Show Us Your Purchases!

[Miss Brill]

Then at the other charity store I found:

One last Goodwill sweater:

 

[Blondie]

My purchases for the week !

and a little purse mirror

 

[ohairas]

Wow, what great buys everyone! Miss Brill you got the great cheapie haul!

My gwtw "prayer" dress finally came today, I paid for it on the 19th! :eusa_doh:
Anyhoo.. here it is. I want to change out the red buttons for white covered ones, I have some vintage white belt buckles on the way, and I want to trim out the ruffles in lace to look more screne accurate. Overall, I'm pretty pleased!
Nikki

 

[Audrey Horne]

My gwtw "prayer" dress finally came today, I paid for it on the 19th!
Nikki

You look so beautiful in it Ohairas! Incredibly gorgeous

 

[leaette]

My purchases for the week !

i LOVE this! that is one of my fav movies with Betty Hutton. i'm very jealous.

 

[MissHannah]

Lots of fab items there ladies. Love that compact.
My lovely green beaded cardigan arrived but it is, as predicted, too big so it's going back on Ebay along with a few other items (see classifieds if you're interested). This is the cardigan I've now purchased as compensation:

It was $26 which seemed like a bargain but then I got a parking ticket this evening and I am slightly regretting the purchase!

I also got this cute make-up bag:

And these decals for making valentines cards:

 

[desi_de_lu_lu]

Wow, what great buys everyone! Miss Brill you got the great cheapie haul!

My gwtw "prayer" dress finally came today, I paid for it on the 19th! :eusa_doh:
Anyhoo.. here it is. I want to change out the red buttons for white covered ones, I have some vintage white belt buckles on the way, and I want to trim out the ruffles in lace to look more screne accurate. Overall, I'm pretty pleased!
Nikki

Fiddle dee dee! I love GWTW, and that dress suits you, suits you like you were born to wear it!

 

[pixie]

just won this on ebay for $10 plus $5 for shipping.
i'm excited to get them. i love the blue one. that's my fav.

oh, I have plenty of hair, if you ever want to sell those 2 matching curved ones with the rhinsestones, I would totally buy them from you.. love love love

 

[Mojito]

So many pretty things!

Love the forms, colour and touch of sparkle to the combs...

And I always rather fancied that prayer dress! Not one you seem to see reproduced often. And it so suits you, Ohairas - you have a certain Scarlettish element in your general look that is perfect for the dress.

 

[lyburnum]

My splurge:

It was only £30 and buy it now, I couldn't resist

This dress arrived today and the sizes in the listing were completely wrong, it's more like a 28" waist, not a 25" like it said. Anyway, if anyone here wants to buy it just give me a PM. I spent £30 on it, so I'd be looking to recuperate that cost. I'm so sad, it's even more beautiful in person I may think about taking it to a seamstress to have it professionally taken in. So if you want it PM me before I change my mind! haha

 

[Cherry_Bombb]

This dress arrived today and the sizes in the listing were completely wrong, it's more like a 28" waist, not a 25" like it said. Anyway, if anyone here wants to buy it just give me a PM. I spent £30 on it, so I'd be looking to recuperate that cost. I'm so sad, it's even more beautiful in person I may think about taking it to a seamstress to have it professionally taken in. So if you want it PM me before I change my mind! haha

laburnum- go to a seamstress, really! It'll only cost a few pounds more to have it actually fit you, and we ALL know how much you love that dress. It's not that much of an alteration either. I think you should hang onto it!! IMO

 

[epr25]

WOW that's a huge beautiful dress. Where will you wear this?

Wow, what great buys everyone! Miss Brill you got the great cheapie haul!

My gwtw "prayer" dress finally came today, I paid for it on the 19th! :eusa_doh:
Anyhoo.. here it is. I want to change out the red buttons for white covered ones, I have some vintage white belt buckles on the way, and I want to trim out the ruffles in lace to look more screne accurate. Overall, I'm pretty pleased!
Nikki

 

[Vintage Betty]

Lace Collars

Vintage Betty, wonderful finds, tell me, what do you wear the lace collars with ?

Errrr.....

My question too, and also, how do you wear them? Do they attach to your blouse or just sit on top? I think I'd have trouble with them getting dislodged, if they weren't attached somehow.

Ummm....

Actually, I buy them to decorate my canning jars when giving them as gifts. :eusa_doh: Ah-hem....I take doilies and collars and tie them around or on top of the jar, usually filled with jam and decorate the jar with a personalized label. (Ducks quickly, waiting for the vintage police to show up).

VB that Christian Lacroix is fabulous. Is it a dress or a coat?

It's a coat.

 

[goldwyn girl]

Errrr.....



Ummm....

Actually, I buy them to decorate my canning jars when giving them as gifts. :eusa_doh: Ah-hem....I take doilies and collars and tie them around or on top of the jar, usually filled with jam and decorate the jar with a personalized label. (Ducks quickly, waiting for the vintage police to show up).

Sounds like a good use for them to me.

Nikki, Wow it's so beautiful on you !!!

Miss Brill, gotta' love 50 cent day

Blondie, what a lovely compact and mirror

 

[Miss Brill]

(repost from the other thread)
While shopping for Kitty's pomade tins, I found a few things for myself at the antique store.

Powder Room worthy:

silver brush was $3.50

The rest are in the Display Case thread.

 

[pennycarrol]

This silver brush is amazing!!! Only 3.50$ wow!! Great find!!

 

[Twilight]

I went to the antique store again today.
[They're closing at the end of the month. ]
Anyway, here's what I bought:

A tapestry purse

Two silver plate bowl things...Dunno what to call them.

And a bracelet

All for a grand total of $12.

 

[Fifties*Freak]

Here are my latest purchases.... can you tell I like pink?

 

[AllaboutEve]

ohhhhh! I sooooooo love that dress, it's perfect!!!!!!!

 

[crwritt]

I found this little antique pincushion on ebay while shopping for a cast iron griswold tite top baster for my daughter. I thought it was so precious, and only $1.99! of course the shipping made it close to $10.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300194516701&ssPageName=ADME:B:BCA:US:1123