Quite correct, Allyson.

I got to campus only to discover that most of the places where I eat are still closed. I've done pretty good so far on coffee and a tangerine, but I think I need to venture out for some actual food.

Once again, Etsy baffles me: [link]

I won't lie, it's all stuff I'd use. But seriously? An assortment of vintage accessories and sewing notions labled as a "vignette"? I guess my vague plan for the Gothic Charm School Occasional Emporium on Etsy isn't so silly, after all.

(Do I want the pink gloves, rick-rack, handkerchief, and rhinestone earrings enough to purchase this "vignette"?)

New Guy has asked me to tell the boss that he comes in at 8 every morning.

"Oh, you mean you're going to start coming in at 8?"

"Oh, you mean you're going to start coming in at 8?"

We have a winner!

"Vignette" is a very odd term to use. I'm sure we could come up with a better collective noun. And Jilli, I wouldn't buy them without a size or measurements on the gloves, says she who spent a half hour mourning her "huge" paws at the vintage store going-out-of-business sale this weekend. That is, assuming you're planning on wearing them.

Is "New Guy" the same one who joked about your headache, ita? I say we smite the mofo. I mean, I am the last one to judge someone for being late, but I don't ask people to lie about it, either.

And Jilli, I wouldn't buy them without a size or measurements on the gloves, says she who spent a half hour mourning her "huge" paws at the vintage store going-out-of-business sale this weekend. That is, assuming you're planning on wearing them.

gnng, good point about the size. I have tiny hands, so the chances of the gloves fitting me are good (and I'd be cutting the fingers off of them anyway), but it's still too much of a risk.

I'm confused by the vignette. Are they sewn or glued in place? They don't look framed, so what makes them a vignette as opposed to a few cute items grouped together?

They don't look framed, so what makes them a vignette as opposed to a few cute items grouped together?

An attempt at verbal cleverness.

If they were glued or sewn in place, I'd be pissed. But I think it's just some items grouped together and photographed.

I wonder if the local tiny thrift store (entirely staffed by quintessential little old lady volunteers) would have a stash of vintage gloves. I need a bunch for these embroidered fingerless glove projects I've been working on.

Is "New Guy" the same one who joked about your headache, ita?

Exactly the same one. Some gall.