Another favorite skirt find for me. I believe this was from a thrift store in Pittsburgh, PA where I attended college – lasting me quite a couple of years now. One of the reasons I love thrift and vintage clothes is that you get to breathe new life into these unique items. From close inspection of the skirt, I’m assuming it was handmade, which makes it even better for me. The thought of someone out there getting the idea to make the skirt, finding the material, and putting it all together makes me so happy.
I think my passion for thrift and vintage, aside from the inherent frugality of it, stems from the element of adventure. You are at the mercy of the merchandise in the store. Thus, finding a piece that fits you and your style is so much more of an accomplishment than walking into a mall store and coming home with new clothes. Indeed, there is also a bit of history and storytelling with thrift and vintage clothes – where have they been, what decades and events have they witnessed, who has loved them in the past?
I imagine this rant might sound crazy, but since childhood, I’ve always had a strange attachment to inanimate objects. I’ve never had a security blanket and since I’m allergic to animals including the stuffed kind, my attachments were to my clothes. Each time I lost something, a shoe for example, I would imagine it out there in the world lonely and sad, desperate to be reunited with it’s solemate. I’ve been known to assign personalities and feelings to all of my possessions, which makes it hard to part with them. Fortunately for my hubby, we live in a one-bedroom apartment so I am forced to organize and downsize from time to time, thus avoiding a terrifying “hoarders” situation.
Another piece of history: these seemingly plain-old curbstones are more than meets they eye. They are actually made of lava rock quarried during the late 1800′s – mid 1900′s and are considered historic because of their significance to the roadway infrastructure development of Honolulu. Although they seem to only stand about 6 inches, most are actually large boulders that go down as much as 5 feet underground. Neat-o huh?
Hope you had fun learning some new facts. May your weekend be filled with making a little history of your own!
But, I am proud of the fact that he referenced a creature found in Harry Potter – my other love. We finally settled on the sparrow after taking a few “if I was an animal what would I be” tests online. 
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