banana pancakes

my boyfriend jeremy and i like to cook a lot. well a decent amount. hes vegan, has been for round about 10 years. i am not, but i eat most of my meals with him, and so i eat vegan most of the time. i do rather like it, and really the only thing keeping me from going vegan myself is that i love trying new things, and i dont want that to hold me back. i also love eggs.. i dont think i could give those up.
but we make many tasty things together. and making breakfast is one of my favorites. we often make this really yummy tofu scramble with garlic and cumin and turmeric. and with some potatoes of some sort, wether is hash browns of just potatoes cooked with some garlic and olive oil. yum! ooh, or some french toast, ah its so good. the secret is to bake it!
but i also love making pancakes. maybe one of the first things i learned how to cook was pancakes, i just love the whole process of it. all the flipping. so jeremy only had a small pan where we had to make one at a time. and i said, well we need an electric griddle of some sort. so i went thrifting with this in mine and voila! i found one, and for only $6! its a bit old, but still works and so we broke up out on saturday and made out first batch with the new-old griddle. and they were fantastic!

swim suit summer 10'

these are the high waisted swim bottoms with the mesh bits i mentioned. i just love it. although i was very torn between this one and the plain black one with the ribbing when i was there trying them on. but i decided to go with these ones cause its what i originally wanted, and they are different.
the top i got off etsy from shantie a week or so ago and i just love it! it has boning along the princess line to keep the "bow" shape. i did have to do a bit of reconstruction cause its made of a girl with bigger breast than i have. so i cut open a stitch or two, cut down the boning and now it fits like a charm. its made of cotton and not too proper for swimming, but i dont care!

i also just gave myself a little treat and finally bought a pro flickr account! its been a long time coming and i love it! so happy!

tonight im going to "alive after five" which is a street fair in a local town that happens every friday. goin to drink beer and dance in the streets!

new sunnies

my new sunnies! yesterday i took a long lone drive, in rush hour traffic no less, to go out to the huge roosevelt field mall in nassau county. i really went out there to get some black and mesh high waisted swim bottoms from american apparel, which i did. but then i said "hey, ill stop at urban too, check them sale racks"
i dont get to uo often, there isnt one close by so i wanted to take my chance when i had it. nothing really good, all still a little too over prices. im looking for that real out of season $5 stuff they sometimes have. but no luck. so on my way out i took a look at the sunglasses and right before i was about to turn and leave these caught my eye!
thank god! cause i had also left my house without sunnies that day so i was in NEED. and only $10. all in all i spent about $40 on that trip. but for two staples i really needed. so it was worth it.

etsy update preview

i have so many items of clothing, you would not believe. most of it never even worn by me. thrifting allows me to do this. i either pick it up with intentions to sell it, or its cute and i want it for myself..and then it just never actually makes it onto my back. either way, your going to benefit from this!
tomorrow is my day off and so im gonna make it a very productive day. tonight i measured all of these items and tomorrow im going to photograph them, and hopefully list a few. and very cheap too. i need to get these out of my life and into you lucky girls' closets! heres just a little preview of all the beauties to come. and this it just a quarter of the things i have for golden fur vintage!

salvation army treats me good

today i had the day off and so when jeremy got off work i took him on some thrifting adventurers. out in Riverhead which is a bit of a drive there is a salvation army that i have only visited once before, due to its long drive away on the LIE. but today was the perfect day to head out there. it was sunny, and hot (but not as hot as its been..we have been experiencing a heatwave on long island and today it was more like 85 instead of 97) and we had plenty of time to browse.
i would have liked to go yesterday since wednesdays they have all but one color tag on sale, but its so cheap anyways that it doesn't really matter. we also stopped at this small thrift store, didnt really see anything there. and then hit one more salvo before heading home. and i hit the jackpot! well sorta. iv had better days, but i did find one of two things that were on my list of things to be on the lookout for when thrifting. oh and i only spend like $25 on all the things your about to see.



oh, heres me posing in front of some hydrangeas. they are my absolute favorite although these were turning a bit brown from the heat im assuming. its actually looked a bit like fall in some places. leaves turning brown and falling to the ground. we need some rain!


this...THIS is my number 1 find of the day for sure! recently iv been looking at vintage swim suits on etsy. not that i was really planing to buy any, i just love looking at the shapes and the beautiful designs that used to be around in the 50's and such. i dont normally look at the swim suits when thrifting cause usually they aren't all too nice. but today i decided to give it a look anyways. and at the second salvo we went to i came across this!!! fits me like a dream as well! i may sell it one day, but for right now its gonna stay in my collection since i dont have anything like it.
oh and guess how much it was?? $2.50! god, i love thrifting. the only down side is that someone at some pint it seams cut out the cups from inside. not sure why, maybe to use them on something else. so it looks a little funny inside. but it doesn't show when worn so no harm done.




ah! this blouse is so great!! i love the little cars all over it. and its the nicest shade of off white, almost a very very light yellow. however, after i brought it home i noticed is doesn't have any buttons..OR BUTTON HOLES! thats a bit annoying, ill have to dos something about that. but it was only like $1 so you get what you pay for.
these tap shorts were the other thing on my list of things to be on the look out for. iv been building my collection of shorts so im always looking for some cute ones. and these are really nice fit very well and are pretty new, not even vintage!



that tank is a smokey dark kinda blue which is hard to tell from the photo. but its knit and kinda heavy, but its cropped and anything cropped i love!
and then theres that yellow top, cute light and silky.

a lovely sheer scarf in one of my favorite colors for summer!


i used to have a bag like that blue one when i was real little. but it was rainbow colors. and some how ever the years its gone missing. and ever since iv wanted another but never seam to come across one..today was that day!
this blue dress i may sell, but not before i wear it at least once. its very cute and summery and i really like the neckline. i also dont have anything like is so thats always something im looking for.

$2 for this bag! probably going to go into the shop eventually.


only $2 for this whole set too! love the fabric and so many different sized bags to use for so many different things!


these are great! i was on the fence about getting them. they were $8 and since everything else i was getting was so cheap, i didnt want to spend so much on one thing (hah, listen to me.. so much on one thing. this is how cheap i am. $8 for a pair of shoes is expensive..) but they fit well, looked cute and then i saw the name on the inside. jeffery campbell! im guessing they are real, right? an old style im sure, but heck, his shoes go for $200! so that was it, i was sold!


this last one is going straight into the shop, as soon as i get off my lazy ass and take photos of all the other things i have to sell. i have bags full...literally..