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Posted on February 25, 2011 by Jess

With the threat of spring in the air, I find myself looking online for a few new dresses or frilly skirts. And after all–I just got my tax refund so why not treat myself a bit? (don’t worry, most of it is going into savings…boring). Here are a few that I found.

From Anthropologie, I am in love with this dress. It is perfect for work because of the length and the print and sleeves make it wearable all year long. And I really just can’t say no to that smocked waist.

And these skirts! More smocking and yellow! and cuteness! And I think the dark one would look so cute with a poppy button-up and fancy jewelry.

From Madewell, there is this dress (shown in two different prints) that I am gaga over. Never bought a dress from them before (although I received a sweater for Christmas and it is really nice quality) so I’m not sure, but both of the prints are beautiful and I LOVE the thick black straps!

Which one(s) do you like best? I’m having trouble deciding. I thought I had bought the first dress already, but my computer died right before I could confirm my order I guess, so of course now I’m rethinking…help!

Also, some cute pictures of the puppies. Goliath went up to my mom’s for a week while Drew and I were in the Bahamas, and then Wrigley came down to spend the weekend with us while Mom, Todd, and Michael were at a soccer tournament in Williamsburg. They are the cutest buddies, aren’t they?

Somebody got a little jealous when Wrigley snuggled up to me for a nap (ahem, Goliath–he’s the one on top)

Goliath after a very muddy time at the dog park.

Chillin at Mom’s house.

Drew and Wrigley get close.

That’s all for today. After playing a little Dance Central, I think I’m going to indulge in some chic lit reading and then go pick up Drew from his guy’s night in. Yay weekend!

Looks

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Jess

Hope everyone had a lovely Valentine’s Day! I had a nice lazy day filled with blueberry pancakes, thick bacon, writing, reading, and the apartment all to myself–a pretty good day all around! Yesterday I started and finished Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, which I really enjoyed. It is a very easy read and has inspired me to put some structure to my writing (almost nonexistent for a long while), instead of giving myself such a daunting goal of writing a novel someday. So I’m going to take the same approach as I did with the marathon and write a little bit every day (I started yesterday) and see what ideas I come up with. Then I’ll start bringing those together and hopefully work on a real project. So far it is fun! And I really like what she says–that writing is all about telling the truth. That was something I needed to hear because when I was a teenager I think I used writing to lie about my life and wallow in drama. Before I knew it I actually believed that some of those things were happening to me! It is much more freeing to be the scribe, bound to tell the truth, but also empowered to show my personal point of view. So yes, we’ll see I’m also reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society which is an enjoyable piece of fluff, if you like literary references and books written as a collection of letters. I needed something light after East of Eden and so far it is exactly what I was looking for.