I’m fortunate enough to have a pretty wonderful boyfriend, and he further cemented his place in my cold, black heart with the notion of spending an afternoon rummaging through antique stores. In fact, he’d already looked some up. Be still my beating heart! Off to Bristol, RI we went.

This involved 3 of my favorite things: 1. Old shit 2. Shopping 3. Instagram opportunities. And I got to do it with my favorite fella. It was pretty awesome and I’ve got the Instagrams to prove it.

The first place, Alfreds, was cramped full of beautiful things…a lot of Asian art and furniture. We fell in love with this piece and couldn’t leave without it. It needs a better frame but look.at.it.

Next we walked over to Robin Jenkins Antiques. This place was great, it’s small but full of cool things. I am having remorse over not grabbing a pair of vintage specs and a book of circus posters, but I did grab a beautiful sterling ring and a fun shot of her vintage election buttons!

Last up was probably my favorite just because of the sheer volume of amazing junk/treasure, Second Helpings Consignment on Gooding Ave in Bristol.

So much to see and check out the haul we came home with.

Vintage Coca-Cola tray

Close up of two small framed drawings. $6/each!

Trippiest ginger snap tin ever.

AMAZING tin recipe box full of blank cards. Score! Nick spotted this and the Coca-Cola tin for me…he’s good!

And $4.00 worth of fabric, which has glamourized my wall behind the living room TV.

After being struck by a couple of LL Bean catalog models driving a ginormous SUV making an illegal 3-point turn, we settled in for lunch at Leo’s Ristorante on Hope Street. I got the eggplant parm and garlic bread and Nick got a “petite” pizza (that lived up to its name!) The food was delicious though and the staff was very friendly.

I’ve decided I love Bristol and of course, my amazing guy.