Fa la la la la la...right?

Don't get me wrong, I love the Holiday season. I mean, I'm already listeing to a little Christmas music, so please don't think I'm a big grinch about the whole thing, but come on, it all gets a little much sometimes. So many places to be, so many things to buy, so many people to chit chat with and so much work to do! So I've learned when to say when and usually I'm pretty good at that, thus providing me with a fun, festive, and peaceful Holiday season. There are, however, many moments during this time that I forget this way of being and get swept up into the chaos. This pretty much sums up how I might feel in those moments:

You can find this, and many other phenomenally funny cross stitch patterns at Subversive Cross Stitch. Check it out and then imagine this...in actual cross stitch....on your wall. Happy Holidays!

Not an ordinary tee...

I've been eying this tee from jcrew for a while now. It comes in other colors, but I really, really like this one. With some dark denim and some knee high boots...oh so chic!

CNN: Yoga is good...even for kids!

Just finished reading this article on CNN.com. It's all about how yoga can be extremely beneficial to the mindset of even a toddler. This seems extremely obvious to me seeing as many, many yoga poses channel childlike behaviors in adults...in a really, really healthy good way. What did strike me as kind of amazing was how, in one particular class, a teacher was able to get a group of first and second graders sit quietly in meditation for 5 minutes...most adults I know can't do this. I, for one, believe that integrating yoga in the lives of children at an early age can only make for more peaceful, mindful and healthy adolescents and adults in the future. Who can argue with that? It's fantastic that mainstream media is highlighting the benefits of yoga...definite progress.

Oh, Yoga...Where do I begin?

It's been my desire from the beginning to open up about a lot of things that I feel passionately about on this blog and well, I seem to have focused very much on finding great things and shopping in general. Now, don't get me wrong, this is, indeed, something that I am very passionate about. After all, if you've got to buy things, why not make them very cool, or very beautiful? Why not make them say something about your personality, your taste, your life? The thing is, in order for the things you surround yourself with or dress yourself in to reflect anything about you, your life and your personality, your mind must be full of other ideas, dreams, philosophies and just plain old daily life. I'm simply going start incorporating a little more of this...don't worry, the fashionista in me is not going anywhere, I assure you. But there's a lot more to what makes me tick than just that, and I'd like to share it with you. And I guess I'm assuming that if you're reading this, then you're at least a little interested? Maybe??

I'm working on a very personal post on something that many close friends of mine are unaware of even, simply because it's a fairly new "revelation" that I'm having about myself and what's important to me...It's something that is a pretty controversial subject only because it's something that people take very, very personally. It's also something that is quickly becoming something that I feel very passionately about and am very eager to write about, but it's not something that I'm quite ready to make public tonight but it will be soon, very soon. Until then, I'll just be changing it up slightly...In fact, my next post will be about yoga (which I've already written about many, many times....please peruse some of my older posts if you haven't read them already) as the title of this post suggests, or maybe I'll make it about my next fabulous shopping find...you'll just have to keep reading to find out!

Little Black Dress

I went shopping this weekend with one of my best girlfriends in the whole world, Lesley...we had so much fun together and did some very impressive power shopping too. As I'm writing this I'm realizing that I need to be documenting this stuff a little better with some photographs and such. I'll work on that... For now, I'll just post a picture of the fantastic little black dress I found at the Gap...This is one of those dresses you can do almost anything with, depending upon what accessories you use...for work with tights and a blazer, out at night with a crazy necklace, on the weekend with boots and a chunky cardigan. The possibilities are endless...oh and the fit...the fit! It's awesome!!!

Peace on Earth...and Pottery Barn and Target.

To anyone who is reading this blog regularly, I apologize for not posting anything new for quite a while. For many reasons, I haven't been inspired to share lately. These ornaments which can be found here at Pottery Barn have finally done the trick...

Oh and since I'm going with a holiday theme today, I must also mention this wreath from Target....Really? How awesome is this?! I'm thinking that it would be really, really fun to decorate this wreath with some of these ornaments....

More Pillows Please!

I love pillows...in fact, I've come home with so many impulse-buy throw pillows that I have little piles of them in more than one room. I like the cozy bohemian vibe they generate so easily. I've recently discovered a few more that I wouldn't mind adding to the bunch...You can find the holiday owls on the Garnet Hill site and the flower pillow on Pillow Happy's Etsy site.