Frugal Fancies

Perfume.
I love it.
I have outgrown the drugstore and department store fragrances a long time ago.
They don't last or turn awful on me. I have also had so/so success with TjMaxx/Marshalls.
I have moved on to the GOOD stuff. You know, the juice you find at Lucky Scent?
The kind that forces you to choose whether you are going to eat or smell wonderful?

Well, perhaps you think that is a choice no one should have to make, and you are right.

The alternative?
Fragrance splits!

I have been able to purchase some great scents for next to nothing going this route.
You can get in on splits where you are buying a fair amount of juice, or go for a smaller taste, which is perfect if you just want to try something out, or like to have various scents at your disposal!

My next purchase?
10ml of L'Artisan Havana Vanille for $22!
http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/08/20/lartisan-parfumeur-havana-vanille-perfume-review/

Happy hunting!

Vera Neumann

So... I might have mentioned that I LOVE to buy vintage scarves?
Well, every once and awhile I will stumble across a newer Echo scarf and snatch it up, but most of the time, the older the better.

They are perfect to throw on when having a bad hair day. When I am going out, I will do the full tie on. Cover my head and knot it in the back. But for work, I will fold one thin and wear it as a headband for a quick fix.

I have noticed I have very particular tastes when it comes to scarves, but often find myself coming across one that is too beautiful or unusual to pass up, so I have decided to expand my Etsy store a wee bit to accommodate them.

This first one is a Vera Neumann. I have tried to find out more info on it just so I could price it fairly to no avail.

If anyone has any info on it, it would be much appreciated.

Ciao!

Okay, so I am going to try this again.

This blog has had quite a few faces, only to be neglected in the end.
I think I need to give it one more try and what better excuse then that I recently
had a birthday and am looking at it as a first year, rather than a 37th.
Basically, giving myself a very clean slate.

I am going to keep it simple here.
Post about things and people that I like, that interest me,
even post about other blogs that I feel need more love.

To start with, here are a few things about me:

I am a writer, currently working on my FIRST screenplay.
Whoo! Hoo!
I also write poetry, but am such a horrible critic and procrastinator, that
you will probably never read it until after I am dead, and my husband publishes
it for me. After which, I will come back and haunt him out of spite.

I am an avid thrifter.
It is almost, no- it is an addiction.
My favorite things to thrift right now are vintage scarves (actually, always)
and books to feed my new Etsy store.

My favorite era's are the 1920's and 1930's and my muse?
Kiki.

Music?
1) Classic Rock
2) Jazz
3) Depeche Mode (Yes, it gets its own number)

I am on Facebook, but I think I am over it.
Not sure why.

I am on Twitter as well and love it.
I think it is the immediacy of it.
Still not utilizing it enough though. They are so many interesting people
doing wonderful things creatively that I need to connect with.
Connect in a supportive way.

Well, that is all for now!