A Meaningless Post

Last week my boss {and friend of almost 20 years} was invited to attend a luncheon given by a company that has been trying to pitch us a new phone system. He knows I love the italian restaurant they hosted it at so he told me to drive over and meet him. It was so fun, I crashed their luncheon, ate everything in sight and every once in a while I'd nod my head and look impressed. I must have done a great job at looking interested because he leaned over and said, "they probably think you're going to buy it"...and actually, we did. Anywho, after l escaped I stopped by Anthropologie on the way to the car. I picked up a great sweater and this adorable candle. Admittedly it doesn't smell fabulous but the presentation is great.

Oh, and a side note about the luncheon, I forgot to mention I was in nerd heaven! Of course I'm married {and not to a nerd I might add} but I've always had a thing for them...well not ALL of them, but you get my drift. In fact years ago I was in a college English class and I sat next to a cute nerd and I would fantasize about ripping his glasses off and running my fingers through his hair. Is that hilarious or what? He had NO idea. Anyway, should any of you be single and of the nerd persuasion consider hitting up a telephone/computer luncheon at random.

OK so it wasn't a very meaningful post but it was fun to blather.

New Threads For An Old Dummy

I was recently shopping with my Mom and a friend when we saw a miniature mannequin with a cute tiny pink tutu. It was so cute I decided to put one on my dress form. With a 4 year old girl it didn't take but a moment of digging to find an old one from a former Halloween costume. Up until now I had glittered letters by Wendy Addison tied around the waist. I still wanted my letters tied around the waist so I just tied them on top.



The flea market is this Sunday and I can't wait to find some great stuff and devour a crepe! I'll be sure and post pictures of all that I pick up.

Goodbye Flip Flops...

Recently at work we all agreed that we needed to change our dress code from casual to business casual. We had too many people sporting track suits which was a bit too casual {you know who you are...Biren's Boo!} This change didn't impact me much however I can no longer wear flip flops 365 days a year :( So Sunday I went shoe shopping for an alternative. I didn't find anything flip-floppy but not an actual flip flop if you know what I mean but I did find these great sneakers. They're really comfortable too. I never wear sneakers so it's a great first pair I thought.

I also saw these, they're a deep ruby with hot pink stitching. I own nothing at all that goes with them but I would not be deterred. I'm sure I can find something fallish to go with them.



So a couple of hours and some $$ later and I still don't have a proper flip flop replacement. The biggest problem is that I only wear cropped pants so my choices are somewhat limited {I know...there's some weirdness that surrounds me}. Maybe ballerina flats? I don't know but I have to figure it out this weekend because I've been wearing skirts and heels this week! Ew!

Button Love

The fun thing about being a button collector is knowing that the next button you buy might be even prettier than the last. I got a bunch in the mail on Saturday. My favorites would definitely have to be the brown tortoise rhinestone bar buttons. The iridescent peachy ones are from Britex in SF, I picked them up on Saturday when I stopped by for the velvet for Saturdays class.

I'm laughing as I write this post, my 10 year old boy just sat down next to his 4 year old sister and said, "you need to take a bath ya Hobo!". Poor thing, she didn't know enough to be offended. I guess I better go handle that!

Retro Rack

You might recognize this retro rack from my last post. I realized that I never posted a picture of it. It was my best find at last months flea market. Originally black, I brought it home and painted it with my favorite hammered metal spray paint. My friend Val wasn't as excited about it as I was but I knew it would look great in my art room. Two shelves and lots of metal to clip stuff too? What's not to like. Now I want to find one for my bathroom!

We're Getting Ready for Halloween

I bought a few things this week to add to the slim pickins we had for Halloween decorations. Last night my 4 year old and I had fun bringing some fall into the house. We started with these cute teensy pumpkin branches we got from Costco...



We bought a big vase at Ikea to put them in...



At the grocery store we picked up several bags of mini pumpkins in every color they had. She stacked several in an oversized vase as a centerpiece for our dining room table...



We found this round place mat at Target to go under the vase...



When we were all done with that we strung up a Martha Stewart garland on the mantle over some dingy cheesecloth I had...



Really cute...the "blood" is sparkly...



When we got the banner we also grabbed some spiders to put on the mirror in the dining room...



I found this cloche behind a box of Cheezits so we put some pumpkins under it in the kitchen...



When Grace got tired of helping to decorate I had made it into my studio where I strung up two banners...



Added some white pumpkins to a tiny chair...



And stuck a few spiders on the mirror here too...



We were excited to decorate with all we'd collected in the past few weeks even though it's a bit early. By the time the 31st rolls around I'll probably be ready to pull everything down after we come in from trick or treating!!

A Couple of MY Tinsel & Treasures Purchases

When I saw this halloween mask made by Iva Wilcox, I had to have it. I just love it...



And cuter yet is a teeny tiny one...



From across the building I saw a bunch of these made by Colleen Moody and I ran over and had her save me this one...



Look at that sweet snowgirl face! There were so many adorable things it was hard to not buy something from everyone.

Thanks for hanging in there with my during me posting dry spell. All is returning to normal on the home front!