I'm game: I love me some etsy!

Since I borrowed this cute little button from Becca I thought I should participate!

I pretty much took some of my favorites from my favorited etsy items. I tried to mix it up some because 80% of my favorites are jewelry! And much like the pretty things I posted about yesterday, these won't be going in my shopping cart anytime soon, save for the earrings, which I already purchased.

The first item comes from muntedkowhai. I didn't used to like crocheted jewelry, but I can't get enough of it now!

Next up is a gorgeous cup set I've been coveting for quite a while now. I can't help but think twice about getting these with the $107 price tag, but I've got to give props to bailey doesn't bark....these are the prettiest cups I've seen! I love the gold touch!

Now if I had $675 to spend on a whim, this dress from Makool would be top on my list! I don't care that I would have hardly any ocassion to wear it....it's just soooo pretty!

These earrings are beautiful! I've been wanting some feather earrings for a while and didn't want to go the peacock route because that's all I was seeing for a while. These macaw feather earrings from Global Goddess Goods were just what I was looking for. They even have a little Peruvian seed so I feel like an Amazonian princess when I wear them! :P

Last is a print from Ancient ArtiZen. The photo is of the rooftops of some houses in Cusco, my mother's home town. Well, she's actually from a smaller town, Limatambo, which is about 2 hours away, but close enough. Anyways, Cusco was by far my favorite city on our trip to Peru back in 1999. I really want to go back and this print is a nice reminder to myself. Jon has even expressed interest to visit, so it's definitely on our travel list!

There are my contributions! Sorry they're so late in the day, but this is pretty much the only time I can blog. Having Jon home makes it a lot harder to find time to do this and keep up with reading! Have a good night!

I ♥ Free People

I go through cycles of drooling over their catalog and then forgetting about them altogether. I just thought this was interesting

Sabino Canyon Dress

Reid Park Lace Up Top

Tucson inspired, the former being a favorite hiking spot amongst locals, the latter being the park where I (used to) run. I must check out their spring collection.........later. Husband is already sleeping soundly beside me. Good night!

Spring in January

My knee was definitely feeling better today (well, yesterday by the time I post this)! Like DAR said, it was just a little stiff--stairs were still the enemy today, but I definitely felt an improvement once I woke up at (cough) 10:15. 

It was beautiful today! It was 74 degrees when I left the house this afternoon. So I turned off the AC in the car, rolled the windows down, and opened the sunroof on my way to our local outdoor shopping center, La Encantada (which quite literally translates to "the enchanted one"--I love living in the SW with all its cutesy Spanish names). I very understandably have spring fever so went on a little shopping spree....just a little one, but enough damage that husband will ask: why? I'm sure he's already seen the bank account ;)

Here are my purchases

This sweater just says spring to me with its light green color and its lightweight texture. I can totally picture wearing this on a spring beach excursion. Now if only we had a beach....closest one (in the US) is 6 hours away in San Diego!

I got this shirt at my favorite store, Anthro. If I could afford it, I would buy this store out--I LOVE it! Well, I swore I would never buy a shirt from there again because averaging at $58, their knits are very disappointedly short-lived, no matter if you follow the care instructions. I got holes and spots where the fabric wore down on every single shirt I bought there. The quality just isn't worth that money. But then I saw this shirt, I had to get it! I really wanted the white one, but being brown, I can't wear white too easily without my bra showing through. I need a good nude-colored bra! Oh and while looking for this online, I saw that it was also available in pink. Boo!!

Spur of the moment, I wandered into L'Occitane. I had dug up a bottle of Lavender Body Milk recently and used it up pretty fast, so I decided I wanted to look for some more. Well, being that the milk I used was from 2004, the formulation had changed. It wasn't much, and I was still going to buy it until I saw this bottle of Cherry Blossom shimmer lotion. I love the way it smells! It's very soft and feminine.....and springy! After trying it out and confirming that it wasn't too shimmery, I was sold! It was $24 for a 250 mL bottle and $32 for a 500 mL bottle so I sprung for the better deal.

I went home after all this, but I wasn't done yet! I've been keeping a shopping cart at Ruche and after losing a few items due to being sold out, I just checked out today. 

I love this store! It's very similar to Anthro but with limited stock and items....and WAY better prices. I got a 10% discount from Cheap Chica's discount code (you can get one from various blogs and myspace as well). Since this is the first time I ordered from here, however, I cannot testify about the quality of the merchandise until I receive my package. I'm so excited and will let you all know how satisfied I am with it. I have all confidence that the report card will come back all good!

I know if I shopped elsewhere I would have got a lot more for $2oo (wince), but I think I still did pretty good for all I got!

Guilty

I bought those boots! They were just sitting in my Nordstrom cart, anxiously awaiting a further discount. Then, a friend of mine at work told me that Dillard's was having a sale on shoes and it was all over! Forty percent off and no shipping....how could I not get them? I really don't know what I'm going to wear them with, but I don't think I could pull them off with pants. I think I would like them better with skirts or dresses.

OK....I have to go wash the car now. It's been at least a month before she's had a bath. Husband is going to kill me!