Tea Time

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The last thing I need is another item for our already-at-capacity kitchen cupboards. Yet despite this truth, I am continually drawn to every darling mug and and useful contraption that I see. It's easy enough to walk out of Anthropologie with a trivet or butter dish (better than coughing up $128 on a dress), but there is absolutely no more room for me to add to my collection of eclectic sale teacups. But you, Sagaform Retro line, I'd definitely make room for you.

La Vie en Rose

[Image via the kissssing blog]

One year in college -- Chris and I were in different states -- I didn't hear from Chris at all on Valentine's Day. I downheartedly arrived at my babysitting job that evening, admittedly a little jealous that I wasn't the one going out on the town . As I was welcomed through the door I saw an enormous bouquet of red roses on the mantel and the mom gave me a 'gotcha' smile. Chris had arranged for the flowers to be delivered at their house, knowing that I'd be there on Valentine's night. Those flowers stayed on my desk for as long as they lived, and it was the happiest Valentine's surprise I'd ever had.

(Also, you can listen to the song "La Vie en Rose" here. I'm a little obsessed with Edith Piaf music after watching the movie on Netflix last month. Happy Valentine's Day!)

All Natural Mood Booster

When the rest of the country is covered in snow and recurring storms just won't let up, that's when I say, "Richmond, you were a darn good choice."

Pack Your Bread and Water

It's official! For the seventh year in a row -- and for its seventh annual appearance -- my sister and I will visit Pike Place Market in mid-May for the vegan nightmare that is the Seattle Cheese Festival. Picture this: the hustle and bustle of Pike Place Market is inundated with long rows of tents and tables serving sample cubes of cheeses from around the nation and the world. FREE samples. We've had lavender cheese, Rogue Chocolate Stout cheese, fiesta cheese, Tillamook cheese, string cheese, goat cheese, and stinky cheese. Over the years we've really wised up and created a strategy; we arrive right when it opens to avoid long lines, bring bottled water and pre-sliced bread (Essential Baking Co. makes a mean loaf), and pack for all kinds of weather. Pouring rain or blazing heat, we've seen Cheese Fest at its soggiest (what do you expect -- it's Seattle) and sunniest (the cheese was melting before our eyes). CHEESE FEST CHEESE FEST CHEESE FEST I LOVE YOU.

An Impressionable Decade

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Yesterday Chris and I discovered an old ruler from elementary school with all of our random desk-related items. It's made of wood and has green little tick marks that match the "Give a Hoot! Don't Pollute!" slogan printed in between the imperial numbers and the metric ones. Take a closer look and you'll notice that I've inscribed little doodles all over the front and back. "Are those stussies???" Chris asked with a laugh. Yes. I was a stussy master.

The only natural next step was to Google it. According to this source, "the 'Super S' or 'Stussy' symbol was drawn by kids worldwide in the 1990s. It was a worldwide meme reaching countries all over the world, primarily drawn at school on binders or notebooks. There is a technique in drawing the symbol (which consists of 14 lines) which was regarded as a kind of special knowledge."

Then stussies got me thinking about pogs. And slammers. Then slammers led to trapper keeper binders, Yikes pencils, episodes of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and the yearly subscription of Highlights magazine from good ole' grandma and grandpa. If the 90s and the arrival of color TV had coincided, it would have been too much for people to handle...all that NEON.

It scares me to think of the day when the 90s become vintage and trendy. Just don't bring back the clothes. 

Don't. Bring. Back. The. Clothes.

Spot-On Sentiment

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New-to-us car, new full-time hours at work, and two upcoming visits by three of my favorite people. I'd say February is off to a darn good start.

Ode to Truck

Dear Truck,

We loved you so.
(click the link to read full post after the jump)

What a Wednesday

The sun was out, the skies were blue, and the Beatles seemed like the perfect soundtrack to the day. It was almost as if summer had arrived.

Resolution

How fantastic is this?! It would make me smile every time I walked out the door. Suggested by this gal (see for sale code on 2/1) and found here on Etsy . Happy February, folks!

Je voudrais...

I spotted this dress yesterday during my weekly (well, sometimes daily) Anthro browsing. Aptly named the "city touring dress" it makes me want to don a floppy hat and shades, take an outdoor seat at a Parisian/Italian/Spanish establishment and sip a café créme. Oh right. It's February. So maybe in a few months from now? After I've saved the millions of pennies I would need to purchase this sweet little dress AND the plane tickets to that outdoor café.