My Favorite Things 1.1

My brain has been extremely absent lately, so I decided I'd do an easy post about some of my favorite things as of late.

First up is this AMAZING new typewriter my boyfriend got me for Christmas from Micheal's Craft Store. She works like a dream and I've already gotten some good use out of it typing little notes to my 7 year old niece 😃

For my birthday a couple of weeks ago, my boyfriend took me on a little day trip to go antiquing in one of our neighboring towns. I found this ADORABLE 1960's Lurex Doll Couch just hiding in a basket on the floor. It even has little spindles on the base! I had to have one of my 1970's Dashboard Dolls give it a go 😊

This post really should just be my favorite things my boyfriend has gifted me, so here we go again! As a birthday present he gave me a nice little addition to my nude playing card collection! These were dead-stock, never opened... until me because I couldn't resist! They're just so DAMN BEAUTIFUL!

This is one of the few non-vintage things I've been loving lately and it's this eye cream from Dermalogica. Lately, life has been a little too rushed & hectic and this has SAVED my eyes from looking sad, tired and droopy. It's a mask for your eyes that you don't have to take off 😉

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