Fabulous Finds!

Last summer I was out shopping at what my family has always lovingly called "The Auction".  Until my friends started asking me questions about said "Auction" and I answered them with a description of lots and lots of people standing out on the hot, hot pavement and selling old goods, I didn't know that is was indeed not an auction, but a flea market.  Call me weird, but when my parents told me we were going to "The Auction" I just nodded my approval and said "OK!"  So, "The Auction" in question is actually Denio's Flea Market in Roseville, CA.  A place where there is tons of great stuff as long as you have the time and the patience to sort through it all.  Well, when I'm cruising with my Grandma, I usually do.  So, back to last summer... normally, because I am an Aries and my patience to sort through a lot of random stuff is very limited, I don't usually find many things I am willing to spend my hard earned allowance on (yes, I give myself an allowance!)  But, this particular sunny afternoon, I was having a ball, and using my patience wisely, when I stumbled across the amazing vintage Louis Vuitton bag below.  After some savvy bargaining on my part, I managed to take this baby home with me for a cool $20! 

Fabulous Find #1!  Love!

So, I thought that I was the luckiest girl in the world to have found one vintage designer bag, when lo and behold, I find another!  Yesterday I was out shopping in the Mission in San Francisco.  My friend Molly and I were out scavenging vintage stores for anything fabulous when from afar I spotted this Gucci bag in The Painted Bird on Valencia Street.  At first I just glanced at it until I noticed the monogram.  I was intrigued so I picked it up and checked it out from all of the important angles.  Upon discovery that it was indeed Gucci, I spied the price tag to see what it would set me back.  $16.95.  That is what the price tag said.  $16.95!  I almost peed myself!  I looked around the store, sure I was on Candid Camera, and when I finally realized that this was for real I slapped that baby on my arm and guarded it until I could make it to the counter for the sale!

Fabulous Find #2!  Amazing!