Yes, I'm still alive!

Where have I been these days? Well, I spent winter break at my parents' house. I hardly posted anything over break because I (almost literally) did nothing but work and watch Gossip Girl. Now I'm back at school and my Internet/computer always has something going wrong. I haven't really been doing much other than school either. The funny thing is, I seem to get a lot more followers when I'm not posting anything. So thank you for that! :D I really want to try to get back to posting more regularly. I did get this cute ashtray though, and who doesn't love hippos?

My Friends are Gross Enablers!

Just kidding! Between my birthday, Christmas, and a couple just-because gifts, I made out like a vintage bandit! Thanks so much to my lovely friends that help me stay stylish!





Look at the details of this purse! It's the perfect combination of gaudy and adorable. I also live with 4 cats, and this matches half of them.

Happy New Year everyone!

It's been years since I've gone out for New Years. Tonight I saw The Sound of Music at a theater that plays old movies, played board games with friends, wore sparkly shoes, while still getting home by 1am. This broad knows how to party. I hope everyone stayed safe, and had a great night!

Disappointment!

This couch was at the thrift store over the weekend and it was love at first sight. I asked my Mom if it was too ridiculous for a Christmas present, and she said no. Sadly, she went back for it today (since I live an hour away) but it was already gone. Sorry pink brocade couch, we would have been awesome together. I've never been a huge "GIVE ME PRESENTS!" kind of girl, so I seriously can't think of anything else to ask for, practical or impractical. Any ideas?

Don Draper and I have the same ash tray!

My roommate and I have been on a Mad Men binge all month. Half way through, I happened to notice that the ash tray Don Draper has in his office is the same as mine! It was my grandparents, and my Dad recently gave it to me. I don't smoke, but it's a great little tray to keep jewelry in. Has this ever happened to anyone with other shows/things?

Musical Monday: Gypsy

100 years of fashion in 100 seconds

My mom posted this on my facebook page this morning, and I just thought it was so great! It makes me wonder what fashion of today will end up being the "iconic" look people remember 100 years later.



And just a hurricane update: I made it through the storm fine, but there was no power for a week. No fun! I'm also still having computer issues on my school computer, so I'm not sure how much posting I'll be doing for a while :(

Musical Monday: Viva Las Vegas

Musical Monday: Mary Poppins

I'm declaring it "Julie Andrews July" so I hope everyone who reads my blog loves her as much as I do

Musical Monday: Beach Blanket Bingo

Musical Mondays are back! I have done Beach Blanket Bingo before, but it is one of my favorite movies, and it's perfect timing for summer. Here are some more musical clips, since I couldn't include all of them before.

The Thrift Store Gods Were On My Side Today

I usually do most of my shopping at thrift stores, but finding actual vintage is pretty rare. Today I found a great pill box hat, and my favorite style of old lady earrings! There was also a great 1950s style dress that was my size! Plus it was teal, which is probably one of the best colors ever. I seem to find the best stuff when I decide to go thrifting on a whim. Isn't that how it always works though?

"Made in Dagenham"

This movie is about the English women who went on strike in the late 1960s because they wanted equal pay as men. I don't want to give away more than that, but I thought it was a really great movie. I feel slightly ironic mentioning this in a movie about feminism, but just look at these outfits!

I hit the mother-load of vintage luggage!

My dad was cleaning out his garage today. He found 3 pieces of vintage luggage that belonged to my Grandma, and passed them along to me! Other than being super dusty, and slightly sticky, they are in almost perfect condition and even have the original keys! I looked around on the Internet to get an idea of how old they might be, and I found an ad that could be an exact match to one of the pieces. I started cleaning them, and they're going to look really great once I'm finished! Thanks Dad!

OMG, HATS!!!

My friend's boyfriend gave me almost a dozen vintage hats this weekend! They are glorious! He told me he had "a few" for me, so I assumed it was two, maybe three hats. Almost all of them came with their own vintage hair pins too! I lucked out! They were such a great gift!

I love this one. It has such an odd shape, but it's hard to catch it well in a picture. I'll have to try taking some pictures wearing it. That might work better.


This is one is probably my favorite. It fits perfectly, stays on without any kind of hair pin, and I can see myself actually wearing it pretty often.

This one is just plain ridiculous. I want to get some fake birds or something to add on to it. I have no idea what occasion I would/could wear this one to, but I have faith that a perfect situation will come up where that will be the perfect hat.

Here is a picture of the rest of them. I really have no idea what I'm going to do with all of these hats. I collect vintage hats here and there, but I think I'm going to have to start wearing them out.

Musical Monday: Little Shop of Horrors

This is one of the very few movie remakes that I think is better than the original. I watched this all the time when I was little, and I'm sure it's one more movie that helped plant the "vintage seed" in my head. Just so people know, this movie IS on Netflix instant play for now :D

Musical Monday: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

I had never heard of this musical until last week when I bought the record because the cover looked cool. Strangely enough, the very next day, it popped up on suggested movies that I might like on Netflix. To be honest, I thought the actual movie was pretty boring, but I loved the musical numbers, and all the 1960s style dresses. It was still worth watching.

This is from a Japanese version of the play. I thought that was pretty cool, and different

John Waters and My Love of Retro/Vintage

There's no doubt that watching John Waters movies like Hairspray and Crybaby as a child imprinted some love of retro/vintage in my mind forever. I'm going to see him perform his one-man show at a film festival next week. I've seen it once before, and was able to meet him afterwards. It was seriously one of the best nights of my life! I was just in awe the whole night! I'm super excited about seeing him again!

Musical Monday: Forever Plaid

There was a version of Forever Plaid on TV this weekend. Unfortunately I missed the first one, and the second one was on at 4am. I am a severe night owl, and am usually up that early (or late?), but this was one of the few occasions I wasn't going to be up that late because of work. Oh well.

1961 Yearbook Pictures

I was looking at my Dad's old yearbook this weekend, and thought I would post a few pictures. Aren't these outfits amazing? I'll try to get some more pictures when I'm home again. I didn't even notice before, but I think the guy holding a book in the top right corner of the first picture might be my Dad...I'll have to look into that.

Happy Valentine's Day!

If I was better at planning things, I would have used this for my Musical Monday post today. I guess I'll just make two! I thought this was an appropriate song for Valentine's Day. I hope everyone had a great one!