I know I had started sharing a few post about vintage shops in Brighton (1, 2) and I haven't forgotten about that, but in the meantime I did visit my parents and had the opportunity to photograph some lovely shops in their area. I mentioned last year in my interview with Jessica of Chronically Vintage that I'd discovered some great vintage shops not too far away - these are those shops. If you're interested in other vintage shops I've visited around the country, you can check those posts out here.

Although there are several vintage and antiques shops in the town, I only photographed two on this occasion. The first is "The Vintage Rooms", which sells a mixture of vintage clothing, antiques, and other curios and quirky items. I remember this being one of my favourite vintage shops in the area when I visited last time, both because of the items on sale and the layout/décor of the shop.

The Vintage Rooms
109 Dale Road
Matlock
Derby
Find the shop on Facebook here

I bought this beautiful blouse in the Lindy Bop sale after Christmas (along with a skirt I'll photograph when I get the chance) and I finally got around to wearing it for a day out around town. Does anyone else but me refuse to wear new things until I've been able to photograph them? It's a weird attitude I've picked up since I started blogging! I'm really looking forward to being able to wear it for work though; it's the perfect secretary chic kind of item.

Here I wore the blouse with my wool trousers for a 1940s-inspired outfit which I really enjoyed wearing. Apologies for the creases, I'd been wearing it all day and I Must. Learn. Not. To slouch!









Thanks to Lexie for the pictures.

At Christmas I posted some photos of my favourite pyjamas and commented that my mum had bought me a similar pair for Christmas. In fact, she's bought me similar pyjamas several times in the past as they're a perennial favourite of mine. When I posted my last set of photos, I was asked if I could post some photos of my new pyjamas, so here they are! And since I didn't mention it last time - both pairs I currently own are from Primark, but they're fairly easy to come by on the high street especially in places like department stores.