i have very fond memories of making and wearing and trading many a homemade friendship bracelet. id put a bunch on at the beginning of summer, and because there was no way to remove them without scis...
monday was just about the most perfect day ever. jim and i slept in and then went down to north avenue beach to meet up with friends. there was lots of sun, a little volleyball, sticky sunblock, beac...
the hubs and i swung by target on saturday to pick up some boring stuff like drain-o and dish soap. while there, i came across this bag...and this clutch...and the man repeller in me just had to have...
+ these shoe mint shoes in the floral print. i snagged a pair as soon as i could.+ this article on hipster racism.+ trader joes flowers (as seen above). vase from the lovely, blue jean amy.+ every pi...
my friend rosie has a friend whos working on getting his own restaurant up and running, and in the meantime, hes throwing fabulous dinner parties to try out his dishes. lucky for me that i am a frien...
saturday. sunday. // //my weekend. on saturday i did nothing. NOTHING. my husband watched obscene amounts of basketball, and i rolled myself into the office where i watched movies on my...
////latelyjim snagged free tickets to see the cubs on a rooftop in wrigley. it was about 30 degrees outside, but there was free ballpark food SO COUNT ME IN.i busted out the french press (thanks, AK!...
last night my husband kissed me goodnight and whispered softly in my ear, "im glad you keep up with Western standards of beauty."
the next time a guy rolls down his car window to whistle at me or yell something disgusting like, "lookin good" or "nice ass", im totally going to stop walking, push my boobs together...
jim and i had the day off work today (thanks, JC!), so we decided to say hello to the lake via north avenue beach. it was chilly con carne, but that didnt stop me from running down to the beach. (not...
am i the only person in the world who CANT STOP LISTENING TO THIS SONG?
i have a confession to make. i dont like to "do stuff." i really dont. planned activities make me nervous. board games make me want to kill someone. needing to be somewhere at a specific time...
i spent this weekend...shopping for fun things (ferregamo sandals, crepes filled with nutella, boxes of wine) and necessary things (cables and cords, goo gone, vegetables)desperately trying to avoid ...
1. Marc by Marc Jacobs Python-effect neon leather belt 2. Assad Mounser Shiprock gold-plated multi-chain bracelet3. Bracker by Aldo 4. Kate Spade New York New Bond Street Florence5. Rupert ...
oh no she didnt. (oh yes i did.)
hey, folks and artichokes.its been over a month since my last post which is lame-to-the-oh. im not sure why i havent been posting, but lets blame it on my annual hibernation period which generally la...
pretty sure i was part of this group in a former life.
while i was home over the christmas break, i rescued a few things from my childhood which were doomed for storage in a cold new england attic--or worse!usually i am all for throwing things out. i lov...
this post is a little late, but even so, i want to write something about my favorite holiday.this year the reedy clan drove from chicago to new england. and while sitting in the car for four days (2 ...
2011 was good to us indeed! here are some of the years highlights:we went on a last minute vacay to mexicoi discovered a love for bright pink lipstickwe soaked up the sun in the park across the stree...
the hubs, the bully, and i are packin up our sleigh and heading to the east coast! we are driving (gulp!) from chicago to providence, rhode island (with a stop in the buffalo, ny area), and were head...
i think if christian louboutin made shoes for men, santa would have one killer pair of boots.
baby, its cold outside!ive seen this little christmas quiz popping up in a few of my favorite blogs, so i decided to give it a whirl myself. ho ho ho!1. Egg nog or hot chocolate // egg nog please. wi...
i lied. its not that interesting.sthis is the very first time that fred has ever been on our bed. he sleeps in the kitchen thankyouverymuch. mostly because im paranoid that hell jump off our bed and ...
we woke up to snow this morning. and its the perfect kind too--glittery and fluffy. december snow is lovely. its january/february/march/april snow that must DIE.
hawaii was ah-mazing (duh police, right?). as much as i loved all the sun and sand and rum punches, the best part by far was seeing my friend jacqueline and her new baby, amelia, who was just five da...
i flew home this weekend (left honolulu at 7pm on friday and arrived in chicago at 7am. oy.), and its a good thing im back because i was clearly missed as a bully pillow.
we had what seemed like hundreds of instax minis floating around our desks drawers, and i finally decided to do something with them. *pats back*i stood on our desk and started sticking the little pol...
as i mentioned here, this plenty to be thankful for! blog swap/challenge was a first for me -- and i am so glad i did it! i met a lot of great bloggers through this challenge, one of whom is kit from...
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