Monday, May 9, 2011

I'm in love.

With my Nook.

I know, I know... I'm a total nerd. But I can't help it. I love to read. And since I have about four inches of space in my little house, I just don't have room for the mass of books I keep purchasing from Amazon.com (one of my top ten all time favorite things ever). And since I had some gift cards for Barnes & Noble (thank you, Mom!), I decided to bite the bullet and get me a Nook. I'd only been coveting it for a year.

Need I mention the $130 Kate Spade Nook cover that I had drooled over when it first hit the shelves? Well, fate was on my side the day I bought my Nook - Kate Spade was marked down 75%. Snatched that right up. Oh, that thing we call justification.... tricky little thing!

Moral of the story is that I highly recommend a Nook for any of my fellow book nerds/escapists out there. I'd even recommend justifying the purchase of a fabulous little cover.

The only thing I'll miss is that smell that only the inside of a book can have... mmmmm.







Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Speaking of revamping...

... my blog is in serious need.

I'm not sure if it's because I just re-did my room or because Spring is in the air (well, has been for several months now) or if I'm just antsy for change (again) (it's about that time). But all I can think about is how I want to get up and shake off the dust and get going with so many things. I feel like I have these spurts where I get all motivated and dreamy and start thinking of all the million ways I'm going to change my life or shake things up. This is definitely one of those times. And revamping my blog is just one of those many (many) things.

I have spent a large (and kind of embarrassing) amount of time this morning blog-stalking. And yes, I'm at work. I am probably going to get canned since our computer use is totally monitored. Ah well. It's not like it's that hard to find a job these days.... Anyway, what I was saying was that I have stalked a lot of blogs today and over the last several weeks. I may be a little obsessed with a few. Some because they are good reads, others because I'm jealous of the witty/intellectual/clever content. But most because of the design and all around awesomeness of the blog. So I've got a new layout and design for my own blog rolling around in my head. It's gonna be fabulous. All I need is to get everything off my dead laptop so I have access to all my pictures and such. This is an important step in revamping my blog. So I'm not sure when this will all take place. All I know is that if I don't do it soon, I will go nutssss looking at the same boring blog over and over again. Since I'm a re-born blogger and everything...

Um, and let's talk about how I just noticed the Micky Mouse silhouettes on my blogger background... Go ahead and hunt them out, I know you want to. I only ever see the skinny view of my blog so I'm not surprised I didn't notice them before. But wow, feeling kind of like a 12 year-old all over again. Just like I did with my circus stripes room. Must. Revamp. Soon. Hold tight, a change is a comin'!

Don't hold your breath though - you know how I am with blogging and promises. It's baby steps for me, people. Baby steps.