The Daily Max: "I feel like a library..."

That's what the nice lady told me when she was checking out my armful of books that I brought up to the counter.

Appropriately named, House of Vintage, this wonderful store ended up being my one-stop shop for books. I was disappointed that they didn't have a decent collection of dresses, but happy to find that they had a great selection of just about everything else. The more I walked around, the bigger the place got. It was like Disneyland for Maria. I ended up walking away with about 7 books, but here's a couple of my favorites below.

I picked up this camping book purely for the nostalgic aspect of the pictures. They remind me so closely of my camping childhood adventures that I really just ended up having a little moment in the corner where I found this book.

Here's another little gem I picked up and was so excited to find. I saw this same book for sale somewhere online at triple the price I paid for it. In fact, this entire store was full of "Oh I remember seeing this one" moments. Victory was indeed mine. If Jon had been with me (I received a text message that he would wait for me at the CD store nearby) I would have turned around and high-fived him on the spot. This one is purely for the tacky photos which I absolutely love. The cover says: "How To Use Color With Confidence". Uh huh, moving on.

Okay, this book I didn't exactly find at the House of Awesome stuff - I'm renaming it! This book is in pristine condition and was found at Powell's our first day there. I was very precariously reaching up and balancing on a step stool to get this one and it was worth it. Although, it did make the man standing next to me say - be careful. Amateur! The spine wasn't even cracked on this book which raised my level of excitement on finding this. The type placement on the cover alone made me weep with sheer joy. Once again, victory!

I don't feel like taking pictures of the rest of my finds, but trust me when I say that visiting this store in PDX is worth the time if you ever get a chance to go.