Mary Van Notes

I had a jam-packed weekend, hence a picture-heavy post that spans three days or so.  I’ll try to be brief.

On the fourth of July my sister and I visited the Marin County Fair, the fair we went to as kids.  We got there around 5pm and stayed until the fireworks, so I didn’t get to see all of the fair.  There’s always next year!

I felt like my mom a bit because I dressed festively — kind of like the way my mom wears glittery puff-paint holiday sweaters.  Here’s me at the fair, and a picture of corn on the cob cupcakes!

top and skirt: F21, espadrilles and watch necklace: ebay, hat: Ross

We spent the night at my grandfather’s house:

dress: Red Light in Portland, OR, shrug: some store in a mall

And while my sister was visiting with a friend on 4th St in San Rafael, CA, I went for a stroll and picked up some 7″ records for my boyfriend at Red Devil Records and found an amazing dress at Aubergine.   This was my first time in this vintage store and I was completely wooed when they had me pick a vintage scarf for them to wrap my dress in.  They made the scarf into a bag!  It’s eco-friendly and I got a cute scarf for freebies!  I will definitely go there again.

My sister and I then drove up to Sacramento.  My boyfriend Ben made us a delicious dinner and even baked a strawberry pie!  KEEPERS!

I wore the dress I bought at Aubergine to a show I was hosting at the Sacramento Punch Line.  This dress was hanging out in front and was the first thing I picked up.  It has the most unique neckline and pattern.   I love it!  I think it’s late 40s, early 50s?  What do you guys think?  I need to get better at dating garments…

Tomorrow I’ll post the winner of the bloggiversary Laurel’s Bench necklace giveaway.

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