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I am so excited, you guys!

I was out and about with no time to go home, but I was still way early to pick Sami up at school, and I saw an Estate Sale sign and decided to stop in.

I found a pair of 1940's or 1950's showgirl stage outfits, or maybe cigarette girl uniforms? One is ivory satin, with a little jacket with short tails, a very short skirt and matching 'panties'. The other is like a peacock blue, with scarlet lining and accents and matching shorts. 

The condition on them could be better (stains on the ivory and stains and a popped seam on the blue one) but they were just such a neat thing to find (and an incredible price too).  I need to get them drycleaned, but I seriously don't trust the neighborhood cleaners to touch these. I feel like they should be handled by a textile archivist or something. 

I need to get photos, but they're too tiny to fit my mannequin.

When I was at the sale, some lady asked "Oh, are you buying dress-up clothes for your child?" I was like "No. No, definitely not." 

Also today, I got my first mammogram (yay for the digital kind that doesn't squish nearly as hard as the old ones used to, apparently). 

And I got my hair all cut off. Feels sooooo good. :)

Date: 2013-06-14 11:11 pm (UTC)
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Congratulations on the finds - hope you manage to find somewhere to get them cleaned safely. Also on the haircut. I'm trying to decide what to have done with mine when I get it cut in 12 days - dare I go short? how short? - these are the questions I ask myself!

Hope all went well with the mammogram. xx

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