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Sew Much Fun – Snapshot of the Day, No. 159

04 Thursday Jul 2013

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O.C. Buckles & Co., Photography, sewing thread, Window Shopping

070313_159SewMuchFunRThis is a jar full of spools of thread in the window of a shop I’ve visited with my camera before: O.C. Buckles & Co. (I’ll try to find a link in the morning)

Anyway, it’s a pretty cool shop that appears to teach sewing. I’ll try to go inside when they are actually open and see what they are all about.

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SALE! – Snapshot of the Day, No. 151

26 Wednesday Jun 2013

Posted by lewstories in Clothes shopping, Street photography

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Clothes shopping, Coldwater Creek, mannequins, Window Shopping

062513_151SALERI honestly don’t remember what store this window is from. I think it’s Coldwater Creek. I am fascinated by mannequins in windows.

I had a few minutes this evening to shop for some clothes. I need so many things, but rarely have time to look. I cherish those times – for the first 5 minutes. And then I remember – shopping gets on my nerves.

The music is too loud; the sales girls ask too many questions, and most things don’t fit me. Don’t even get me started about shoes. For some reason, shoe stores have quit ordering size 5. I’m having to order shoes through the internet now. (I don’t want to talk about it. It really makes me mad)

Argh!

Of course, if I had found anything today that fit or was cheap enough for me to purchase, I’d be in a better mood.

It’s hard being a girl.

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Window Shopping – Snapshot of the Day, No. 143

17 Monday Jun 2013

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Chattanooga, mannequins, photo, Photography, Rainy day, wardrobe change, Window Shopping, Yacoubian's

061713_143WindowShoppingRI love this window on a rainy day. The reflections are cut in half allowing the mannequins to stand out better. I may do a series on these windows – a different photo of each wardrobe change.

We’ll see.

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Wedding Gown – Snapshot No. 66

02 Tuesday Apr 2013

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Parking meters, Wedding gown, Window Shopping

040113_66WeddingGownRThis wedding dress is in a downtown window. I’ve walked past it several times, but the light today was so nice, I decided to go ahead and shoot it. I felt it was meant to be since I only had a few minutes this afternoon and a parking place was open right in front of the door.

But a funny thing happened right before shooting this photo:

I jumped out of the car and walked around to the passenger side to get my camera and change for the meter. As I shut the door, I noticed a guy I went to high school with standing next to me on the sidewalk. We both said hello.

I am always amazed when people from the “In” crowd actually know my name. He was in the popular crowd in our class. I was not even in the nerd group. I was very shy and never liked to draw attention to myself.

Well, we stood there for several minutes talking about mutual friends when a stranger walked up and asked me if that was my gray car.

Me: “Yes. Am I not supposed to park here?”

Man: “No, I just noticed there was no change in the meter; but if you’re standing beside your car, it’s ok.”

That was when I noticed he was a parking meter guy. He had a digital contraption around his neck looking for delinquent parkers. Great.

I said, “Oh! Sorry. I ran into someone I went to school with……I was going to put money in the meter — ”

And that’s when it happened. As I was trying to explain I had intended on putting money in the meter, I swung my left hand – the one holding the change – to show the guy I had the money – and it all shot out of my hand and hit the parking meter guy like a machine gun.

I shouted: “NOOOOOOOOOO!”

Change went everywhere. Including under the car. The parking meter guy dove under the car for me and retrieved my change before it rolled into the sewer grate.

And now we know why I was in no crowed in high school. Limited social skills.

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