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- :: to market, to market… ::
I’ve had a ton of thrifty-adventures lately! Despite the fact that it seemed for awhile that 2008 was becoming a bad year on the thrift-front, this past weekend has restored my faith a tiny bit… lol!
Mom and I stopped at a thrift shop the other afternoon after going to look at a new church to [...]
- :: summertime pleasures ::
L. and I discovered early on in our relationship that our favorite dates were the simplest ones. He’s on a special four-day liberty (I’m getting so spoiled right now!! lol), so early Friday we packed a picnic lunch and headed for Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland. We both really enjoy being outdoors and doing something [...]
- :: fireflies + martinis ::
Thank you all for your lovely comments about my Friday post with my new dress! I’m just so tickled by your sweet words!
I’ve lately been on a jazz kick. I downloaded some new music from iTunes over the weekend to flesh out my still-meager collection of 1920s and early 1930s jazz (I tend to have [...]
- :: faded images… ::
Remember this dress I posted about in May? I washed it the other day and it took out a lot of the staining, and after a quick chop-and-rehem job, I think it looks quite fetching as a new, summery frock! Very late 1910s, early 1920s-esque. It proved to be the perfect little, lightweight dress to [...]





