Mouse in a Blouse: vintage clothing

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

An Outfit, a Persian, and a Project

vintage sweater- thrifted, Goodwill Palmdale

vintage side-zip jeans- Ebay (I think)

saddle shoes- Wasteland Burbank

Well here we are! A mundane Tuesday. Tried something new with the woopty-doos (I think that is the technical term for whatever I have going on with my roll-pin curl thingies in my hair) today. I was prepared for rain- but it's bright and sunny out now! Poop! OH let's just close the blinds, love on Leonard the cat, and pretend it's pouring with a cup of tea!

My greatest accomplishment of the day thus far has been making some progress on my gigantic sewing project. I've challenged myself to sew a dress...since then it's taken a couple of weeks to decide on a pattern, buy the pattern, think about fabric, look at fabric, and now finally- buy the fabric. So now we are ready to cut it out- and knowing myself- that should only take...oh...a couple months :) It's been a long time since I've sewn anything bigger than a doll size dress, so I think I have some fear that is holding me back. I know I just have to suck it up and dive in!

*I love this pattern- it's a total knock-off of the ever-popular and coveted Swirl!*

Monday, March 21, 2011

1/2 an Oufit and Weekend Thrifting Nonsense

Here we have half of the days outfit as the bottom half is boring pants and I had already kicked off my shoes, as seen below ;) It's been raining buckets in Southern California, so on with the warm and cozy sweater! To be honest, I didn't wear the scarf to work- but I did nap on my hair all afternoon- so the scarf seemed to tidy it up for this photo.

vintage cardigan- thrifted

checkered blouse- Sidecca

brooch- ebay

scarf- thrifted

shoes- Forever 21

Before the rain hit- I was able to take a thrifting adventure in Burbank and came up with some excellent finds. I got a couple of blouses and sweater, which are in the laundry- but also scored this deliciously tacky purse for $3 and some morbid bathroom reading for $1.99.

As for the final word on a stormy weekend and soggy Monday, I believe the beast that lives beneath my tv has something to say...and it's rather loud and cranky...