hibernating

It has been a long, long time since I have written or posted anything on this ol' blog! 2 months! 2 months that have flown by. Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I am done with Winter. It has lasted for far too long! Luckily, instead of my regular hibernating, we've been keeping pretty busy. The shop has been great, online & here at Market Supply Co. We've been out searching and digging for Spring and Summer goodies that I can't wait to finally bring out to light. Soon, I hope. The snow was finally leaving us but then what happens this morning? I awoke to a snow covered ground again. I almost threw in the towel right then. I want green grass & trees! Warm sun and a cool breeze!!! Is that too much to ask!?

Another thing that has been keeping me relatively sane is working out at the Bar Method Studios here in Chicago. The last 3 months have been brutal and rewarding. I swear it's been the main reason for me to not stay cuddled up in my warm bed all winter long. I started hard by going 26 days in a row for January, then every other day in February and now 4 days a week. Without that, the shop, Mike and my friends, I probably would have curled up with my cats in my bed the last three months just trying to keep warm! 

Here's a little recap of my winter via Instagram! 

The shop...

bathing beauties before the get to the shop...

vintage finds that are too good to sell...

where the vintage goes before it hits the shop...

the sweet things we encounter while working...

Dethrose Vintage & jewels by Clyde's Rebirth...

and a few things I love...

Chicago & my man

and of course...

my fur balls. 

Not pictured, my friends, which I realize I don't have nearly enough photos of. 

How do you survive the Winter months?? 

Let it Snow!!

Skip the long lines at the Mall and Chain Stores and support Small Businesses this Holiday season!! Enjoy 20% off the entire shop this weekend at Dethrose Vintage on etsy:) 

And if you live in the Chicago area stop by Market Supply Co for a storewide sale!

Sale includes: 

Dethrose Vintage select items

Clyde's Rebirth one of a kind & Summer jewelry line

& 

Midnorth Mercantile entire Men's inventory

Also announcing the launch of Clyde's Rebirth Winter Line! 

Come join us in celebrating the Holiday Season!! 

Nashville Bound!!

I was lucky enough to have the chance to spend NYE in Nashville TN with 2 of my favorite Chicago gals, Andrea from Blonde Bedhead & Merl from Clyde's Rebirth & MO Vintage. I knew it was going to be a blast, even if was only for a day. That Friday morning we decided to leave at 7am and of course not only was it pouring down rain it was freezing cold! Actually, I was quite relieved to say goodbye to Chicago and hello warm and sunny Nashville:)

It was a 8 hour trip, which normally would drag and I would dread making but with these 2, it was non stop laughter and time flew! It was seriously ridiculous how much fun we were having trapped in this small space for what turned out to be 10 hours!! Yeah, we made quite a few stops and enjoyed ourselves a bit not rushing.

Sneakin a quick pic in the parking lot of a grocery shop in Southern Illinois.

 

Following after my mother, I literally have a giant knot in my stomach if I am not driving. It honestly calms my nerves, give me good music and good peeps to keep me company and I will drive for hours! 

Before we knew it, we were in Tennessee! 

  

What was first on the list? Where do go out?! Luckily we had the lovely Chandra to put us up for the weekend and to direct us around:) Oh and braid my hair, hahaha! Seriously though, Chandra is a fantastic hairstylist, look her up if you're in Nashville!

 

Myself, Andrea & Merl.

Drinks a dancing led to an amazing first night in Nashville. The funny thing is, we got crazier that night than we did for New Years!

The next morning we awoke pretty early, despite being out til 3, to explore Nashville. First up coffee and brunch. Then onto vintage shopping:)

Merl & Andrea bright eyed and bushy tailed!

I was ecstatic because I was finally meeting Quincy from Q's Daydream. She recommended some great vintage shopping and this little coffee shop. It was so great to finally meet in person! I just wish we all would have had more time to hang out.  

 

The bottom photo was from my phone, hello bright! Lol

It's funny how much you feel like ya kinda know someone from their blog. So of course we bonded over fashion, vintage and duh, lots of laughing!

 First stop, Katy K's for vintage and all your cowgirl needs:) 

Of course, we couldn't keep it together very long with breaking out in laughing our butts off! About what? Couldn't tell ya, it happens all too frequently!

still laughing...

yep...

The next few hours were spent walking around Nashville and trying on lots of vintage! I hope to visit Quincy again soon, our time meeting was far too short!

On a whim, Andrea decided to get her first tattoo here! I was so happy for her. I know how awesome it feels to get your first:)

And Merl documented the entire moment.

The end result! A beautiful Horse Outline.

After the tattoo session, it was onto dinner then a quick nap before going out to ring in the New Year.

 

Ok, so we weren't really napping but we did try! Guess what kept us up??? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jokes, jokes, jokes. :)

Me being the stressed space cadet as per usual, I left Chicago without my garment bag of beautiful vintage dresses to wear for the New Year. Luckily after playing dress up, Andrea had this little blue number that she was kind enough to let me borrow:)

A happy New Year it was, chill and just fun with the gals:) 

So that was the trip in a nutshell. A lot of fun and I really can't wait to go back. Nashville is an amazing town and *ahem* the most attractive fellas I have ever seen in one place! I hope to be there again very soon!