Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Happy Birthday Sophia!

My little girl is four years old as of this past Friday. Happy 4th Birthday, Sophia!

Rolled the dice and came up a winner!

This weekend I went to the casino with my friend Kristi and my mom. Okay, not really, but not too far off. We went to the Goodwill outlet. I have never been, but Kristi is a regular and always seems to score these outstanding pieces. The place is totally like a casino: no windows, you have no idea of the time you've been in there digging through bins of clothes when suddenly you look at your watch and you've lost hours. Oh my! I'd seen enough most excellent finds (cashmere sweaters!) that my interest was piqued and I finally carved some time to go with her. In a word, I am obsessed with my purchases. I bought not only a ton of barely (if at all) worn clothes from The Gap, American Eagle Outfitters, North Face, and JCrew, but also Kristi hit the goldmine for me when she found a suede Coach cross body messenger bag. I've talked at length about buying a bag of this nature before (Kristi called me out on this, in fact, at Goodwill for blogging about it) but I couldn't part with the $250 to get one. However, $3? For Coach? Point me in the direction of the cashier. It's obviously got a worn look, but I LOVE that about it. It's very Indiana Jones. And Indiana Jones is really fucking cool. So is $3 for Coach.

My total haul for the day came to a grand total of $19. For my $19 I got: Coach messenger bag, red boa for Sophia, wool fedora (my mom's), Gap dress (worn today to work and received a HEAP of compliments at its cuteness), Gap pants, Limited jeans, Old Navy sweater, Limited sweater, 3 shirts from American Eagle Outfitters, jacket for Sophia from The Gap, American Eagle shirt for Isabelle, American Eagle jeans for Isabelle, North Face pants (score!!), 3 shirts from the Gap, and one really fucking cool boys jacket from The Gap. (Don't judge Wohn...fine, I admit I wear kids clothing from time to time. Happy now?!?)

Holy shitballs, that's A LOT of stuff for $19. Wild horses will not be able to keep me away from going back again in the near future. In fact, I might as well start looking for another dresser now.

My beloved bag. I would bring it to bed with me, if I didn't fear it would start a fight. And we know whose side I would take...

So functional. So cute.

And here my bag sits atop my new dresser. Yes, ALL MINE. All my clothes fit perfectly now, and I can even put my jewelry box on top. Best part? No sharing. hehehe

Dearest Kristi, thank you for the most excellent Sunday morning adventure!!! (Apologies for the crap pictures. They were taken at night and my room doesn't have enough light to avoid the flash.)

You asked for it...

A direct request was made for a new blog entry. I don't know. This is a lot of pressure. Mainly because I have not felt very inspired to write lately, and secondly because if I do write something I feel as though I should be witty. Which I'm not really sure I am to being with.

So what to write about? Here are my hot topics, in no particular order.

1. The fact that I can't figure out why little boys chose to turn to the side to look at something right when the start to go pee (yuck...and mass amounts of cleaning around the toilet). It's nasty and annoying doesn't begin to describe the mess. Man. I miss the days of potty training my girls.

2. I am suffering from a profound case of word vomit lately which can only be described as my fuck up faucet. It's like I can't make myself shut up, and this applies to all forms of communication: texts, email, spoken language. Even as I say it or type it, I know it's wrong and that I need to shut up. Yet it just keeps coming out of me. Gotta turn off the faucet. And I apologize to everyone I've offended lately. I have no good excuse.

3. The epic feeling that I am failing in all aspects of life. I know, heavy. But true. I am constantly running on empty and behind the eight ball. I abhore not having my shit together at all times, and right now I feel like it's spread out all over half of western Washington. And I also feels this is contributing to #2. I'm chasing things that cannot be caught, and need to realize on some things I just won't win. I need to step back and have the same idea with life that I do my kids, you have to pick your battles and not all will be won.

4. Good books! (Happier topics!) Currently I'm reading three (I know, I have the attention span of a 12 year old boy): The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal, Catching Fire, and The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. Oh, and we might as well toss in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, though I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that I will NEVER finish this book. And I should put it on another list, cause personally I cannot recommend it as good, though I know half this country is in lurv with it. Bleech. Though I will watch the hell out of the movie just for Daniel Craig. Yum.

5. The next two months of my life.....WOW. Never mind the regular schedule of soccer, dance, swimming, Little Gym, school, work...but throw in nearly every member of my family coming to visit, plus friends visiting, travel for work and really nobody is going to see me until mid-December. At which time I will be having a full blown nervous breakdown over Christmas.

This is all I have for now. Until next time...

Bad Romance

I desperately need to get some new work-to-night pieces for winter. Okay, desperately might be a strong word. And need probably isn't right either. Alright, I WANT to get some things. Happy now? While I might be a somewhat picky shopper, I'm also thrifty and like to get the most for my money. All Saints is a rather tough store (so is Anthropologie, if we're keeping track) to succeed in getting something on the cheap. However, after much searching, watching, more watching (okay, stalking at this point), the three pieces below have finally hit super sale at All Saints. I like super sale. Correction, LOVE it. I can now buy all three dresses below for less than what just one would have run me a short time ago. And honestly, that second dress? I've been coveting that thing for months and now it's *this* close to being mine. And thus my bad romance with All Saints continues....
This dress is simple and should look really good with booties. The material seems like it could be a little thin, but I see it being very versatile as well. It would also look cute with a sweater vest.

THIS is the dress I've wanted. In fact, it's kind of silly how much I desire this dress at this point. I'm actually worried I've built it up to heights that will ultimately end in disappointment when it arrives at my house. God, I hope not. I love the shoes she has on with it, but I'd do mine in black. Mine. Mine. Mine.

This distressed sweater dress is super cute. My only concern is that it's going to show up and be completely see through. Oh well. I'll deal with that if/when the time comes. My plan is to wear it with black leggings and my Engineer boots.

Ah, winter clothes, I heart you ttttttttthhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiissssssss much.