Treasures

I'm finally posting for Mina because sadly for the past five days I have been camera-less up until a few hours ago. So the first thing I thought I should do since it's not like I have any outfit pictures I would snap a few pictures of things I have recently purchased.
So in order of my findings:


When I saw this it melted my nautical heart, because I seem to have an uncontrollable love for stripes(I'll post a picture of my collection, it's honestly out of control), navy blue, anchors, thick knit sweaters, double breasted peacoats blah, blah, blah. The ring is hard to pair with certain things and to me it's one of those things that can't be wasted on a mediocre outfit, but that's okay because the less I wear it the more it seems like a special occasion to when I do.


I picked this up recently at an antique market in Rome (Georgia, of course), it's hand carved bone Buddha faces. One thing I noticed when I looked at each of them is that each face is a little different from the other; but one in particular has more detail than the rest. In some ways I was kind of thrown off by that but then I grew to like that the most about the bracelet. One other thing about this bracelet is that I wear it almost every time I drive a further distance than I normally would. If I forget to put it on I have a really small Buddha statue in my car. It's not really a religious thing to me but it's almost like a small good luck charm to me, everyone can use a little luck, especially driving in Atlanta.


It's funny because recently Mina and I were at Value Village looking at shoes and I remember asking her what she thought would be her best thrifting find. At the time both of us were really unsure of what ours were. Two days after I found these beauties. I have been on the hunt for these Justin roper boots FOREVER. I thought about (more like dreamt since I couldn't afford them) somehow buying the Urban Outfitters We Who See boots, but uh, unfortunately I don't have 78 dollars to drop on shoes. I searched ebay, etsy, various thrift stores and the original Justin boots (that the We Who See were obviously based off of) were ranging from anywhere around 35-100 dollars! Sheesh, second hand? C'mon. But finally, thrifting in Canton brought me upon them, the first time I looked through shoes I didn't see them and the second time I was just kind of browsing waiting for a dressing room and there they were. And they're in seriously the best condition. All for the price of 7 dollars, take that Urban Outfitters, Clothing Wearhouse, and various sellers online! Thank you whoever donated these and saved me amounts of money I don't even have. The best things come when you aren't looking. (We Who See boots)

That's all for tonight, sorry for the scatterbrained/rambling post but it's 3: 30 in the morning and I've definitely got sleep and some reading on my mind (American Psycho has been occupying me through these nights before bed).

4 comments:

willi float said...

Great find on the boots! wow

theballonrouge

Mina Park said...

Cara, I love this post! I also loved that you used your log sculpture as a stool to put your jewelry on.. I think I'm jealous

Can't wait til you get your own blog (no double meaning haha)!

Mina Park said...

I know! I did the double-take dumbfounded look, love at first sight

Thank you Mina! I thought the texture would be a nice backdrop, next will probably be my floral bedsheets haha

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