Go With the Flow

I am falling hard for awkward midi-lengths and long, flowy things. I feel like it's a good time to be feeling a little untethered.

Thrifted leather pencil skirt, top from Victoria's Secret Pink line, sheer cardigan thing Christmas gift (but came from Urban Outfitters), Jeffrey Campbell Lanas, jewelry mostly secondhand from swapping or tag sales.

Also super into things that don't quite match lately, like these grays that are technically neutrals mixed with these browns that are also neutrals but are kind of mismatchy together. Love that.

I guess I must have said something to myself that constituted fighting words. ;)

Back to prim and proper lady again.

Life has been busy, as usual. We expanded GCTS to include a Silver Package where my sister-in-law and I run the sales ourselves. (My mother-in-law is the boss at Gold Coast.) I don't expect too much business for Silver during the winter but we had a really great response from everyone and having the Silver Package available seems to have resulted in a few more calls for Gold Coast. Hurray! I also changed our notifications, redesigned the site, started the agonizing process of monetizing. All my back-end work happens here in the winter when there's time to think. This might be a good time to remind all of you who live in NY that you should get yourselves signed up for GCTS emails. You never know what you're going to find! :)

Tag Sale Haul - Vargas, Baby!

We had a really great vintage sale yesterday for really great clients. And you know how lost, leftover things have a way of coming home with me. (Okay, it's because I buy them.) These pretties aren't actually Vargas girls, but they're awesome and they made Eric and me laugh:

By K.O. Munson, about whom you can read here.

What's not to love?

Lara found these and knew they had to go home with me. Thanks, Lara!

The homeowners were using these to store spare tips for their cue sticks. Also, check out the awesome new turquoise scarab I'm adding to my collection.

I waited until after most of the keys were sold before I bought these. But then I couldn't resist anymore. Also, I cannot reasonably be expected to turn down anything with an anchor on it. (Actually, this is a lie. I decided I didn't need a pin that said "Sailors have more fun" with an anchor on it.)

Awesome things that NOBODY wanted that found their way home with me.

And no sale would be complete if I wasn't on the lookout for things for friends, too:

Pyrex for the_sasha. Doilies and a weird shawl thing which I thought had awesome pattern and texture for my friend Stella. Stella likes anything with interesting fabric that is going to be thrown away because it is stained or too tiny for anyone else to use. She makes these awesome quilt things with them.

L.A.M.B. convertible dress

I got this awesome dress on the Swap Market. Everything else secondhand or gifted with a total cost of about $25 or $30. What do you think? Is this dress a winner?

L.A.M.B. convertible dress; Isabella Fiore shoes; jewelry including Cartier,
Kenneth Jay Lane, cloisonne, Craft, Les Bernard

Plus this hand-tooled leather briefcase you've already seen.

Back to an open air closet in my new, temporary living space. Thanks for making me look so short, Dolly. Dolly is my mannequin.

The back!

In order from top: Craft, Les Bernard, unknown maker, Kenneth Jay Lane, cloisonne, unknown maker.

These Isabella Fiore pumps were a gift from a woman we did a tag sale for!

My dress, which came from the lovely @stealfinder of the @swapaholics, came with these adorable extras. I disregarded the directions for how to wear the dress because I liked it better this way, but it was nice to have them!

Obviously I'm obsessed with swapping. I'm going to a friend's swap in a few days. Wish me good finds!

Back to Black

Wearing my old Jeffrey Campbells, standing next to my new ones!

Y'all. It has been crazy around here. I went to Virginia for a retirement party. I worked Book Expo America. I celebrated my husband graduating from Law school. I went to a Slackers show. And, oh, yeah, I worked my bum off. More on all of that in future posts (and I can't wait to catch up on all of yours!). In the meantime, I HAD to find the time to show you my "new" bag...

Tag Sale Haul - Albertson

We did a sale for a friend of ours this weekend. She's the personal organizer we recommend any time someone can use a personal organizer and we've gotten a couple of great sales from her, too. I think she's just great and it was such a pleasure getting to meet the rest of her family. Her name is Alix and I'll be doing an interview with her at the Gold Coast blog sometime soon.

And here's some of what I bought at her sale!