New Year's Eve Fantasy Outfits

1. dress: Forever 21, shoes: Anthropologie, tights: AA, headband: Buddug, purse: Topshop 2. dress: Delias, shoes: Delias, tights: UO, hairclip: ban.do, purse: Topshop 3. dress: Topshop, shoes: UO, tights: UO, hairbow: LouLou, purse: UO

I have to confess that I'm just about the biggest homebody you could imagine. The perfect night for me means staying in and wrapping up on the couch with Tom, a big cup of hot chocolate and an old movie. But there's something about New Year's Eve that seems to bring out the party girl in just about all of us, right? Perhaps because it's one of those nights of the year that you can get away with dressing to the nines and no one bats an eye. Chances are I'll be staying in and keeping the couch warm but on the off chance that I find myself at a New Year's party here what I'll wish I was wearing.

Merry Christmas to Me

I've had my eye on these shoes for months on the Urban Outfitters site. They're the perfect mix of modern and vintage and will look good with everything from skirts and dresses to wide leg jeans. I put them in my virtual shopping cart and there they sat for weeks and weeks. I finally noticed that they'd been marked down on sale and I was sure they'd be out of my size. But alas, they weren't and now they're mine all mine. Yippee!

Tag, I'm It

photo by Tom b.

As I'm sure you all know by now I'm notoriously bad at responding to tags. My apologies! I will try to get around to all of them eventually. However, this one from Jayne at Plain Jayne is so easy to do, I'll get right to it. The rules are:

1. Go to the 4th folder in your computer where you store your pictures.
2. Pick the 4th picture in that folder.
3. Explain the picture.
4. Tag 4 people to do the same!

Here's my photo. It's from this past May when a couple of friends from Alabama came to visit Lancaster. We went for a ride on the Strasburg Railroad and then stopped by the Hans Herr house, the oldest home in Lancaster. One of the Amish work horses at the neighboring farm had a foal and I was feeding it hay through the fence. I'm not sure who hasn't been tagged with this yet, so if you'd like to play along, consider yourself tagged!

Also, I've just restocked the store with a few more clearance items. Nothing is starting at more than $5! Now that the holidays are winding down, I'll be back to business as usual. Look for more new auctions this Thursday! Yay!

What I'm Wearing

photos by Tom b.

sweater: vintage (it's so warm I hardly need it!)
shirt: ?? (just an old black t-shirt)
jeans: Superfine
boots & beret: vintage

One of my favorite places to visit when down at my parents' cabin is the old mill pond. I tried to find out more about the old mill that used to be here by researching it online but it's such a small town that there's really no information on the good ole internets about it. It's such a beautiful, peaceful place with little water falls and all sorts of brightly colored mosses and lichen covering the rocks and ferns growing from the trunks of cedar trees. Its the sort of place that makes you think things like fairies could exist.

On another note entirely, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who left such kind notes about the passing of our cat, Rocky. Losing a pet is always a hard thing to go through and all of your comments were very much appreciated. I've met so many wonderful people through the world of blogging. When I first started out, I never expected that to happen. It's been a very positive experience for me. I know a lot of people have to deal with negative comments or other such things, but I've been blessed with the best readers who always have such nice things to say. I think the holidays might be making me a little sappy! So thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you!

In The Beginning...

Spending a few days at my parent’s cabin gave me the opportunity to rummage through all of our old family photo albums. The original plan was to dig up embarrassing bad-adolescent-fashion photos but I when I came across these earlier snapshots I couldn’t resist. I guess this is hard evidence that I’ve always loved dressing up and having my picture taken. ;) I think you can see that I'm still using some of the same poses. Please try not to laugh too hard at my attempt to dress up as an Indian for Halloween. I was stricken with a terrible case of chicken pox and still have the scars to prove it. I think that grimace on my face says it all. For years after that (so many years I’m embarrassed to admit how many) I thought that chicken pox was something that happened to children only on Halloween night.

At Sloss Furnace

coat: H&M
sweater: from Goodwill but not really vintage
skirt: vintage
boots, belt & hat: vintage
tights: AA

Today Tom and I walked around Birmingham's Sloss Furnace. The furnaces have long been shut down but the whole place is open to the public as a National Historic Landmark. It's supposed to be haunted and if ghosts indeed exist, then this would be as good a place to find them as any. Legend has it that dozens of men died in the harsh working conditions when it was in operation. I don't know if it's true but the city does turn it into a huge haunted house every Halloween.