Dead sexy. Find it at Net-A-Porter.com.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Wild and ladylike
I love the combination of a classic cut and wild pattern. This adorable (and insanely inexpensive) dress is from LadyLanguage.Monday, February 4, 2008
Amusements
I've been tearing through some slim novels lately - causing my mother (who just joined Goodreads) to ask how the heck I managed to read so much. I pointed out the difference between books makrked "to-read" and those marked "read" and then pointed out how small most of those read books were. I don't think she's entirely convinced.
Water for Elephants was such an engrossing and quick read. I'm reveling in my knew knowledge of circus slang. The cover is stunning too, and that never hurts.
Water for Elephants was such an engrossing and quick read. I'm reveling in my knew knowledge of circus slang. The cover is stunning too, and that never hurts.
The Body in the Library was okay. I'm not much of a mystery reader, and I think I prefer the BBC versions of Miss Marple to reading the books. Now I want to name something Agatha though. Why in the world did that name fall out of favor?
I listened to George's Marvelous Medicine at work. I adore Roald Dahl's books. He has some of the most bizarre and sometimes dastardly characters for children's books. And a refreshing lack of moral lessons for the most part.
We watched Waitress over the weekend. Love the pies! Love the uniforms! Can't get the pie song outta my head for the life of me. Pretty darn cute film.
Warning though. This movie may have contributed to having pie for dinner last night instead of the reasonably healthy soup I'd planned on making. Mmmmm pie.
A Room of One's Own
Isn't that picture stunning?
In the last post, I briefly touched on trying not to feel so damn selfish about carving out my own time for creative pursuits. I doubt I'm the only one who struggles with this.
During the week, I find myself being caught up in work and tidying up and cooking and grabbing some time with my husband. Weekends are generally spent hanging out with my husband and friends. And I enjoy doing all these things, even (bizarrely) the tidying up.
However, I feel like more and more I let my own creative time fall by the wayside. Its my own fault. I feel guilty about working on something in a room by myself and not loafing with my hubby on the couch snuggling with the dog. In fact, my husband has gotten into jokingly calling time spent on my own to be time spent "ignoring him and the dog" which I doubt he believes but it still causes a pang here and there.
So my new plan of action is to carve out an average of 1.5 - 2 hours a day just to be spent on creative pursuits. Ban the phrase "ignoring" from the household vocabulary. Encourage hubby to further explore his own artistic pursuits like his badass photography. Get up earlier so I can get some of the household stuff outta the way sooner and not let it suck up my after work time. And then it won't feel selfish. It'll be like going to the gym - part of the day's schedule that is really good for me. (Although my gym going habits could use some reinforcing as well).
I like having a plan of attack.
In the last post, I briefly touched on trying not to feel so damn selfish about carving out my own time for creative pursuits. I doubt I'm the only one who struggles with this.
During the week, I find myself being caught up in work and tidying up and cooking and grabbing some time with my husband. Weekends are generally spent hanging out with my husband and friends. And I enjoy doing all these things, even (bizarrely) the tidying up.
However, I feel like more and more I let my own creative time fall by the wayside. Its my own fault. I feel guilty about working on something in a room by myself and not loafing with my hubby on the couch snuggling with the dog. In fact, my husband has gotten into jokingly calling time spent on my own to be time spent "ignoring him and the dog" which I doubt he believes but it still causes a pang here and there.
So my new plan of action is to carve out an average of 1.5 - 2 hours a day just to be spent on creative pursuits. Ban the phrase "ignoring" from the household vocabulary. Encourage hubby to further explore his own artistic pursuits like his badass photography. Get up earlier so I can get some of the household stuff outta the way sooner and not let it suck up my after work time. And then it won't feel selfish. It'll be like going to the gym - part of the day's schedule that is really good for me. (Although my gym going habits could use some reinforcing as well).
I like having a plan of attack.
Fool that I am, I could not resist Somerset Studio's Artful Blogging publication.
Full of utterly beautiful pictures and interesting interviews and lovely snippets from blogs, I gazed at it at the local book store until I realized that I just could not leave without it.
So now I'm contemplating a February resolution to make my blog more of a thing of beauty. Something with more original content, better photographs, and more artwork.
Things I need to do to accomplish this (I can't help it, I'm a natural born list-maker):
- Practice practice practice my photography.
- Learn more magical photoshopping skills
- Set aside more time for creativity and manage to not feel selfish for doing so
- Share more thoughts and ideas as they come to me
So that's the plan, stanley. Let's hope something comes of it!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Have an afternoon to waste?
Then I suggest browsing through the amazing dresses of TheFrock.com - pages and pages of exquisite vintage dresses.
If I had an extra gobload of money in the bank, I'd be tempted by the above two lovelies.
Ooooh
Just got back from catching the Michael Clayton film. So good! So very good without any stupid cliche-like plot lines thrown in. I suggest you see it for yourself.
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