Back in Time
The Hubs (above) and I went to Pensacola, Florida with my friend Lauren (below) today. Isn’t she gorgeous? Yeah. I think so too.
They joined me for a cake competition today. It was my first…and it was awful. My cake was horrible compared to the others. And I’m not just being my own worst critic…the score sheets are certainly proof of that.
But its cool. If you want to see it, check out my buttercakes blog. Fair warning, I haven’t posted about the competition on that blog yet. Lots to cover. Loads!
We had to drop the cake off by 10am and couldn’t take it home until 4pm, so we had quite a bit of time to kill. I mean, there were only 20 cakes, so its not like looking at those took forevs, know what I’m sayin?
We decided to go to the beautiful beach and snap a few shots before eating some yummy seafood. I love these next two pics. LOVE them. I must frame them very soon.
We got crabs for lunch (hehe). It was super yummy, if you don’t count the overpriced lunch menu and the super salty chips.
Bonus!!! Crabs uses only 100% recycled toilet paper…
…and has excellent margaritas.
We still had 4 hours to kill after getting crabs (hehe), and I just HAPPENED to have the address to a certain vintage store that I HAPPENED to have googled and logged into my trusty crackberry. Coincidence?
The store is called Back in Time. This was my first ever vintage store visit in person (ebay and etsy don’t count, right?) and I was in HEAVEN!
I walked away with a long white tuxedo shirt (top left), a 1980s black skinny tie (middle left), a floral maxi skirt that will be worn as a dress (bottom middle), and a fantastic 1970s gold fish necklace. *Props to Lauren for picking the necklace out for me!* The floral dress (top right) is a recent addition bought from Gugu’s Etsy shop and the navy slip dress (bottom right) is from Tigerlily Vintage Clothing store on Ebay. Both of those dresses are waiting to be hemmed, but I wanted to show them off for a hot minute.
Overall, I had a fabulous day, even though my cake was a shameful representation of Hansel and Gretel. Oh well. All that matters is that we all had fun!
Sunday 21, 2010
gorgeous photos evan. and I’m totes loving your vintage finds. might have to raid your closet for the concert next month.
Sunday 21, 2010
Love the photos your posted of our trip to Pensacola yesterday! It was such a perfect day to hang out on the beach in the sand! Thanks again for inviting me to the cake competition, it was super fun and I LOVED your cake! You are such an inspiration with cake decorating and your sense of vintage fashion! Let’s hang out again sometime soon!
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