SUMMER IS A LOVELY THING.

If you would have asked me this time last year I would have declared my dislike for summer.  I know, I know... who dislikes summer?  Well, when you spend your summers working nonstop and pick up your 8 month old from your parents house while fast asleep at 2 am and get a nice wake up call from said 8 month old at 6:30 all while maintaining a nice shade of pasty white, its safe to say it's not your favorite season.  I have always been a fall girl...  fall smells, fall activities, the crisp air, spending time with family, a return to normalcy, back to school, the feeling that you have a lifetime between you and next summer... so many things to love.

Now fast forward to this year... I. Love. Summer.  Of course I still have my moments where I miss the shop and it definitely took me a few weeks into it to start feeling this way (I really didn't know what to do with myself memorial day weekend) but I am starting to realize that this summer thing is pretty sweet.  I have still been quite the little busy bee tying up lots of loose ends in my life.

Ive been cleaning out the storage unit that had everything from the shop and let me tell you it feels so good!  In the past I have been quite the hoarder (I can't tell you the number of times I moved my magazine collection from college) but I have turned over a new leaf and want to get rid of it all.  I hosted sales on instagram to sell all of the displays and merchandise from the shop and even have posted some new stuff as well.  We are also planning a huge (like really huge) garage sale in September  that I am pretty psyched for.

Im sooooo excited to launch the new website!  The new branding is complete and I just got a look at the site design and I LOVE it.  We still have some tweeks to make and are looking at launching sometime in the beginning of September.  So if you guys have any requests or advice, now is the time.  I would love to hear some input on things you would like to see.

On the home front we have really been trying to complete and finish some projects inside and out.  We have been living in our house for 2 1/2 years and it is very much a work in progress, so it's been fun to see some things finally start shaping up.  I am definitely going to be posting some images soon to show what we have been up to.

Hope you all are loving summer just as much!

CURRENTLY.

Ok, so things have been moving along quite quickly over here and I thought you guys need a little update...  

The website is coming awesome and I am so excited to see everything start coming together.  Right now I am working on all of the content and am looking to start shooting the products.  If any of you are into photography, fashion, or design and are interested in collaborating on some fun photoshoots, lets chat!  I know a lot of you have so many talents and would love join creative forces.

Next up i've been busy going in and out of New York the past few days on buying trips and can't wait to show you all the fun things I've been collecting.  This is soooo my favorite part, obviously! I missed out on most of the spring shows that took place this winter (because I was still in limbo) and was worried that I missed out but I was happy to find that most of my vendors are still showing their spring/summer lines.  And I picked up some newbies too. Yay!

If there is anything in particular you guys would like to see, let me know!

CURRENTLY.

So I took a little time away from here the past few days... I had planned on scheduling posts for when we were away, but one of my resolutions was also to disconnect a bit... so it didn't happen and Im cutting myself a little slack!!!  Also, we missed a menu plan for this week because I didn't do any cooking while I was away... but you can look for one on Friday.  (I figured this was the best day to post because most people do their shopping and planning over the weekend.)

We just got back from a little trip to Florida and I'm not too happy about it right now.  Currently I am freezing sitting here in my winter parka, scarf, and boots... Why? Because I am just way too cold to take one single layer off, I need them all right now.

Do you get a little blue when you come back from a vacation?  I definitely do!  Yesterday was our first day back and it really took everything I had to muster up the strength to get out of bed and brush my teeth, let alone go food shopping and unpack.  (Im still working on the unpacking)  It's just so cold and brown here...  I miss letting my kid run around without any clothes on and going to the park and sunshine and trees (Why do we live here again?)

This morning we dropped Kurt off at Kris' moms and headed into Seaside to get some work done... which has not done much for my back from vacation funk.  It was my first time seeing the store since Kris and his crew gutted it from the storm damage.  It's all a little overwhelming right now... I have a really long list of to do's and decisions that I have been putting off and it is time to get to it.  I need a major dose of motivation and maybe a fairy godmother that can just tell me what to do.