~Drum Roll Please~

So, I have one of my favorite online stores, Lola B's Boutique, I just love to shop at. The owners name is Kasey. There is a little story about this place. I'm not sure how but I found her blog/store. I looked at her items and thought to myself "wow, she's got great stuff". Then, when I did just a wee-bit more investigating I realized she is located only about 20 minutes from my house. Back-flip time. I was so happy that that very weekend(ok...I found her online on a Thursday...so I obsess...can't help it) I made Bill do a little detour to go to her shop. My, was it a cute store.

Then the bad news struck and she posted that her store will be closed temporarily until she relocated. Not to worry though, she will still have her online store. YEAH!!

Well, I got this on her online store.
Fortunately, I now call Kasey my friend so she actually delivered these pieces(and a couple more)to my house. Then off the McDonald's playland we went. I couldn't wait to get home to get this in the perfect place~

The desk and the lamp. AMAZING. The lamp I bought last minute from her. I e-mailed her that morning and asked her to bring it. Of course she did. That's the kind of girl she is.

This is the top of the desk. Old pages from a poetry book. Sooo very sweet!

I just happened to have this chair. It works PERFECT. See, I think I was actually suppose to have this desk and chair. Now the chair finally feels like it has it's mate.

This is what it looks like up a running. It really is being used as a desk. Not one of the pieces that looks good but doesn't function good.

Thank you Kasey! You are not only AWESOME to do business...I'm glad you are my friend!!

~My New Favorite Thing~

On Saturday Bill was gone for a chunk of the day. I decided to go to one of my new favorite stores, Lola B's Boutique, in St Charles (http://www.lolabboutique.com/). It's such a cute girlie store. Selling things from jewelry to furniture to aprons to handles for furniture to picture frames. It's a wonderful store. The owner, Kasey, is a doll.

Let me try to paint this picture for you....here I am in the amazing store filled with lots of breakables and fragile things. Guess who was with me...that's right my sweet, energetic little boy, BRADLEY. Not exactly the ideal store to bring him in but a girl has to do what a girl has to do.

He was such an angel in the car. I mean 30 minutes of pure joy. We get into the store and he decides that he has never been in and out of a door before. There he goes in and out....in and out...in and out. I'm trying hard to act like the patient mother. However, my father came out in me. I was there giving him the death stare while gritting my teeth and telling him that had better be the last time he does that. As mother of the year, I can tell you that he continued to go in and out...in and out....in and out. Thank goodness Kasey is so sweet. She sent him on a mission to find leaves in the front yard.

Anyway.....in the midst of all this I find THIS beauty. I just love her. How about those handles??? Right??? I also purchased the bell jar to display some knick knacks....can you see the adorable bird nest?? I also purchased the jewelry stand on Sunday. Perfect for the end of the day when I am tired and I just need to throw my jewelry somewhere.

I sometimes just appreciate the things that bring joy to my heart. Whenever I look at it (which I try to walk past it hourly)it just makes me think of my new friend, my new favorite store and how lucky I am to have this super cute dresser~