You could say I am looking forward to fall fashion. I seem to be migrating away from the more summery pastels and more towards camel, thick fabrics, and slim pants.
via Jak and Jill, Everything Fab, this is glamorous, A.P.C., unruly things
A sweet surprise from Monapie.
“I think that natural beauty is very charismatic . . . I just believe in enhancing who we are rather than trying to manipulate or change it too much.”
- Elle Macpherson
Anyone else getting butterflies from this tea set collection?
essie’s Like Linen polish…. even though I picked it all off after two days, I also just bought Ballet Slippers and Island Hopping and I love them, too! | buying pre-sale tickets for Arcade Fire at the Shrine Auditorium in Oct – so excited, never seen them live before | canceling my AT&T contract – I’m finally FREE! | having 3 nights in a row of amazing sleep – I’m talking falling sound asleep right away and not waking up until it’s time to wake up | cayenne-rubbed chicken with avocado salsa (incredible, really! thanks, Martha!) | ridiculous phone conversations with my sister | actually being able to make phone calls | paperwink - bought two birthday gifts from here recently. Their customer service is A+ and their products are cuter than anything. I highly recommend, thanks Darcey & Tara! | Sephora’s gone mobile – dangerrrouuuss | reading my cat’s tweets | giving up Facebook and feeling completely free from responsibility of friending, reading, commenting, etc. FREEDOM!! It feels awesome to actually talk to and email with my close friends, who were getting lost in a sea of “friends.”| deciding on a theme for my 28th birthday party (less than one month now!) and beginning the planning – so much fun, details to come | my new camera | looking forward to seeing all my former classmates at my 10 year reunion in October, and going to the fall jubilee | taking evening walks up to the store with Julian and stopping to gorge ourselves on southern food | having a husband that insists on carrying all the grocery bags, even when I know he can’t | the new whiteboard in our kitchen! finally a place to put all those ‘to do’ notes and grocery items | my budgeting skills | drawing even more cute illustrations for Julian’s new tees | the colors purple and gold | seeing all the crazy exercise groups working out in the park next to our apartment – we saw jugglers the other day! | the feeling you get from giving, and being able to give generously | new glamour shots of baby Trey | laughing at all the ridiculous paparazzi that line up outside of fancy LA restaurants – I totally do not get this culture – they’re just people! |
That’ll have to do for now, my friends – this girl’s got a to-do list that is way longer than she’s comfortable with. Have a happy Thursday and post your own loves on your blog or in the comments!
Oh and one other (awesome) thing – whatever infection my blog was sick with is now CLEAR – so you shouldn’t have any more fishy redirects or malware messages when you go to certain pages on this blog. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, trust me, it was just as irritating for me!
K bye!
Stuck in the eternal hell that is spending 3/4 of your day sitting in an office chair on the computer? Me too. Hey, we can’t all be kayak-instructors or super models, can we? The physical strains from being sedentary and staring at a monitor are endless, but one of the best ways I’ve found you can prevent sore muscles and keep the life blood flowing is to stretch for just a few minutes every few hours. It has profound physical and mental benefits. It even puts you in a better mood. I’m serious!
Now I’m no physical trainer, but I can promise you that if you twist or pull something the wrong direction too many times you’ll be in worse shape than you started. So do yourself a favor and read this helpful tutorial from Real Simple before diving into your desk stretching routine. It’s even got a video to show you the right way to do things – and I don’t even mind that the instructor has pit stains. See? Now you’re definitely going to click on it just to see them.
Other things that help the day go by more smoothly and keep me from throwing my computer out the window and going on an office-wide rampage:
This guy’s got the right idea!
Now share your tips for surviving cubicle-land! You might just save someone’s life.
So far, this Wednesday hasn’t treated me half bad. Any day where I score pre-sale Arcade Fire tickets, wear a half-french braid and get to eat French fries is fine by me! Plus, today is just one month away from my birthday. And I love birthdays! Here are some fun little things for you to enjoy.
super fabulously designed clocks
amazing creative wedding invitations, including one made with wildflower seeds that we is plantable!!
the images on Sunday Supper never cease to thrill me.
I would DIE for a super craft room like this. Except I don’t sew, so instead it’d be filled with books and illustration tools.
when to use i.e., in a sentence, from The Oatmeal
Eat Pray Love movie sets – $$$$
head over heels for lonkoosh jewelry
a healthy faux apple pie snack
cereal at your desk: healthy or ick? a quick test
coffee filter flowers! almost as cool as this coffee filter dress.
stunning Myrtle Beach home by Roberts Erickson Design
the progress bar. hah!
And let’s end with my latest wedding writeups for 100 Layer Cake…. magical forest weddings, completely amazing paper products, a heavy dose of sunshine yellow and more. I mean how can you not love this:
SO dreamy!
Soooo…… my cat is on Twitter now. I just want to make a disclaimer that I had nothing to do with this. I’m just happy to stand by and assume the Stage Mom position, proud that after four years of living in Hollywood, my darling’s star is rising.
And I’m only a little bitter that she already has half as many followers as I do.
This weekend was even more exciting than I had originally planned, because among other things, I got a new camera. For the past several months and years, the only camera I’ve had access to is that of my iPhone, Blackberry or Macbook. When Julian came into the picture, he brought along a very expensive and very fancy camera, but one that I not only didn’t know how to use, but that I would probably drop and/or break. It made for very few opportunities to fully document trips, parties, and life in general.
But that all changed on Saturday when we decided to just bite the bullet and get a camera! After much research, husband settled on one model that seemed to be better than the rest in the point-and-shoot category – the Sony CyberShot DSC-TX5. It’s touchscreen, has a sweet (and wide) lense, is drop proof (awesome) and even WATERPROOF up to 10 ft. We’ll be putting that to the test next time we are on vacation, for sure. It was kind of a splurge, but everyone needs a camera, and this is one that we’ll have for years to come.
Here are some of the shots from my first day with the camera. As I’ve said before, I kind of suck at taking photographs, so if you see something good on here, chances are Julian took it, not me. 
Let’s end on a very positive note – lasagna cupcakes.
On another note, I’ve decided it should be illegal for me to work on Mondays. It is not only hazardous to my own health, but detrimental to the sanity of others. Thank you & goodnight.
Oh this is the best thing I’ve ever seen. You could say I have a thing for fat cats, especially my own fattie, Scout, who sits just like this on our couch. I wonder if Garfield up there is single? It could be a match made in cat heaven.
At long last, Friday has come to the rescue again! It’s been a dreadfully busy week, but we’ve got lots of happy times in the near future to redeem us. Sadly, none of them involve Santorini (shown above). I’m looking forward to: a birthday dinner party, a sleepover with some newlywed friends from Virginia (in town on their way to their honeymoon), LA brunch, drinking copious amounts of coffee, movie dates, a trip to the farmers market, cutting up the fat watermelon in my kitchen, researching Labor Day trips, and much more.
What about you?
