Things are starting to calm down a bit here, and we're trying to take care of fun stuff we haven't been able to do for various reasons, like vet appointments and eye doctor visits. But I'm hoping that at some point I'll be able to go fall clothes shopping. I don't buy clothes very often, and for the last few seasons, I actually haven't found that many things I wanted. But, I need to fill in some holes in my wardrobe, like the huge collection of increasingly worn cardigans I have. I like a lot more stuff this season, particularly from J. Crew. I'm liking the 90's direction of fashion right now. I bought my first flannel shirt since 7th grade at Target last week. I've been looking at them since last year, but the thought of paying $60 for something that I used to pick up at thrift stores and Wal Mart just wasn't going to work. The Target shirt is very fitted, since I wasn't ready to move all the way into my former style. It's black and white, and it was only $15! I think I'll be able to wear it a lot. The other thing I need to do is finally get the grey corduroys I bought at Anthropologie last year hemmed, because I still haven't been able to wear them! Anyway, here are some of the items I'm pining for this season, some I think I have a reasonable shot of acquiring, and one in particular that I want so much but can't justify right now. First, some things from J. Crew.



I actually really like the pastels from them this year, but if I was lucky enough to get that beautiful blazer, it would have to be in the copper color. My sister sent me some old pictures a few weeks ago, and in one I was wearing a light blue cardigan that I used to wear with everything. I think this one would be perfect to replace it.

As far as Anthropologie is concerned, they have a lot of cute stuff, but really I just want this sweater. I love short sleeved cardigans, but I only have a couple of them.

And, in the realm of accessories, I'd like some feathers and headbands from Modcloth.


I try not to look at clothes online too much, because there are usually too many other more practical things to spend money on, but the numerous catalogues that come to our house usually do me in haha.

Also, on a different note, I got my hair cut on Thursday, finally, after 10 months! It was driving me crazy, and I was tired of being bang-less. But, it wasn't the best experience. I had a new stylist, and he seemed to think that bangs wouldn't work for me, even after I told him that I've had them for approximately 25 years of my life. It was like the episode of Seinfeld where George tries to convince his girlfriend that it's over, but she keeps telling him his arguments aren't good enough haha. He asked me all these questions like he was trying to talk me out of it, and barely glanced at the picture I brought. He did a great job on the back of my hair, but the bangs were a constant issue. I wanted them to go back pretty far, and when I showed him, he said he wouldn't go more than an inch because that was too 80's. So finally I just let him cut them, since he tapered them in, and I used them as a template to cut them myself when I got home. It was so frustrating that after waiting that long, I couldn't get what I wanted. I should have just cut them myself in the first place. But, it's fine now, I love the way they came out, except for a couple of slightly uneven parts haha.

Things have continued to be pretty stressful around here, but for a new set of reasons. The first is Harlock. She's always been a sensitive, emotional dog, but the older she gets the more extreme her reactions become. She's developed a serious case of separation anxiety, even standing at the door and crying while I do yard work, and whining at the bottom of the stairs when I go to take a shower. Last week she decided that whenever we were out of her sight, she would raid the garbage and bring all of her "treasures" onto our bed. Ugh. It's very unlike her, but we've banned her from eating anything on the bed, and that seems to be helping. Except that she ate part of a dead bird on Friday. I think she's trying to give me a heart attack, it's becoming impossible to protect her from her wild beast tendencies haha. The other big issue we have is that I saw a mouse in our living room last night. Just thinking about it gives me the chills. We believe it came from the basement, the door to which is in the living room. We also don't believe it's been hanging around too long, since there have been no tell-tale signs, and there were 3 bags of small animal food on the floor in the next room that were untouched. But, we'll still have to scrape together the money for an exterminator, we're not taking any chances. I have conflicted feelings about it. On the one hand, I know that they're icky, they scare the hell out of me, and they're not a good thing to have around the other animals. But, on the other, I hate the thought of hurting them. It just seems weird to me that we have two rodents (rabbits are lagomorphs, yes I'm a nerd haha) that we feed, care for, and love. Then another one wanders in and we must hire an exterminator. But, on the bright side, maybe we can have them look at the centipede issue while they're here. Ah, the joys of home ownership haha. When I saw our unwanted guest, I realized that there were some things in our kitchen that may have drawn him here in the first place, so I was up until 4:30 cleaning the downstairs and getting everything edible hidden. Now I have a huge migraine.

On a more exciting note, I ordered a Roku box for my birthday. It enables us to watch streaming content from Netflix on our TV. It's so cool! So far we've watched a Hunter S. Thompson documentary and Let the Right One In, a Swedish vampire movie. I'm really excited because there are a lot of old movies available, including many Alfred Hitchcock. I can watch them as much as I want for free! It also means that I can get a cheaper cable package, and a cheaper Netflix package, which are both good things.