A few weeks ago I spent a weekend in Charlotte with Myquillyn, Emily & Kendra. It was just what my soul needed at that time. A quiet weekend away, surrounded by good friends & great conversations.
On Saturday afternoon we shopped around for a few hours at The Depot at Gibson Mill, a huge antique mall. Each of us had a few things in mind that we were looking for but what’s fun about antique stores – you find something you weren’t looking for and it just jumps out at you! Amazingly, each of us found something that was uniquely for us. But Myquillyn found something that made us giggly happy. More on that in a minute…
I saw this red metal “6” and knew we needed it for our gallery wall. This wall is full of quirky fun & memories & reminders. I’m loving how it’s slowly coming together.
Back to what Myquillyn found. It’s fabulous. It’s so fabulous that it will probably have it’s own website one day. She found a top hat. Not just any top hat. Think Abraham Lincoln size top hat. She snatched it up as soon as she saw it and carried it around for a while. The rest of us were convinced that it was a definite purchase but she was wavering a bit. It was a little more than she would normally spend.
We got in line to pay for our purchases and took turns trying on the hat. I put it on and Emily immediately said, “You look like Johnny Depp in Alice in Wonderland!”, so I made them take a few pictures. I wasn’t annoyed at all that my friends thought I looked like a man, I mean, what woman wouldn’t want to be compared to him? He’s beautiful. Even as the Mad Hatter! Especially as the Mad Hatter!
Isn’t it an amazing hat? I don’t care if it makes me look like a man! It may be a little extravagant but we convinced her that spending a few extra dollars on this top hat was already worth it after all the fun we had taking turns trying it on!
To learn more about this top hat & the joy it brought us that day, you need to listen to the Hope*ologie podcast for March called Treat Yo’ Self. Kendra and I had the amazing privilege of being their guests this month & I couldn’t wait to tell you about it. {All the Hope*ologie podcasts are available on iTunes – click here}.
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Speaking of podcasts, Kendra & her sister have a podcast too! It’s called Sugar in the Raw. You should add it to your podcast subscription list – it will make you all kinds of happy!
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