{"id":8040,"date":"2011-10-13T06:42:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T11:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=8040"},"modified":"2011-10-13T06:42:23","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T11:42:23","slug":"thankful-thursday-vintage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2011\/20111013-8040.htm","title":{"rendered":"Thankful Thursday: Vintage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not too long ago, I was bemoaning the lack of vintage clothing in used stores. I knew that old people were still dying (I work in long term care, you know)&#8211;but you couldn&#8217;t tell by looking in the used stores. Where once I could find a plethora of beautiful vintage, I was now experiencing a veritable famine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/category\/thankfulness\/thankful-thursday\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Thankful Thursday banner\" src=\"images\/buttons\/thankfulthursday.jpg\" title=\"Thankful Thursday banner\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"400\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Until last week when, on a whim, I decided to take a look at the Halloween costumes. <\/p>\n<p>What I discovered there was definitely NOT Halloween costumes.<\/p>\n<p><b>This week I&#8217;m thankful for&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;a navy and white polka dot dress<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-01.jpg\" alt=\"Navy and White Dress\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;an adorable orange 20s shift<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-02.jpg\" alt=\"Orange 20s Dress\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;my very own Jane Austen style get-up<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-03.jpg\" alt=\"Cream Colored Dress\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;another fabulous shift, this one from the 60s<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-04.jpg\" alt=\"Black Floral Dress\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;an orange dress I can&#8217;t date, which looks shapeless but is anything but when on <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-05.jpg\" alt=\"Orange Dress\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;a Cher maxi, which needs only some renewed elastic in its neckline to be a perfect fit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-06.jpg\" alt=\"Cher Dress\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;another maxi, this one in hot pink with a lovely drape<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-07.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Pink Maxi Dress\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;a beautiful silver coat dress (very formal)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-08.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Coat Dress\" height=\"450\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;a hat that ties under my chin<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-09.jpg\" alt=\"Hat that Ties under my chin\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;a rather ordinary hat<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-10.jpg\" alt=\"An ordinary hat\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;a quite extraordinary hat<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"images\/20111012-11.jpg\" alt=\"Pillbox hat with veil\" height=\"400\" width=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m thankful for the Lord of love, who gives to me so much more than I need&#8211;who allows me to enjoy an abundance beyond what I could imagine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not too long ago, I was bemoaning the lack of vintage clothing in used stores. I knew that old people were still dying (I work in long term care, you know)&#8211;but you couldn&#8217;t tell by looking in the used stores. Where once I could find a plethora of beautiful vintage, I was now experiencing a &#8230; <a title=\"Thankful Thursday: Vintage\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2011\/20111013-8040.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thankful Thursday: Vintage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[42],"tags":[528,1197],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}