Things I have acquired recently...

I wanted to share some of the lovely things which have come into my possession in the past month or so.

Firstly, grey vintage brogues;


This is the picture from the listing on Etsy - I'm afraid I didn't have them with me when I was taking pictures tonight. They shade of grey is a little more "mellow" in real life - difficult to describe, but noticeable. They're fabulous - they have a perfect low heel for comfortable walking and go with most of my clothes. The first day I wore them, the sole came apart from the shoe on one of them (which often happens with vintage shoes) - while I was at work! All of my footwear disasters seem to happen at work, it's very embarrassing. Anyway, some araldite and strong glue fixed them nicely.

And, tights;


I have been wanting pastel tights for a while, and when I found these on a sock and stocking stall at Parramatta, I was delighted! I know the royal blue and green ones aren't exactly pastel, but they were too exciting to pass up on.

Sunglasses and a headband;


The plaid headband was $1.50 (brand new at an op shop) and is so fabulously reminiscent of Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl. I actually bought about 8 of them (they had loads!), the excess to be sold on the market stall Tim and I are going to have when the weather is more reliable. The sunglasses were intended to be in the style of Jackie Onassis, but my dad told me I looked like Corey Worthington in them, and a friend said I looked most like an alien Fly, so they might make it to the market stall as well! (I have since ordered a more demure pair of round sunglasses).

And lastly, another pair of new shoes;


These are actually new, and are to replace my slowly disintegrating black mary janes
as my "default" shoes. The picture is black and white because I couldn't get the colour balance right - and they are black shoes! It's still not a very good picture of them, I'm afraid. It seemed almost fate that I found them - I mentioned to Tim I wanted to look in lots of shoe stores to find every day shoes, and I motioned and said "Like that one..." I looked over at the store I had pointed to, and these caught my eye, and warranted closer inspection. They turned out to be exactly like the dream WWII chorus dancer style shoes that I have desired ever since I saw Mrs Henderson Presents, and were well within my budget. Hurrah!

I intend to work out how to make pictures of things like this pretty, like the lovely blogger at It's Vintage, Darling does, so expect the next lot (because I rather shamefully have still more new things) to look rather better.