Guess what everyone? Gary Pepper Vintage just turned 6 months old! :)))))))

I don't know if you guys have all noticed by now by my over the top, gushing style of writing but i'm an extremely sentimental person. The kind that likes to spend hours upon hours going through photos making the perfect present for her friends just so when they're 80 they can look back and smile about how young and free and in love we all were. The kind that prefers hugs over birthday presents, friendship over fame, beautiful gestures over fortune, and the kind that likes to celebrate days that normally aren't celebrated and remind everyone how much she appreciates them with her over the top, gushing style of writing, even if it is a little too often.

So this post is dedicated to each and every single one of you who have helped support Gary Pepper Vintage in one way or another over the past 6 months. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! I cannot believe how fast the past few months have gone and how much has happened in such a short amount of time. Who would of thought it was only 3 months ago that i decided to take this en devour full time and quit my job? I never could have imagined such an overwhelming, warm and supportive response to my little vintage store and i truly thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for allowing me to chase a dream, thank you for teaching me to believe in myself, thank you for making every day better than the last, thank you for making me feel just so right about choosing to pursue a life long career out of my love for vintage, and thank you for watching not only my business, but also myself grow over the past few months. When some days get tough and i feel like breaking, i read over the beautiful emails you have sent and remind myself that this is in every way worth fighting for, so thank you. You all inspire me even if you don't even know it and i can only anticipate what the next 6 months will bring for us.

So this is for you.
Thank you for making me the happiest girl alive :)

I think the perfect day for me is when there's a beautiful warmth from the sun yet a slight chill in the air that you can still snuggle with your (boy)friend and enjoy a relaxing afternoon together, plus a brightly coloured picnic rug. Luke and i decided to have a picnic up the coast on this amazing secluded beach where you could run and scream and do cartwheels and whatever you please and there wouldn't be 100 tourists staring at you wondering if you were bananas. I also finally got to wear this amazing vintage floral two piece that i have decided to keep after weeks of contemplating. Out of all my years of opshopping, i've never found one that fits me so well nor one with such beautiful vibrant colours so i'm really glad i kept it as it was just too perfect for this day.

I'm really not used to having a whole day off yet so i really enjoyed amusing myself with the smallest of things like drawing things in the sand and collecting brightly coloured flowers. I also found some yellow post it's in my bag so i decided to surprise luke when he got out of the surf by sticking three reasons why i love him all over his face and to which he hasn't been allowed to see the reasons until now :) I think it's so important to tell the people close to you how much you love them as it's so easy for us to get caught up with our every day issues, issues that seem so irrelevant and small in comparison to the bigger picture. People really tend to forget how a few small words can completely change how you feel and i suppose that's one of the many reasons why i like to tell luke i love him every single day, and feel compelled to stick post it's all over his face.

I also love that he lets me :)

So i hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I'm heading down south tomorrow to go opshopping again and can't wait to see what i can find! I'm going to have to make some playlists though as this time i'm going by myself and the drive is going to be torture!