Nostalgia in Knoxville

I don't get many days off with Travis so when I had this past Sunday off I decided we needed to take a a little road trip and get out of the house. So we headed a few hours east to Knoxville, Tennessee. Mainly we hung out with my good friend Dana, and she took us to the new location of a great antique mall they have called Nostalgia. I posted about the other location here, back when no one read my blog, haha! That time we got to see the shop pug! No such luck this time. But here are some things I saw: 

Do you see that book, The Calibrated Alligator? I LOVE it! The cover was cute too! But I didn't want to pay six bucks just for a cute cover. Oh well. I'm hoping I'll find a copy at the outlet!

What a beautiful portrait. 

 This was an original drawing! What do you think is going on though? Is the lady in green sculpting that head? Why are they so shocked about him putting the paper in his jacket pocket?

 Travis knows I love campfire girl stuff. I love that big circle patch! 

 Look at that rug! Have you ever seen anything like it? It wasn't for sale for some reason. I would have loved it for my craft room!

In the same booth was this perfect poodle pillow! It was so silky, with flocked poodles. But it was almost 40 dollars, and I know the cats would love to sink their claws into it!

 That little stripy guy is sweet. 

I've been on the lookout for a new light fixture for our dining room for a long time and I think  I've finally decided I want something like this. I've agonized over whether it would look dumb.

 I LOOOOOVED these calorie curtains! They were really small, or I would have bought them for my kitchen windows! I'm on the lookout for bigger ones.

Look at this amazing table cloth! Dutch hex signs! Travis wouldn't let me get it though. It is too small for our dining room table, and even though I made the argument that it would fit the card table, Travis said that I only use the card table for specific occasions, and I already have enough table clothes. Ugh! I still want it!

I also liked these old beef cake magazines! Haha, they would look so good on a coffee table! They were little catalogs that you could order sets of pictures from. Most of them were sexy pictures, but some where like this: 

Yes, I would like to order 12 photos of a cute guy in a striped sweater playing with kittens please!
I ended up only buying one thing, a vintage button up shirt with a really cute embroidery of a rainbow on the front! I can't believe I didn't take a picture. It is my first vintage clothing item that actually fits me! That is pretty exciting.
I didn't take pictures of anything else we did, but we had a great lunch at Tomato Head, and then played a really fun, silly wizard game with Dana and her fiance before heading home.

Oh! I'm lying, I took this picture of this cute old Arby's sign. Travis loves it when I ask him to slow down or pull over for stuff like this. Haha!