red hair




a.) my hair is reeediculous (see picture... yikes)
yet I am kind of digging it
or at least until I get to the hairdresser
which is downstairs from my apartment
so really, laziness is no excuse.

b.) the holiday's are pretty much here,
so that means busy
all sorts of busy
lots to do
no time to waste.

cards to address, pantry to be stocked,
things to be made, shop to be re-opened,
Turkey to be bought, pictures to be edited,
vacation to be organized, booze to be bought...

plus
I gave myself a deadline and plan to meet it...

Some weekend inspiration


I was cleaning out a closet last night and I stumbled on some old tear sheets.

From PDN 2007


I'm sorry you cannot really read them in my pictures, but the photos are amazing and click pics for links.

Sarah Wilmer








Debora Mittelsteedt




Autumn de Wilde










Julie Blackmon

taking a picture of a picture has rendered rather incorrect exposures; but I think you can get the insprational-ness

new hair is long and red and on top of my head AKA - new post about stuff thats pretty, including my hair, and I think I drop some brand names...




I want that Flamingo Print -




I have been eating a lot of hoho's this week (probably because hubbie (and when I say hubbie I mean me) bought the 12 pack)

but I also have been getting a lot done in a, working, kitchen cleaning, nails painted kind of way - so I am totally equating that burst of "on top of it"-ness to the hoho's. -English teacher would kill me for that mess of a sentence.







it's about time to go suitcase shopping - ya know, for all that traveling I am not doing.
I love suitcases and I own two sets in fact. 1 red old school case with matching train case that was my mom's graduation present. And the other is herringbone Liz Claiborne funness, full size and "over head compartment" size.

I miss packing to go somewhere. I miss it so much in fact, I think that next time I pack I will use zip lock bags for sweaters, and all my hundreds of little le sport sac zippy pouch things to keep everything super organized rather than just piling in loads of the most inappropriate attire at 2 am when flight leaves at 6 am.

oh, and I am going to make a list of everything I am bringing. and I mean everything.
Example:
  1. Three pairs of socks. check.
  2. silver knot ring, check.
  3. 2 bras, check.
  4. big bright pink half bow Louboutain's, um, what the heck am I thinking I am so not wearing these in winter in Northern Michigan..., uncheck.
- you get the idea.

This list would serve two purposes -
1. help me realize what I am actually stuffing in that thing and then edit edit edit
2. on the return home I'll know if I left anything ( i did this on last photo shoot and realized I was missing something and proceeded to blame all the "b*&*h models" and then found it in my desk drawer... so that list has burned me before but I think I can make it work for good.

and lastly -

long red on top of my head