Liberty of London Update

(the cat checks out the loot - no food in sight so he decided to obey me and get off the table)

It took two Target trips, but I was able to find all of the Liberty of London houseware stuff that I wanted. My Target started putting stuff out on Friday but didn't have most of the housewares out yet. I couldn't get back to the store until Sunday (the day it was supposed to arrive in stores) and the shelves were completely picked over! It must have been a shopping frenzy! Frankly, it surprised me but people around here don't usually get excited about the same things I get excited about. It was also disappointing. So, I decided to check out the Target in another (less hip) part of town and was able to find the patterns I wanted! Below is a pic of my loot: the tiered serving tray, four cute pink cereal bowls ($2.50 each!), and a couple of gift bags. I also got some plastic tumblers with the black and white floral design but forgot to include them in the pic.

Thrift Score

Had a good trip to the thrift store today (Savers), which isn't always the case. We were looking for new dining room chairs (anyone who has been to my place can tell you that the old ones are literally falling apart) but weren't so lucky in the furniture department. BUT - look at the cool vintage textiles I found. Especially loving the granny square afghan and the floral print on top (a photo with detail below).

I also found a great Sunset (like the magazine) cookbook from 1960 with truly awesome illustrations. I don't think the woman who owned this cooked anything from it (or she was a particularly neat cook) as there is not a mark on it except on one of the dessert pages.

As always, the mismatched dishes drew my eye. I ended up with two of these strawberry print ones from Mikasa and the little blue saucer shown in the bottom pic.

Liberty of London for Target

Check this out! In Target stores starting March 14th - a line of clothes, accessories, and home decor from Liberty of London. I have to say that I've been rather underwhelmed by the last few seasonal lines from Target but this truly makes up for it (all is forgiven, Target). In case you missed it, I LOVE FLORALS! These floral designs are exactly the kind of thing I look to for inspiration (can't you imagine a wedding cake with floral designs like the orange and pink pattern above?)

*Picture from casasugar.com (a pretty awesome blog, actually)

New Boots

Here's a picture of my new rain boots! What do you think? Target.com has an awesome selection of funky boots on their website. Unfortunately, they aren't available in stores. Normally, I wear an 8.5 or 9 but I got an 8 because these run large. If you are planning to wear them over your shoes then the sizing is probably just about right, though. I will have some real posts soon, I promise. I haven't had too much time/inspiration to bake or do anything crafty lately.