One year ago today...

I was in Nice...

If Louis is doing it... I must be in the right line of work...

Way to confirm what I already knew... Anything personalized is amazing.

So stinkin' cute!!

I just started carrying this line in my shop and its pretty much the cutest thing ever... (aside from my own products of course! ;) Which reminds me that I really need to start posting some of my designs on this blog...

This is such a problem... because of my line of work, everything in my apartment is monogrammed... things just went from bad to worse. Or good to great depending on how you look at it :)

Junior League Run

OK... so I said that I was going to be running in the Junior League of Eugene's annual Run Eugene Run/ toddler trot. I might have lied... I did buy red and white shorts and I had every intention of running the darn thing... but when the week came I couldn't get my act together. Whatever... its fine.

I DID however put my other talents to good use and take photos of the event. Here is a sampling of the photos I took.

Side Note: The winner from this year was SO annoying... he kept getting in front of me when I was trying to take pics of other people... and screaming in my ear for his friends to cross. there was a lot of "oh did you get a shot of him... did you get a shot of her... I wanna put these on my website so make sure you get a good one of him"... needless to say - I passive aggressively didn't give him any photos. They are for the League... not his website. What a tool. I got a great shot of him crossing the finish line... but have left him out of this post on principle. :)

MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD

I was watching a special this morning on Austria while I was at the gym, and it made me think about my trip to Salzburg last summer. I was almost tempted to look online to try and find a cheap flight to anywhere in Europe and train it back to Austria. I have been to some amazing places and seen some really amazing things... but I can honestly say that my favorite place in the entire world is Salzburg.

Since I created this blog after my trip... here are some photos from the 3 days I spent there.

Needless to say... I can't wait to go back!

Summer Shopping

What is it about the anticipation of summer that makes me want to go shopping? Don't get me wrong... I LOVE to shop year round... but I feel like this time of year I am at my worst (or best depending on how you look at it). I have been swiping up sundresses, bikinis, sunglasses, one very cute denim mini skirt, and a fresh new perfume that I really want to bathe in it smells so good. I have also taken advantage of the catering sale at world market and bed bath and beyond... I feel like maybe my subconscious is trying to tell me to throw a GIANT pool party. Which is what I am thinking I am going to have to do...

Now I don't mean to brag, but I do have to share some of the items that I am particularly pleased with. More like recommendations for others than anything else...

Trina Turk Vintage print bikini... Its probably the cutest swimsuit I have EVER bought... (if only I looked this good in it!)

Dior oversized retro sunglasses... Really cute... because they are large framed, even if you have a larger sized nose - it will look like a button. which is nice.

Could be the most delicious bottle of perfume I have purchased... smells like kiwi and rhubarb.

Thats all for today! Back to work... so I can afford these things!

Thanks for reading P&P!

The SISTER

It has been brought to my attention by a good friend how lucky I am to have my sister Molly (not that I didn't already know how amazingly lucky I am... its just pretty fabulous when other people recognize it too). I don't know what everyone else's sibling situation is, but there is something about having just one sister that is truly special. She is 7 years younger than me and so I feel that there is a funny dynamic between the two of us. I get CRAZY over protective of her whether she likes it or not - and she 90% of the time hates it. :) She also gets VERY defensive over me. However I think that she is probably a bit more rational about it and less "mother bear".

I also think that when it comes to advice, I am far more likely to take advice from her that she take it from me. You would think it would be the other way around. I think that age or not - getting the perspective from someone who is that close to you, but slightly removed from the situation is very valuable... and again... I get too protective of her when she comes to me. The words "now Molly! be careful!!" are probably among the things she hates hearing the most! But what can you do? That also might have something to do with the fact that since she could talk she has been saying "i do it myself" or some more adult variation.

Anyway... this little red headed spark plug was in for the weekend and is now back at Cal Poly studying Ag business and Equine sciences. She spends her time riding horses in the Southern/Central California Wine Country... ROUGH LIFE!!