Birthday wish list

Well, y'all, sorry I haven't posted in such a long time.  However, I will have some exciting news to post about here soon!  I am going to be a vendor at Goodwill's SECOND RUNWAY event in Roanoke next week, so I will have to let you know how that goes.  And I've got a big order of fabric on it's way, so I will be sewing several 40's and 50's styled blouses for school!  I promise to take lots of pictures while I'm sewing, and of the finished blouses and outfits!

But, for the moment, since my 19th birthday is coming up in just 3 1/2 weeks (!!!!) I'm just going to post a boring list of what I want for my birthday.  Keep in mind, some are serious, some are totally "wants" not "needs", and others are absolutely ridiculous and thrown in for humor.  :)

• American Duchess shoes, size 7.5. 

They would look so cute with anything from slacks to jeans to modern skirts and dresses!  Besides, I wouldn't have to hide my feet any more when I wear my Colonial dresses....lets just say that Dansko clogs are not the most historically accurate shoes....  LOL.

• Brown riding boots such as these to pair with jeans and skirts (so for those mid-calf skirts, I don't have that awkward two or three inches of bare leg from the hem of the skirt to my shoes!  And I don't do leggings.....)

• Peep-toe shoes like these from Blowfish Shoes in black distressed linen.  I'd like a pair in white.  They look so cute with 50's dresses!

• A P-51 Mustang would be awesome!

as would a P-40 Kittyhawk

 

or the well-loved Piper Cub (same as missionary Nate Saint flew when he was killed in Ecuador) 

Or a F-14.  Or and A-380.  Yeah, it would be so special if I could take my first solo flight in one of these amazing planes.

• Dresses. I love dresses.  Like these from eShakti:

Or from ModCloth:

(I like blue, and retro style if you can't tell!!!)

• A computer (necessary for college!).  Just please, not an Apple or a Dell.  

• An all-expenses-paid vacation to Scotland and Ireland. Or Jamaica.  Or anywhere for that matter.

• Books!  And the time to read them!   There's so many books I want to read.  Maybe it's because I like history, or maybe it's because I enjoy learning, but I want to read so many of the classics.  I want to read everything from Jane Eyre to The Pilgrim's Progress to Mein Kampf.  And I want to read stories about flying.  

• New camera.  Mine died about a year ago, and since then I've relied on my brother to take pictures for me.  But my brother will not be around forever....and I need some way to not only take pictures of my skirts for my Etsy shop, but also to document my college experience!  

• Mexican Train dominoes!  If you haven't played this game, then you are missing out on a lot of fun!  I love playing this game with my church family.  We get so silly making fun of each other and threatening to never talk to each other again and telling the pastor's wife to be nice!  I've never laughed so hard as when playing Mexican Train!

• Vinyl chalkboard and chalk pens.  This would be so cute to put on my dorm room door to write notes to my roomie or to put schedule reminders to myself!

 

• A 50K scholarship would be really nice.  (LOL, don't we all wish for that!)

• Hats.  Have I ever mentioned that I do like to wear hats?  I think the 1940's pillbox, fedora, and newsboy hats are so cute, and I don't understand why more girls and women don't wear hats anymore!  Hats are cool.

• Customers for my business.

• Winter coat.  Mine's kinda looking threadbare.....but maybe I can mend it and replace some missing buttons to last this winter.

That's my birthday wish list, full of random stuff that I want, but probably don't need.

And of course, last but not least, my biggest birthday wish is for a wonderful birthday with my family, boyfriend, and roommate (who's birthday is the day before mine!  Eeeek!!!!!).  :)