I Found E.M. Forster for $4!

The Style Quo

Jacket: Kohl's

Top: AE

Jeans: AE

Necklace: Kohl's

Sunglasses: Forever 21

Cross-body bag: H&M at Covent Garden, London

Friday, Scott and I went to Frankfurt Avenue to walk around. We stopped in at the library which had a very sweet literary border including the names of Donne, Rosetti, Homer, and of course WILDE! (Ahem, where is Woolf?)

We went to a bunch of antique and consignment shops, one of them called "East Meets West" where we encountered this owner who looked like a sumo-wrestling panda. He kind of snuck up on us and told us about his huge koi fish (that he kept in a very small container with some goldfish). There was a really cool consignment store called Margaret's that was like a converted house. 

For lunch we ate at a little Greek place called "It's All Greek to Me!" Scott got a chicken pita and I had a falafel burger pita. I hadn't had falafel since London, where we ate close to the Thames before heading to Shakespeare's Globe. I think I had to much of it this time though, because my stomach started bothering me and Scott began referring to it as "the awful falafel." 

We looked around Carmichael's bookstore and stopped in at Heine Bros. The bookstore had a little diary/journal/date book that had the cover from this summer's exhibit at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It's one of my favorite pieces of art and I started drooling over it. I wish it were more useful to me so I could've purchased it!

On one of our last stops, we went to an antique shop where I found a huge volume of E.M. Forster (a member of The Bloomsbury Group)! Scott said it was my "last birthday present" and got it for me... it was so sweet. :) 

The woman running the store had a little terrier/beagle-type dog who sort of looked like the dog Wishbone from the awesome TV show that sparked my love of classic literature! I'm pretty sure I'm going to go back and steal him. I want a dog like that so badly for my own. (Though I love my sheltie, Jet!)

P.S. Scott said my necklace looked like "the heart of the ocean." A boyfriend Titanic reference? It's love!

You Jump, I Jump Jack

Here are the photos of my thrifting finds I promised! I found these beauts at my local Peddler's Mall. In addition to tons of cute vintage furniture and dishes, they had gorgeous brooches that I was drooling over. One looked like a sunburst but it cost $60 which I wasn't willing to dish out at the time. I was, however, more than excited to score my vintage 1950's gloves, black beaded bag, and Coach belt for a little over $20.

I found this black lace dress at Plato's Closet after seeing a movie and getting Indian food with my friend Leslie, whom I was lucky enough to room with in London! It was originally $30 and I got it for 8 bones... woo, 75% off!

 These are my local Goodwill finds! A skinny black belt with an interesting clasp (80's-ish looking?), my RALPH LAUREN BLUE JEAN DRESS!! (Must have it altered soon to knee-length), a silk scarf that will look cute at Christmas-time, a velvet burgundy blazer (AKA the Oscar Wilde coat), and a cute tie-dye tee!

 Seriously.

I think I may go watch Titanic now because I'm a bit obsessed with Rose's costumes. And I think Kate Winslet is gorgeous and so cute with her British-ness. I told Scott I was going to watch Titanic before school started. "The Titanic sank in 1912. And that's the same year Virginia Woolf got married! She was thirty! So the clothes they wear in the movie are similar to what life was really like when Virginia Woolf lived!"

"Don't have a nerd-gasm," he said.

But really, I love the transition from Victorianism to the Modern era. Rose feels trapped in her Victorian lifestyle and breaks free as a Modern woman! Ah! This is the kind of nerdy thing I live for!

P.S. I never got one of those fake heart-of-the-ocean necklaces when they were popular in the late 90's. My birthday's coming up if any one needs any last minute shopping ideas... you know, if those things still exist.