Days Like These

Hello! I'm just checking in before we head off to Beautiful Days.

We felt like we'd earned a drink when we got home from the vet on Friday afternoon! William's recovering well from his dental surgery although, as always, the journey was traumatic for all three of us. Once again I reached for my new-to-me denim waistcoat, this time teaming it with a 1970s cotton maxi skirt, made in West Germany by Luna and some sunglasses I found reduced to €5 in a little boutique we visited in Halkidiki last year.

Jon's wearing one of his birthday presents from Tony, a Skindred tee, the Welsh dub metal band we've become mildly obsessed with after seeing them live twice in the last nine months.

Since we got back from Womad we've watched the excellent Australian cop series High Country and the second season of the wonderful Danish retro series Carmen Curlers.  After seeing the adverts emblazoned on every bus and hoarding for weeks, we started watching Those About To Die on Friday evening. Its ridiculously over the top and must have cost an absolute fortune to make but it's well worth a watch.

Although it rained for most of Saturday morning, by the afternoon the sun had broken through the clouds and it was warm enough to lounge around in the garden and top up my festival/Kos tan. I bought this gauzy cotton Anokhi co-ord in 2020 from a lady who'd owned it since 1979. I've yet to take it on holiday with me, something which I ought to rectify before too long. It's wasted in the garden! 

The sunglasses are vintage 1970s Polaroids, bought from a car boot sale for £1 back in 2009.

We spent the majority of Saturday repacking the van so that we could shoehorn in our latest finds. We get asked all the time about if we worry about running out of stock between festivals...the answer is no! Not only is the Kinky Shed still pretty full but there's loads of interesting stuff out there,you just need to know how to look for it.

New additions since we returned from Womad include a bowler hat, two 1970s Disco wigs and three vintage brooches.

Four fake fur coats, five tee shirts (including an official Adidas Mexico footie top, 2 x Northern Soul and a 1990s True Romance promo tee) and six funky tops from various eras. 

This year's theme at Beautiful Days is Masquerade so we couldn't resist snapping up these six Venetian masks last week!

There's eight men's jackets (two Harringtons, two 1960s suede jackets and four vintage velvet blazers), an array of tartan trousers (Punk's Not Dead!) and fourteen mens shirts from 1960s through until the 1980s.

A few vintage skirts and, of course, an array of fabulous dresses....

On Sunday we popped over to Liz and Al's to drop off my overlocker and we sat in the sunshine chatting for an hour or two.

Jon  took this 1980s shirt off the rails earlier in the Summer as he claimed it needed sewing (which he did and promptly nicked it).

I've had this Lizzie 1970s cotton maxi dress for at least 14 years, a gift from an Australian blogger. I bought the Hermes sunglasses in Kefalonia back in May and Jon found the tasseled earrings in a charity shop last month.

William's Auntie Michelle's looking after him while we're at Beautiful Days.

We had torrential rain and violent thunderstorms this morning but they seem to have moved on so I'm off to join William in the garden. Midlands Today keep banging on about it being the hottest day of the year so far, it's pleasantly warm but nothing amazing.

If I don't see you down in Devon I'll see you back here next week!