Tagged with no Time

I was tagged by Pouty Baby to post six random things that make me happy. Easy. I have notebooks dedicated to just that and quite frankly if I had the time I think it would be fun to post them all, but with finals and everything, that's probably not going to work.




1.) Boston.
The beautiful foliage in the fall, the AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING RED SOX (I love you Jacoby Ellsbury), the Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, Revolution. What's not to love? Not to mention Newbury Street, Beacon Hill, and the Prudential Center. Boston just has this spirit about it that makes be smile.







2.) Ray Bans. The Beatles. Green Grass. Sunshine
Okay, I know it's more than one thing but these all fit together for me, they just go. I love picturing a vintage radio playing the Beatles, red Ray Bans, and the sun shining on freshly- cut green grass. (PS I know this is Katy Perry and there is no green grass but it does illustrate the image for the most part)

3.) Headbands.
I love headbands, especially Blair's. They are fun, and beautiful. Enough said.

4.) Shopping Bags.
I hope to have a collection so big one day, I can make shopping bags my wallpaper in a room. Some of my favorites- Jack Wills, Rugby, Lilly Pulitzer, Bloomingdales, and Pink bags.






5.) Palm Beach.
Lilly, Worth Avenue, palm trees, pink and green, The Breakers Hotel. I love Palm Beach I really don't know how to put it into words, but Palm Beach makes me feel happy and sunny. Happy and sunny is a good combo.






6.) Earmuffs.
Cashmere earmuffs are my big indulgence. When I was younger I used to think earmuffs were really ugly and sort of annoying. When I was younger I didn't see cashmere earmuffs, all I saw were the really puffy, furry, purple ones. I love earmuffs, my ears get cold easy so I slip these on, they are super- warm, comfy, and they are super- cute.

SHOF, Henri Bendel, Lilly, and our new secret company... unveiled

Picture Mall of America... okay, take away the water park and the aquarium... and the huge food court. You are left with hundreds of stores. Just in case you have never been to Aventura Mall this is what it is like. Aventura Mall contains possibly the biggest Forever 21, and all of the great stores you can probably guess. Anyways, at the Lilly store I finally got the Lilly crowns I have been chasing after plus two decks of cards, and a pink and green turtle robe. Also at Aventura there is the famous Henri Bendel store.

Okay, so SHOF- the Swimming Hall of Fame. If you remembered I told you that some of my friends were nationally ranked swimmers. Turns out today was the Sectionals at the SHOF, where swimmers who make the cutoff times get to race for national ranks. But here is the exciting part, in the museum part of the SHOF, my cousin was listed as a masters champion, in the International swimming hall of fame.

About the secret company, I will talk [or rather write] about it tomorrow, but if you absolutely must know now, you can find out what it is at teamgrill.com

Sincerely,

D

The Bitch Kit

So I made a purchase today. It is called "The Bitch Kit". I now believe in love at first sight. I'm still trying to figure out if I a.) want to keep it for myself or b.) give it to Pouty Baby

Here is some info and pictures of my new purchase :]

Description:

"Whether or not we’re willing to admit it, we all harbor a bitch within. With the Bitch Kit, you can let your inner bitch roar! Includes oh-so-useful Dear Bitch, You Are Such a Bitch Because, and Bitch List pads, a “Bitchin’!” pin, and so much more. "

• Your bitchy friends will bitch gratefully in response

• Includes 3 pads, pen, pin, magnet, sticky notes, and quotation booklet

• Keepsake box: 8.5 x 11.25 x 1.75 inches

Pictures

Inside

Contents

Sincerely,

D

P.S. The cheapest Place I found to buy it was Here

Judge A Book By Its Cover

I was in a used bookstore today looking for a treasure (you can always find a great book for a great deal) and today I found a winner. I am a big fan of sketchbooks that have been published such as "The Palm Beach Sketchbook" by Bill Olendorf and Agnes Ash.

So I was looking in The "Europe" section and I came across a book spine that caught my eye (as you can see it would by the pictures).

"Sara Midda's South of France" is a great sketchbook that was a journal carried by Midda filled with notations and pictures, from everything like palm trees to different foods to a collection of shoes.

Here is the text from the inside flap:

From Sara Midda, whose first book evoked all the pleasures of an English garden, comes a wondrous sketchbook of a year's sojourn in the South of France. This is a very personal journal, crammed with images, notions and discoveries of the day-to-day. In tones of sea and morning sky, stucco and brick, olive leaf and apricot, rose and geranium, exquisite watercolors capture the landscape, the life, the shimmering air of a region beloved by all who have fallen under its spell.
Sara Midda's South of France is a place of ripening lemons and worn espadrilles, ochre walls and olive groves, and everything born of the sun. It lies between the Mediterranean and the Maritime Alps, and most of all in the artist's eye and passion."

So sometime go to a used bookshop, and if it looks pretty, judge a book by it's cover.

Happily, and Sincerely,
D