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4. A Very Vintage Haul...

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This month's eBay antics and charity shop trawling. I started this blog with the intention of writing about both running and all things vintage, but as my fiancĂ© (it’s still weird calling him that…) pointed out at the weekend, I’ve done very little running in the last few weeks. Things have been crazy and I’ve been kind of lazy.  Oh, hey there :) I’ve spent a lot of time watching YouTube;  in particular Rachel Maksy .  I came across her channel, The Pinup Companion while searching for vintage inspiration and now I am hooked! I think I may have watched ALL of her videos. She has such an eclectic and engaging mix of videos on making vintage accessible and how to thrift and charity shop your way to a vintage inspired wardrobe among other things.  This post is really about how I have implemented some of this and how the purchases I have made recently fit into my collection.  I’ve bought things from eBay, charity shops, Primark and a charity shop speci...

3. What's in the Box?

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I'm going to take a slight detour away from vintage and running kind of this week and share with you the most exciting news because its all I can think about right now. But we can work some running into the story and possibly even some vintage inspired bling...So I know I am relatively new to this whole thing, but for any of you out there who actually know me or my partner, will have seen our social media explode with well wishers over the weekend. All because he asked me a simple little question. My hand has never looked so elegant But let's rewind for a wee minute. We met 10 months ago to the day... (I'm writing this on Tuesday and this will go up on Wednesday). On Tinder of all places, but what a whirlwind it has been since then. I moved away for work a couple of months after we met, but we have muddle through the distance, going from strength to strength. And I have done so many things in that time I never thought possible, all because of him. Well because of...