It’s almost Labor Day Weekend! And you know what that means, right? Bumbershoot! AND, me working at the market both Saturday and Sunday in Seattle! It’s crazy to have my intense work days be weekends, but I absolutely love it. I’m so, SO looking forward to this weekend. I found a new top secret vintage treasure gold mine this week, and I now have an insane amount of killer dresses to sell this weekend. I’m really hoping that enough people see the merit in all the stuff I picked out this week, because otherwise I’m going to be stuck with WAY too many dresses at home. Not necessarily a bad thing…tee hee. 
The potential problem I see is for this weekend is that the dresses I picked out this week don’t get justice on hangers. One of the things I love most about the women who come to the Georgetown Market is that they seem to be visualizers like me. They can see that something looks crazy on its own, but when it’s on someone with the right body type for that cut, with a belt and perfect shoes it will be show-stopping. Sometimes girls will take a dress off the rack and hold it up in front of the mirror and I just want to jump out of my little adirondack chair and say,
“Oh! OH MY GOSH THAT WOULD LOOK SO CUTE ON YOU! YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW! HERE, TRY IT ON WITH THIS!” As I throw a scarf or hat at them. This scenario always ends in them looking at me like I’m nuts and politely walking away. Ha ha.
So, something I’m working on is finding a delicate balance between subdued shopkeeper and pushy saleswoman. But mostly I just want everyone to go home with something that looks amazing on them, so maybe I’ll just keep focusing on that for a while. Did I tell you that I sold a woman her wedding dress last Saturday?! I swear if that had been the only sale of the day, I would have come home feeling like a success. It makes me all warm and fuzzy to know that the dress I picked out and loved gets to be part of her wedding day. I’m such a ridiculous sap, I know. I just can’t believe sometimes that I get to do what I love, and that makes other people super happy. Still can’t admit to myself that this is real life, and this is work. It’s way too much fun to be work.
In unrelated news, I’m camping up on Mount Rainier tonight, and this picture is just so pretty I had to share. It’s not Mount Rainier, but it’s what inspired me to want to wander up somewhere high and pretty and just camp for a while. Enjoy! And hopefully I’ll see you at a market or Bumbershoot this weekend!
Yes, please.