the weather outside is frightful

** this entry is dedicated to sweet darlene, a.k.a. victorian bustle, who is missing the snow terribly. if i could pack it up and send it you, i would. this was as close as i could come. hope it makes the holidays a bit whiter for you! **

but snuggling in bed with the puddy tats is so delightful! i walked down to starbucks for some liquid warmth and took lots of pictures along the way.

my street was literally abandoned. this is california avenue, the busiest street in west seattle! thank goodness people were staying off the roads. the snowplow crawled by as i got up further but it was still very treacherous.

the admiralty antique shop is seemingly never open but they did put up some fun holiday window displays. my grandpa had some fun light-up choir singers from the 60s in his store. when we were kids, they scared the heck out of us. now i'd kill to track them down. these reminded me of them.

i live about 12 blocks from starbucks but it took a while to get there. rebecca and stacie were bravely running the store by themselves since no one else could get to work. amazingly they were swamped. i sat down and worked on a dress until rebecca said HQ called and told them to close up shop. they asked if luna was open and i told them we never close since we all live so close to it. they wished me luck on the walk home and shooed the rest of the customers out the door.

i was so bundled up, i had to snap a picture. this is my dearest lilli ann coat, purchased at xtabay in portland in 2002. it has a full circle skirt and is made of the warmest wool known to man. my furry hat came from hattie's vintage, 1/2 block from xtabay. don't they make a great pair? for gloves, i wore antique black elbow length formal gloves that had belonged to my grandmother. she saved so much stuff and i'm so thankful i got most all of it. she was a classy broad!

starbucks disappeared from sight when i was only a block away due to the flurries of snow that were picking up in intensity. this was my last look at it before it was gone.

i passed the antique shop again and fell in love with this old doctors bag. you can barely see it in the bottom right corner. too bad they charge 10x what their items are worth. maybe i can save up and get it someday.

linus and lucy usually beg to get outside but today, even my open invitation couldn't draw them out. linus meandered down the steps but ran back inside as soon as i opened the door. i loved how his polydactil toes made monstrous footprints in the drifts on the porch. they both ran upstairs and got into my bed as soon as i got my boots off.

now i'm craving soup and a sandwich. mmmmmmm... grilled cheese.... i'll have to raid bill's groceries but i'm sure he'll forgive me.

my mailman stomped up the walk with a big package for me. it was from madame fortuna! both pieces are stunning but i wore "sunday morning coming down" since it had the mini flask dangling down as the focal point. wearing it made me reminisce about those old st bernards in cartoons wearing the barrels of whiskey and bourbon out in the snow. if they'd had madame fortuna back then, they'd have looked much more chic!

winter white victorian style poly dress: the dustydog.etsy.com (tara's store is lovely and her blog is a treat! do visit them soon. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6234591 )

sunday morning coming down necklace: mmefortuna.etsy.com

grey capri tights: betsey johnson

white thigh high socks with tassles: target

burgundy frye boots: urban outfitters