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Polyester Princess: januari 2017
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Zondag 29 januari 2017. Beam me up, Scotty! If you thought that after last Saturday's winter walk, we were going to keep it quiet on Sunday, I'm afraid you were wrong: we had a flea market to go to! There was actually no way we were going to miss this one, as it's our favourite indoor market by far. I layered it with a burnt orange cardigan, to which I pinned one of my Camay brooches. As luck would have it, there were some tights in my stash in almost exactly the same colour as the cardigan! First up is ...
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Polyester Princess: december 2016
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Zaterdag 31 december 2016. And by-and-by they came to an enchanted place on. The very top of the forest called Galleons Lap .". A A Milne, The House at Pooh Corner. We wandered through the park which had slowed down for winter, towards the water garden with its gently bubbling stone fountain. If its water looks frozen, it is just a trick of the light: it is only frozen in time. By-and-by we came to an enchanted place, which was almost perfect for a Teddy Bears Picnic. They live in hope of a handout, crus...
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Polyester Princess: Sugar and spice and all things nice
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Woensdag 4 januari 2017. Sugar and spice and all things nice. Alas, my much longed for Christmas break is now well and truly over. And what have we done? One thing is for certain: we did not do nothing. How do. You do nothing, to quote A. A. Milne, or rather: Pooh, once again? I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that. We didn't make the mistake of making too many plans. Instead, we took each day as it came. On one of our charity shopping trips, we picked up this slightly damaged. It was an utterly grey...
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Vintage Vixen: Retail Therapy - Midweek Car Booting & Charity Shopping Fun
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Thursday, 13 August 2015. Retail Therapy - Midweek Car Booting and Charity Shopping Fun. WEARING: Vintage Prova psychedelic maxi (Retro Fit, Vintage Village @ Stockport), denim waistcoat (charity shop), Native American wolf choker (car boot sale), basket (made in Ghana from last weekend's Kaya Festival), sun tan (two months spent working outside). Dinner service by Midwinter,. My parents received it as a wedding gift in 1966 , I still use a few of the pieces still survive, 49 years on. I'm not a fan of d...
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Polyester Princess: november 2016
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Woensdag 30 november 2016. Second hand shopping cannot be hurried. I call it slow shopping. It needs time, patience, and a certain amount of dedication. There's no quick fix or instant gratification. Of course, everything can be found online nowadays, but that doesn't work for me. I love hunting for things "in the wild", to coin Goody's. Phrase . The pleasure of finding the unexpected or finally stumbling upon one of your "holy grails" is incomparable! I also bought this pussy-bow blouse . Before leaving...
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Polyester Princess: augustus 2016
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Woensdag 31 augustus 2016. The sound of silence. On Tuesday night, I lost my dad. He was 84. My dad as a toddler in the early 1930s. My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 years ago, but his illness was kept under control with medication for years, leaving him with quite a good quality of life. Not being a man who easily talked about his feelings didn't really help . At 15 years old, in 1947. It was heart wrenching to see him decline in such a short space of time, especially as this could probably ...
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Polyester Princess: White chalk written on red brick
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Woensdag 11 januari 2017. White chalk written on red brick. One fine morning during our Christmas break, we were all set to do some charity shopping. I couldn't wait to wear the vintage velvet skirt I'd bought at a local charity shop the day before. It was when we were on our way to the till that Jos suddenly noticed the skirt had a Think Twice label still attached, showing its original price of € 12. Anyway, it fits me like a glove and I only paid € 4. So thank you, whoever you are! We were going to sto...
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Polyester Princess: An enchanted place
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Zaterdag 31 december 2016. And by-and-by they came to an enchanted place on. The very top of the forest called Galleons Lap .". A A Milne, The House at Pooh Corner. We wandered through the park which had slowed down for winter, towards the water garden with its gently bubbling stone fountain. If its water looks frozen, it is just a trick of the light: it is only frozen in time. By-and-by we came to an enchanted place, which was almost perfect for a Teddy Bears Picnic. They live in hope of a handout, crus...
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Polyester Princess: maart 2016
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Dinsdag 29 maart 2016. Who knows where the time goes? In our house, with its many ticking clocks, you can literally hear time pass . For a full-time working girl like me, time is at a premium, so the Easter weekend is a godsend. Oh, and maybe time to put away the warmest winter clothes and bring out some of the lighter stuff, which has been hibernating in our linen chest since October. It is spring after all, isn't it? Another one of my cardies came out: olive green with a round collar and three quarter ...
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