Summertime Pals

In the summertime, accessories are my true pals.  Best buds.  Favorite friends.  Since I basically only wear v-necks and jeans, I often find the need to pretty-up with some easy add-ons.  Luckily for me, Catalog Deconstruction  |  1 has partially arrived! 

I say partially simply because I only purchased a partial amount of my catalog desires.  But that's okay (and appropriate!), because I found that creating the little wish list went a long way in satisfying my shopping itch.

While I was searching online over at Nordstrom for this scarf, I stumbled upon these sandals which could very easily have been included in my Tangerine Tango board (p.s. I ended up needing to go up one-half a size on these babies to find the right fit).  Oh, and a summertime scarf?  Yes!  I took it along to the theater when Arie and I saw Safety Not Guaranteed.  I used it in place of my normal movie theater hoodie.  I felt very elegant in my wrap, and it was much less distracting to use the scarf than to deal with pulling on/off my sweatshirt to suit my changing temperature needs.

What are your favorite summertime accessories?

Sinceres,
H

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Catalog Deconstruction | No. 1

Oh, US mail, how I love and hate you.

When I bring in the mail, I usually separate anything of immediate interest from the stack then throw the rest into a pile on our bench near the front door. Ads, junk mail, Bleck. Catalogs, Yay! I usually let them stack up for a bit until Arie goes through the pile and asks me whether or not he can recycle them. Most recently, he asked me if he could recycle my Anthropologie and Nordstrom catalogs. "No." I knew I better go through them soon since I asked him not to get rid of them. So I went through and took some photos of the photos of the things I would love to have if I could have anything I want.

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Two comments:  First, I bought the scarf.  Second, the matte grey/brown classic Wayfarers are nearly forcing me to re-bleach my hair.  

What are your favorite catalogs?  I want more!

Eightch.

P.S.  Remember when I used the very same mug for this?  Yum!

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