where the drunk things are

after hearing about the sad passing of maurice sendak this morning, my intention was to post just as soon as i found a pic from college that would help explain what the classic children's book 'where the wild things are' means to me.  

why on earth i thought i could sift through 35 years of pics to find one particular shot from 18 years ago is beyond me. 

 so now that i've spent the afternoon taking a very interesting trip down memory lane and coming up empty-handed with the photograph. . . you'll have to take my word for it.

grew up loving the brilliant 'where the wild things are' and had a big poster hanging - like this . . .
in our off-campus dwelling.  

then in a ridiculously self-indulgent manner, hanging next to it, a huge blow up photo of my two roommates and myself hanging upside down from the rafters in our apartment {obvs}

it occurs to me now that we were big a-holes/tools/idiots having this on display for all to see. . . but i guess that's what being in college is all about.

RIP maurice sendak

{and while we are at it, RIP all pictures from college}

the aftermath

lots o laughs this past weekend during our epic florida extravaganza.  you'll have to wait until wedding wednesday for the deets . .  trust me on this one, they are totes worth waiting for.

today i'll be reliant on c & p to bring the laughs. . . not quite the same dynamic as hanging at the ritz for 4 days with your besties and one gazillion cocktails.

but i'm pretty sure they know they have to bring their A game to the park . . . or mommy. might.  die. 

c, p, grab your ponchos {tg it's PPW!}  let's do this.

hold my calls

alarm is set for 4 hours from now, when my journey begins south.

not. bringing. my. laptop.

{or any of my other babies for that matter.}

laters, babes.

{totes fitty reference.  obvs will be bringing book 2 with me}

wedding wednesday: can you even handler it?

quick post today . . . because i'm running around like a cray person getting ready for our trip to naples for chelsea and chuy's weddin'
{pics from the C party.  obvs}

and as if this was the 'real' chelsea and chuy's wedding there will be lots of vodka. . .

 and TONS of happy dances.

as much as we loff and are silly and effing love to tear shiz up- i know this day is about much more than vodka and happy dances.  

so nigel. . . 

 Jen and Nigel rule!

J & M - i love you guys so much and cannot wait to celebrate YOU. 

hasta manana!

{and obvs i will not be posting poolside but promise to share the deets next week.}

desperate tuesday

i have a gazillion things to do while the wee ones are at school but this rainy weather inspired me to curl up with george and loo and do a bit of work from home . . . while watching desperate.

i'm well aware that i am one of the last peeps on the planet that watch this show and i'm not afraid to admit that i am totes sad to 'kiss them goodbye'.  {but i'm in great company- love you kate and ash}

i know it's a long shot but do you still watch? are you a bree, lynette, susan or gabi?

i worship them all, mainly gabi.  but i'd have to say i'm more of a susan  . . . mostly because she always falls.  obvs.

happy rainy tuesday!

spring fling

had a chance to get gussied up on saturday and wore my new elva fields necklace.

WOR-SHIP elva.

wore it with this gray chiffon number from calypso sans belt.  obvs.

 {via LG's closet- thanks, liz!}

also dug these bad boys out of the closet.  sorta cheesy i know but they work well with the gray.

since i wasn't purchasing a "new " dress or shoes -  i splurged on hair & make up.

here's the look i went for . . .

so i didn't look exactly like this twenty-something supermodel but it was a solid attempt by the gals at andrew michaels and rouge cosmetics. {maje props for not laughing in my face when i told them i wanted to look like this beauty}

 btw, loving my new lip candy - paula dorf's flamingo

and NARS new larger than life lipgloss in Odalisque 

now gearing up for the main event.  a very special shelby gets married this weekend!  i pretty much die of excitement. . . 

if i can stop jumping up and down long enough to post this week, i will.

oh and SJLD in full effect.  OBVS.

frenchie friday: perfectly pied

via fashion salade

via

via etsy

sooo, is it awk that it took me two years to meet JBW's youngest children but less than 2 weeks to meet her french bulldog puppy?  and that I have seen the puppy twice already. . . perhaps. . .
but whatevs.  i heart puppies! {bebes?  not so much. . . }

meet C. C. - the perfectly pied princess . . .

i. die.

looloo is not MIL with this fine young thing.  can't say i blame the bitch.  i'd feel threatened by this cuteness, too!

je t'aime C.C!