The Haul

one of my favorite outfit combinations of the summer. found these little snack boxes at Borders today. Paperchase makes the cutest stationary, bags and little gifts. i was going to split these with my sister who has sausage dogs but once i got them home i'm thinking i need all four so tomorrow my sis and I will need to go buy another set. online i saw the design on this welcome mat and he is really cute too. don't ya think?

yesterday i leafed through several magazines and came across eponymous, as in "eponymous line of fashion"... I have a degree in English and i read constantly but i have a bad habit of reading over words without really knowing the meaning so yet another goal... look up those definitions! eponymous- self titled.


where's my hula hoop? that would be fabulous outdoor exercise wouldn't it? all winter i work long hours and vow to work out to videos when i have "more time" in the summer. all summer i only want to be outside from sunrise to sunset.


are fresh tomatoes from the farmer's market an appropriate breakfast? i hope so because these little tommy toes taste like candy. 








Saturday Bub and I went blackberry and blueberry picking. then we meandered down to the farmers' market to buy some tomatoes, herbs and such (including a fresh baked Harvest Muffin). we came across a yard sale on the way home, swung in and picked up some books, an old game board (I'm going to use it as a background for a collage), an souvenir Atlantic City mug, and two quilts! i talked the quilts down to $15. for both of them. and then i immediately felt guilty. they were worth way more than they were asking but i didn't have a ton of cash with me and i could not leave them behind. the girl's grandmother made them. by hand. the above goodies are from the Cupcakery we Had to stop by on the way home. 

i didn't feel the above picture did justice to the sausage dog snack boxes so here they are again on the quilts

I've been reading a ton this summer. you know the vacations, the driving, the riding, the boating, the lollygagging.... 

Dead Until Dark is one of our book club picks for August. The first in the Sookie series. as far as vampire chick lit goes it was ok. i wanted to pick it up and read it but i won't remember details or continue the series anytime soon. 

Amazing Gracie is the story behind Three Dog Bakery. Cute and i am a sucker for any true story than involves a dog and his pet. 

Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home. I have had this one on my list for a long time and it was on the trading shelf at the condo we rented in Fort Lauderdale. a good mystery but again i won't be continuing the series anytime soon. pretty dated to the '60's. not that that's a bad thing i love the Betty Cavanna books and they are so dated. but more nostalgic.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. a novella by Stephenie Meyer. the girls will devour this in a day in the fall. i'm glad i read it before going to see Eclipse.

Second Chance by Jane Green. I've been wanting to read something by here for awhile because... well... i judge a book by it's cover and i love her name font and covers! it was an ok chick lit book that i already can't remember the story line.

The Jane Austen Book Club. now this one i liked. of course i love Jane Austen and her name and books are the center of the book but still. good clean(ish) fun.

Victoria Beckham's That Extra Half An Inch. all about fashion and i wrote about this one already. ok. wouldn't recommend it to those of us who have followed fashion all our lives. but not a bad basic primer.

Shanghai Girls. I'm not a Lisa See fan. there i said it. sorry. I read it for book club. 

i went on a Goodwill tour sunday with my senior friend. and no i wasn't just using her for the 50% discount but it did help loads. i found this cute strawberry laminate bag, a vintage black wrist bag, the Limited gold light cardi, the Express brown skirt...

also this awesome delicate lace blouse, the brown silk jacket still had TJMaxx tags on it, the patterned silk blouse is Sunny Leigh, the peace on earth shirt is American apparel i think, the gold shrug is Betsy Johnson (!)

i bought $20 worth of books including some really current ones!

The Haul

we've been going to lots of gatherings this summer. and i haven't been doing such a good job of photographing outfits but here i am with two lovely ladies who accused me of not knowing i'm not a senior citizen. we were celebrating some recent retirements. S. and I both looked native in our outfit choices that evening. the hostess and her band played for us for hours singing bluegrass, folk and old gospel songs. the food was all home made and many dishes were right from the garden. the following night we went to some friends house to gather from their garden, feast together from the garden and book next year's beach vacation!