au revoir pour maintenant

well, i must leave again. i am headed to st. louis for a very good friend's wedding and to spend some time with my best friend in the whole world--kelly sue! needless to say, i am very very excited and very much looking forward to the trip. but alas, this again takes me away from this loverly internet world (hehe).

so today, i will be posting pictures of an outfit that incorporates some more of my favorite things.

my tan wedge heels, which make me feel all tall and elegant--a rare feeling for someone who tops out at 5'3".


a jean vest i picked up for THREE DOLLARS which i wear alllllll the time...it's comfy. and the coral tank top is not exactly "special" but i absolutely adore the color. it makes me all happy and smiley and confident.


and then there is the heart pendant--very '80's and lots of sparkly fun! i like to think it goes with anything. maybe that's just wishful thinking, but i like wishful thinking. that's probably why i agree with the peter pan ideal: 'i do believe in fairies.' now, say it with me, "i DO believe in fairies!"

and on that note, i bid you au dieu, until next time.

well, hai ther!

hello all!
it's been quite a long while since i've written, and for that, i am most sorry!

when i left you last, i was on my way off to michigan (which was amazingly loverly!), and i promised to post about my finds from a goodwill thrift shop stop.

i love old china; i suppose i am somewhat of a collector, and i found some beeea-u-ti-ful pieces at goodwill--my favorite being a dinner plate from bavaria.






also, i found the most wonderful pair of turquoise wedge sandals from the '80's. it was a good day.







on another note (and as you may have noticed already), i have had a big thing for wearing flowers in my hair this summer. it makes me feel light-hearted. and light-heartedness is priceless. i so much appreciate anything that helps me forget the doldrums and brings me into a better mindset. flowers in my hair, sun flares in my eyes, watermelon juice on my chin, flip flops on my feet...summer at it's best. one of my favorite summer songs right now is "all summer long" by kid rock. don't know why, but it makes me feel really good when i listen to it, so have a listen if you get a chance! summer is slipping away faster than i can keep up with, and part of me wishes it could go on forever, but as with everything, it must come to an end. change is inevitable. here comes fall.

wanderlust strikes again

as i sit here in a dilapidated chair from the 70's that is a very mustard-y color of yellow, with approximately 10 minutes to spare before leaving for dinner at the grandparents' house, i can't help but wish i was somewhere else, someone else, in a different time (period or zone).



the last few days have been full of wanderlust for me. i have an unsettled feeling in the pit of my stomach that just won't go away. i read a book and wish that i was in the book--same thing with movies...namely westerns and fantasies (it never really struck me to wish to be in a biography or anything like that). i want to go somewhere where no one knows my name or what i'm supposed to be like. i want to sip coffee at a street cafe in Paris, reading a book of outdated poetry or maybe something by Hemingway. i want to go to Africa and come back with braids in my hair, a tan, and pictures and memories to last a lifetime--ones that will always be drawing me back to that place. i want to be someone else...even if just for a little while...to forget my ties and responsibilities and what's expected of me. i want to just be. just once.