i want so many of them...

pleasebestill

come closer -

closer.... a little closer.  i have a secret. 


i. love. spring.

even though, technically, it's not spring yet - but who's getting technical around here anyway - we did spring forward this past weekend.  and, not to gloat, but the weather has been a dream here in charleston for the past week. 


so to celebrate the glorious-ness, my mom and i ventured out to the most ah-mazing nursery - abide a while.  poppies and herbs and hydrangeas, oh my! 

things i'm loving

I'm a shopaholic.  This we know.  And I think that one of my problems is this - when I see something that gives me the warm and fuzzies (and there are many), I feel an urgency to have it/buy it/go there.  Right then.  No waiting.  And I go home (or log off my computer) and obsess think about it.  To a point of ridiculousness.  I have concluded that my obssession longing stems from two sources (1) a fear that the thing will be gone when i'm "ready" to make it mine or (2) anxiety that dementia will set in and i'll forget the item all together only to come across it at a later date and die right there on the spot when I realize I lived my life without it?  Don't know.  And since I don't see a rainfall of money in my near future making (1) slighlty impossible (frown) I will establish a resolution for (2).  A list.  To not forget.

hand stitched christmas ornament
this book and that book for sully
and this book for me
la samanna villas
shop mamie
special occasion banners
and these too
one, two, and three elements of design that i would just fall right over dead to decorate a baby girl's nursery in.  no better color combo for a little girl than pink and green!
these sweet treat supplies
way expensive, i know.  but just so beautiful, this scarf
and a more in-my-ballpark scarf


i'm sure i'll be back with more some other day.  so long for now...

So apparently Toys 'R Us has changed alot since the good old days - you know, back when He-Man, She-Ra, and Light Bright were still the cool toys. I remember bright shining lights, beautiful rows of toys, and everything being so neat and clean. We went Christmas shopping for Sully (circa this weekend) and got a dirty, dollar-tree looking store (no offense to Dollar Tree, though) with a sign on the front door reading Firearms Prohibited Inside The Store. You think?

Where are all the cool toy stores? Inquiring minds want to know!

While at the mall, I decided to swing into the cosmetics department to get some face cleanser. I had an insightful visit with the lady behind the Origins counter who gave me tons of free samples. I was so excited that I went home and forced John into the bathroom for a 30 minute facial (he later told me that he wanted to jump up and run after 5 minutes but he couldn't deny the smile planted on my face). The difference was astounding. No wonder the nice clerk gave me all those free samples - she knew I would be hooked. So I went to their website and was impressed - very earth friendly, hence the name "Origins". Aside from donating to several charities and having a recycle program, their products are made from all natural or certified organic products and prohibit the use of: parabens, phthalates, propylene glycol, mineral oil, PABA, petrolatum, paraffin, DEA, or animal ingredients.