Reality Pinterest

Cork boards are among my favorite things of all time. I have them in my office, my bedroom, and my closet. Pinterest appeals to me only in that it resembles my longstanding hobby. But virtual reality is not for everything. I prefer my clippings in real life. Thanks to some thumbtacks, craft scissors, and a toddler that loves to rip pages out of magazines (and also comes to me in the morning holding issues of Lucky, saying 'up' insisting I hold him while we flip through the pages together) I have Fall-Winter 2012 ready inspiration boards.

What did you spend your Hurricane Sandy lock-down doing?

A Few New

A new job means different things for different people. For me, a new job in the traditional world of law requires a few tweaks to my wardrobe. To get things started, these lovelies have been added to my collection to add up to one power outfit.

J.Crew shirt reduced from $78 to $39

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J.Crew Cafe Capri in wool, couldn't resist this color for gray cashmere sweaters and crisp white buttons downs.

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What occasion doesn't call for a new bag? J.Crew's Biennial Satchel  is spot on. And this shade of red is seasonless.

Candy Coated

The November J.Crew Style Guide came in the nick of time. This morning's chill penetrated my blazer, and made me consider my winter coat collection for the impending cold season. Last Christmas, the hubs got me the much sought after cobalt blue Lady Day Coat (my 4th Lady since college), and I love it. But now of course the classic staple is offered in yellow (the varied color choice is how they offer the same item year after year and still manage to create a demand), and somehow I am trying to find a justification to add it to the brimming coat closet. (I'd also love an excuse to buy this winterized version of the preppy double-breasted blazer.) Outerwear is the finishing touch to your outfit as the mercury dips so don't thrown a black puffer on top of a delicate silk dress and assume its OK. And don't bundle up in your North Face and gloves when the weather report predicts a high of 58 (although that may be a NYC subway phenomena that just aggravates me).

It's OK Thursday Link-Up

Thursday Link Up

It OK....

that I stopped setting an alarm, and wake up whenever my toddler decides its time (which lately causes wide variation in my arrival time at work)

to have a glass of wine for dinner

to turn on Bravo instead of any of the multiple Presidential debates

that my favorite part of Saturday morning is bacon (which you can't put in the juicer)

that after 2 complete days of nothing but juice, I ruined my cleanse with not 1, but 4 slices of pizza

Happiness is....

1. New OPI Casino Royale nail polish

2. Baby Uggs for Tucker's 17 month old feet

3. Matching Ralph Lauren holiday sweaters for father and son

4.  Tucker riding a toy horse at a fall festival this weekend

5. A bottle of Stags Leap 2010 Cabernet for the wine cellar

6. Pinwheel pushpins from Anthropologie for my new bulletin board

Tough Cuffs

Okay so my love of bracelets is clear and unapologetic. But I get tired of the same styles I see in major retailers, and am forever in search of a new, unique find (if I come home with one more gold bangle my husband, and my closet, will kill me). At the risk of losing my individuality on this, these needlepoint cuffs from York Design Company are my single favorite discovery of the fall (thank you Beth from Social Climbers for sharing!) There is a decided preppy quality to the line, but its an approachable, friendly preppy that all can enjoy. This polka-dot number is on order and arriving at my doorstep in a matter of days. And yes, I'll be planning entire outfits around it.

Not-So-Smart Phone

Yes, I use a Blackberry. And not a new one, with a virtual key pad, but an old one with actual keys for typing. And like dessert, I have a love-hate relationship with it. I have recently decided its probably time to upgrade- not for function or modernization, but because I absolutely need one of the to die for phone case accessories I see flooding the retail market.

Abstract florals from J.Crew

And most cases are more reasonable than buying a new clutch or lipstick (J.Crew offers several kinds, such as the one pictured above, all under $30). Shopbop has an entire line of techy-accessories that to me, are far cooler than the devices they are designed to carry. (When my in-laws gave us an iPad for Christmas last year, I was much more excited about the Ann Taylor cobalt blue leather case I could get for it than the thing itself).

mmmm, preppy!

So I may have to put aside my fear of technology and go for a new phone, so that I can finally indulge in yet another form of fall accessorizing. We shall see (not to mention my parents still pay my cell phone bill on the family share plan, that I am not sure they are aware the details of....).