Nails!

I have a thing for doing my nails. And by "thing" I mean I do my nails all the time. It doesn't matter if I did them yesterday, I will do them again today.

My friend Christine, told me about this little teeny salon that does incredible nails. Gel nails.

So, upon her recommendation, I made an appointment and went and got them done.

Oh, don't worry. I fell in love.

Getting your nails "did" can get expensive! So since Christmas time, I reverted back to doing my own. Turns out if you apply multiple (and by multiple I mean 3 or 4) coats, it gives that much sought after gel look. However, it peels off pretty easily. But for someone who loves to do their nails as much as I do, it's really no big deal. (p.s. I bought this confetti top coat from Sephora that I absolutely adore! I used it in both mani's you see below)

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Favorite Things

Here's a lovely list of lovely things that I'm absolutely loving these days:

Fires in the fireplace

Pinterest

Law and Order (don't judge me)

Knitting cute scarves

Ordering this new iPhone case (Kate Spade can do no wrong by me these days.)

 This guy right here.

iOS 5

Yay for fun new things, in a fun new season!

Rainy Days

I can't even begin to tell you how much I love the rain. Nothing makes me feel more comfy, and autumn-y than a good, solid downpour. The past few days have been cloudy and gloomy in the best possible way. We've had a fire going pretty much nonstop while we're home (which has been quite a bit since rain makes me want to do nothing but stay home, curl up with a pumpkin spiced anything, a good book, and a killer playlist), I've started a few crafty projects, and fallen completely in love with Feist's new album. 

In fact, I had this whole perfect place to post the perfect rainy day playlist, but once I started listening to Metals, I haven't really been able to stop. And it just so happens that it is perfect for a rainy day. 

I hope you enjoy this album as the soundtrack to whatever your autumn backdrop may look like, sip on a pumpkin spiced anything, curl up with a good book, and just be.

Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens...

Eric took me to Santa Fe to celebrate my birthday this weekend. It was an absolutely lovely trip, and I wish I would've taken more pictures! On our way to lunch at one of the yummiest restaurants ever (The Shed), Eric says, "Hey, sing that song from Sound of Music - the favorite things one. I want to hear it." I suppose that's one of the perks of marrying a singer - music on demand. Lucky for him I lived by The Sound of Music growing up and not only do I know all the words to said song, I know all the words to all the songs (I wanted to be Maria when I grew up - minus the hair. It always bugged me). And so.. I sang it. Eric joined in and we had a Sound of Music sing along in the car on the way to birthday lunch. Seriously? Yes. Seriously.

That story, however, is not the point of this post. Sharing with you some of my favorite things is. Yay!

I know this makes me look like a giant hippie but I'm in love with these shoes. They were everywhere in Italy and at first I thought all Italians were all giant hippies, but the longer we were there the more they grew on me, and now, I really want some. 

My friend Bo posted a link to this amazing website (which I can't believe I'd never heard about before!) I've been in the market for new glasses for about a year now. Mine have definitely seen better days...when Bruno was a puppy he got a hold of them and now there are little puppy teeth indents on the lenses. Big bummer. The good news: Warby Parker will ship you five pairs to try on at your house for free. That's right you read correctly - free. And when you buy a pair they give a pair to someone in need.  You better believe as soon as I get a spare $95 bucks I'm buying some.

As you may or not have read - I got an iPad 2 for my birthday!!! And this app is changing my life. It basically takes a ton of stuff like my facebook, intagram, twitter, different news feeds that I like, different websites that I like (People, Apartment Therapy, Lonely Planet) and puts it all in magazine form. I flip through status updates and celebrity news like I'm reading my favorite magazine. I can spend hours on this app alone. I'm in love.

And the last thing I will say I am love right now is the fact that I will be in Bend, OR in a little over a week. I'll get to see friends that I haven't seen in months and months and I cannot wait! I'll get to drink Backporch Coffee, eat a Marion berry scone from Nancy P's, take a walk (and lots of pictures) in Drake Park and hopefully catch the leaves changing. I'll get to go to Westside Church, see a movie at Mcmenamin's, walk around downtown and the Old Mill district. Oh man, just talking about it now makes me even more excited!

So there you have it. Some of my favorite things...for now.