JUNK

So I finally went to JUNK today. It's this awesome vintage store on 197 N 9th St. in Williamsburg that is filled with, well junk. I've been meaning to go ever since my friend Nicole told me about it. I really need to get some dining room chairs to go around the table in my apartment. Well, of course I get there and I see these two beautiful matching wooden chairs outside for only ten bucks each but some other chic is already checking them out and ends up getting them. Boohoo :( Ya snooze ya loose I guess. Well anyway, I walked in and it was like this huge thrift store filled with anything and everything you can imagine. They have vintage furniture, jewelry, clothes, old records and movies, postcards, mirrors, art work, and the list goes on. I was searching for chairs but nothing could compare to the awesome deal for the chairs that were outside.

As I was looking around, this beautiful, brown leather swivel chair caught my eye. I sat in it and it was sooo comfortable. It also had a matching foot rest. I looked at the price tag and it was $125 for the chair and $50 for the foot rest, so I walked away and kept looking around. There were so many cool chairs in funky styles and vintage colors. I began to look through the art work and found a beautiful painting of a woman (see above). I ended up coming back to the leather chair and sitting in it again. It was so comfortable and I knew it was perfect for my apartment. I sat in it for a moment pondering on whether or not I should make the purchase. I knew I couldn't afford it but I figured if I skipped out on grocery shopping this week then I could do it. Plus, this chair will come with me to every place I live in for the rest of my life. It will always remind me of funky, hipster land (i.e. Williamsburg, Brooklyn) and my time spent there. Even if I move to Paris or somewhere across the world, I will ship this chair to wherever I am.

I decided that the chair was worth it so I bought it. The only problem was getting the thing into my little Toyota Corolla I had parked outside. The guy in the store brought the chair out for me and it was actually really light so I was able to bring it to my car. The thing was, I could not fit it through my door and into the back of my car. I went back in the store and asked the guy for some rope or something. He gave me some twine. I ghetto rigged the chair into my trunk and drove home 20 miles per hour with my hazard lights on. I was so afraid that the chair was going to fly out of my trunk because it was just sticking out into the air. The roads in the city can be so bumpy and every time I hit a bump I imagined it flying out and causing a fifty car pile up. Well I did end up making it home okay and my chair is in my living room ready for love. Yay for JUNK! If you've never been there, you gotta check it out. It's also right next to Buffalo Exchange but I didn't get to go in there since I spent too much dough already. Alright gonna go relax in my new comfy leather chair :)