A little bit of this and a little bit of that!

Justyn and I were shopping at Anthropologie a few weeks ago and I found a lovely necklace (not available online any longer).  It was a cream color with several strands of various plastic beads.  I loved it and could see a lot of potential outfits including this basic but whimsical necklace and Justyn also had it and loved it as well.  It was my luck, it was on sale and the only one left.  I walked up to the register because it did not have a price tag.  After about 15 minutes the employee found it to be on sale for $30 or $40, I can’t remember exactly, but I had previously said that I wouldn’t be willing to pay more than $20 for this necklace, it was just plastic after all!!  So, alas, I left the store without my beloved necklace.  However, the story doesn’t stop there.  About two days later Justyn was at the Rack and found the necklace, not something that looked like it, but the exact necklace!!  And, even better than finding the necklace, it was only $10!!!  She snatched it up for me aånd for her sister as well and now we’re both wearing the $40 Anthro necklace for a cool $10 price tag, and it was a gift to me so actually it was FREE!!! (Thanks Justyn!!) Meant to be, I say!  Justyn also told me today that she gave her sister a birthday outfit which included this necklace so hopefully we'll have a blog about that in the near future.  Anyway, here is a photo of me wearing the necklace on Friday; it is just lovely if I do say so myself, and it is even more fantastic considering the amazing deal!

**this photo also features the most amazing ring ever...it is vintage and 

my friend Steph found it for me while she was in an antique store one day!

In other news, I’ve been having a lot of culinary adventures lately, homemade butternut squash soup with roasted red peppers and shallots inspired by Stacey on our trip to the fair below, cilantro pesto (extremely simple, cilantro, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt and pepper in food processor) and today I am endeavoring to make chocolate chip zucchini bread with organic zucchinis that I picked up at the farmer’s market this morning.  I say endeavoring because I am not exactly good at baking and each and every experience ends with me having some sort of burn…so wish me luck and I’ll let you know how it turns out....photos of multiple burns to follow...hehe.