If Wishes Were Trees

This is what I wish I was doing today. Laying in my room, listening to an old crackly radio with a stack of fall magazines by my side. But instead there are house projects to be completed, closets to be cleaned, packing to be done. The list goes on and on! I am excited to have woken up to temperatures in the 50s this morning. It actually felt a bit like fall outside. I'm not convinced that it's going to last though. I'm still not quite accustomed to how quickly the seasons change up here (in PA, that is). I'm used to those Alabama summers that never seem to end!

September Wish List

I was looking around for things to put on my September Wish List and quickly realized that I could make a whole list of items from Anthropologie. I have to be honest and say that Anthropologie usually loses me in the summer months when they go all big-floral-prints and over-the-top-ruffle dresses. But as soon as that fall/winter catalogue comes in the mail with models in wool jumpers and coats, tights and leather oxfords all posing in some brightly colored run down South American hotel I'm seriously back on the wagon.

And another thing about that store... in the past few years it seems that their prices were really skyrocketing. I couldn't walk through one without falling in love with a dress then having my heart broken after taking a peek at the $300 price tag. Ouch! But I'm noticing lately that the prices seem to be slowly dropping. I wonder if they didn't experience some sort of backlash or perhaps it's the economy. Whatever it is, I'm not complaining.

New in the Etsy Boutique

Lots of new dresses, skirt & blouses have been added to the shop...

It's hard to hold the hand of anyone who is reaching for the sky*

dress: 70s cotton floral mini
jacket: vintage denim jacket
hat: vintage wool beret
purse: vintage Coach satchel
boots: 80s lace up ankle boots
*listening to: Leonard Cohen "The Stranger Song"

Happy Sunday

This week's Flickr faves: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5&6, 7, 8, 9

Things that made me happy this week:

• Dark chocolate M&Ms, eaten in order of the rainbow - first the red ones, then the orange, then the yellow...
• Analyzing Mad Men, scene for scene, with Andreja and Tyler
• Waking up to temperatures in the 60s
• Cleaning out my closet and taking three big bags to the Salvation Army
• Receiving a lovely package in the mail from Alabama

Anna Karina

I really don't know that much about Anna Karina and her career. For some reason I always got her name mixed up with Anna Karenina. I know there's a vast sea of difference between the French actress and Tolstoy but that just goes to demonstrate my first point. I'm not sure when I first ran across a photo of her, which instantly prompted me to search for more photos, but I've been saving them in a little folder ever since with thoughts of doing a whole post about her when I got a chance.

Well, I still haven't learned that much about her (I suppose I should make my way over to her wiki page) but in recent days I've had hair on the mind. By that I mean that I'm coming to the end of my summer-hair-growin'-bonanza and I'm already itching to get it cut. Several of you have comment on my last couple of posts about just how long it's getting. It hasn't been this long in my entire adult life. Some day I'll have to dig out old photos from the days when my hair was pixie short (and platinum blond) or worse, the high school era Wilson Phillips inspired do. Yikes!

When I really started to look for photos to take to a hairdresser I was coming up short until I ran across my Anna Karina folder. I had a total eureka moment. This is the hair I want! I realize it's not too much of a diversion from my current style, but I could certainly stand to lose a few inches here and there. Mostly I want to learn to do that 60s style poof in the back. I'm sure it probably involves some hairspray and teasing but I've never really had much skill in the hair-fixin' department. I think I need to consult with Hannah and find out all of her secrets.

Supermarket Sarah

As if I need yet another way to part with my hard earned dollars, along comes Supermarket Sarah, an ingenious new way to shop online. All of the items are handpicked by Sarah and displayed on her London home's wall in a way that begs you to buy each and every piece in order to recreate the lovely collage of items in your own space. It's sort of like having a friend in London go to Portobello Market for you and then offer up all of her best finds. I've visited the store a couple of times over the past days and new items seem to appear on a regular basis. I'm especially smitten with a collection of powder compacts and the framed butterfly cigarette silks.