1. You expect every kiss to be like this…
2. And every dance to be like this…
3. You’re always overdressed.
4. You’re still learning to master the art of sleeping in pin curls without being awoken by a stabbing pin.
5. Kirbi-grips; you love them & your partner hates them. You buy a new pack at least once a week – where do they all go?!
6. You’re highly flammable. Hairspray is your daily companion.
7. You spend a lot of time with your arms in the air. Who needs the gym when you have an arm toning vintage hairstyling regime?
8. You will never have enough storage space…
9. You mourn the well dressed man everyday. They can keep ‘The Skinny Jean Wearing Metrosexual’ and ‘Mr Man Bun’ with full beard & denim shirt. Where is ‘Sir Perfectly Tailored Three Piece Suit’ with immaculate hair & pocket square?!
10. You are petrified of the rain* (save the pin curls!) *unless a Gene Kelly lookalike asks you to dance in it
11. No matter how hard you practise, sometimes you just have a bad ‘cat-eye’ day
12. There are never enough hours in a day.
13. You face the inner turmoil of being a feminist & a vintage lover… Yes, my skirt of choice is pencil. No, I do not like to be referred to as darling. Yes, I love so much about the days gone by… The music, the fashion, the hair. No, I do not want my choices, wage, politics to be limited in anyway. Aggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
14. All your style icons are dead. Thank goodness for the retro revival!
15. Your hair doesn’t look quite so hot when you take it out! Sssh 😉
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Reblogged this on Betty's Boutique and commented:
So true!
Haha these are brilliant and so true! Especially the sleeping in pin curls haha! xx
Thanks Betty’s Boutique! So pleased you like it. We’re blown away by the response we’ve had! It’s a fine art sleeping in pin curls as you know 😉 xxx
Haha, well deserved! love your blog too had to follow it! 🙂 xx
Reblogged this on Alexie RicRac and commented:
Sleeping in pin curls is the darndest thing!
Number 13, OMG yes! No, I do not feel I was ‘born in the wrong time’, I like having a well paid job, the vote, and The Pill! Wearing a tailored coat and a tilt hat does not mean I don’t appreciate central heating and Beyonce!
Reblogged this on frocksandbikes and commented:
Yes, yes, and yes…
hehehehe this is the best and I can relate to every single one! LOVE IT! 🙂
Reblogged this on A hepcat in Berlin and commented:
so true…
Reblogged this on flyingwithAnj and commented:
During my first year at uni I went through a vintage I Love Lucy phase. All of these summed up my daily rituals and not to mention refusing to wear boots because they are too modern no matter how much it was raining outside haha.
I was just thinking about number 13 today! I love so many things about the past but deep down I ‘d hate to live back then! We’ve come a long way but no reason why we can’t pinch their best bits while leaving the bad stuff behind 🙂
Haha this is SO TRUE!
With posts like this there’s normally one that doesn’t apply – but they all do :p
Loving number 9…amen sisters! Can we add “wearing vintage in Israel and everyone thinks you are super religious because you look modest”
1) You love vintage, Mum doesn’t and wishes you’d wear more normal stuff
2) You never have enough red nail polishes. Even though I have about six!
3) Petticoats seem to be too big, too long or too short so you need a selection
4) That circle skirt was perfect until you get out of the car!
Haha, it’s so true 😀
And it seems to be that you’ll never have enough lipsticks 😀
Aah, so true! NUMBER 9 THOUGH!! Ugh, I can’t tell you how many times I have said those exact same words! And I relate to the others too, being overdressed, sleeping in pin curls, having unrealistic expectations for my love life….