Fashion

A Woman’s Temptation

28 April, 2011 / 15 Comments

My best friend is in town, so today, I spent the day with her unexpectedly (unexpectedly, because she’s staying all next week with me and I thought she had other plans till then) and didn’t have time to do ANYTHING online.

So we went to wander around a few antique stores. While we were there, I tried on the hat that I love but don’t want to pay $20 for:

I played an antique piano and was applauded by one of the people who works at the store, one of the ladies said she always looks forward to seeing what I wear when I come in, and I bought a beautiful  new book to add to my collection, called A Woman’s Temptation (I admit, I only bought it because it’s pretty and the chapter titles amused me):

I’ll get a better picture of it later for you. Oh, and this book smells really good. (Yes, I smell book pages. Don’t you?) It smells  a bit like perfume, and a lot like just… old. You know. (My brain doesn’t want to think any more. Sorry.)

We then went to eat Chinese food:

(It was a buffet. New favorite place to eat!)

And got fifty-cent rub-on dragon tattoos (didn’t take a picture of those, but I have this compulsion to get a rub-on tattoo whenever there are machines for them)

And then we went to Bible study.

It was a good day.

If I’d finished that one serious blog, I could have just posted that. As it is, you get this one instead. 🙂

Goodnight!

Outfit details: Dress, $2; Cardigan, $8; Belt, $1; Tights, $1.74; Shoes, unknown. Approximate outfit cost: $12.74

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15 Comments

  • Bethly

    29 April, 2011 at 12:55 am

    I need to go to that thrift store. With you!! 😀

    I love to get rub-on tattoos!! Heehehehe.

    I’m watching the lead up to the royal wedding right now and simply gushing over the exquisite hats! 😀

    • Mara

      29 April, 2011 at 9:17 am

      Oh my goodness, yes! Come visit me and we’ll spend HOURS there. It’s huge and amazing. My friend and I went there once and took a picture of all the cat figurines and paraphernalia we could find– I think we ended up with about 200 pictures just of cats. Hehe. It was fun.

      Me too. I had butterfly rub-on tattoos once, and I had one on when we lived in Mississippi, and from then on the Sunday school teacher called me “butterflah” (Accent and all…)

      Mom recorded it. I will get to gush later. 😀

  • Demy

    29 April, 2011 at 4:29 am

    You look gorgeous! You always do! No wonder this lady loves so much your style! I mean..whoi doesn’t? 😀 You’re amazing! And the hat is really beautiful, but 20$?? Not good! Oh and the book is awesome! I’m so happy that I’m not the only person who smells book pages! Now I feel better 😛 But come on, it’s the most perfect smell, especially if the book is very old or very new 😀 You’re my soul mate 😛 Well, and about rub-on tats, they are awesome! 😀 But I still prefer the real ones 😛

    • Mara

      29 April, 2011 at 9:25 am

      Aww, thank you. Haha, so far nobody hates my style… that has said anything about it, anyway. I love this dress. It reminds me of when my mom used to make me holiday dresses (Easter, Christmas) when I was little. 😀

      Yeah. It’s a really cute hat, but not worth $20 especially because I’m not sure if I really would wear it or just prance around the house with it. 😀

      Haha, I think everyone who reads my blog smells book pages. It’s a club now. That’s one reason why I don’t really like reading online/why I’ll probably never get a Kindle or a Nook, because for me, the texture and look and smell of a book is a big part of reading it. 😀

      I like rub-on tattoos for me better because I can change them. 😀 Hehe. I wouldn’t be a good tattoo candidate. I get too bored with things. But real ones, on certain people, are really cool.

    • Mara

      29 April, 2011 at 9:26 am

      Join the club! 😀 Hehe. That’s so part of the experience of reading a book for me, the smell and the texture and the look of the pages.

  • shreejacob

    30 April, 2011 at 9:25 pm

    I love smelling books too..old or new! Your day sounded like so much fun! and for some weird reason I keep thinking you’re from Britain … my brain has left the building too 😉

    Love this dress and voted for it too! (yes when catching up on posts I start from the latest and then move back!)

    • Mara

      1 May, 2011 at 1:14 pm

      So do I! My best friend bought me an amazing book that is brand new, and it smells divine! Haha! That’s okay! I’d rather be thought of as British than American. 😀 It could be because of those few vlogs where I had the accidental British accent. 😉

      I do that, too. 😀 I never read from the last post I saw up to the newest. Hehe.

  • Avra-Sha Faohla

    8 May, 2011 at 7:36 am

    I’m not alone! The smelling books, thing I mean. New books can smell good, but old books are the BEST. Also, old libraries smell amazing. Musty books. Yum.