{ Words for your day. }

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{ Todays Daydream: Ms. Carrie Bradshaw }

I love daydreaming.

How amazing would it be to live the life of Ms. Carrie Bradshaw for just a little bit?

 (or ya know...forever :))

Living in Manhattan, running around in Manolo's, 

working from home in a fabulous apartment 

with this closet!

and best of all...

...having the company of these ladies.

P.S. It's almost the weekend!!

-C

Source for these pictures: unknown. I've had them on my computer forever. If you know where they came from please comment so I can credit them!

{ Oh no... }

I don't know how this happened...

One thing led to another and before I knew it, I was making a grocery listed that included all the necessary ingredients to make these little pieces of heaven...

 Ganache-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies.

Does anyone out there know how I feel about chocolate chip cookies?

I have a seriously unhealthy (literally) amount of affection for them.

I don't just like them, I adore them.

And don't even get me started on ganache y'all.

When Chelsea and I were living in Chicago, we lived right across the street from the most amazing cupcake bakery I've ever been to in my life. They practically knew my name, and that is because it is there that you will find the almighty Chocolate Ganache Cupcake. 

Pure bliss to the lips, not to the hips.

I'll leave you with that. 

Night y'all.

-C

{ It's mighty chilly... }

About a week ago I ordered Home Rules by Nate Berkus online,

and it came in the mail today!

Nate Berkus' dining room

After a very long and cold day I am so, so terribly excited to sit down with some hot cocoa tonight and 

soak in all of the inspiration and loveliness this book has to offer.

I hope your week is going quicker than mine. 

I've got a blog post coming your way tomorrow about changes that will be 

happening to the blog in the next couple of weeks.

Stay tuned :)

-C

{ Lovely Things: Franklin Collection at Jess LC Jewelry }

I just came across this collection of necklaces  by Jess LC  and I just had to share!

I love these.
As I'm sure you can see, the front of the necklaces are written in braille.

They have all kinds of other sweet phrases, too, like "be thankful" or "dream bigger."

I could probably use the one that says "be present."

They're really lovely, and are all about $58.00 I believe. 

In other news, I just can't seem to wake up today.

I just want to stay curled up in bed watching sex and the city reruns.

In fact, I think I'll do just that.

Hope this Monday treated you all well!

-C

{ A weekend to do list. }

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While I love weekends for all of the downtime they give you, 

I also love them because they give you time to get things done.

So here's what I'm hoping to check off my list this weekend:

1. Do all of my laundry AND put all of it away. 

(This could take me the whole weekend in itself.)

2. Go over my degree audit to loosely plan my schedule for the rest of the year 

and have ideas about what I need to take in the summer.

(joy.)

3. Clean out my purse!

(It's embarrassing.)

4. Look for contact paper/shelf liner to finally finish my vanity.

(It's a thrifted desk that my mom gave to me when I moved in to my apartment. It's worked out great but it used to be covered in these stickers and though we tried to sand it down with just a little sander thingamajig (sorry for the technical term, i think you follow) and painted it white, the stickers still come through and it drives me crazy, so I'm hoping to cover the top with some cool contact paper. Plus I need to finally get new hardware for the little drawers on it to give it a little life. I'll definitely make some posts about it once I get the project going.)

5. Get a new binder/organizational materials to sort out all of my class schedules and to do lists. 

(It makes all the difference when I go to do my homework if I have all of my papers organized.)

6. Buy a keychain.

(I don't have one = I lose my keys a lot.)

Nothing groundbreaking, but I'll feel better after that's all done, nonetheless.

I bought a few books off of Amazon yesterday that I'm really excited about, 

and one of them already shipped! 

I'll tell you all about them when they come in =).

Happy Weekend!

-C

{ busting at the seams. }

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(this sounds trite, pardon me)

Sometimes I feel like I have so much pent up energy and creativity that I may explode.

I have so many ideas and things that I want to do and study,

and they all feel so far away when I'm sitting in a lecture hall in Cincinnati.

 Why must I take these boring, useless classes that make me feel like a 5 year old 

trying to sit patiently through church on a Sunday morning?

Oy. 

On a lovelier note, it's officially the weekend! 

We've got snow, yes we do, we've got snow, how bout you?

Enjoy your time off!

-C