Beautiful Bungalow

One of my random, favorite activities is to browse houses on Rate My Space. I found this adorable cottage the other day and I just had to share.

Front of the house. I love the paint colors and perfectly maintained yard:

Beautiful, light, and airy living room:
Relaxing master bedroom:

Adorable kitchen with all sorts of interesting details:

I LOVE this guest room. It's so relaxing...it'd feel like staying in a hotel!

~All images from HGTV's Rate my Space~

Spring, where are you!?

I am SO ready for Spring! I love everything about this season: the colors, the holidays (Easter and my birthday :), the weather, the flowers...I could go on and on. I did a little pre-Spring shopping today and it just made me even more anxious for Easter so that I can start wearing my white and Springy clothes! Here's what I picked up...

White toothpick ankle jeans from J. Crew:

J. Crew Flouncy Flowers Scoopneck tee:

Wind Wheel Posts from Anthropologie:

A New Look!

Hello, hello! It's been a while...I've actually been waiting to blog until my lovely, new blog design was ready! Do you love it? I am in LOVE. I was definitely overdue for a change! It was designed by the lovely ladies at Designer Blogs. I highly recommend them; they were absolutely wonderful.

On another note, you should all be very jealous because I am seeing this beautiful man sing on Sunday night....

That's right, ladies! I have the pleasure of seeing Michael Buble in Atlanta with my mom, my sister-in law, and her mom (I might need to add that this is the third time I have seen him...is that bad?). I can't wait! Have a great weekend!

A Visitor

We have been dog sitting our friends' dog all weekend. She's a little yellow lab puppy named Charlotte, and she is so cute!

Bailey and Charlotte waiting for us at the door:

Charlotte found a cozy spot when I was changing the sheets...
Look how tiny she is in Bailey's bed!

And lastly, my lovely Valentine's Day flowers from Michael. I love them!

Happy Valentine's Day!

ATTENTION!

My sister-in-law, Michelle, has started a blog about their family! I am SO excited - I can see pictures of my adorable nephew all the time!

How Sweet It Is - Check it out!

LOVES Trina Turk

I am already obsessing over new Spring clothes. Not good, considering it snowed last weekend.

Trina Turk has long been a favorite designer of mine. Look at these beautiful items for this Spring:

Honono Dress:

Noi 2 Skirt:

Marigo Skirt:
Bernie Cuffed Short:

Feel free to purchase any of these items on my behalf!

Recent Reading

As I've mentioned before, I am an avid reader and I absolutely LOVE reading. Not only do I enjoy reading, I think that it substantially increases my vocabulary and improves my writing. I'm a very fast reader; I usually average a book every two weeks. Thus, I am constantly on the look-out for new books to read! Here are a few of my recent favorites:

South of Broad by Pat Conroy (probably my favorite author):

The Help by Kathryn Stockett:Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah:

Next up in my queue is The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory:

Gregory wrote The Other Boleyn Girl, which got me hooked on her series about the Tudor Monarchy. I am a history junkie, so these books have kept me occupied for a while!

Do you have any good book recommendations? Please share!