Brooch

This brooch is an old standby and exemplifies well something that I always do when buying brooches--I look for ones that are just slightly below perfect so that they're cheaper (the gold on this one is slightly rubbed off in a couple of places). I'm not bothered by imperfections, and, as Myrrh told me when we met many years ago, no one notices when a couple of rhinestones are missing. I just bought the scarf at the vintage dress store around the corner, which was having a moving sale (it's moving in with the antique store on the corner--the antique store is run by the mother of the owner of the dress store).