Friday's Letter

Dear Mr. Veen:  eight years ago you became the proud father of a little girl who just so happens to look quite a lot like you.  After looking through old pictures I've concluded (again) those Dutch genes are quite good looking.  Dear DSW:  yesterday you and I had a little bit of alone time and I ended up coming home with these instead of these.  After all - who needs practicality anyway?  Dear Froyo:  not only are you delicious but it's fun to say "froyo" over and over again - especially in an accent of your choice - try it!  Dear Sara Bareilles:  umm - did you crawl inside my brain when I wasn't looking and read my mind for these lyrics?  Favorite line found at 1:10.  Dear Awesome 3000:  Saturday morning I will join throngs of tired parents and excited children to squint through the mass of bodies in order to pick out my children.  Please, please be kind.  And last to Mr. Veen:  all hail to the viking dragon boat racing master! 
Adios!

Things I'm loving right now - top 10!

Yesterday my Thing 1 got two teeth pulled out.  He did so great and felt pretty good most of the day, but it gave us the opportunity to have a lazy movie day - translation:  while Jake watched his movies I browsed around the Internet. 

Here's some of what I found and LOVED ~

In the words of Carrie Bradshaw "Hello Lover"!  I spied these on someones blog and instantly fell in love.  Word on the street is they were originally purchased here.  I searched and alas can not find them!  However there are many other cute shoes on this site.

Last week while at my local World Market I came upon these cute little bistro chairs.  They come in a rainbow of colors including yellow and I think they also have a matching table.  They are all the inspiration I need to begin dreaming of sprucing up my patio!

Vanilla Latte's preferably from Peet's.  That's all.

Bow ties in springy floral patterns?  Yes please!  I think these would look dreamy on Mr. Veen.  He may not agree....



Because I've always had a weak spot for skater boys.  Amazing!

There are so many adorable spring dresses at Anthropologie right now that it's hard to pick just one!  This one makes me extra happy though:)

The fact that this is a true story makes me embrace the syrupy, delicious, gushy romantic scenes all the more.  Pure girly fun!

I'm going through major Mad Men withdrawals just looking at spunky little Peggy!  Check out this print shop for more fabulousness by artist Stanley Chow.

Word.

I'll take the chair in the sunshine with a chilled glass of wine please!  Beautiful photo by Pam Garrison.



Happy Thursday  - hope your day goes swell:)



Shopping Therapy!

So, yesterday I had a little out patient procedure to fix my de-funct veins.  Yes one of the lovely side effects I incurred from having my beautiful children was some unsightly and uncomfortable varicose veins!  And that's all I'm going to really say about it because thinking about it too much causes me to go all weak and unable to make a fist. 
Anyway, things went good and I'm actually feeling pretty o.k. but I had to spend yesterday and a chunk of today in bed and after taking a few naps, watching The Bachelor and reading I really had no other choice than to shop!  Well, virtual shop that is.  And virtual shopping is so lovely because you can browse and pick out whatever you want and it ALMOST feels like your actually buying the items.  I just tell myself that - in a few days I'll be getting some lovely packages with some of these:

and if I get those than I really must have these too!

And of course to balance everything out I really should get these....

Of course I'd look kind of silly wearing brand new shoes without some new outfits to go along with them --right?  Exactly!

And just in case Mr. Veen asked me on a date for maybe my birthday or Valentines day it would be fun to dress up a little.  Just a tiny bit...



By the way, my mom will remember that I used to have a dress almost identical to the polka dot number.  And I LOVED that dress!  It makes me happy to see it back in style again. 

And if you've made it to this point in the post thanks for coming along with me on my little shopping spree!  I hope to do a little real shopping sometime very soon and now my wheels are a spinnin!  All of these can be found at Anthropologie, ModCloth and J. Crew and most of it is out of my price range.  Sigh...

FYI:  tomorrow's Friday - whoo-hoo!!

Friday's Letter

Dear Mr. Veen:  you have given me a whole new appreciation for beards, big trucks, and meat and potatoes.  Thanks for being "that man" to me always!  Dear DSW:  what does it say about me that amongst your 100's of shoes yesterday I still couldn't find the right pair?  Picky much?  Dear Jake:  you have become quite the arguerer  debater.  I'm not sure what to think about this except that you've quite possibly got a career ahead as a lawyer.  Dear Journey:  today is one of those days that I'm going to need an extra kick in the pants!  Thankful for your song and Glee's version of it.  Dear Ella:  you are an amazing snowflake maker and you rocked your school concert Monday night, now if I could only get you to sleep more!  And last to Mr. Veen:  date night tonight!!  I'll be counting down the hours.....

HAPPY FREAKING WEEKEND!!