owl take two, please . . .literally

whoooo buys their halloween costumes 12 weeks ahead of time?
apparently, i do.

it's been said i have a sixth sense about some things and today i instinctually checked the pbkids website for their halloween line even though their halloween catalog has not arrived yet.  i got a bit too excited when i saw i was right!  and then even more hopped up when i realized they have re-introduced their precious owl costume this year.  

these bad boys sold out in record time last year and were going on ebay for over a hundo a pop.  

ummmm, to say i wor-ship is definitely an understatement.  i wasn't going to let them slip away again. . . 

P peered over my shoulder when i was ordering and caught a glimpse of the princess get-up.   "i want to be a princess!"  awwww. . . shot-down!

the owls should arrive within 5-7 business days.  hooty-hoo!

i've been a big fan of halloween for quite some time.  mom and pop helped me whip up some real doozies when i was a kid and anyone who went to college with me can attest to my love of the costume party.

i'm not ready to delve into the deets of our annual letter halloween party yet.  you'll be sick of that chatter soon enough.  think "G".

but here are the links to c & p's previous years' costumes.

their first year they were "chicks". {c party}

love-loved these comphy bubble costumes from carter's.  

so reasonable, too.  my fave part is the striped tights.  A-dorbs.  available on diapers.com {for the price of about one owl wing.  doh!}

and then of course came the squiggly pigglys. {s party}

amazebalz.

{available at chasing fireflies.}

i totes love-love halloween!  

another calypso classic. . .

the parachute skirt.  

love-love or not so much?

to bustle. . .

or not to bustle?

on sale now at calypso.

guess what color i just picked up?

hint, hint 

stay-cation

so i've been such a busy bee planning a sip & see for my precious niece.  

the sip & see was last sunday  {yup, the rainiest day of the summer}

it was still such big fun to show off the lovely june and a special treat was seeing all the goodies bestowed upon her by our generous and stylish friends.

so much more on this later  . . .

we were graced once again with the presence of beautiful and talented miss meredith nelson and her mad camera skillz at the event.  i meeeeaaaan, how freaking lucky are we?  

anyhoot, will be sharing the gorge images in due time and i promise you they will be worth the wait.

so, one of lil hoot's fave fans evah, ms. lindsey foley, the personal stylist, gifted the lil june-bug this awesome rikshaw designs outfit.  TDF.

the kurta with the matching bloomers.  swoooooon.

now i want. i want.  

so many fab options over at rikshaw.  the anchor sundress is calling me. . . actually it's screaming at me!

. . . and the last thing c & p need is a summer wardrobe addition.

why am i fixated on these adorbs summer duds?  maybe it's just because i'm sad that summer is coming to an end . . .but mostly i'm pissed that i took my vacay in june.  seemed like a great idea at the time.  but i'd love to be back on nantucket for the month of august.  

to deal with my miserable existence in marblehead {ha} i'm fully immersed in my first elin hilderbrand novel, the beach club.  

why oh why haven't i picked up an elin book before?  i could have neglected my children for hours on end at such an earlier age.  seriously tho, if i can't be seeing my ashy at millie's, it's the next best thing.  anyone not going on vacay this month but wishing they were, buy this book.

here's some images of the island that elin's words conjure up. . . {because it's totes based on the cliffside beach club.  obvi.}

elin, take me away!

another great coping mechanism for my august stay-cation is the consumption of whispering angel rose.   a fab reminder of nantucket wine fest and bonus of hostessing the sip & see.  {avid reader ms. anne gifted me two bottles!} which oddly were never put out at the party. . .

shhhhhh. . . can you hear it?

can you say slacker?

my sincere apologies once again for neglecting my dear blog.  i have a slue of excuses but i'll spare you the bulk of them.

so much to catch up on!  

first off, i am having such. big. fun watching my first 'celeb' client kick *ss on HGTV's design star.  i had the pleasure of attending boarding school with miss meg caswell.  we shared an occasional illegal bevvy in the woods, as well as many laughs.  and NOW i get to see her on TV every monday night. 

check out these before and after pics from the bed & breakfast challenge last week.  meg nailed it! so much so that my beloved vern yip said it was his fave room he's seen in 6 seasons of the show.  you go girl!

before {yuck}

and voila!

i was thrilled when meg hired me to help with a baby shower she was hostessing.

with the help of jayme marie designs, we created a special soiree, bursting with with flair and personality {like meg and guest of honor, ashley!}  

it was too much fun and i can't wait to share the deets.  {hint, hint, meg.  we know you're busy getting famous and all but can we get those pics?}

here's a sneak peek of the menus jayme created for the bright and lively 'bun in the oven' themed shower.  

hmmm. . .what else have i been up to besides blogging?

unfortch, last weekend we attended a funeral.  debbie downer alert!  i consider myself lucky that these are few and far between in my life, but difficult none the less.  my neighbor growing up passed away.  he had been suffering for a long time so his passing was bittersweet.   i love his family as i love my own so that part is tough but they are strong amazing peeps. 

wompwomp.

on a positive note - i got to show c & p the teeny tiny town where i was lucky enough to grow up.  it hasn't changed much, which is what makes it so charming.  and my appreciation for it now far exceeds when i was a child.  isn't that always the way? 

 anyhoot, we stayed at our dear family friends who own one of my fave properties on the planet.  if anyone wants to buy it - it's for sale.  here's some pics i stole off the sotheby's site.  

{i don't really want you to buy it though because i totes need to visit it forevah.  CBC, any extra carsh laying around?}

and here's some i took of c & p romping around the "yard" last weekend.

my go-to descriptive words "adorbs", "amazebalz", and "wor-ship" only begin to describe my adoration for this home, where owners "s & l" have a knack for making me feel at home.  

simply put: they are. . . the. best.

might i add these are the same peeps that lent us our wedding getaway car.  the t-bird!

image by corinna raznikov

thank you "s& l" for everything.

and for raising one of the sweetest gals i know, fellow blogger miss kate of the thrill of the chaise. {damn! why didn't i think of that?!}

 i like to believe all of the hours i logged babysitting kate contributed to her fab wit and style.

my lil ladies saw some big glorious trees and witnessed a place where there's as many horses on the road as cars {and it's not because their amish}. 

here's the farm where i clinched a few blue ribbons.  then i discovered boys and TV.

i digress. . . 

we also stopped at the village store on our way out of town to load up on some munchies and nostalgia for the trip home.

it had plenty of both.

i miss you bri-wa.  

never change!

more ruffles - love-love or not so much?

this time a slightly more sophisticated use of the ruffle.  i wonder if ralph was inspired by rufflebutts?

seriously tho, i'm pretty smitten by this gown, and i wor-ship the fact that it was a gift from father to daughter.  {ralph lauren for daughter dylan} 

amazebalz.

pick up the august issue of vogue for the deets.  

and while we are at it let's just take a peek at dylan's candy-themed bridal shower planned by martha's right hand, darcy miller.  

it is. . . OOC.

caviar "rings".  obvs.

i die.

edible necklace.  forreals.

please please do yourself a favor and drool over more swoontastic images of this adorbs shower at martha stewart.

anyhoot, do you love-love the dress or not so much?

rufflebutts

adorbs!

girlie newborn gifts are on the mind {ahum, june}

and rufflebutts, is on zulily today.

they also come in toddler sizes.  but i prob should not draw attention to the fact that my girlies are still in diapers . . . or do i take advantage of their last summer where it's totes appropes to be carelessly sashaying around topless {while cr*pping their pants}?

hmmmmm. . . 

they do come in pink AND yellow.

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