Smooch A Pooch at Lilly

Another opportunity to "Smooch A Pooch" at Lilly Pulitzer in The Westchester Mall! Saturday May 12th from 10-4 stop by Lilly to have your picture taken with yellow lab puppies with a donation to ECAD. Dads, bring your little ones to take an adorable picture for mom and grab something for Mother's Day while you're there!

Read more about my "Smooch A Pooch" experience here, such a great organization!

Lilly Pulitzer

The Westchester Mall

125 Westchester Ave, White Plains NY

April Showers

Update: When I finally got around to ordering my shoes Orvis was sold out! I was so bummed so I searched around until I found them on shoes.com. I was a little skeptical but with 15% off and free shipping I figured I'd give it a whirl! Best $36 I ever spent!!! A quick 30hr road trip to Chatham for work these past two days and this was the only thing that kept me dry in the pouring rain! You can order them here, no longer at a discount but still free shipping. They only had my size in the orange but I love them!

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Although we've been incredibly spoiled this week by the summer-like weather we can only assume that there is still a day or two of true spring left in our future. And when those days roll around I just found myself the perfect new footwear!

Ever since I found those two great Orvis sweater ponchos this winter I've been receiving their catalogs. I usually give them a quick glance and recycle them but today these little darlings jumped right out at me from the cover!

Adorable! And then I look inside and they are even more cute because they are $49 !!! I must have these. My hunter boots are way too hot for this time of year and I have ruined more pairs of shoes sloshing through puddles. And these are so cute I might even just wear them on non-rainy days as well. I find myself in a similar puzzle I had over my Orvis poncho - which colors??

Navy...

Or Orange??

Orvis Nomad Drizzle Ballet Flats

She La La

A new boutique opened this week in New Canaan just in time to offer some fun treats for Mother's Day! She La La, located at 120 Main Street, offers "Jewelry and Accessories for the Charmed Life!" Stop by this weekend to find something fun for mom - jewelry, clutches, scarves, makeup bags, robes, hats and more!

Love these nautical accessories! 

Located next to bluemercury

Follow them on facebook for more store info! www.facebook.com/Shopshelala

They will be having a Devon Baer trunk show June 7th, stay tuned for more info! 

Sweet Dreams

I was doing a little web surfing the other day and stumbled across all these great new patterns from lulu dk for Matouk! They made me desperate for a beach house, or at least some beachy weather! Luckily we're headed up to Nantucket next weekend and if I'm super nice to the hubby maybe he'll let us swing by the outlet. You can read my post on that here, so worth the trip! Here are some of the new styles I'm coveting...

If I could have a Beach House in Chatham with this in my guest room then all would be right with the world : ) I just love the cute little sailboats.

And these towels wouldn't hurt to round things out!

Cuteness

What little girl wouldn't love this room!

This is what's on my bed right now and it makes me dream of the beach!

www.luludkmatouk.com

DIY for Mom

I love this idea for a Mother's Day craft made with dad! Little Sparklers in Greenwich is offering a father/daughter workshop on May 12th to create a one of a kind piece of jewelry for mom! Each one hour session includes two pieces of jewelry (one for mom and one for the crafter), lemonade, snacks, a "mid-construction" photo to accompany the gift and a goodie bag to go! How much fun is that? And as an added bonus all you mom's will get an extra hour of me time on Saturday!

$68/pair, $32 per additional child (boys welcome)
Call 203.622.2991 or email littlesparklersct@hotmail.com to make a reservation, sessions run on the hour from 10am-5pm.

Not up your husbands alley? Grab some gal pals and your daughters and go together as a group!

www.littlesparklers.com
85 Greenwich Ave, Greenwich (thru Ella Vickers)
From the creators of Femmegems!

Little sparklers also offers great childrens birthday parties with jewelry making, red carpet fashion show, snacks and a dance party! Check their website for more info.

Summer Reading

I've been meaning to post a new summer reading list (obviously I've had one written in my planner for the last 4 months) but I still need to get it typed up...so in the meantime I figured I'd share the new book by one of my other cult favorites. Have you ever found an author really early in their career, fell in love with their style and then felt a personal connection to their success from that point on? Tried to convince people to read their books and then when they do and love them you're all "well I knew her before she was famous", as if you're actually friends? Believed that if you could just meet in one chance encounter (other than when you go to all her book signings) that you might actually be friends? Well I do and mine is Jen Lancaster. She's hysterically funny and she writes memoirs which is even better because then you can actually see what being friends with her would be like, and it would be very very entertaining.

She writes a great blog www.jennsylvania.com where you can read about many of her antics but I highly encourage people who like humorous memoirs to start with the two of her earliest books. You can't appreciate her humor as greatly unless you know the background to her stories and as they are laugh out loud funny they are the perfect summer beach read. Be sure to buy the print copies, the footnotes are often the funniest part, and they don't work quite as well on ereaders.

I read 80% of Jeneration X, her newest book, yesterday and got a lot of strange looks from my husband as I giggled and snorted while he tried to watch golf. You can find a list of all her books here but if you read Bitter is the New Black and Bright Lights, Big Ass you'll be pretty caught up to speed and you can read any of her books from there. Happy Reading!

Right? How cute is she, AND she loves dogs!

Treats for Mom

With Mother's Day just around the corner I've been trying to keep my eyes open for great ideas for moms. I've already purchased gifts for my lovely mommy but I can't post them here as that would spoil all the fun for her.

Here are a few fun other items that caught my eye that I know my mom would enjoy!

Turkish-T: Hand Loomed, Environmentally Friendly Turkish "Towels"
These can be used as blankets, scarves, beach towels, table clothes...the uses are endless and they have something for every type of mom.

For the easy going mom - The Basic Bath: can be used as a beach towel, pareo, picnic blanket and it's quick drying and won't mildew. Perfect for mom's beach bag - $29!

For the luxe mom - The Luxe Stripey: extremely durable with a heavier weave, great for blankets or new moms! $45

For the eco mom - The Linen Bath: light weight high quality linen creates the perfect bath towel for your nature loving mom. A favorite of Gwyneth Paltrow. $45 

All available at www.turkish-t.com 

Treat mom to some much deserved quiet time with a great book and a pair of these wonderful pajamas by Marigot Collection. We love their absolutely beautiful 100% cotton sleep sets and we know your mom will too! A great gift for new moms or moms to be! 

The Lorient Pajama Set - $105 short, $120 long, $80 nightshirt  

All available at www.marigotcollection.com and The Linen Shop and Good Food, Good Things 

Tell mom how you really feel about her with a decoupage plate from Ben's Garden. Share her words of wisdom or a cheeky nod to the woman she's helped you become. 

Available at www.bensgarden.com and Hoagland's