Shallow Consumerist Post; or Yard Sales, Wheeeee!

[cupcake_goth]

This weekend was the Fluevog warehouse/sample sale up in Vancouver B.C. There were all sorts of plots bandied back and forth to road trip up to it, but none of my potential traveling companions had the right sort of ID to leave or re-enter the country. Woe! No searching for Babycake boots in limited edition colors, woe!

HOWEVER. Yesterday was the big annual yard sale day in my neighborhood. Rummage sale at the community center, and 100+ yard sales. maiaarts and I have a long-standing partnership for hitting yard sales, so we were compelled, COMPELLED I tell you, to Go Forth and bargain-hunt.

We got kind of a late start, as I crawled out of bed around 10:30, and there were other things to be done. But still! I found a couple of ridiculous gothic romances and some teen vampire books, an antique crystal and brass perfume bottle, a hand-tatted lace collar, a chair for Lucretia Evangeline, a display shelf for teacups and other knick-knacks, and ... perfect Victorian-style granny boots. For a dollar.

::throws the horns in victory::

Then we went to the U-district to stop at Gargoyles. I ran into icprncs, much to my delight. And because it was there, I went into Buffalo Exchange, where I found a lovely pair of knee-high, lace-up Victorian-style boots by some brand named Seychelles. I think the reason they were at BE was that two of the decorative silver buttons at the tops of the boots were missing. But the pronged attachments for the buttons were still there. 10 minutes with a pair of pliers and my button box, and now the boots have new decorative silver buttons. And pink & black striped ribbon laces.

So all in all, I don't regret missing the Fluevog sale.

Today, on the other hand, is about putting indigo on my head, doing some writing, and doing some organizing of the storage room. Oh, and calling the parents, so they can make shocked noises about "We have a daughter? Who knows how to use the phone?" Yeah yeah yeah, you people raised me, you KNOW I'm bad about phone calls. ::grin::

Comments

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

"Delight." Really. ;)

In addition to the gloves (and a pink satin glove box!), I came home with three hats, a $6.50 silk dress, and a cutwork shrug. A successful day of (mostly) thrifty finds. Although maybe I should have stopped at BE too, but it looks you got the best score there already.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Pink satin glove box?! Oooh, you lucky fiend.

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

It's more of a warm rose pink than a you-pink, so you needn't feel too distraught. :) It doesn't really go with my stuff all that well, but I needed one (I ran out of room in the box I've been using months ago, and in any case that one isn't suited for longer gloves) and it was there and inexpensive, so I picked it up.

Also, I finally found the pair of pearl-gray gloves I needed for the VMB. :|

If you've never been to Lucky Vintage, you should pay a visit sometime. Not much in the way of clothing for either of us (it's mostly 1960s-70s), but lots of accessories (gloves, shoes, bags, hats, umbrellas, even crinolines) and the prices are quite reasonable.

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

Um... I could've road tripped with you. Seeing as I have an enhanced ID/license.

IJS... for future reference.

But it sounds as if you did well regardless.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I did think of emailing you and asking if you wanted to do a road trip, but I remembered that you had been feeling decidedly under the weather, and didn't want to pester you. Are you feeling better yet? Have your sinuses stopped trying to kill you?

[ex-fashioni.livejournal.com]

It would appear they're only trying to kill me intermittently, which is a good thing, seeing as I have to get on a plane and fly cross-country.

How about you? I know yours have been giving you grief as well, too.

[cass404.livejournal.com]

Oh, and calling the parents, so they can make shocked noises about "We have a daughter? Who knows how to use the phone?"

Fun times... I am familiar with this.

[raienna.livejournal.com]

*wants to go to garage sales but cannot, as she is on a family vacation*

Seriously, this is the perfect time to be utilizing what my friends call "thrift fu," and yet I am unable to do so because I am in tourist land taking pictures of big rocks. Big rocks: good. Stupid tourists who walk through the grass despite warning signs about rattlesnakes: irksome.

[meegiemoo.livejournal.com]

I went to the fluevog sale and got 3 pairs of shoes. There was very little pink/black so you might not have found much anyway.