Vintage Shopping Lover Gifts

Girl buying candles

Demure lady with gloves

"I'm sure you'll grow into it, darling."

Cocktails on the verandah.

The Missing Sock Returns

Military Medals

Pashminas are sooo noughties!

The Elliot Ness monster.

"Wheel, schmeel—check these babies out!"

Early Piety

"Ikea for hippies" 1. Flimsig used pallets, old foam 2. Stinkum goat wool 3. Beetup recycled lumber 4. Riskig kerosene lamp 5. Stupor hand blown by Nils 6. Smokum found on beach in Mendocino 7. Woblig 100% driftwood

Illustration from an Unpublished Novel

'A Ball at the Mansion House'

Abandoning the computer for a typewriter.

A Macaroni in 1772

'No, I'm not the sommelier; in fact, I don't even work here - I've just always wanted to try this wine.'

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

"Diamonds are so three billion years ago..."

When Tia Carmen says... "I got it for a very good price!" it means...she stopped at a garage sale on the way home.

High Riders of the Old West

An old-time engineer enters the cockpit on a flight.

"Are you looking to accentuate or camouflage?"

'I know I complimented you on that outfit last time you wore it, but that was in 1980.'

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

"Of course, I'm perfectly willing to pay my income tax, but I stayed home all day on the fifteenth, and nobody came."

Victorian Selfie

"Of course, lots of women are just going bare-headed."

Opening the Barrel

The wind catches Congressman Blowviatt's jerkin.

'No, you can't just watch the end of Bargainhunt!'

Swells - Men's Fashion

Notice: this dress will be out of style by January 2009.

"I don't care what it was or how hard it was to kill. It makes me look fat."

Ye Old Cafe: No Coffee Today - Sore Arm!

"Darling, do you ever worry that we're becoming some sort of Merchant-Ivory production?"