Mini road trip & Lovely Customers!

So it's half term this week, and our shop in Barnard Castle has been really busy with lots of lovely customers. It was my first day in this week, as we are all only working three days a week at the moment so we have time off to make things while it is still pretty quiet. Can't wait for Spring!

I took the day off yesterday and spent the day with my lovely friend who I went to college with, Jade. It was her Birthday on Valentine's Day so we went out for the day toegther yesterday and went on a mini road trip. Here is my outfit for the day (yesterday!) 

Dress: Vintage, cinched in with a belt

Belt: Custom made "Love Rock N Roll" Belt from BeltMe.co.uk

Leather handbag: Vintage Moschino

Tights: Primark

Leather boots: Vintage AKA: Charity shop!

Jade's photo of her Birthday card and cakes I made her!

We started our shopping trip in Primark of course! It has been a while since I have been shopping so I purchased a few things (Obviously.) I got an Aztecy/Fairisle style jumper in cream, blues and reds for £12, some denim cut off shorts with ripped/distressed effect for £12 which I will definately be wearing with tights for the next few weeks (Brrrrr!), and a tan faux leather skirt for £5 in the sale, bargain! We then continued our trip to Yarm and Stokesley in North Yorkshire and had a rumage around the charity shops but didn't find much today. I'm always on the look out for pretty vintage plates for the cake stands that I make. I only brought a few small things back today, much to the relief of my other half. 

He seems to think we could set up a plate shop judging by the amount we have in the downstairs cupboard!

Outfit for today: The sun was out this morning, so out came the mini skirt!

Jumper: Primark from yesterday

Belt: Vintage

Skirt: Made by me out of a pair of old Levi's

Tights: Primark

Boots: Nine West

Ring: Vintage Fair 

The shop has been busy with lots of lovely customers today. We were on the TV on antique dealer programme "Put your money where your mouth is" on BBC2 last Tuesday, so that seems to have brought a lot of people in. One man commented that the shop was more like a museum and that we should charge an entrance fee! I said we had joked about that before, but I don't know how well it would go down with the customers! On the way out he handed me a pound coin, and said I had to put it in the till and said thank you for such an interesting visit. Awwww....We do have the best customers.