happiness is...

i found this book this weekend for my 18-month-old cousin, kylar. it's the cutest book ever and is so fun to look at, even if you are one of those types who hates peanuts with a passion (you know who you are).

it was so cute, in fact, that i came thisclose to keeping it for myself. there is even a page that reads: "happiness is finding out that you're not dumb after all" or something that i found to be equally hilarious.

anyway. it was cute, and i wanted to share. it's full of fun, vibrant pages and classic illustrations.

'happiness is a warm puppy' by charles schwartz
amazon, $5.95

[insert seinfeldian reference]

i cannot tell you how badly i want a meat (cheese!) slicer. more because i love thinly sliced tastiness and less because i need more things in my kitchen that i don't use.

via uncrate.

chef's choice electric slicer
williams-sonoma, $250

happiness is a warm handbag.

i am 100 percent in love with the aesthetic stylings of the kate spade (graphic) design team.

i've unsubscribed to just about every e-mail i used to get regularly, with the exception of these coveted kate spade updates. they're always so very pretty and simple, and i love love love the type.

also obsessed with the jack spade site... the little parachute scroller guy is classic.

25 percent off!
kate spade

check out that gourd!

forgot to mention i found this site via k style.

glass pumpkin candleholders
smith & hawken, $11-22 (sale)

happy october.

i love october for a thousand reasons. halloween is at the top of the list.

twig bowl & hurricane
smith & hawken, $69

goodnight.

here's a sweater to enjoy. asymmetrical is fun.

sorry. i'm not real talkative today.

some day i'll be chatty and greedy again. i will.

...someday some morning sometime, i promise.

[on second thought... my current music of choice could be contributing to the unchattiness.]

black biker jacket sweater
bluefly.com, $136

back in black?

in a valiant effort to do absolutely nothing today (it's my lazy sunday), i am cuddled up at noon in a robe and socks (it's finally not 85 degrees) and am enjoying the soothing sounds of silence (which, at my place, means my weird, loud neighbors aren't home and the buzz – more like a roar, really – of traffic down below is only marginally annoying).

i want to go shopping for scarves and sweaters and boots and fall-ish things.

and although i secretly (if not publicly) denounced the legging trend, i'm afraid i think it's quite cute now (albeit quickly losing its cuteness as i see it everywhere). it's just not for me. if i were skinny, i might do it.

aside from the leggings, this dress is fun fun fun. i love navy, and i love polka dots.

and, speaking of gap... call me crazy, but i am completely enchanted by the audrey hepburn/skinny pant commercial. i may be of the devil, but she is downright enchanting.

polka dot knit dress
gap, $54

happy thursday.

i was without internet [i say this as an expectant mother might say with child] for 98 percent of the day yesterday, and i was pretty sure someone had gotten hip to my wifi piracy. luckily, i'm back now... or, rather, my neighbor's turbo signal is back.

so, first of all, congratulations to joy of oh joy! on her recent nuptials [click to see beautiful bride and super-cute couple].

secondly, many thanks to joy for introducing me to sml bags by brooklyn designer shana luther. you know i love a good clutch, so i was delighted to find this wide and eclectic assortment. i'm particularly drawn to the vivian, though i am also loving the portia.

vivian clutch
sml bags, $100

gloves pour moi.

much too bad (and so sad) they currently are sold out.

'caroline' elbow-length gloves
spoon sisters, $39

my greed gets in the way of giving.

i think it's amazing how i manage to find only perfect things for myself when i'm supposed to be shopping for others.

i really am a considerate person. really. i'm just awful at exhibiting it.

gingko leaf necklace
red envelope, $85

gingko necklace by maria jauhiainen
moma store, $325

gingko leaves necklace
anthropologie, $98

dc hooks you up.

from this week's daily candy deals [click for code for 25 percent off at see jane work].

silver claro pencil vase
see jane work, $38.95

channeling my inner samantha jones.

just when i decide my daily dose of daily candy is becoming too much to handle (as in a daily chore when mixed in with a thousand other daily reads), something like this comes along.

i appreciate any e-mail that comes chock-full of cheeky euphemisms like triangle's tresses, sensitive lady place and fuzzy éclair.

sensitive lady place... that's my favorite.

so for all you sensitive ladies out there, via today's candy, i bring you color for the hair down there.

sofa of my dreams.

i've been wanting to post this for a week.

i absolutely love it, and, if i had an extra 4k laying around, it would be mine.

print is marimekko.

perfection.

milo chesterfield sofa
anthropologie, $3,998

newsflash: it's fashion week in new york.

i cannot stop thinking about this dress. i can't figure out what it is about it... it just is.

[sorry about chiming in on fashion week so late in the game. i've been a bit out of it, i guess. i'll come up with some more thorough, late-breaking fashion commentary this weekend. you're welcome.]

from michael kors spring 2007 collection.

back. with more boots.

i know i've been THE worst blogger lately but please forgive me. i haven't given up on consumerism, i promise. i've just been... well, consumed.

i discovered these boots earlier in the week and have vowed to go back for them. a good fall boot, i think.

helwig boot by kenzie
zappos.com, $113.95