Outfit: Saddle Shoes

I finally have saddle shoes! Huzzah! I am very, very excited. Some people think they are an element of vintage attire that stray to the costume-y side but I care not - I think they're the best shoes in the entire world. OK, perhaps that's a slight exaggeration but I really, really love them an awful lot. And they look pretty nifty with my Freddies utility jeans.

Outfit details: hair scarf - ?; cardigan -  Cotton On; blouse - op-shop; 40s repro jeans - Freddies of Pinewood; saddle shoes - Payless (via an awesome friend).

My awesome friend Bethany (who also has a blog that you should check out - here) bought them for me (Payless doesn't ship to Australia) and they arrived yesterday. I was so excited I knew I had to wear them right away so I wore them to the Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society meeting, last night. It was the first time I'd been and it was so much fun! One lady said she liked my outfit (& my bowling shoes...I suppose they do resemble them, a little) and an older gentleman said my outfit was taking him back (to his youth, one presumes). 'I'm just picturing myself with a rifle under my arm, wearing khakis and with my slouch hat on!' he told me. 

I should have rounded up some of my favourite shots of others with saddle shoes on - perhaps I'll do another post on that, if I don't forget/get too lazy. I do have a song about saddle shoes, though - 

If anyone knows of other songs about/mentioning saddle shoes, please send them my way!

Love,

Andi B. Goode

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Some of my Christmas Goodies

I just thought I'd share some of my lovely Christmas gifts with you all. I had a lovely day. It was, as usual, a small family affair. Breakfast was at my sister's, then my brother came over for lunch and then my sister and her partner came over for dinner. I made dinner this year, for the first time: lasagne and tiramisu, which is our very own tradition. As usual, more food than needed was made and I was eating lasagne and tiramisu for days after!

I purchased a couple of hats on etsy earlier in the year - I paid for one and the other was paid for by my mother, who saved it as a Christmas gift. I can't wait to wear it.


These babydoll pyjamas are also from my mum. I actually mentioned them in a blog post, earlier in the year, too.

On the left is a vintage newspaper from my sister and her partner; on the right is the box for the pyjamas.

This was also a gift from my sister and her partner.



And I got a few vintage-themed books, too. The Dirk Bogarde biography is quite intimidating at over 700 pages! But it will be a very interesting read, I'm sure.

Did anyone else get any lovely vintage goodies over the holiday season?

And I almost forgot, but here's a look at my Christmas outfit:



Outfit details: veiled hat - Salvo's; dress - made by mum; belt - gift; shoes - Big W.

Love,
Andi B. Goode
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