Simple Stuff...But I'm Loving It

I am generally behind the times on pretty much….EVERYTHING!  Remember, I just finally went Android less than a month ago – prior to that I had the most basic of phones that probably most 4 year olds could operate.  Enter my TOMS shoes fascination.  I have admired the cause and the idea ever since I heard about them years ago.  I have been reluctant to jump on the bandwagon – not because I didn’t believe in the cause, but because none of the shoes have jumped out and screamed “BUY ME”.  Maybe that is the wrong attitude to have – it is charity after all and going to a great cause, but I just couldn’t bring myself to buy something and just have it sit in my (incredibly out of control) closet.  So, they never screamed at me - until now.  These babies SCREAMED  spring to me and they insisted on coming home with me.

Spring in a shoe

Not only are they beyond cute they are also sustainable and vegan friendly – gotta love it!  I am now the proud owner of my first pair of TOMS…and yes, way late to jump on the bandwagon.

Here are a  few things I am excited about today (besides my new TOMS).  Just got notification from Amazon that the book I preordered “Bloom” by Kelle Hampton over at "Enjoying the Small Things" should be delivered tomorrow! 

If you are not familiar with the greatness that is KH, be sure to take a minute out of your day (I bet you end up staying a lot longer) and see what all the fuss is about.  Have any of you had the disappointing experience of asking a question via a blog comment – I mean a real question, that you are dying for the answer to and you are left out to dry?  Well, I have, and let me tell you it sucks it is very frustrating.  Well, the beyond AWESOME Shannon over @ Life After I "Dew" did not disappoint today.  Yesterday, she posted this most awesome Pintrest inspired wreath that she TOTALLY rocked!

Yes, it is perfectly fine to ewww and ahhh...I did!

I commented and told her so, and then today proceeded to ask her a gazillion questions about it and how I might recreate it.  She was a saint, I tell you!  I will tell you like I told her – I am not one of those gals that can just throw a dinner together.  I have to have a step by step recipe.  I am the same with new craft projects.  I need the “DEETS”.  She humored me at every turn, and now I feel totally compelled (and prepared) to make the damn wreath happen – whatever it takes, and just pray that it turns out half as good as hers did.  And finally…drumroll please….just precious hours ago INSTAGRAM was launched for Android!!!! 

As I have mentioned many times before I am a picture junkie.  I have stood by forever, longing to do something akin to a weekly photo dump on my own blog instead of just enjoying everyone else’s.  Now, as soon as I get things all figured out, I can join in the reindeer games also known as Instagram. 

For the few of you that are in the DFW area, I hope you survived the crazy storms this afternoon unscathed…they were wild weren’t they??? And to the rest of my blog peeps – Happy Tuesday!