bag lust.

I had lunch with my friend Kelly yesterday and I couldn't help but notice her adorable Rebecca Minkoff bag.  Ummmm, this little guy is definitely going to the top of my holiday wish list.  Now I just have to decide which color.  Decisions, decisions. 

{sand}, {mint}, {yellow}

candle light.

The other night a group of girlfriends and I got to talking about candles.  We all agreed that they are the perfect gift (for a hostess, birthday, holiday).  I have to admit that I used to turn my nose up at pricey candles, but now that I've received a few as gifts, I'm going to say that my mind has definitely changed.  I swear that these candles pack a much bigger scent punch, and they last for-ever!  These are my two faves, trish mcevoy wild blueberry vanilla & voluspa santiago huckleberry.  Do you have any favorites that I should try out?

{voluspa}, {trish mcevoy}

holiday lights.

Over the weekend, we got started on a little holiday decor.  Is it a bit too early for that?  Ha, maybe, but I couldn't help myself.  I sprinkled a few string lights around our home.  I also switched up the light we have hanging in our living room.  Day-to-day we have a white tord boontje pendant light, which I love love love.  I actually have a long love affair with tord boontje.  For our wedding day I may have asked the venue to change out ALL of the lighting so we could hang our tord boontje pendant lights (and a few of my fave gehry cloud lamps).  Eeeeekkk, was that going a bit too far?  Probably...ha!  So, back to the holiday decor.  We switched out the white for a gold light and I'm loving the soft glow it casts on our living room.  Now I'm ready for the weather to cool down even a bit more and to spend evenings relaxing in our living room amongst the lights.

{instagram}

a bold statement.

We had a great weekend, including an impropmtu dinner with friends (aren't last minute plans always the best), the beginning of some holiday decorating (more on that later), and a little ummmm shopping by me.  You know I said in my last post I was obsessed with this Anthropologie skirt, so of course I had to swing by the store really quickly to just take a browse.  I ended up picking up this amazing statement necklace that I already wore out (to that impromptu dinner on Saturday night).  It's so sparkly and fun, definitely something I will be sporting to a lot of holiday parties.

{necklace}

tulle dreams.

Wow, I've been very spotty on my blog posts this week (ummm as in I only got around to blogging once), but things have been a little chaotic around these parts, so a small break was needed.  Now, I'm BACK!  Last night G and I went to the J.Crew - Vogue event and had the best time!  While there I spotted the cutest girl sporting this skirt from Anthropologie (which I'm kind of in love with).  She paired it with an adorable plaid shirt (similar to this J.Crew one).  Man, I wish I would have gotten a photo of her....I loved the way she styled the skirt to make it a little less ballerina-ish.

UPDATE: I got a tweet from @anthropologie regarding this post, and here's a photo of the cute girl I spotted last night.  So adorable, right?

{skirt}, {top}