Frills.

I found this new store, Frills, through an advertisement on Decor8.  It's an incredible boutique that has a well-curated selection of home goods.  It's hard to decide which is my favorite, but I'm leaning towards the turquoise tray.  [Guess I'm on a turquoise-kick.  I'm okay with that.]

Go forth and conquer.  Seriously, I highly suggest you check it out for yoself!

ps I made my first collage!  It's rudimentary, but definitely a start.  Whattup, technology?  I think we're becoming friends.

Sweetness.

I love this dress.  Everything about it is beautiful, including the woman wearing it.  I'm immediately drawn in when a dress can pull off sleeves and this one flutters straight into my heart.

It seems like such a sweet wedding and you should definitely hop on over to see more of it.

Also:  Thanks for shoe help yesterday, I definitely appreciate it!

Can you help me?

Does anyone know where I can find a pair of heels like these?  My internet search capabilities have been exhausted and I'd love to get a pair of turquoise/teal heels for an upcoming wedding.  I'd definitely appreciate your help!

Let's point out the elephant in the room:  I did not update my blogroll.  Eeep.  I have a battery of excuses, but none of them really matter.  I will get to it eventually, I swear. 

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!  I did and can be found sleeping at my desk.  [Just keeding, workplace.]

Hey, it's the weekend!

Now, I don't necessarily believe or want to preach what this print is saying, but it did make me laugh and I thought it would be a good way to start out the weekend.  It also reminds me of my college days [sorry, Mom!] annnnnndd this weekend is my girl's bday -- Hey, Bridg! -- and we're throwing a good ol' college party for her.  One with a keg, flip cup, jello shots, and red solo cups.  Wish us luck!!  I know it will be a blast, but I am a liiiittle nervous for Sunday.  Hell, if I could get through a bachelorette weekend, I can get through this!

I'm just now realizing I didn't catch you up on my bachelorette weekend; how rude of me!  It was grand.  We had planned to take a picture of all of the empty wine bottles, but now looking back, I'm glad that we forgot to do it.  How embarrassing!  For real, we had a great time and we survived.  The same can't be said for the sad dead mouse we found in our cabin, but I am happy to report that the bachelorette herself saved the day and sprang to action to dispose of said dead mouse.  Her fiance should be so proud.

What do you guys have planned for this weekend?  Can you believe it's October already?  That's bananas!  Did you know Brad and Rachel Zoe broke up?  THAT'S bananas.

This is my goal for the weekend:  Get my blogroll page up and running.

I will make this happen.  Repeat with me:  "I will sell this house today."  See?  I can totally make this happen!  But don't hate me if I don't.    

It Gets Better.

I don't find many political or social topics that I feel so strongly about that I need to talk about them here, but this is one of them.  I am heartbroken over Tyler Clementi.  I am heartbroken over the three other boys who have taken their lives in the past three weeks due to bullying.  Or homophobia.  Or fear.

I don't know what it's like to grow up and feel like I am automatically not accepted by my peers, the adults in my life, even my country for a reason I cannot control.  For being who I am.  I can't begin to understand the hardships one must face by being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. 

I can only hope that there is change in the air.  That this will be a world in which my children won't be persecuted for their sexuality; that my children will have the same rights as everyone else no matter who they love.  I hope that tragedies like Tyler Clementi will spark the change that is needed and I'd like to do my small part here by just saying it out loud.  Tolerance and acceptance are what make humanity thrive, and I vow to never belittle another human being because of who they are.

We are all more alike than not.  And we must remember that. 

Dan Savage started the It Gets Better Campaign with the video above.  You can follow this link to see hundreds of other videos of those who know better than I that it does, in fact, get better.