Finders Keepers?

Jessica Simpson may not know where canned tuna fish comes from but she certainly can design a gorgeous high heel. Here's the story behind this latest purchase...

Saturday afternoon I specifically went into TJ Maxx with a gift card and a NEED for a cute pair of fun heels. ;) Red was exactly what I had in mind. I perused the seemingly endless shoe section looking for my size eights. Sandals, wedges, flats...nothing seemed "just right." At the time when I had decided to throw in the towel and head over to the summer dresses, something red in the size sixes caught my eye.

They were on the bottom shelf. Pushed back behind a pair of Nine West black pumps. They were calling my name. They were size eight. They were PERFECT. So perfect, in fact, that I am convinced someone had hid them for later purchase. As I put them on and walked over to those mini-floor mirrors they have in every shoe department, I had that little feeling that perhaps I should put them back. Then I saw the reflection in the mirror.

Finders Keepers...

The possibilities are endless for these cuties.

Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore!

(another) Snow Day

That's right, another snow day!

I'm trying to be as productive as possible today and even started a little bit of spring cleaning.

Perhaps if we think spring, it will happen?!

Until then...

(and yes, the vertical frame does not have any of our pictures in it yet...

but that little baby is cute!)

If I never saw another snowflake...

I would be okay!

Love in is the air

It's cold and snowy outside today...

but we're sending warm thoughts, love, and Valentine's your way!

Who can resist a pink and red holiday in the middle of a dreary winter?

I certainly can't!

Happy Valentine's Day!

And the good news is...

Only 42 days until the official start of spring!

In the meantime...stay warm and enjoy! Main Street in Bel Air


Tea By Two

Bel Air High School

Intersection at Bel Air Road

Hayes House

back in our neck of the woods...

Bel Air United Methodist Church

Linwood Avenue

The view down Maitland Street

Outside shoveling...heard a crack...turned around and saw the neighbor's tree had just fallen down...

I am obviously not going anywhere in the Buick... However, the truck is ready to go...

I *Heart* Books!

Oh, how I love, love, love to read! I live for those summer days when I can lay out at the pool and finish a book every two days. (However, I think I will skip the second degree burn this year!) While I spend a good bit of time reading professional literature, what I live for is that 3o minutes before sleep where I get back into whatever I have been reading for fun. And I love to talk about it (I really need to be in a book club!)! I read The Help last fall, which is probably now one of my favorite books and have started this year with Cleaving (by Julie Powell who wrote Julie and Julia - this one is about how she has an affair after the success of the blog and becomes a butcher - fascinating) and The Piano Teacher (staying in bed on MLK day until 11 am just so I could finish). Now I'm reading The Girl Next Door. Next up in the book basket - some yummy non-fiction: Finding It (Valerie Bertinelli - I read her first book and liked it - a lot.) and Bringing Home the Birkin - (who doesn't love to read about handbags that cost more than what I make in a year??). Happy Reading!

On the Bright Side

Typically, January is my least favorite month of the year. The anticipation of Christmas and the holidays is over, any remaining lights on houses now just make me feel melancholy. It's back to being a responsible calorie counter and gym-goer, and it feels like spring is no where in sight. It's a little rainy and dark this morning. The Ravens have officially ended the season with a sad loss last night to Indy - which we missed since we were enjoying one of Ross's Christmas presents - Brad Sherwood and Colin Mochrie (both from Whose Line is it Anyway?) at the Lyric - and so we decided it was much more fun to laugh for two and a half hours than watch a sad defeat. I have a mountain of laundry and school work to catch up on, but am procrastinating, instead making cinnamon muffins (oh, the house smells SO good right now!) and watching the DVR'ed premier of Project Runway. Then I am going to snuggle down and continue reading The Piano Teacher (how did I miss this book last year??). Maybe January isn't so bad after all...