Flea Market Finds - Back To The Thirties

I had just left my favourite op shop empty handed and popped into the one next door that I rarely visit on account of it being one of those op shops that tries to be like a "new" shop - every time I go in there I'm disappointed by the lack of good vintage items and those they have are usually horribly over-priced.

But as I was about to leave I spotted something in the glass cabinet next to the counter.

OK, so it wasn't a bound volume of Madame Weigel's Journal of Fashion and if it had been I'd probably still be lying semi-conscious on the op shop floor. But I love the 1930s and had to have a look.

  

 Flicking through the pages, it was clear that life in the late 1930s was glamourous, new conveniences were making life easier and there were solutions for every complaint.

  

 A fabulous time to be frivolous and have fun in the sun.

  

  

The Australian Woman's Mirror had lots of ideas for those about to be married.

  

And political movements in Europe seemed a world away, surely nothing to worry about?

For now women were free to worry only about raising their children, keeping a nice home and keeping up with fashions and beauty treatments.

And without political correctness to worry about........why here's a novel idea for decorating a lamp!

("Abos and their art being a vogue right now"...)

Good point! A timely reminder since I'll be turning 40 next Friday. Fortunately, since giving up wheat I'm slimmer than I've been in years.

And another good point....I've been thinking about a lovely cup of tea the whole time I've been working on this blog post. Off to boil the kettle.....

Oh! Did I do the right thing to part with $50 for this bound volume of 18 editions of The Australian Woman's Mirror??