Alligators, Old Mink and New Money....

'Tucked in a drawer in my mother's dresser I found

an old navy slip whose fabric felt like butter in my hands.

 I knew that my mother had tucked away hundreds 

of such items throughout the house ~ from her youth, from childhoods

of my my sisters and brothers and me 

~but I didn't know that this had belonged to my grandmother until

I asked if I could borrow it.

I put it on, and if fit beautifully, I clinched the waist

with an inexpensive black stretchy belt and 

completed the outfit with sexy, strappy sandals, 

and a python ~ patchwork clutch.

As I prepared to leave the house, my Father was baffled.

" Where's your dress?" he asked.

" This is my dress, I told him......"

~

Taken with kindness from one of my most favourite books!

Alligators, old mink and New Money.

~By Alison Houtte and Melissa Houtte.

Hellooooo

 Lovely blog world....

I've read this book not once but three times..

~ I loved it from start to finish...

It's a old book and has been in my collection for quite some time...

~ Parts of it remind me of Bumble Bee...

( my little place of work)

The peeps that I meet and their stories and tales they have to tell....

~ 

And other pages remind me of my past....

 I wore an awful lot of old ~ vintage clothes from my Grandma

in my 'hey day' eighties...

The above extract reminds me very much of now!

~ Mr Rosey Tinted Spec's  often asks

" Just where is the dress"!!!.... ~ as Miss Olivia leaves the house...

~ Clothes can seem very short these days!!

hehe!

~

The book tells the story of

One woman's adventures in Vintage Clothing....

And the interesting folks that pass through her shop door!

~ to buy the clothes that capture their memories...

This week has seen me letting go of a little of old ~

~ in order to make room for a little of new....

I have three bags for charities...

I've also had a little spend...

~ 

I've been saving my pennies for a rainy day since before 

Christmas.......

~ And goodness knows we've had days and days of these....

This week I invested in the above little dress...

~ It's by Noa Noa .

~ and I am over the moon to say..

" It cost me a fraction of the price being in the late January Sales....

I'm a happy bunny, when this happens!

I was also treated this week to this beautiful corsage!

It's very lovely and was made as a gift for me by Lucy, a lovely customer

and indeed friend..

I meet the nicest peeps in my little day job, I really do!

Another peek!

The fabric is Liberty, and ever so pretty!

~ Thank you for kindest words on my last story telling's too...

~ They mean a lot...x

I bet my bottom dollar that you have a story attached to a

special some thing that you wore once upon a time...

~ I know I have a few....

But that's another post!

Take time to dream...

Love 

Maria x