Should I go back to the flea market and buy this??

Found this New York & Co. Blazer at the flea market yesterday. Didn't buy it because it was $25 and I'm broke, but now I'm really wanting to go back and get it.

Reminds me of:


SHOULD I GO BACK AND GET IT TOMORROW??? I'm kind of thinking I should!

New York City!

Lately my family has been experiencing some financial problems, so this summer I found a really well paying internship in an office working for a website. The only problem with this otherwise ideal job is that I work everyday until 5pm, leaving me with very little time for things like socializing and, sadly, my business. I've hardly had time to update my site, much less make jewelry, all summer. And with the new relationship I've begun, OmgLia.com has all but been pushed to the backburner. It makes me sad but I'm making more money at this job than I would be doing the site full time. Ah, well.

Anyway, turns out I'm not very cut out for office life. My stress levels have skyrocketed! So I decided to take a vacation last weekend and my wonderful father used his frequent flier miles to buy my boyfriend and I tickets to NYC. We stayed with my sister in Newark and did all kinds of awesome NYC things: we went to Hell's Kitchen Flea Market (I highly recommend it!) and got all manner of useless items (him) and accessories (me). He bought himself a pair of fake D&G sunglasses and a fake Rolex from a creepy street vendor, which made him the biggest, happiest dork ever. That's him modelling them over on the right! We saw a lot of art and went to the Museum of Modern Art, as my boyfriend is an artist. He was quite inspired by the $250,000 price tags on some gallery works. We picnicked in Central Park and stalked the elusive Naked Cowboy in Times Square, who we could not find. It was a really awesome trip and a wonderful break from the monotony of office life!

Now I'm getting ready for Forecastle Festival, a huge arts/music festival in Louisville and my biggest craft show yet! I'll be working my butt off all week, wish me luck!

And the winners are ....

I chose the winners for my giveaway the old-fashioned way; I wrote them all down, cut them out, and drew 3 names out of the pile randomly! The winners are sweetcharade, spottedonetsy, and whimsicalcreations. I've emailed them already :) Congrats!

In other words, I've been going through some really rough patches in the personal/romantic areas of my life and haven't been quite as productive as I could've been. But I did manage to make a killing at a local flea market (because I have a bunch of Louisvillians reading this I will let you in on my secret - there's a flea market in Jtown right on Taylorsville road! Check it out!) Here is the stash I scored after 2 hours of frantic searching through MOUNDS of stuff!