chi-town, illinois

•  Enjoy the throwback photo of me as a very scary pumpkin. I am off to Chicago for baby Brooke's first birthday and to visit friends! Happy Halloween...

• aren't these great?! ... check out more of the fun from anthropologie.

• i sport these sparkly shoes with everything. check out other colors here.

"do you pop out at parties?

are you unpoopular?"

- lucille ball as lucy ricardo,
i love lucy

• stumbled across this gem of a polaroid, and this girl gets it. only seven more months until summer... just enough time for me to purchase a raft, a snorkel, and flippers. o, and a plane ticket to paradise. 

• this is where i was this weekend, and it was awesome. Mizzou Homecoming 2010. October 22 & 23. Columbia, MO.  

LOVE this. the purse, the shoes, the sweater.

• "one phrase, seven writers and a colorful cast of characters" - Kate Spade commissioned seven female writers to write seven short stories based on these words: she is quick and curious and playful and strong. i've got to get my hands on these.

• check out more of the redesigned posters here.

thanks to A Cup of Jo.

• i'm a fan of the fire red locks. (check other dare devils out here)

• Jackie with baby John... pearls and all. via

TGIF

• this house is GORGEOUS. i just adore it. i feel like Fall is this home's perfect complement... it reminds me of the houses in Quincy, IL where I will be traveling to today for my cousin's HS football game. cheers to small town USA. 

• LOVE this adorable bathroom. check out the before and after. 

• i have been a bad blogger lately... very busy with the whole finding a big kid job thing and dreaming to hopefully someday call a closet like this my own. 

The Row- Spring/Summer 2011 RTW

• check out this video. via usatoday

• isn't this beautiful?? this house is located in tinos, greece... just gorgeous! via

"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall" 

- The Great Gatsby

cybill.