thrift! orange!

the past couple of fridays i have allowed myself to tear away from the house and home duties…and instead, i get out of the house and do a little thrifting and walking around.

i can’t afford to buy much for myself at the moment, and really don’t want to go crazy accumulating things anyhow, unless they are house/home related. every piece of clothing i look at second-hand (or hell, first-hand!) is examined thoroughly, meditated upon, tried on and modeled in a myriad of mirrors multiple times. i come home with less, but i love it more.

a few items i came home with this week (and last), after much careful consideration:

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ah, the lovelyness of all things ORANGE. not only am i swathing my body in orange (red-orange, orange-orange, and on and on, if that includes orange natch!), but i’m picking up little amazing objects that feel right for our home that are orange. the orange teapot was an inexpensive new find, from ace hardware, of all places! but i think that it is simply lovely.

i’ve never owned a teapot before, just a kettle. i like the british formality of teatime. it seems to me that using the teapot in the process of making tea seems to be a somewhat unnecessary, luxurious, largely social act. and it’s free, so why not take luxuries like that? formality can be good sometimes. and really, the act of making tea and serving it out of such a lovely, sunny teapot just makes me smile, even if it’s just for myself.

those red-orange 70s canisters, by the way? thrifted. three smackers for the two of them.

October 29 2006 | Posted in i thrifted this., it's personal.

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October 29 2006 at 12:53 pm

Ashley

Lovely finds! I can’t wait to see the dress, particularly, in motion (and it makes me rather happy that you got it. It seems like it would have been a sad moment in the universe if it hadn’t ended up in your closet).

October 29 2006 at 2:49 pm

Casey

Awesome finds. I’m especially coveting that grey sweater (or is it a sweater dress?). I think that, although you obviously have a logical reason behind it, considering thrift purchases carefully is always a good idea. At least, for me that is. Otherwise I tend to get caught up in the thrill of the hunt and haul home a lot of stuff that I didn’t really need. :p

October 29 2006 at 2:59 pm

ally

I love your finds! I have learned the importance of the tea ritual since living here. It makes a huge difference in the taste of the tea, believe it or not– to brew it in a pot!

October 29 2006 at 4:55 pm

krissy

i think the thrifting gods/goddesses are smiling on you with such awesome and affordable finds! you deserve it after the crazy nyc pricetags.

October 29 2006 at 5:30 pm

aundrea

Oh, I am super jealous of that dress! Gorgeous!!

October 29 2006 at 7:34 pm

Chloe

Ooh, that dress is amazing. Good scores all around.

October 30 2006 at 1:29 pm

Lisa-Gabrielle

I can’t wait to see what you do with that amazing graphic dress!