Its been in a million blogs I read but I'm still excited to see one of my favorite designers is coming to Target in February. I have been carrying one of her totes to school this year and I love it, too bad I didn't get it at a Target's price.
My name is all over the apron, you can wear an apron when you order take out right?
I finished the new office space in the basement during my Christmas break and I'm pretty happy with the results, especially since it cost me less then $150.00. Drew was nice enough to paint the ceiling and walls for me. Most of everything in the office I had already. Sloan was proud of me re-purposing the large white shelf that the previous owners left in the basement, it now holds all my art supplies. The biggest steal was the orange office Steelcase chair I got for $3.00 at the Goodwill Store. The biggest expense was $60.00 for a screen to hide the hot water heater in the corner of the space.
Its going to be nice to not have to work on my large design boards in the dining room anymore but now I'm going to have to come up with another reason for us to order pizza and eat in the family room!
This is the latest bag on my, I must have list, its from Anthropologie, and is called the Hot and Cold Bag and its a steal at $188.00. (Come on we all know that's a steal for me!)
The reason I love this purse so much besides it feeling like butter is because it matches perfectly with my teal fall jacket I got on clearance from Target for $18.00. I paid $18.00 for this jacket and I get a compliment on it everytime I go out. I figured since I saved so much on the jacket it totally justifies the purse purchase!
Its been awhile and in a week I'm back in school and I'm a bit anxious about this, on one hand I'm excited to get another semester under my belt but I'm also a bit freaked out about losing my life once again. Last semester, was a rough one for me, I have this problem of having to get an A on anything and if I don't, well I'm obviously a failure. Here's the things about A's and Laurie, I have to work really, really hard to get them, leaving no time for much else. Throw in being a mom and a wife well its the perfect ingredients for going a bit insane.
For 2009, I am going to attempt bringing things down a notch and letting go this need to do perfect in school and focus more on having fun, making memories with the people important to me and focusing more on my health and happiness.
This break has been great, I finished my office in our basement, stayed on top of the laundry, had some great one on one time with Sloan, had about the best Christmas in my life and brought in the New Year with the people I care about the most.
Sloan really had fun too, I think she may be a master ice skater at this point going ice skating at the park by our house as much as she possibly could.
The only problem is I'm still not back to normal human sleeping time yet, I still can't fall asleep before 3:00 a.m. That is on my list of to-do's for next week along with a trip to Ikea, cleaning my closet and Sloan's closet and room and getting a fun new haircut. The one thing I look most forward to is kicking Drew and Sloan out of the house and getting some alone time with Jennifer Lancaster and her books, I'm currently reading Bitter is the New Black and its hilarious.
So Happy 2009 to all and here's to remembering in the end everyone's lives can be summed up in a few sentences and with that said, its about time I stop sweating the small stuff.
