vacation nation

Pin It Now! well - to start off i have to say that vacation life is about a million times more exciting than my work life - thus the two blog posts in less than 24 hrs. 

last night entered my first scrappy challenge on american crafts blog - and i won!  am so happy - was so fun to play around...had never really done any type of theme or group challenge but was fun to get inspired that way so i don't think that will be my last time doing something like that

 

had a faboo day today - day one of official vacation.  got my hair cut this am and then headed to fresh for a yummy vegetarian lunch with one of my faves Kat and then to top it all of perfectly went to the new Anthropologie in Yorkville.  2 levels of pure me likeyness.  and to add to how fondly i already feel about them i went in wearing an anthro shirt that had a rip in it (when i got dressed i didn't realize and by the time i noticed i was too far from home to go back and change...was a bit bummed b/c had just bought it when the first anthro opened and wasn't cheap)...neways i asked them about it when we got there and the guy behind the counter was super cool...acted like it was no biggie "oh just go pick out another one, we'll exchange it" - so nice and refreshing.  they didn't have the exact same shirt (bit of a bummer b/c i loved it) but got another shirt and did the quick change in the line for the exchange.  love stores with paper art inside (big ostriches at yorkville location-fun!) and good business sense - i am now a loyal customer.  that's smart on their part and i like it. 

Had some fun last night finishing up this layout of M in the pool - she IS a little fishie! So fun to watch her gain confidence this summer and lose her GIANT floatie suit - i always thought she looked a bit like a mini bodybuilder in it with all the foam built in he heee