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sweet wednesday

October 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

hi blogworld. it has been quite a while.

a week before my birthday (august 21st), i hurt my shoulder. i don’t know how i did it exactly, but it has been two months of pain and rehabilitation. i can finally put my arm over my head and reach for overhead objects.

i haven’t been feeling very well lately, either. very tired and lethargic. people have suggested that perhaps i have a gluten allergy. i am now on day three of a gluten-free diet. so far, i don’t feel very different, but i’ve heard it can take up to two weeks for me to feel better once going gluten-free.

since i have been such a terrible blogger, i am attempting to make amends. i am posting the two cutest commercials ever. enjoy!

and

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midweek muddle.

August 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment

monday and tuesday were hot, hot in new york!

i’ve always said that, as a vermonter, i am not engineered to operate in the heat. my upper limit for heat tolerance is about 85 degrees. any hotter and i find it difficult to breathe and to think. today would have been a perfect summer day for me, somewhere in the mid-seventies with a lovely breeze, had there been sunlight to bask in. alas, no sun, but neither any rain.

things have been difficult this week. i’m feeling like i am being pulled in a million directions at work, too much for me to do and too little time.

i wanted to share one of my favorite stories and favorite songs tonight, moonshadow by cat stevens. i love cat stevens, his music always makes me smile:

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saturday style

August 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment

saturday afternoon 8/8

top: ann taylor

skirt: anthropologie

shoes: stella in burlington, vt

necklace: gift from a childhood friend when i was a little girl.

i have been stalking this skirt at anthropologie for a week or two.  there was one in my size (14) when i spotted it, and even though we put it at the bottom of the pile, it was gone the next week.  the anthro sales staff couldn’t find one in manhattan, so i ordered this one by phone in the store.  because they didn’t have it in the store, i got free shipping, which was great!  there was much anxiety on my part, since i had “purchased” the last one from the website and i had to wait until it was shipped to know that it was actually mine (someone else could have ordered it at the same time!).  i love it!  it is perfect and the lining is edged in lace.

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already august.

August 4, 2009 · 1 Comment

I cannot believe that it is August already!  This has been such a wet, rainy, cold summer that it has hardly felt like summer at all.

I think I am even more surprised that the end of the summer is rapidly approaching because my birthday is at the end of August.  When I was a child, the approach of my birthday signalled not only the end of summer, but also the beginning of the school year.  I loved going back to school, the back to school shopping with my mother and the purchasing of new school supplies (the very best part)!

I also must admit that I am not much of a summer person. I very much prefer fall, the crisp air, the fall apples and the approach of my very favorite holiday (halloween!).  The thing that always made summer so wonderful for me as a child was my time spent at my family’s cabin on a lake.

It is

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quite possibly

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the best place

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on earth.

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away we go

July 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Over the weekend, i had the pleasure of seeing away we go with my good friend roxy.

it was wonderful.  a really sweet movie about a couple trying to find their place in the world.  also, the soundtrack was amazing.

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in which i achieve success!

July 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I begin my first blog post with a feeling of accomplishment!  I downloaded a little widget to import all of my very favorite blogs from my Firefox bookmarks.

I must admit that I have started and stopped this blog a number of times.  I cannot promise that I will be successful this time, but I can promise that I will try. I intend for this blog to be a chronicle of my life and times in New York City, with an emphasis on fashion.

I fear it is time for me to try to go to bed.  Good night!

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