de facto redhead

Shoes, Aldo; jeans, Paper, Denim & Cloth via Liquidation World; shirt, Giant Tiger; vest, H&M.

Watches, earrings, and brooch, vintage and thrifted.

These watches were a popular conversation piece among my co-workers and customers at work today (FOUR watches?!), but if someone would have asked me to put them to use beyond their basic role as accessories, well, that person would have either been severely late or waaaayyyy early. Not one of these watches works, and the second one from the right is missing its glass face – I just looked down one day, and it was gonzo. The three watches moving in from the left belonged to my maternal grandmother and great-grandmother, and the solid-black one’s face flips open to reveal the clock underneath (I bought it for $2 at a yard sale in Hamilton this summer).

And speaking of  thrifting, Erin and I are putting on our comfortable shoes and heading out tomorrow for a full-day thrifting extravaganza. I honestly have a Google map made up and printed out with all the places we want to hit in Hamilton, and I have been texting Erin for the past half an hour, ironing out the details of tomorrow morning’s pickup at her place. Think of us at 9 AM as we knock down the doors of Talize and tear through the clothing racks with an intensity that’s reserved especially for mammoth shopping days such as this. We have a mid-morning-lunchtime food break scheduled, and then it’s off to the races for the afternoon. We plan on ending the day with a delicious, satisfying meal that will undoubtedly include a glass of wine. During said meal, other restaurant patrons should be warned that there will either be squealing and giddiness over our amazing thrift finds, or there will be smashed dishes and wild punches over how little we found. Don’t look over here, b**ch!

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