vintage people

today was sunny. this meant i did no work whatsoever. not even an email.

i did, however, go into town and do some shopping.

the impetus for being in town was actually to take some boots to the shoe repair place in there, followed by lunch at Java with a friend.

Both of those things happened, but were followed with a trip to Two Squirrels thrift store.

That is where i fell in love with these:

Vintage red kerchief-scarf-thing. i finally have one of those things everyone else has! only i win, because mine is red. even though i cast on for something like this last night at knitting, but in pink.

A gorgeous green vintage apron. do i have a use for this? not even slightly. am i going to try and get away with wearing it over skirts to uni, just because? totally.

They also had these gorgeous wee bags of old buttons, which when i bought one up to the counter, made the lovely guy there grin and pull out a HUGE tin of old buttons, and ask if i wanted to look at some of them too. urk. at that point my eyes popped out and i started drooling, and then (very responsibly i thought) told him i'd have a look next time, and would just start with this bag.

i turned down buttons? gosh, i must be growing up!

i also got some shoes, but if i posted a picture of every pair of shoes i bought, i'd have to completely change the focus of this blog.

Speaking of the focus of this blog, i cast on a new project at knitting last night. i know, i should really be trying to finish any one of the 7 other things i have on the needles, but this is *cashmere*.

Isn't it pretty? from http://www.needlefood.co.nz/ at Craft 2.0 last month. Absolutely gorgeous and smooshy and needs to be near my face so i can snuggle it, so is going to become a shawly-scarf thing. like what i bought today! only pinks and blacks and cashmere. so it doesn't count as a double-up. *looks innocent*

must go, time to cook dinner - i swear there'll be better photos next post!

xoxox