April Purchases

I'm late with this shopping update, but I have some buys that are too good not to share!  The first April purchase was these Laura Ashley trousers, just £1.  I found them in a heap of clothes on a tarpaulin full of puddles at the car boot sale.  They're a bit loud, in a '60s kind of way.  I think that's why I like them.  I haven't worn them yet, because I don't have anything quite like them already and am wondering how to pull together an outfit around them.  I'm sure inspiration will strike one day.



My much-prized Prada boots were a purchase absolutely ages ago, from Ebay.  Buying designer items on Ebay requires nerves of steel, especially as there are so many fake goods out there.  I was relieved to find that these are indeed genuine, phew!  They weren't cheap, and one boot had a dodgy zip so I had to fork out for a cobbler replace it for me.   It took ages due to two lots of snow, and then the zip company sending the wrong items not once, but twice.  Now that they are finally wearable it's typical that we have a spell of warm weather and I can't wear them...



This was an exciting find, another 'Carnegie' dress (you might remember the neon maxi), found in a charity shop.  I wore this on holiday the other week.  Is this the beginning of a Carnegie collection?  Who knows.



I also found this flamboyant 1970s' vintage dress in a charity shop.  The brand is hilariously named 'Roy'!  It was the sleeve shape that sold this dress to me.  I love big sleeves.



At the very end of the month I had a bit of a vintage spree.  First up was this short 1960s' green suede jacket, again from a charity shop.  The colour looks faded and dull here - in real life the green is much more vibrant.  I think it was a fiver, if I recall correctly.



From the same charity shop I bought four mid-century necklaces, for 50p each, and then other charity shops yielded a silk scarf, and a modern skirt (£1).



Finally, two little black hats came home with me from the car boot sale.  I rescued them from the bottom of a bargain bucket, where they were squished in.  The first is a 1930s' hat by 'Cross Keys'.  I have dubbed it my 'Miss Fisher hat', I can see it being worn a lot when winter rolls around.  The label looked familiar, and I realised that Kinky Melon's Retro Boutique also has a 1930s' hat for sale by 'Cross Keys' (it's a steal, if my head was smaller I would have snapped it up!).



The other hat is a St. Michael 1950s' hat, it's again one to put away for winter.  Both hats are very simple and close-fitting to the head, kind of like a beret in silhouette, so I am hoping that they will be very versatile.  I'll certainly give them a go, especially as they were just £1 each!




And finally, the 'things I bought and sent back' section is very slim today and consists only of the Melissa 'Harmonic Frost' sandals that I bought in anticipation of my holiday.  These looked lovely online, but in person they were too heavy.  The colour was also really weird, not like the pearlescent hue that appeared online, but more greyish, like a dead jellyfish.



That's all, folks!