…for the love of old things
It was a beautiful sunny fall day and my daughters and I decided to do a little thrifting in the morning. First I decided to return the green pebbled leather Coach Soho purse I wrote about previously. It was so cute but just not in good enough condition and I couldn’t find an inexpensive way…
Finally, cooler days (and nights) that make me sigh with relief. Even with less daylight, I love fall. Don’t you? These days I’m spending more time adding things to my store (for the upcoming holiday season) but I haven’t completely stopped sourcing!! I’ve found a few goodies over the last three days that I’m quite…
It’s easy when you blog or vlog to focus on the positive side of life and business. Most of us paint pretty pictures on social media–smiling family and friends, exciting travels and outings, fabulous career moves and achievements, stupendous finds. But yesterday was a different reality. After packaging up one lone sale (in a lackluster…
Since my youngest is home from college for a few more weeks we decided to do a mini-vacay…destination San Francisco. Decades ago when I first moved to California I lived in San Francisco for three years and it’s always had a soft spot in my heart. Plus it’s only about 40 miles away! I booked an…
After suffering through the blistering heat recently, I am soooo ready for fall, my favorite season. I love sweater weather and walking through crunchy leaves and lighting candles as the nights get longer. In general I don’t decorate for the seasons, but I realize I do switch out a few things around the house without…
It was not a good weekend for me. Besides being beastly hot (over 100 degrees F) with no air conditioning, I had a flair up of painful condition that incapacitated me all weekend. 😦 I was doctoring it with hot compresses(!), ibuprofen and essential oils as I had done in the past but this time…
Typically after my workout class I run a few errands. I’m all sweaty and disheveled, but many of the places I frequent are on my route home, so it makes sense to take care of them when I’m already out and about. But today my youngest daughter (home from college for a month) had gone…
