)
Heels: BAIT Footwear

~Bye bye for now!

Red Fans Virginia

Hello there! I don't have too much going on today; I'll be running a couple of errands with Bob, working out, and doing a lot of relaxing at home. One of the errands we are running is going to a local mall to return a shirt I received in the mail recently. I haven't been to this mall in sooo long, probably a couple of years. It's funny, because I used to go almost every week! 
Thursday morning I had a doctor's appointment, and in the evening I went out with friends for drinks. Yesterday I cleaned, did laundry, worked out, and did a lot of reading and Netflix/TV watching, ha. I also put out some more Christmas decorations, and took down some Halloween ones. 
When I have long weekends like this, I don't like to be too busy. I do really love these long weekends though, and am excited that I only have to work a full week at work next week, and then have a 2.5 day work week the following week!
Christmas is a month and a half from today, not that I'm counting! I started doing a little Christmas shopping earlier this week. I normally start in November. I'm proud that I thought of some ideas for people on my own; it's usually pretty hard for me to come up with things.
I the pictures below I'm wearing my Trashy Diva red fans Virginia dress that I got a year ago when I was in New Orleans. The material has stretch to it, and is so comfortable. TD has only released two prints in this style so far, but I'm really hoping for more. I wear this dress a lot in the cooler weather. Speaking of cooler weather, it's currently 23 degrees out, and I'm really not looking forward to running errands when it's this damn cold out, ugh!

Dress: Trashy Diva
Bangles: Splendette
Earrings: Etsy (Luxulite)
Heels: BAIT Footwear

~Bye bye for now!

Part II Of My October Trip

Hello there! I have a four day weekend, which starts today! The school is closed today & tomorrow for teacher's convention. Last year I was in California during teacher's convention, so I'm excited to be at home, and doing a lot of relaxing this long weekend. I have a doctor's appointment today, and am hanging out with friends tonight.
 Well, I'm finally getting around to blogging about the second part of my trip with my mom to New Orleans & Nashville! In my first post about the trip, I talked about the first part in New Orleans. In this post I'm going to talk about Nashville. We flew from New Orleans to Nashville on Thursday morning. The flight got in on time, and was quite a short flight, I think it was just over an hour. My mom and I took an Uber from the airport to my sister's apartment, where we picked up her car to use while she was at work (she rides her bike to work).
We had lunch at Nashville Palace, which is my favorite bar in Nashville; it's where a lot of the Nashville Boogie was held. There was a guy singing and playing guitar while we were there. 
I think they have live music all day and night, every day/night. We also went to three antique malls, and I got a newly made canvas print of vintage kitchenware, and I also got one last year from the sale booth at that antique mall, and I also got a cheap bracelet. The woman running the antique mall where I got the print from recognized me from May. I thought that was neat! Her co-worker, who was probably about 15 years old, told me she liked my accent. Ha! I don't hear that too often. I love some southern accents (I think some are just TOO thick), and I do love Nashville and New Orleans accents.
When my sister got out of work we headed over there to hang out with her for a bit, before we went back to the house we were staying in (Air Bnb type thing), which was about ten minutes from her. Friday morning we headed out to Loveless Cafe, which is about half an hour away, but still is in Nashville. Bob and I went there in May, and loved it. It's quite famous, and has been around for a long time. I got the same meal as last time ha, I got a chicken salad sandwhich. They have amazing biscuits too, which are unlimited. On the way back to my sister's, we stopped at Pharmacy Burger, and we sat at the bar and I got an orange phosphate drink (it's orange soda and cream), and my mom got a milkshake.
My sister got out of work early, and we headed back to her place. We did some shopping nearby, and then headed to the airport to pick up my aunt & cousin who were coming in for the weekend, and live in Texas. We had dinner with them at a German restaurant in a mall. I just got a sald, and it was good. We dropped my mom and aunt off at the Grand Ole Opry afterwards; they were catching a show there. My sister, 15 year old cousin, and me headed over to Nashville Palace, and heard some live music, and my sister and I had a couple of drinks. We sat out on the porch in the comfortable nighttime weather. It was nice to catch up with my cousin; we usually see her only a couple of times a year. 
On Saturday we headed to Franklin, a cute little town about half an hour from my sister's place. Bob and I also went there in May. We did some shopping and went out to lunch. 
I didn't buy anything there. In the afternoon we left there, and they dropped me off at the airport. I LOVE the Nashville airport; it's tiny, and so fast and easy to get through. The airport by me, Newark, is unfortunately the opposite of that.

Nashville Palace

My sister on the left & cousin on the right

Yummy drinks at Pharmacy Burger

Vintage curtains inside Loveless Cafe - love them!

LOVE this sign so much!!

Canvas print I got an antique mall (althoug it's newly made)

 

Kitchen Kelly & Fontaine

Hello there! Saturday Bob and I went to an antique show in Allentown, about an hour away from us. We got there a little after 9:00 a.m. There was a good amount of people there already, and walking up and down the narrow aisles was annoying with slow people who were blocking the walkways. But, otherwise we had a good time, and I got a couple of goodies. I was glad I didn't find a lot of things that I HAD to have, because I didn't want to spend too much money. I got a fruit bottle brush tree and a plastic Santa that lights up. 
Antique bottle brush trees are my favorite Christmas decorations to collect. The vendor I bought the tree from remembered me from two other shows I was at, and both other shows I bought something from her. She's one of my favorite vendors. She always has great bottle brush trees! She said she'll be at the Oldwick show in a month, and I can't wait for that show! It's also only 2o minutes from us, so that's a big plus.
After the show we went to the nearby mall, about ten minutes away. We went in a couple of shops, and had lunch at the German restaurant there. Bob loves German food, but I'm not such a fan of most of it, ha. I'm not a meat & potatoes girl. I got a tuna fish wrap, which was pretty good. I went in Hot Topic to see if they had the Lisa Frank sweatshirt that I had seen online, and they did have it, and in my size! I snagged it, and I love it. It's so colorful, and so me! It's probably not surprising that I was pretty obsessed with Lisa Frank for years when I was growing up. My favorite of her designs were the unicorns, and this sweatshirt has one of the unicorns on it.
I got a lot of compliments on my outfit on Saturday, and I only noticed one other woman there wearing a dress. One woman who was shopping at the show, remembered me from a year ago, when I went to the same show last year. I suppose I do have a memorable look!  
In the pictures below I'm wearing the outfit I wore on Saturday. I also wore my Fontaine coat, pictured below. I LOVE that coat, even though it's hard to move my upper arms in it as it's tight up there, and also the fabric on the top two buttons had come up, and I hot glued them back on, but as you can see, the one button lost its fabric again. Otherwise, I love the vintage 40's look of the coat. 
I almost always wear this dress when I go antiquing. I do love my themes, that's for sure! 
I feel like wearing this dress while antiquing will bring me antiquing luck, ha.

Dress: Bernie Dexter
Coat: Trashy Diva
Brooch: Deer Arrow
Bangles: Splendette & antique shops
Heels: BAIT Footwear

~Bye bye for now!

Santorini

Hello there! Yay, the weekend is here once again. It was a pretty busy at week, again. Next week is a short week though, so I have that to look forward to! Tomorrow Bob and I are going to the Allentown Antique Toy Show, and my parents, and mom's cousin & her husband will also be there. The antique show also has antique holiday items, so I'm excited to go! It's the first antique show of the season for us. Our next one is two weeks away, in Lancaster. 
After the show we're going to a nearby mall, so I can see if they have any good Christmas ornaments at Boscov's, and I'm also going to see if the Hot Topic has the Lisa Frank sweatshirt I'm after. Yes, I said Lisa Frank. Hot Topic carries a few LF shirts & sweatshirts, and the sweatshirt I wanted is sold out online. I NEVER go to malls, in fact that last time I think I went to one was a year ago when we went to the same one after the toy show. 
Now that it's November, Christmas is definitely big time on my mind! I can't wait to decorate my apartment, and I'll be way more excited to decorate our house next year! I'll have so much more room to display everything then. My Christmas decorations, especially my Christmas antiques, makes me so happy.
In the pictures below I'm wearing my new Retrospec'd Elizabeth dress in the Santorini print. It's not available on their website anymore, but Catnip Reproduction Vintage Clothing had one left in my size. I had first seen it probably over a year ago, but was never that into it. When I came across it again recently, it caught my eye this time. Isn't it funny how that happens?? Anyway, I'm so glad I got it! It fits perfectly, is flattering, and is a great print!
This print is an exact reproduction of a vintage print. I love that Retrospec'd does that, and they so often select amazing prints that I love! 
I don't have any blue or green shoes that match this dress exactly, but these royal blue ones, as well the green pair I wore in my last post are both pretty close. If you've been following me at all, you know how I love to match! 

Dress: Catnip Reproduction Vintage Clothing (Retrospec'd)
Bangles: Etsy (BrighterBakelite) & antique shops
Earrings: Etsy (Luxulite)
Heels: Poshmark (BAIT Footwear)

~Bye bye for now!