Dreaming of Vintage Treasures

I'm really lucky to have a four day weekend this week! I've got Monday off to write school reports and Tuesday off for Melbourne Cup Day.  I spent Saturday starting the reports and spending some time at the cemetery to celebrate the day of the dead which is something   I'd never experienced before my Baba passed away nearly two years ago. Now I'm familiar with the different times during the year when Macedonians gather at the grave site of loved ones to celebrate their lives with food. I think about my Baba all the time and am always happy when she pops up in my dreams.  I wore a casual navy outfit - turtleneck and flare jeans, with my beloved snake-print boots I bought a few years ago.   I didn't take any outfit photos on the day so the above is just a collage of screenshots from a  Instagram  story I posted the other day. A day for the dead might sound really morbid, but it's actually quite nice t...

Hello again!  I was meaning to write this post on Monday, but the  week's gotten away from me again. Last weekend was a weekend full of family. On Saturday, we had my mum's family over for lunch and on Sunday we had my dad's family over for Father's Day. My mum made this Strawberry Charlotte. She's rather fancy, isn't she?! Gotta love her, she makes the best food, I'd never complain! On Sunday, my mum and I went to the market and I found a few cheap thrills: $5 Johnny Cash record, $5 vintage bag, and a whole heap of bangles for $2. I also picked up this vintage bangle for a real bargain. I have seen ones like it from time to time, and they always sell for silly money. One of the regular sellers said that a similar one that he was selling came from India 45 years ago! I've read similar things online and some were apparently even made in Afghanistan.  I'd love to know more about these types of bangles. I...