Ruby Rose and Antoinette

Well......
dont be mad at me

My camera decided to take an extended nap
(aka is not working!)
So I cant show you pictures of
the bed right now
:(

BUT....
I can tell you about the amazing place where I found her
and my fabulous "solo" shopping day
Yay!

Sooo.....
I have been meaning to cruise up north

to a favorite lil college town of mine
San Luis Obispo -  

I used to go quite a bit.... 

But, you know how life 

has a way of getting into the way

of fun, unimportant things...

Well, I finally got some free "me" time 

this last Saturday

I made a whole "me" day out of my 

Craigslist find

(the subway tiles - post below)

My supremo day went like this: 

Stop#1 - my subway tile score
(technically Starbucks was Stop #1)

Stop #2 - a lovely time spent in downtown SLO

window shopping at some neato shoppes

I came home with: 

cute ruffle lantern 

clearanced white ruffley dress 

(got them both at "CosaBella")

Can I just tell ya that the Stig is a real lucky duck that it was early 

and I was being a "good" girl 

cuz this place had some cool vintage stuff !

(sshhh...dont say anything, but im gonna go back - soon!) 

vintage suitcase 

and a sweet lil flower made out of old sweaters!
(got these at "The Nest")

I had eyeballed them at the Remnants Show....

Then I 

stopped at a cool home store,
 "Habitat"

chatted with the sweet gals there  

admired all the lovely furniture and accessories

but spared my savings account 

only got a sweet bottle with a soldered cross stopper 

(you are welcome honey) 

  

made sure to stop at Urban Outfitters....

got a cute necklace

and this shirt

and this dress (on sale!)

Then.....

I stopped at a place I have been wanting to go 

to FOR-EV-ER...
(said ala "Squints" from Sandlot) 

RUBY ROSE

This store is only open on Thursdays

and Saturdays

It is ran by the cutest gal, Stephanie

She named her little vintage gem of a shoppe 

after her daughter, Ruby Rose

They travel in their airstream cross country

in style to find amazing vintage goodies

Oh how I loved this little store

It was like a flea market...

except all balled up in a quaint little garage

(there is billowy burlap ceilings!)

I enjoyed just admiring all the eye candy

and then I saw her in the corner....

I slyly undressed her
(yes, I bought 2 of her pillow shams that decorated her!) 

searching all of her vintage coverings

for a price tag 

and found none

I quietly asked if she was for sale
(it wasnt like I could toss her in a shopping basket, 
and I couldnt just leave her for someone to snag!) 
Imagine my excitement when Stephanie said she was!

And then.....
I began the mental debate
(the shoulder angel and devil were dookin it out)

I didnt have the truck
(remember I had my LOW-RID-ER car with me?!) 
I was also pretty sure the Stig was not
 going to be as thrilled as I was over finding
"Antoinette"
(she's french, can you tell?!) 
Not to mention that Rylee didnt really "need" a bed...... 
(but she really needed this one!) 

Luckily for me there were a handful of other 
women in the shoppe to nudge me 
in the right direction! 

The only problem was there was no way
Antoinette was fittin in my car.... 

But then sweet lil Stephanie told me that she would meet me
on Sunday morning !
('member she is only open on Thurs and Saturdays) 

 LOVE HER!! 

So I swiped away and whispered to Antoinette
" I will see you tomorrow....." 

And I will see you tomorrow too!

(the Stigman is home today and he pinkie promised that he would fix the camera for me)

That means pics of Antoinette tomorrow!

XOX