The Four D's

A constant joke really serious pact I have made to myself about the next phase of my life is that I want the 4 D's. Now it has taken me some time to iron out the details of the priority order, but I will be the first to admit i will take these in any quantity and any order!

The Four D's:

1) Dishwasher

Pretty excited about the idea of not having to hand wash each. and. every. one. of. my. dishes. I've been hand washing everything for almost 4 years now. I am SO ready to have that phase of my life behind me!

2) Dog

While I will always love Theo with more love than my heart can hold. I know that I do want my own dog, and would be one proud owner to a furbaby in the form of a poodle. I just can't get enough of their loving personalities and cuteness faces!

3) Diamond

annnnnnd we all know what this means. So.... Ahem. Boyfriend. Make magic happen. I kid I kid!.....Kind of.

4) Washer/ Dryer

Oh man. What I would do to just throw my clothes in the washer. Maybe even get a little crazy and jusst dry something to get the wrinkles out! I am so over lugging piles of clothes to the basement to do hours of laundry, and have to watch my clothes like a hawk to make sure someone doesn't move them!


Oh how life changes when you become a big kid! I can't wait for the next phase of my life and getting some of the D's. (Maybe one D will come with some of the four C's!)

What are the things you want for the next phase of your life?

Kuhl Flight Jacket. Love It. Hate It. Her vs Him.

I have a fuzzy brown fleece jacket by NorthFace that I adore. It makes me feel like a little snugly brown bear when I wear it. I've had it for a few years now, and it is certainly showing its signs of wear and tear. In trying to find a replacement to fill the spot of my fuzzy bear fleece, I found this Kuhl one, which I. Am. In. Love. With. I immediately was thinking I found my replacement....

Until I heard "That is uuggglllyyy" in response to my googly eyed "I must own this!" exclamation to the bf.

Ok ok, so is it more suited for my fantasy life in Sun Valley, Idaho?Probably. Is that faux, leather detailing a bit much? Maybe, but no.

It it my fuzzy dream come true!

But I am respectful of other opinions I am responsible and didn't feel like emptying my little nest egg on a coat I didn't need, so it has never come home with me.

Fast forward....

Last night we meet up with the bf's close friend for a concert and what is she wearing!??! THE FUZZY DREAM OF A COAT I WANT.

He claimed he gave her a bad time about it too...but clearly not enough a bad time, because there is was in all of its fuzzy glory.

Outcome of the story. I am breaking down. I may need it. If only it came with a one way plane ticket to Idaho in one pocket and a million dollars in the other.

What do you think? Is it as ugly as the bf says? Or am I in the right?

Never Long Enough

How is it that 5 days of work always seems like a month and two days of weekend seems like 15 minutes?

Other things that never last long enough (but perhaps because I just love them so much!) are my Toms. I can usually wear through a pair of Toms in about 6 months flat, but I somehow stretched the life of my current pair for exactly a year. These ones went to Turkey with me, survived the holidays in Idaho, a whole DC summer and a good chunk of fall this year. Sadly, they have finally bit the dust! Past the normal holes I wear in the toes and heels, I wore a hole in the BOTTOM!!!

Not much one can do once you have worn a whole like that in the botton! So to the trash they went.
 
I already miss them. My shoe selection is pretty much Toms-less at this point, and it breaks my heart!
 
Last night I started dreaming about what new pair of Toms I would like to add to my shoe collection. I found a lot more than just Toms that I want!
 
I am really liking these Toms though, not sure I could pick if I had to:

I also got a little carried away and found some other shoes I wouldn't mind getting my feet into.

 
These come in so many fun colors! A perfect weekend shoe (that maybe would keep me from wearing out my Toms so quickly!).
 
My boat shoes that I also got for our Turkey trip are on their last legs, and I am torn between a few different replacements to mix it up.

 

 

 

I also found this pair:

 

Love. Lust. Want.

 

The grey and cranberry colors are so perfect. I just die every time I look at them!

 



 Which pair would you pick for me to replace my beloved Toms?

 

Fashion Repeater

When I was little my mom got me these fantastic purple Hoy Salt Water Sandals. I loved them. They were purple. They were sandals and I think I wore them every day for the summers that they fit. So Naomi over at Rockstar Diaries has herself and her adorbs daughter Eleanor decked out in red salt waters. Seeing these cute shoes again reminded me how much I loved mine when I was little and put me on a quest to find an adult pair. I have tracked down the women's version at taakens.com, and now I just need someone to help me pick between the silver or the red pair! (Oh and someone who wants to get me a new pair of shoes :) )

What do you all say? Red or Silver?