Friday, October 29, 2010

My Latest Obsessions

Happy Friday! Two days until Halloween! Cate is going as Velma from Scooby Doo and Margaret is going as Cinderella. So fun.

It has been a fun and relaxing week. My mom (JuJu) is in town and hasn't seen GMC since he was born. Peter and I were also talking today that 2 years ago this weekend (Halloween Weekend) he met my mom and stepdad for the first time and asked them for my hand in marriage. Crazy how time flies!

In honor of my mom = OMG, my mom would have LOVED these placemats for us as kids. She was always testing us on how to set a table.

Check out these Wooly Egg Box Toy Sets by asherjasper on Etsy. Pretty fun! Look at these cute little ocean creatures.

I've recommitted to trying a new recipe a week (or at least cooking an adult meal) for the two of us. One of our latest faves is a Green Chile Chicken Casserole - YUMMY. This one has been added to the rotation.

Love this merino ruffled strata cardigan. Very cute and one that I would wear all the time.


Friday, October 22, 2010

My Latest Obsessions

Happy Friday! So excited - JuJu comes next Tuesday - and she is going to be blown away by how big GMC is these days. So fun. I have a date night w/GMC Saturday as Peter ("Howling Wolf) is taking "Little Dipper" and "Lily Pad" on an Indian Princess excursion. Super cute.

I love Snow & Graham - love all their letterpress stationary. How fun that Garnet Hill is selling cardigans with some of Snow & Graham's celebrated designs!

Every year I buy a Linda & Harriet letterpress calendar. I LOVE calendars and letterpress so her calendars are the perfect combo. Here are some other great calendars out there (via Oh So Beautiful Paper).

Yesterday I bought some more of my favorite tinted moisturizer from Laura Mercier. The gal helping me asked me if I had run out of my under eye concealer. I laughed. Ummm, I don't really use any. I guess my sleep deprivation has caught up with me (I'm not sure if my 11 week old baby in tow or coffee in my other hand gave me away)! So, I went ahead w/her suggestion and bought some concealer. I loved the nail polish color of the gal that was helping me - so pretty - the color fashion by Deborah Lippmann.

I'm excited for Essie's new Winter colors - out November 1st.

LOVE. LOVE. LOVE this coat from J.Crew (vintage inspired).

So fun - doesn't this baking mix from Vosges look DIVINE (Mo's Bacon Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix)? YUMMY.

Friday, October 15, 2010

My Latest Obsessions

I love trumpette socks. I love giving them as gifts. So adorable. Love this little halloween set of socks. Cute. We received these adorable argyle trumpette socks.

I bought a pair of these city flats from Gap. LOVE them. I'm always looking for comfortable flats. These rock and the price tag is fab. And wow, what an outcry when they tried to change the logo - it is now back to the original.

These Lightning Bolts are cute - turn your little one's shoes into superhero shoes!

Confetti is fun. Just think about all the fun things you could do with this confetti garland!

Do you ever have a fabulous meal at a restaurant but just want to pass out in a food coma on the table next to you? Well, the restaurant Longman & Eagle brilliantly came up with a solution - 6 rooms above the restaurant to sleep. Interesting idea. I have not been to Longman & Eagle yet but would love to check it out - Esquire named it one of the top 20 new restaurants for 2010. Epic in Chicago was also listed. We have a few things to check out soon!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

"Van" Confessions

Monday evening I was in the car with the gals and George. We were in the car driving back from visiting their cousins that live about an hour away. I know how these (longer distance) car rides go - "How much longer until we are home?" and then again about 5 minutes later I get the same question. However, Cate now loves when I use the GPS to get home because she can read how much time we have left (on the screen) - which she then relays to Margaret.

I was in the zone driving and not really paying attention to Cate and Margaret's conversation in the back. I tuned in when I heard the following conversation:

"The 'F' word is really bad, you cannot say it," Margaret stated to Cate.
"I KNOW," said Cate.

AHHH. YIKES. I immediately tuned in to hear what 'F' word she was referring to.

"You cannot say the word FAT. Unless you are saying something is Fat Free." Margaret stated matter of factly. I almost burst out laughing. I honestly thought the four letter 'F' word was going to come out of her mouth (thank goodness it did not). I chuckled to myself because awhile ago I had spoken to both of them and told them that they cannot use the word 'fat' to describe a person. I explained to them that it was not polite to describe someone as such. I was laughing even harder because Peter is always saying, "really, you had to buy the fat free version of this/that." Phew...in the clear as I really didn't want to talk to them about the other 'F' word.

The conversation continued as such. "And Mom says we cannot say the 'S' word," Margaret relayed to Cate.

AHHHH. Yikes. Sh*t. And just when I thought I was in the clear.

"We cannot call someone skinny, but we can say 'skinny cow'" - OMG, I was laughing even harder now because yes, I did talk to them about not calling people skinny, but the fact that she was talking about my 'skinny cow' ice cream sandwiches (that I refer to as 'adult desserts') was pretty hilarious.

Good. I didn't have to figure out how to tell them what the four letter 'F' word meant nor did I have to wonder where they heard the 'F' word or the 'S' word. In the clear for the time being!

Friday, October 8, 2010

My Latest Obsessions


Happy Friday! What a GORGEOUS fall day (warm too!). Little "GMC" is 10 weeks old today! Have a fabulous weekend. Tomorrow is the Chicago Marathon - good luck to all the runners! I cannot believe I ran the marathon years ago - what an awesome experience. Some of my latest faves...

I saw this post on Daily Candy about this "crafter" who makes pillows. LOVE this Lovebird pillow.

Great gift - Prudent Advice: Life Lessons for my Baby Daughter - by Jaime Morrison Curtis. I saw a Daily Candy on it.

Check out these 50 Best Design Blogs for Mom. Love the site BoysBeCool - finally a site dedicated to all stuff "boys." Here is another site dedicated to all things boys and stylish called coos and ahhs. I checked out Style Milk as well - good stuff and I also looked at Designing Moms.

Isn't this an adorable mod sheep baby blanket. LOVE it! Check out their other quilts, mats, dresses, blankets and more - adorable!

Check out these adorable little rain boots for a little boy. So cute!

Ummm...I think George needs this adorable military coat. LOVE it. I've decided that there are cute boy clothes out there...you just have to look a bit harder!

I receive Gwenyth Paltrow's blog called Goop and this week she listed some Food Blogs that she visits on a regular basis. I took a look at one she listed - Smitten Kitchen - pretty good. Doesn't this mushroom lasagna look yummy?

Friday, October 1, 2010

My Latest Obsessions

Happy Friday! Have a fabulous weekend. The weather this week has been amazing - sunny fall weather. LOVE it. And GMC is 9 weeks old today - crazy!

I have always enjoyed HALLOWEEN. Last year both Cate and I were Snow White.

Here are some of my favorite halloween costumes around the web:
What are you being for Halloween? Your kids?