Song of the Day

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9 MORE DAYS TILL OO-OUI VINTAGE AND VOUGE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!

Song of the Day

"Yesterday, All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away!"

WHAT A DAY!!! Despite the fact that I already knew that the seamstress I was working with was (lets just say it) TERRIBLE, I gave him one last shot. So yesterday I went to grab the supposed "remainder" of the dresses and only 4 out of 10 were done and 3 out of that 4 were completely destroyed! I have never seen such terrible work in all my life. Could have done it better myself. So, today I am stuck with the tedious task of arguing with him about why they are terrible and why I want the rest of my dresses back before he gets a chance to ravage them as well. I do suppose however, some good will come of all of this because I am finally making the move to a new seamstress! Wish me luck!

Check out the destruction for yourself:

This lovely seem below is torn at both corners with string dangling and what appears to be white paint smeared across it?! Not to mention it completely puckers outward when its on. Lovely.

And this little number gets at least an inch shorter in back!

And this one has a seam that dips up and down, up and down around the entire dress!

Song of the Day

A Day In My Life

My typical day starts out at 6:50 am. I crawl out of bed, throw on some leggings and a sweatshirt and it's time to wake my 6 year old daughter Kayleigh. We frantically get dressed, brush her teeth and eat breakfast so that we can be out the door by 7:10. If everything runs according to schedule, we can make it to school in time to take advantage of the "drop off lane" which allows me to hide my mess of a self from the other parents until I get a chance to shower and brush my teeth. Then it's back home just in time for me to greet my waking 15 month old boy, Liam.

Liam and I mosey downstairs at 8 am for breakfast and enjoy each other's company until about 10 am when we finally decide to wake my peacefully sleeping boyfriend Hector. Liam works his way up the stairs yelling "DAAAA DAAAAA" and then he bursts into the bedroom and leaps into bead along side Hector. Definitely the easiest way to wake someone up, just let the baby do all the work! It is now that I try to squeeze in some time to blog, run to the seamstress and/or get some thrifting in before Hector has to work and I have to pick Kayleigh up from school at 2.

Dinner is at 6 pm when Hector arrives home from work, then it's bath time and off to bed for the kids (and often an exhausted me) at 8 pm on the dot! So in the midst of the chaos that is my life, I sit here blogging and I realize how incredibly fortunate I am to have such a supportive boyfriend and 2 terrific kids who allow me to not only be a stay at home mother but give me the time and motivation I need to set out on this exciting new business endeavour, Oo-Oui Vintage and Vouge!

  My Family

Song of the Day