Eye Spy...a rediscovery

This weeks "Eye Spy" theme was provided by The Byron Life. Play along weekly over at Bug and Pop

This week's Eye Spy theme happily coincided with my first ever Naked Lady Party! If you've never heard of a NLP, here are the basics:

1. Ask your friends to clean out their closets and invite them over.
2. Sort the clothing into categories; shirts, pants, skirts, shoes, etc.
3. Dive in and search for new clothes.
4. Donate the leftovers.
5. Oh yeah, and appetizers and bevvies help too!

Having an NLP is great for so many reasons; The economy has tanked, but you can get new cute clothes for free, NLPs keep clothing out of a landfill and this is a great motivator to clean house for the change in season. Not to mention it's pretty fun!

My tiny living room was FULL of clothes - you literally had to dive in to piles to pick stuff out...(my photos came out funky because my camera was on a weird setting unbeknownst to me)...



This is my "Eddy" outfit a la Absolutely Fabulous. The denim mini vest was definitely the star of the evening.





Jess made out like a bandit. That mini skirt has BUILT IN SHORTS! Man I wish I was a size 8 - so cute!



Here are the leftovers, which will be heading off to Goodwill later this week. I can't believe how much clothing is packed into those boxes!

Here are some of my favorite "rediscoveries."

Cute ruffly brown shirt and JEANS THAT FIT aka Unicorn aka Mythical Creature that I did not think existed...



Awesome plaid high waisted secretary skirt and knee high boots



And the "boobylicious" dress



The dress is a little over the top in the cleavage department, but it was so silky and swingy and pretty I couldn't resist. If I'm feeling demure I think I might wear this with a lacy slip underneath that covers up the girls a bit, or if I'm feeling bold I might rock it out with a big necklace to distract from the "fanny front" as my sister calls it.

Have I convinced you to have a Naked Lady Party yet? Go on! Re-discover what is hiding in your friends closets!

A hat for a little babe named Sage

My friend, Cyndle, just gave birth to her first baby, a little boy, two weeks ago. Cyndle and I worked together at the Ogunquit Playhouse for two summers in a row. She's crafty and talented, and we always got along famously. We rarely see each other anymore, due to our busy lives, but we've always kept in touch via the magic of the internet.

She and her hubby named their little boy Sage, so I thought it only appropriate that he have a little sage adorned hat.



Cyndle, Tom, I'm sending lots of love and luck to you as you navigate marriage and parenthood! I hope that I get to snuggle little Sage, in person, soon!

Playing Catch-Up

Wow, the past week has been so chock full of stuff, another mini list is due.

1. The afternoon before Matt's show I went to go see James Kudelka's Cinderella with my mom. The dancers of Boston Ballet where beautiful, as usual. Erica Cornejo and Nelson Madrigal were very fine as Cinderella and her Prince. Kudelka sets the famous stories in the 1920's giving the whole ball/aristocracy a very Great Gatsby kind of feel. It works. The sets were gorgeous and a giant homage to the Art Deco period. Overall, it was not one of my favorite ballets, (I find the score a little boring and repetitive - sorry Prokofiev) but the parts that I did like were very clever indeed. The "clock" was represented by a team of twelve men in tuxedos with pumpkin heads, making the whole spell section slightly creepy and wonderful. The ball, which I've already mentioned was definitely brilliant and the pas de deux was sweet.

Afterwards mom and I ate at a marvelous Thai place across the way called MonTien. The chicken satay was outrageously awesome.

2. We scooted back up to NH afterwards to meet up with Allison, and I got to play with her dog Peach's latest litter of pups. How could you not be happy looking at this:







They were very hard to photograph because they're so wiggly! I could seriously snuggle with these little guys all day long!

3. Matt's show, was great, except I didn't get to see him play. Allison and I drove aimlessly around Cambridge looking for parking for a whole hour while we missed the Growlers set. I was so bummed out, I almost cried a little really! I've seen them play a thousand times before, but this was Matt's big day, (it was the biggest venue that they've ever played), and I felt like a ninny for missing out on it. The kicker? We ended up parking at a garage that was only two blocks away...for $4! It was there the whole time. Urgh! Silly Boston!

I ended up having a great time though regardless...here are two of my favorite pictures from the night:





Crazily enough - that all happened within one day, and I think I've been recovering ever since! Yesterday was my first real day off in ages, but I think that I'll save telling you about it until tomorrow. Tonight I'm going to see the opening of Wait Until Dark at Matt's theatre. It's going to be perfect for Halloween. I've never seen the play, but I absolutely love the Audrey Hepburn movie. Alan Arkin is creeptastic in it!

Have a happy and safe Halloween everyone!

Today I am thankful for the cider doughnut that I ate for breakfast. Sometimes the little things are the best things! What are you thankful for today?