{ A walking-on-clouds comfortable pair of Cole Haan pumps in a shade I can't wait to wear all Spring ... }
{ A replacement for my very favorite necklace in the world - which I broke a few months back and was sad about - from my friend Tia, who I'm sending a big virtual hug right this very minute ... }
{ A monogrammed - and red - bag from Tignanello that's both perfectly priced and perfect for wearing everywhere, all the time ... }
{ These Dita Magnifique sunglasses, because they are amazing ... }
I think I'm totally a salad person. I'm just a picky one.
Today's giveaway in celebration of the upcoming holiday: a majorly fancy flat-iron from Theorie's SAGA Touch Collection (retail value $125).
The lightweight iron has 100% titanium plates and all sorts of glamorous-sounding tech-y features (ionized technology to promote silkier and smoother hair, far-infrared technology to deliver consistent heat distribution while reducing static, etc.)...but what you need to know is that it's a really, really great styling tool, and should last you more or less forever (it comes with a lifetime warranty). It's also specially designed for use with Keratin-treated hair and comes in a gorgeous embossed etched metal box, which is a nice little bonus.
Snowed in = a weekend full of snuggling and Sesame Street.
And baking.
Our friends Tia and Ben came up for lunch on Saturday, and I used their visit as a fantastic excuse to a) get dressed, and b) whip up some Pear & Cream Cheese Turnovers.
My lips are a mess lately. Red, chapped, painful, flaky, all that.
I carry lip balm with me everywhere I go and apply it like a nut, but still: they're a mess. It's the whole dry-heat-inside/winter-air-outside thing; it just does a number on me.
The past few days have been especially bad, so last night I went on a hunt for some very fancy and expensive lip exfoliator that I remembered picking up at an event months and months ago. Alas, it appears that the very fancy and expensive lip exfoliator was sacrificed to The Moving Gods.
But you know what I did find while searching for a fix for my flakiness?
In this month's Glamour, I state the obvious: I am all about a really phenomenal t-shirt (check out the Structured Tee here - my favorite version is the white with black stripes). When I find the right one, I wear it everywhere...because to me a perfect t-shirt paired with great accessories looks right for just about any occasion (with jeans on the weekend, with a pencil skirt for meetings, with leather leggings for a date, and so on).
I've been writing about LOFT's t-shirts (the Sunwashed Tee is pictured above) for about a year now - they're that much a staple of my wardrobe - and seriously: if you're a t-shirt girl, you need to own one. They're lightweight, drape perfectly (I like buying them a size or two big), and inexpensive enough that you can pick up a bunch of different colors (I own black, navy, army green, and white, and am planning on picking up a striped version this weekend).
In the mood to shop for Spring essentials? Click here to download a coupon for $25 off a full-priced purchase of $50 or more at LOFT.
