There Are Several Better Ways To Spend Your $4000

Since moving in to my new home, the goal has been

to configure all of my belongings in such a way

that will allow me to vacate my storage unit.

{vacate is the official term, which I learned this morning

when I said "close down" and was corrected by Earl,

the nice desk manager.}

I've had said storage unit for three years.

Three years spent deciding between

driving to the storage place and digging through boxes

or driving to Barnes and Noble to replace the book I want to re-read.

Three years of monthly payments...

meaning I have spent over $4000

keeping my belongings away from me.

yuck.

and

no more.

January was move-in month.

I knew there was no chance I would move everything in

and get around to hiring to movers

{for two heavy Ikea bookshelves and an unbelievably heavy craft table}

who would then make it happen by January 16th

{pay day for the storage place.}

So I'm shooting for February.

I took a trip to my space today

{not myspace, though I do love have that app on my iPhone}

Having cleaned a majority of it last Spring,

I loaded up my car with boxes.

and boxes. and boxes. and boxes.

Then drove home to find a place for everything.

I rearranged my bedroom to make room for the "new" furniture.

Though the books will stay in their boxes until the bookshelf is delivered,

everything else has a place.

Ideally, my roommate won't even realize

that the living room was filled with boxes this morning.

Love. Love. Love.

It's that time again...

Here's a list of online items that I love.

A shot of Alexander Girard's work space

You know how I love him.

Such cute string

Paris versus New York

{here are three of my favorites}

Super delicious-looking gourmet cheeses

{American Cheese Artisans}

{Vermont Butter and Herbed Goat Cheese}

what the incredible treat!

This cute photography project called

Love Ever After

Blogs that I've recently fallen in love with:

Atlantic-Pacific

The Daybook

Glitter and Grace

Happenstance

Kendi Everyday

Sterling Style

A Really Great Date

At our team lunch yesterday,

we were describing great dates.

Places, not people.

I thought for a minute and came up with this:

A visit to a Museum.

Such as The Natural History Museum

And then a meal...

At a place like Bottega Louie

It may be simple.

But it seems so fun.

Others said:

Hiking by the ocean

"Anything but batting cages"

A bike ride

What's your idea of a great date?

I'm A Model, You Know What I Mean?

When I was younger,

I really wanted to be a model.

If you were to look through

the scrapbooks of

• class photos

• art projects

• about me sheets

You would see that I had

completed the sentence:

"When I grow up, I want to be ________"

with

a model

from Kindergarten

to fourth grade

when I got chubby.

What did you want to be

when you were a kid?

You Are A Human Animal

Last week, a friend of mine came over

cooked dinner for the three of us
{my roommate included}

Painted my nails a bright, sparkly gold

And then we watched

Midnight in Paris

I had seen it in the theaters

alone on my day off...

{I love to see movies alone, do you?}

When it came to the party scene,

I mentioned,

"I would love to get married in a place decorated this way:

filled with ridiculous photos and displays of animals."

{photo via I Was The Golden Girl}

{photo via Okinawa Assault}

A few months ago, I bookmarked this wedding

I saw on Green Wedding Shoes.

I look at these wedding pictures

probably every six weeks

because I just love the feel of

The Natural History Museum.

I know this is not everyone's "cup of tea"

for a wedding venue.

I'm positive more than a few of my relatives would have

something to say about my choice of location.

But my preferred decorative style

could be described as cabin-y,

so this seems like it might fit just perfectly.

{Title from this post comes from a Mickey Mouse Club sing-along.}

It Seamed Like A Good Idea At The Time.

I have a pair of tights

with back seams.

I've owned them for

at least six years

and have never worn them.

I've never even opened them.

I get so intimidated

at the thought of wearing them.

I purchased them

hoping for classic

but they feel

so much sluttier

than I had hoped.

Help me out here...

Back seams:

classy?

or

trashy?

*It should be noted that, while prepping for this post, I took a short detour through an online store and ended up purchasing this dress and these tights.

** It should also be noted that I'm not sorry.

Of Sandwiches and Suits

I love Piet Mondrian.

I always have.

There is something so

simple and clean

about

straight lines

and primary colors.

I love this Mondrian

sandwich art.

{via A Cup Of Jo}

And I love that it came

from a blog called

Low Commitment Projects.

What a fun afternoon this must have been.

To create art from bread and condiments.

I would love to make stuff like this.

Just for fun, you know?

Speaking of things that are

well pieced together

{how's that for a segue?}

Check out this suit.

{via The Sartorialist}

I could be in to a dude in a three-piece suit.

Especially

when one of the three pieces

is a cardigan.