Whatserface, you can go to the thrift store . . .

This weekend, I went out to L.A. to do some vintage-clothes shopping (by myself on Saturday and with my roommate on Sunday). And, I gotta tell ya, I found some pretty cool stuff. Saturday I visited 3 vintage stores, the best of which were Ozzie Dots and Jet Rag. There's not much interesting to say about Jet Rag, except that they've got a TON of stuff and the prices are mostly reasonable (approx $12 a shirt and $16 a dress) and that I got some cute stuff there. Ozzie Dots, on the other hand, had some really interesting stuff (i guess the owner gets a lot of old movie and theatre costumes when they're done being used) but I didn't buy very much--just what i could scrounge up from the $1 rack. I do however, plan to make another visit there sometime before I leave.

Sunday was really cool bcz I went to a flea market (or swap-meet as they're called here) in Pasadena. It was really really cool; there was tons of vintage stuff and clothes, and I got some AMAZING New-Kids-On-The-Block buttons, as well as a pretty cool I LIKE IKE button which I bought with Sari in mind (and, if you don't already have one, I'd like to make a gift of it to you ^^). We stopped at a couple clothes places, and I got a cute polyester green button down and a couple cute sweaters, one of which would probably look amazing on Araby (alas, it's a little too small for me) but the crowning achievement of the day was this unbelievably cool mod 60's go-go dress, which I've painstakingly recreated for you in this MS-Paint drawing:




Of course, the drawing is cooler than the real thing (ha!) but oh my god i don't think i've ever made a purchase this cool before. Granted my "cutest coat ever" and my "cutest jacket ever" were almost on similar footing, but both of those cost me over $30, whereas this dress only cost me $15. $15!!! I'd bet you this would go for at least $40 on eBay. Soooo cool! And it even fits me--tho barely (it's so tight i can't even wear a bra; luckily it's so tight i don't need a bra). Anyways, all I need is a good reason to wear it . . .

did I mention to some of you I don't get reimbursed for sick time when i leave? Perhaps I should come down with the flu sometime in late October . . .