Anthropologie ;)

Yay! I am so psyched! They opened up an Anthropologie in the mall 15 min from my house. And can I just tell you it's absolutely fabulous. It's a store that's just fun to be in. I wish they'd open up a cafe, so I could sit in a comfy chair sipping tea and reading a magazine while taking in the pretty atmosphere. I had been missing the one in Boston since I moved, but this one is way bigger! Kevin took me yesterday, he knows I love that place, he even liked it. And he took serious note of the clothes and fragrances I liked. The girls love shopping, so they were having fun bringing stuff to me. Lily brought me a twirly dress and begged me to buy it. I looked @ the price tag and laughed. We didn't end up buying anything, being that I am quite pregnant and feeling rather Rotund & frumpy @ the moment. But after the baby is born and I lose the extra weight I plan on splurging on an outfit or more specifically a pretty dress. I wish that Anthro wasn't so darned expensive. After perusing the store for a while with Kevin and the girls I shot over to the sale racks and found quite a few things under $20 and even some under $10. So that was encouraging. Of course the dress I loved had to be $148. What?! I have such a hard time justifying such an expensive purchase, especially when I can sew, and had a few fashion shows of my own in college. However, finding the time to sew, is another challenge all together. So maybe, I'll get lucky, and by the time the baby is born and I lose all the baby fat, maybe just maybe by then this dress will be on clearance ;)

Okay, enough daydreaming about frivolous things that I really don't need & can't afford. *sigh*

Nanook

Lily Sitting PrettyLast year, my mom searched far and wide for long coats to go with all the Girl's dresses. Most coats for little girls are short and their legs are left uncovered when wearing dresses. Women have dress coats to go with their dresses. At least I like to wear one. So why not for little girls. Wherever we go people remark on how pretty they are and how they never see coats like that anymore.
So just google Girls Dress coats. Right now is the time to look, they are all on sale, being that the season will soon be over. Thank God. I like winter, but I'm totally over it at this point and can't wait for spring, and more sunshine. And my little Eden, wearing Lily's coat from last year.
I couldn't get her to keep her hat on or sit on the bench with her sister. She would much rather play in the snow. She is not one for photos, and I can't say as I blame her. I don't like being in photos myself.

Anthropologie Summer 2003

For Andrea and Erin
I was going to post this back in march, but it is a bit ridiculous. So I saved it as a draft. I have 37 drafts on here that need to be posted. But I sometimes get worried about sharing too much, or sounding "Over the Top", Well I've decided I don't care. You either like me or you don't. So here is one of my obsessions.

I love Anthropologie. I saved my favorite catalogue from Summer 2003. The setting is @ the beach & on boats. Of course I love it. And the style is bohemian and flea market. I have been doing some spring cleaning and trying to declutter my cottage. I just couldn't part with it, so I decided to take pictures of it and put online, and toss the catalogue in with the recycling. Now I can look @ it whenever I want and it's not taking up any space in my sewing room. I love Anthro, but they are too pricey for me now that I am a stay @ home mommy. So now I use catalogues and magazines for inspiration to either make it myself or find the same style cheaper.
I love every page of this catalogue. Pathetic I know, but I had to share, cause I know there are fellow Anthro Lovers out there.

Lily's little hand pointing to her favorite outfit. She' got good taste. She tells me I should dress up more often. I think she's right. I love the glass lanterns.

I was very proud of myself after cleaning out my craft room, I was able to get rid of over 50 magazines. This is the only one I psychotically took pictures of. I'm currently trying to get my inspiration journal onto the computer too. The less clutter the better.

Getting rid of your magazines- of course you can recycle them, But look around, some libraries like ours, take them and sell them for 10 cents a piece. Or you could donate them to a school, they use them for collages and art projects. I used to love making collages.