Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Santa Barbara Shopping #6


Photo Credit: Vices & Spices website

Today my husband and I took our laptops to a local coffee shop and worked for 2 hours. It wasn’t the most romantic date, but we enjoyed our drinks and felt productive. Moreover,  I walked away with a new wallet, thanks to the carefully chosen gift items by the savvy buyer at Vices and Spices.

Sometimes I forget about this little gem, which as been in Santa Barbara since 1975. It’s a fabulous place to buy tea and spices by the ounce. The coconut pouchong tea is divine! It is also a terrific place to purchase unique gifts. The jewelry is always handmade and pretty, there are dainty English teacups and chunkier coffee mugs, shopping bags in different materials and patterns, lovely vases, drinking glasses and serving bowls, cards, and my latest discovery: fabulous wallets.

When I purchased a darling little purse in Paris, I began using my teenage daughter’s small wallet. Although it fit nicely into my purse, its design was not practical. Now I have a colorful, soft, and practical leather wallet from mywalit. It is bright blue, navy, and dark purple— eye-catching and beautiful. Other wallets come in aqua and dark blue, olive green and orange, and red and brown, to name a few. 




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