Dear Blog,

In my desperate attempt to find new music, I stumbled upon Kings of Convenience. If you like Belle and Sebastian then you will like these guys. I was looking for something mellow that I could listen to at work and still focus and this fits the bill - it's just good sounds all around. The all time best sample sale of the year starts tomorrow at W+W and continues on for 3 days of sheer madness and crazy women. I horded my stash pretty early on, found gifts and so on - I need more cashmere like I need a hole in the head but whatever, it's practically free - and it gets cold here. Work is getting pretty crazy and I am feeling like if we want to expand this PL business, I'm going to definitely need a partner in crime. I wake up in the middle of the night with fears of emails I forgot to send or photo samples I need to get out - no way to spend the off hours away from work. Hopefully this will die down soon as this is the busiest time in the year for us in fashion. I am in dire need of sunshine and pretty things, hence the pic - Lily's on Nantucket.

Good night blog,
Kate
xoxo

Dear Blog,

Now that there is only 6 weeks til' Christmas - that's right, only 6 weeks for real, I get anthropologie store email updates about gifting every other day, and of course, like the girl that I am, I go every other day. I found something really cute, and I thought I'd tell you about it blog because it is the cutest damn thing I have seen all day. I am in major lack of cute lately in my life. Why does this time of year always leave me feeling restless and full of questions with no answer in sight - "what am I doing? who am I?, where I am going?, and on and on and on". I don't know if its just a change in the seasons or what but it is a major pain in the ass. Why can't I just be content with my job and whatever else I've got going on - NO - I question. I think it would help to get out of the city for a few days and that's exactly what I'm doing next week for Thanksgiving. I'm heading west to Chicago to visit some family out in the country, the polar opposite of my life here in NY. I'm excited - maybe my Dad will let me take his old corvette out for a spin. Saturday was Paul's birthday and we had a grand old time - Paul's work bought him a new camera cause' his old one got swiped right off his desk, so that was exciting(getting a new camera, not getting the old one stolen) and then we headed back to Brooklyn to open presents. Let's just say Paul is no longer at a lost for things to hang the wall. We had a dinner at a little Italian place in the east village and then met up with friends at Hanger Bar, which suprisingly enough, was cool enough of a hang out to keep us there all night - or at least until 3 when us old people head on home. Sunday was a day of recovery, naps and greasy food, and then comes Monday - always Monday. Let's just hope this week goes smoothly and there's no communication breakdown. Oh, by the way that's an ipod hoodie - run on down to anthropologie and go get yourself one.

Night blog,
Kate
xoxo

Dear Blog,

Well we lost a member of our family last Sunday. Suzy,our schnauzer left us after away 11 good years. Luckily, for her sake and ours, she was only sick for a day or two and un until last Thursday, she was her normal self - even barking at the trick-or-treaters on Halloween. I wish I could have been there to say goodbye but I don't know if I could have taken it - I'm not very good at dealing with these things. She will be sorely missed by everyone, including her best buddy Rocket, with whom she did everything. She was a good pup.

Good night blog,
love
Kate
xoxo