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Yikes, I can't believe it's June--where has the time gone? I didn't mean to take such a hiatus from my little blog--I've just been super busy traveling to exotic tropical locations with my newly acquired lover.*

*That is a lie. I have been super busy traveling to Chicago every other week for work. Living out of a suitcase blows.

This has been life as of late:

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1. One plus to my frequent Chicago trips? Hitting up the Garrett Popcorn stand at the airport. SO GOOD.
2. I went to my sister's house for dinner and shot a BB gun. The kick gave me a bruise on my brow bone. 
3. Olive loves staying with my parents while I'm gone, and she also loves to give me dirty looks when I get back.
4. I had a little too much fun recently and took a nap...on dining room chairs.
5. My mom, sister and I did the Runner's World Heartbreak Hill 5k/10k--this was obviously pre-race...but I'm loving my tank from lululemon.
6. I've been on a huge avocado toast kick for lunch at work--with a little Alouette cheese it keeps me full until dinner.

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I've been trying to be a lot better about doing my nails myself, but I suck at it--I will never be someone who walks out the door with an at-home manicure and have it pass for the real thing. I had become really frustrated with the whole process, until I found Dior's Nail Glow.

Admittedly, this stuff is pretty pricey as far as nail polishes are concerned, but I think it's worth it--it dries fast, it gives my nails a shiny, lightly pink sheen, and if it chips it's not noticeable. It's definitely my new favorite polish.

This weekend...

• my mom slept over my apartment Friday night, and it was fabulous: we ate sushi, drank wine, and watched "Her" which was rather depressing. It definitely made be question the merits of checking my phone constantly and entering into a relationship with an operating system.
• Saturday I did a lot of lounging in my parents' Adirondack chairs--the weather was gorgeous and I soaked up every minute of it--the night was capped off with turkey burgers, butter crunch ice cream and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"--so great.
• Yesterday my mom and I did a Target run for exciting things like dish soap and Flair pens, and then stuffed our faces at suburbia's finest dining establishment (hint: baby back ribs). I spent the remainder of the day bracing myself for the week: I'm headed to the midwest for what will surely be a crazy workweek--happy Monday!

to the weekend.

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Is it just me, or did this week drag on forever? I'm really looking forward to taking the next two days to rest and recharge before hitting the ground running on Monday. Hopefully the weekend drags, too--although we all know that's never the case. Le sigh.

Thanks to my birthday, I was finally able to expand my little gallery wall around my office area. I bought the Rifle Paper print (on the left) at the cutest paper store in Portsmouth, NH: Gus and Ruby Letterpress. I had wanted it for a while, so when I saw it I knew it was meant to be. You just can't screw around with fate, especially when it's in printed form.


The second addition might be my most favorite piece of art I own. A while ago, I read all about Carter Kustera on A Piece of Toast. He's a famous silhouette artist based in NYC and his work has been exhibited throughout the world (it also can be found in numerous Jonathan Adler stores). If you provide digital silhouettes of man or beast, he will transform them into a collectable piece of art. Of course, I decided I needed one of my beloved four-legged friend, and my darling sister and her husband made it happen.

What I like most about his Carter's work is that he does the silhouette and then he adds a sassy saying underneath...and I especially love what is written under Olive:



The absolute best.

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