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Round-Up Time!

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On Sunday many of my fellow vintage and Disney loving friends got together, but we all decided to dress in western wear! So you can image I was pretty excited! Outfit Shirt & Boots: Buffalo Exchange Skirt: Pin-Up Girl Clothing Scarf: Portland Outdoor Store, Portland, Oregon Disneyland Frontierland Pin: Chapman Antique Mall, Orange, California Hat…

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Knott’s Berry Farm

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Some of the perks of being a Cast Member at Disneyland is that we are offered discounted tickets to other amusement parks in southern California, including Knott’s Berry Farm. I hadn’t been to Knott’s Berry Farm since the mid-90s, and in all sincerity, all I remember is getting so drenched on Bigfoot Rapids that we had…

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Saturday Drive

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As noted earlier, Patrick and I finally bought a car! Originally we had plans to take it to the drive-in this weekend, but rain prevented that from happening – maybe next weekend! However we still decided to go out for a nice country drive down Highway 99 to McMinnville (also known as Oregon’s wine country,…

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Miner 49er

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As highlighted in our visit to Sutter’s Mill, my passion for the west continues into the history of the gold rush, and our recent travels through gold rush country influenced my wardrobe choices today as we ran did some much needed grocery shopping and errand running I found this mining themed skirt featuring shovels, picks,…

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Snow Cowgirl

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Well, it’s officially a snowpocalypse here in Portland.  While our eight inches of snow may be nothing to you people in the upper mid-west or east coast, our City of Roses basically shuts down, as we are not equipped to handle snow (our city doesn’t have many snow plows, and schools close when we have…

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The Dusty 45s

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Last night, Patrick and I joined Sarah of Simply Vintage for a night at Doug Fir seeing The Dusty 45s. This outfit contains two of my more recently acquired prized possessions; the wool fringe vest and the Kachina doll ring.  The vest I picked up a local rummage sale for a mere $5! I was…

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Westward Ho!

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I’m sure many of you are pinners on Pinterest and have pinned many an item that you are longing to own off of Etsy, but it’s out of budget, or sold on Etsy, or just something you came across on the internet and are determined to own one day. Well, for me, one (of hundreds)…

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