Am I allowed to use the word "networking"?

Because that's totally what I did today. My new friend Grechen, who I met at a fashion brunch last Saturday invited me to join the ATX Ladies Who Lunch, and today we met at Mandola's for some delicious Italian food and fabulous company!



I had so much fun talking about all things blogging with these ladies (and OK, we did chat a bit about boys, etc.) I think the stars might have aligned because Sandhya said she's been thinking about starting an Austin street style blog as well-- which meeeaaans that with our powers combined, we'll come up with something that much more fantastic! Anyway, I'll definitely keep you updated.


Thanks to Sandhya for bringing her cammie (and thanks to a couple of ladies who were totally Anslee fans who helped take the photo)
(left to right)
Grechen of Grechen's Closet, Megan of SewSister, Michelle of Wicked Whimsy, Sandhya of Livin' Wide, moi, Diya of In Her Stilettos, Joanna of Keep Austin Stylish, Anslee of Savannah Red Designs.
It was also Joanna's birthday. Happy Birthday, sweetie! Hope it was fabulous!

Unfortunately, my afternoon wasn't quite as fun because (really long story short-- trust me, I tried the story out on Nathan and it didn't go over well), I had to case the neighborhood searching for our UPS guy and a very important package that I'd missed while I was at lunch, being all networky.



Follow that truck!

Here's to a sweet weekend.

Whether you're with family, friends or a sweet little furry companion, hope you're having a weekend filled with loveliness.

Have a lovely weekend.

Just wanted to share with you my favorite shot from Nathan's most recent photoshoot.



This weekend, we're celebrating Nathan's birthday with two outings. The first is a trip to a winebar. (Haven't decided amongst here, here, or here. Suggestions?)
The other trip will be to the Apple store to pick up this little beauty.

I also might be crazy, because I'm starting in on this writing project for the month of May.

What are you up to this weekend?

Happy ...Easter?

Why so serious?

Summer is here! Well, basically here.

I have five days of school left, and after reading Erika's list of all the stuff she's looking forward to this summer, I had to post my list too.

1. I'm excited about working on my second book, and hearing back from agents on my first.

2. I'm excited about sleeping in. Ahhhh.

3. I'm excited about working on sewing with Jenny. I've always wanted to learn to sew, and Jenny was kind enough to offer to help me.

4. I'm excited about using the gazelle to workout while watching marathons of my favorite shows.

5. I'm excited about meeting Stacy at Epoch or Thunderbird Cafe during the day, and playing this awesome word game called Syzygy. Yes, it's a word game, and if I explain it to you, it won't sound fun. Stacy already agreed to play it with me, and I predict she kicks my you-know-what.

6. I'm excited about going to visit my parents for the 4th of July and the two things on the agenda: laying in the hammock and playing bocce ball.

7. I'm excited about swimming at our apartment pool, and even better--breaking out our pool toys from last year.