smarter

Last winter I missed the boat on buying clothes. I didn't find much that I liked and then just waited to long and before I knew it all the winter clothes were gone. I said fine, I'll just get some new great stuff for summer. Well, I missed out on summer clothes as well. All I got were two skirts and a few weeks ago I decided to give up on gettting clothes for summer and just try again for winter.

Every few weeks I get a catalog from Anthropologie. I spotted the snuggery cardigan and put it on my wish list. I stopped into Anthropologie this week to see if they had anything, and the sweater was there. The new, smarter me grabbed it.

photograph by anthropologie

shopping

I need to shop for clothes. Everyone says that, but really I need clothes. I am in desperate need of jeans, but shopping for jeans is about as much fun as sticking a needle in your eye. I needed winter clothes, but about six weeks ago I just gave up. Now with spring and summer on the way...

I am not a good online shopper, I have issues with returning stuff, and I usually have to return everything since sizing is so difficult. I am no longer a good store shopper, I usually have all four kids with me, and that says it all.

I do not even know where to shop anymore. I have about five hundred dollars worth of gift cards from anthropologie, but I am not loving anything right now.

I think the island eyelet short dress by J Crew is cute. I'll have to shop in soon.

picture from j crew

paper, paper, and more paper

I have a paper habit. I love paper. When I was little I had a huge stationery collection. I also had a sticker collection, which believe it or not I still have. I could never use the darn things (more about the stickers later).

Back to paper. When ever I see paper I really like, I buy it. I know that I will use it someday (at least that is what I tell myself). The other day I found One Good Bumble Bee's pile of paper. It is to good to be true, it was meant just for me...