The Blue Danube Cardigan ~ Made by Me ‘12, Pattern: The Sweetheart Baby Owl Doily Brooch ~ Made by Me ‘12, using this free pattern from Goodknits The Pick Me Up Plaid Dress ~ eBay.com Gladys Owl Brooch ~ Acorn & Will Plaited Leather Belt ~ Thrifted Grey-Beige Stockings ~ ?? Mary Contrary Heel ~ New Look, UK
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This new-to-me dress is what I wore when the Husband and I went out on a date to see The Avengers. The movie made me even more keen to see Captain America because Rogers {Steven Rogers, a.k.a Captain America, that is} looks awfully smart in his 1940s leather jacket and vintage style! I keep on wondering what other lovely 1940s costuming that movie has in store for me, so it is currently on the top of my ‘To Watch’ list, although Brave is close behind. It looks like fun, and I adore Celtic lore, music, and dance. Must be that Gaelic Scots blood running wild again!
Of course, talking about Scottish love brings me in full circle to my darling plaid dress. Out of all the mad eBaying I have been doing recently, this dress is really the only winter appropriate vintage I have picked up. Mind you, it’s not actually that great for staving off the cold as the fabric is only thin cotton, but I love the muted colours, and I really felt like a proper bonnie wee lassie all geared up in my tights and tartan. : D
Now I just have to restrain myself from collecting more plaid clothing ~ at least for a little while. My dress budget is well and truly used up for the next month or so! Any and all shopping will be strictly of the window variety for the time being.
Which leads me to wonder ~ does window shopping work for you? I find that it can when I am on a shopping ban, but I have to be careful not to find anything that I absolutely love or that ban often gets broken! So tell me, what shopping ban methods work for you?
xox,
bonita
