The color/light came out strangely in the pics of this outfit, so my grey tights look black. But I'm posting it anyway, just to point out how a wool sweater can, in fact, be part of a celebratory, spring ensemble -- if you're still gobsmacked just that you don't have to wear a coat.
Besides, the real star of the outfit is this leather bookbag I saved from the Goodwill. It just needed the clasp replaced!
Additionally, for some reason this felt like a good day to showcase a couple of my vintage compacts. It's sort of fun (dare I say, novel) to pull out a trinket with its own history and character when you need to do something as mundane as powdering your nose. Plus, um, they're pretty.
This brass and enamel one was my grandma's. She received it as a bridesmaid gift when she stood up in her cousin's wedding in 1928. But, not being much of a girly girl, she never used it! (She was and remains a devoted Coty gal.)
This made it particularly easy to clean, but well-used compacts aren't much harder. Just remove all the marks and deposits with a damp cloth, then polish it up with a little alcohol -- but don't use the alcohol on any enamel parts, only on shiny metal. Anyway, loose powder vintage compacts are especially useful if you wear mineral makeup; just fill up the powder compartment with your dusting of choice.
There are other uses, though. This 20's compact featuring a gamine chick emerging from a big red flower (?) makes a lovely container for stowing my extensive stash of pills while I'm on the go.
Very Valley of the Dolls, but they're all over-the-counter. A girl can't let her allergies get the best of her.
