Part of the journey, is the learning and the research involved. No matter how small, it seems that every day there is some interesting, albeit useless, tidbit of info to be gained!
Recently I had the fun of sorting through a stack of hat boxes for work (I work part-time @ an antique / old-time hardware store!). They were F.U.L.L. of HATS - Christian Dior, Sibley's, Bollman, and the list went on and on...
One box held a couple that were 'new' to me - "MONTALDO's". A bit of quick research found that 'Montaldo was not a designer, but rather a Store in the South - a rather 'Upscale Store', along the lines of Sibley's or B.Forman....and there you have it - the svelteSTUFF Useless Trivia TidBit of the Day (UTTD)
(if anybody has any other info to add - I would love to hear it!!)
and....
I know that you have been waiting to hear the outcome of the Holt Howard mugs...
well....
I W.A.S. going to be GOOD, and put the PAIR into the ETSY shop, but as I was getting ready to do the photos, I noticed that one had a crack,
so....
Now, the cracked one resides in MY 'orphan' collection!guess it was 'meant to be' 8-)
(it is looking right at home, don't you think?!!)
Onto a MUCH more serious note...
The jean situation in MY closet has taken a serious turn for the worse in the past couple of weeks. This is the state of T.W.O. of my favorite pairs of jeans.That leaves me with only ONE good pair of jeans (which I promptly spilled coffee down the front of yesterday...). Keep your fingers crossed - they are washing as I type!!
Oh yes, there are others in the closet - (a bit snug, a bit short, 'mom' jeans...) that will do in a 'pinch' - with the right boots, and the right 'long' sweater, and...
OH, the HORROR!!
RETAIL JEAN SHOPPING!
DOES it get any WORSE?!?!
(anybody out there have any recommendations??? I went out the other day... UGH! Regular 'TALL' jeans are NOT long enough for these 36" inseam legs - I Hate ordering from catalog/online 'cause I want to try on and see how they look!!)
To relieve a bit of the retail jean stress, I did a little Thrift therapy...
no jeans,
but...
VERA 2011 #2 - and HALF PRICE - only .50¢ !!Oh, there better be some good EBOR coming my way for this jean stress!!!!
2 comments:
I picked up a lovely vintage men's hat still in its hat box for a dollar yesterday. Thanks for the reminder to do a little research as to its history!
all of my jeans are like that too. gah. i can't find replacements either. then again, i hate shopping.
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