Two for the price of one

Picture - €2 from Lourdes Connect

More goodies

The granny aesthetic - shoes, bag and blanket

I think this is a python skin handbag - it's very old and was €1 in Mrs Quinns

Also €1 in LAW - people seem to either love or hate these shoes

There's a lot of catching up to do ...

and don't assume that because I stopped posting, I stopped buying.  Oh no!!

Here's a whistle stop tour of my purchases since the end of August.  Details have been added where required and if not stated all purchases are from the Limerick Animal Welfare shop, Parnell Street, Limerick.

my calves have to hold their breath for these boots but they're worth it

a home repaired child's cricket bat - well-used

vintage C and A

gorgeous 80s? cardigan, it's too big but I wear it anyway

DKNY lace dress

I love my faux fur, it's like wearing an Alsatian

French Connection - flirty and tailored at the same time

(Zara) white - patent - leather - brogues.  Are there 4 more pleasing words in the English language? 

I tried these on when they first came out but couldn't justify the price.  In the intervening years, there are people I've forgotten, but not these shoes.  And then this pair came in, my size and the love affair was rekindled.

Vintage 80's German silk.  Tartan and paisley shouldn't work together but do.

I always wanted one of these heavy leather messenger bags and now ...

I love this authentic Norwegian cardigan inordinately - and then I go and take blurred shots of it

my favourite find so far.  I love this Aran poncho.  You have to careful how you wear it though or you can end up looking like an extra in Lord of the Rings

River Island banana bag with zips and studs

Paisley square from Second Time Around, Limerick

From St Vincent de Paul, Charleville

It's polyester, it's cheap, it has someone's name written on the inside label but it looks strangely fabulous on

More catching up in the next post - whenever that may be.

I'm off charity shopping tomorrow!

3 times a year

That's how often I estimate you find something in a charity shop that genuinely delights you.  Something that makes the pulse race, the years fall away, with your name on it, that you can't quite believe would be in a charity shop in the first place but if not there, then where?

Today was one of those days for me.

A white leather/black polka dot bat wing 80's leather jacket

with leather tie belt and polka dot lining

and the obligatory massive American Football style

shoulder pads.  

I am in leather jacket heaven.

Photographed on my person because it needed a body in it to do it justice.  I suspect it is a little large for me but I don't care.

'Scuse the big, red head but anyone who knows me knows I don't photograph too well.  And all attention has to be on the jacket.

Here's the fella that would have loved this jacket too!

Charity shop art

Charity shop art aka thrift store art.  Usually limited to original paintings but I couldn't resist the creepy, faded clown.  And of course, they have to be photographed in situ.

See also http://www.thriftstoreart.com/ and http://thewurstgallery.com/artists/vintage_vandals

I was tempted ...

but did not succumb.

A little piece of 1970

I seem to be on a bit of a 70's vibe at the moment - the string picture I posted recently was gone but today I got this embroidered picture - more embroidery.  But look at it!  The subject, the colours, the polyester or nylon wool, the hessian backing, the style all scream 70's and I couldn't leave it behind.  It didn't fit into the top box so was carted home fastened to the bike by two ties. 

I love the way whoever made it has run out of wool for some sections and carried on in a slightly different colour and yes, the dove does look a little strange but who cares? This is handmade and maybe 40 years old