m a r v i n 's : m o n k i e s & f o r t u n e : f i s h

Hello kitties! I figured since the last post was a tutorial, I might do something more personal this time. Last time I left you off at the finishing of a bow tie and pocket square. Today I'll start with the beginning of a secret date that Andrew took me on - the one in which I gifted him the freshly sewn items!

After the gifts had been given (and Andrew placed his new pocket square in his blazer pocket), he drove + blind folded me to our secret date spot -- which was ....

MARVIN 

MARVELOUS 

MECHANICAL 

MUSEUM!!

I wore my vegan mink scarf, a 1960's beaded clutch, and a pair of tuliped gloves that were a recent find at a second hand store. And what better place to wear a striped skirt than Marvin's? The entire place felt like a circus!

For those of you that are not familiar with Marvin's, it is a museum of vintage coin-operated machines from the early 1900's and on! We had both been hankering to go there, and it was such a wonderful surprise date. The walls were covered with old neon signs, the machines wove around the place like a maze, and the ceiling had an army of toy planes that would fly around the entire place if you placed a quarter in the right slot!

We spent the afternoon playing pinball, winning tickets, and exploring the hundreds of machines with our little cup filled with coins. I played tick-tack-toe against a chicken, Andrew faced the 3 terrifying trials from the 1930's, and we ate hotdogs and soda pop!

After winning tickets from the tick-tack-toe chicken and watching a "scene from the Spanish Inquisition", we came across a 1950's machine that had a monkey band inside. As I took a coin from our cup and placed it into the slot, the lights started flashing and the little musicians started playing! I don't know why but I instantly fell in love with it. 

After we had used up all of our coins, we decided to count our tickets and see what goodies we could "buy." Andrew won the most tickets from a fruit slicing game so we had a good amount to work with. We decided on lollipops, chocolate kisses, and a fortune telling fish - which we later asked to pick a place for dinner, but it wasn't much help..

With no help from the fish, we picked a taiwanese restaurant for dinner and ate our candy on the way home. It really was a splendid date and I can't wait for the next time to go back there! 

If I have some spare time over the weekend, I hope to work on my pink nightgown. I don't think I'll do a full out tutorial again, but I will give a few tips and tricks ;] Well I hope you have a warm january week  until I post again,

ta ta for now!