WEIRD DOLL WEDNESDAY, PART79

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR

This one is for Vix, who's going the India.

I'm going back to bed, because I have the flu.  Boo Hoo.

We play a game on Jan 1 called "First one in the New Year......."  I get to be first one in the New Year to get sick!!!!! I win!!!!!!

SPY GIRL'S 52 PICK ME UP LINK UP

 

 

I'm linking up to Spy Girl's 52 Pick Me Up and I do believe I did it the right way around this time.

 This week is "metallic". I'm wearing a coat/tunic I got at Dillard's for $17 and holding  wreath my friend Sarah made.


We had a lovely Christmas. The Doctor got a new outfit (the Ralph Lauren one from the by the pound store) one of these days I'll trick him into posing.

 I got more books. I'm a sucker for a rock n roll bio and I love Jo Nesbo.

 My sister-in-law made the tea towel and the jewelry is from The Dr.  It's from Alchemy 1977. He didn't go to Jerrod's. My sister sent a wine and chocolate box( which is gone) and the house got a new microwave. We don't over do the gifts


We had a small Christmas dinner party and true to form, I didn't take photos.

 I made dinner from my new cookbooks. Which are amazing!

 

 Here's my house on Christmas Eve.

I have a concrete porch, so my house won't burn down.

 

 What do you think of the new colors?

WEIRD DOLL WEDNESDAY, PART 78

 

Did you think I'd take a break because it's Christmas? But, no princess........

 

 

Pretty Russian Christmas dolls from Dr. Mary-Alice (AKA Malice). 

Have a lovely day.

PURPLE, PURPLE AND MORE PURPLE

I linked up with Spy Girls 52 Pick Me Up and forgot to make a post!

 Bad, Thorne Garnet. So here's a purple-a-thon.

 Even my bedroom walls are purple and the blanket.

I promise it won't happen again. Ok?

YOU GOT THAT WHERE?

 

Over Thanksgiving Break, I went to the By-the-Pound store in Charlotte, NC with MTW. I got 14 pounds of stuff for $21. Here's it all piled on the floor.

Big old pile of stuff

 While I was getting it all ready to wash, I noticed I'd bought pieces that made outfits.  "Hmm, maybe I should make outfit posts of what can be found second hand" Here's outfit #1: Vintage Sears a-line skirt and Vintage Jessica's Gunnies, which is part of Gunnie Sac/Jessica McKlintock

 The blouse is in the Gibson Girl/1900's style and would have been perfect on one of the maids in A Little Night Music from last summer. Note the leg of mutton sleeves.

"Polo? I got your Polo right here lady"

 

Both pieces are Polo Ralph Lauren. The pants are brand new, still had the store tag. The sweater is a wool/linen blend. Who's says you can't find nice quality clothes at a thrift store? Not this girl. Both of these outfit probably cost around $5. One of the reasons I decide to do You Got That Where is some people don't believe me when they ask me where I got an outfit. I get one of two reactions: Horror (I wear dead people's clothes) or shock( you got that where?) As Bella Q says: SHOP SECOND HAND FIRST!!!!!!

Have a lovely weekend!!!!!!

VACATION MODE HAS KICKED IN

 

After the home improvements, decorating for Christmas and doing some yardening(yard work/gardening) my style awesomeness have taken a back seat

 See, what I mean. Geez, woman, ya could have put some lipstick on! I keep forgetting to take photos of when I do look "fashionable".  Heck with it, I'm on vacation.

I was downtown the other day mailing cards and stopped in to the Hope Thrifts store.

 where Christmas tree stands go to die.  Some of them look like green lampshades. Because I was walking, I had to not buy the whole store. But........

 

Roxie got a new hat.

 Here's a side view. The bow is light green. And it's 21" around, which means it's 3" too small for my head. Boo Hoo.

I was rummaging through the patterns. Most of them were 80's-90's, but look what I found.......

1940's, 1950's and 1960's! Working in theatre what I like about vintage patterns is the graphics. See how nicely styled the suit on the left is? And check out the hair styles on the evening wear. I'll sometime hand an actor an old pattern and tell them "do this with your hair and makeup"

Enjoy whatever you do for whatever holiday you do. 

WEIRD DOLL WEDNESDAY, PART 77

 

".......sparkle Barbie tied to a tree with strings. These are a few of my favorite things"

Geez, covering lots of bases today: weird doll, Christmas, show tunes....... 

Barbie tiring one on

One more week until a new Dr. Who.....I mean, Christmas!