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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Are you Irish?

I am.

So is my husband.

So we went out to celebrate. We went to the bar where we met.

Yes. We met in a bar and if my husband tells you the story I picked HIM up. But let's be real ladies... he picked ME up.

Duh!

So we went to the bar where we met 14 ish years ago.

And I DID NOT GET CARDED!

I'm devastated!

A Love Story.

Have you ever been in love... with a bathroom fixture?

No? Well, I am... and here he is.






Isn't he just gorgeous??

Here's another view.



I love everything about our new tub fixtures. Square, sturdy, shiny... perfect.

Another one of my double D's!

Friday I posted about one of my double D's - decorating delemmas and today I am posting about the other double D.


My step daughter's pepto room. As in pepto pink room. It's pink. And her bedding is pink. It's unplesant. She picked it out all by herself when she was 14. She's going to be 18. And she lives in California with her mom. And I am pretty sure she's over the PINK.



Too bad, so sad if she's not because I am. I like pink and all but not that much pink!


I can't show you the full room because it's a mess?









I am not willing to give up a weekend painting it when I have more decorating delemmas lingering in our house.



So I've decided I will change the bedding/window treatments, etc to something neutral to see if I can tone down the PINK.



Any suggestions for a neutral bedding solution?

Double D's!

Decorating Dilemmas that is.

So we're having our guest/kids bath remodeled right now and I decided on a light purple wall - I'll call it lavender.

See?

Do you know how hard it is to find a shower curtain you like that matches a color? Hard. First of all I hate shower curtains in general. The material, the pattern, the colors -- generally give me a headache.

Target had a couple I liked but none that would go well with lavender. Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel, Garnet Hill, Land of Nod - were all #fails. I did find a sheet that I could have very easily made into a shower curtain from Garnet Hill but it was on back order until June... another #fail.

And then it hit me!

It hit me while I was in Home Goods buying the accessories (towel rods, trash can, tissue holder, etc) that I would go with a white waffle weave shower curtain and monogram an "N" on it. Last name begins with an "N" of course.

Two guesses what color the "N" is.

Cute as cute can be, yes?

My son Michael (who is 8) loves madras as much as I do so when we saw this in the Land of Nod catalog tonight I knew we had to have it!



Is this not the cutest bedding EVER??!

Raindrops on roses...

...and whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens

Brown paper packages tied up with strings

These are a few of my favorite things...

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DownyWrinkle Releaser

I don't iron my t-shirts, do you? This is great for t-shirt wrinkles. Oddly my husband is suspicious of what's in this because it works so well that he won't use it. I love it.
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Instant Age Rewind Eraser

Just got this and I love it. It's a light weight make up that is easy to to apply.
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Black Sharpie

Who doesn't love the sharpie? I don't care if it does bleed through I still love it.
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Kindle 2

No words can describe how much I love my Kindle.
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Aura CaciaNatural Skin Care Oil, Grapeseed

I apply to my neck every night and day to help keep my skin looking youthful.
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First for Women Magazine

The best women's magazine ever. I always get great tips, recipes, and product reviews from this monthly magazine. LOVE it.

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Archipelago Botanicals Soy Milk Lotion

Smells great, not too thick and makes my skin feel soft! I use it every night and morning.

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BenefiberKiwi Strawberry Flavored Stick Pack

A girl needs her fiber.

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DryelRefill Cloths

Pefect for cleaning your everyday, not spending $4 per at the drycleaner sweaters.

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Scrubbing BubblesToilet Cleaning Gel

Great for in between cleanings.

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What about you? What do you love these days?

Jake is a nice guy.

It's 8:50 PM on Monday night and I predict Jake will pick Vienna.

Even though they are so wrong for each other that most of America can see it.

Why do I think he's going to pick her!?

Because he is the ultimate "nice guy."

FYI... nice guy in the uncool kind of way.

And this type of nice guy never ever gets the "bad girl."

Vienna is a bad girl.

FYI... bad girl in the I'll crash a wedding party with bad girl. Bad girl in the I can call you at 2 AM and you'll come over kind of girl. Bad girl as in I've been in a wet t-shirt kind of girl. I could go on... but y'all know exactly the type because we all know (and hate) these kind of girls because she's not a girl's friend kind of girl. She's not a girl's girl. She's the "friend" who you swear is flirting with YOUR guy at parties.

Jake would never ever get a bad girl in real life. But he got this bad girl on The Bachelor.

AND THAT IS WHY HE'S GOING TO PICK VIENNA.

He's a nice guy and nice guys never get the bad girls.

Tenley on the other hand is a nice girl like Jake is a nice guy. Tenley would never get an Andrew Firestone for example or a Brad Pitt or an Edward.

Know what I mean?