..."to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!" I like to read Alice once every year or so, at about this time. It's such a small little book, and makes me so very happy. Perhaps "happy" is too simple a word for the way it makes me feel. Perhaps "understood" (which is more invaluable than "happy", to me anyway) is better.
But never mind the ennui, here are the lovely, newly-cherry-painted, wooden chairs for my kitchen:
and here is a little snippet of the cutest neckline a vintage sweater ever did see:
Lots of red today, I suppose!
On the movie front and I know you are missing my mini-reviews... My lovely friend Jenny and I saw "Stranger than Fiction" this weekend, and I have to say that is one of those rare cases in which the preview/trailer was exponentially less entertaining than the film. After seeing the trailer a million times, it had started to seem really tiresome, but I went to see it anyway, and loved it. It is very funny, not "people talking really loudly to each other and falling down alot" funny, but very funny nonetheless in its more subtle way. And sweet. And pretty smart. Not super smart. But smart. We saw "Running with Scissors" last week, and it was not as good. It was fair. About a 6.5 out of 10. If for some reason you find yourself in a situation which demands that you choose between these two movies, go with "Stranger than Fiction". You will feel happier about your life, and that is a promise.
I'm so excited to see the new V.2 of Etsy tomorrow! I will have a new, bigger, shop banner...and I think the images will be more front-and-center. That's supposing that there are still images to be displayed and my little gals aren't floating around the inter-nets in particles like Mike Teevee in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.
Happy Sunday evening, lovelies, I think I'm going to go make something really unseasonable but delicious. Unseasonably delicious, if you will. Key lime pie. That's right, you heard me.
Comments (15)
oh good! i'm so glad th stranger than fiction turned out to be a good one. i've been looking forward to it too!
laurie · November 12, 2006 at 07:22 PM
I love the red chairs. Very cheery.
kiwi · November 12, 2006 at 07:25 PM
I think you are FABULOUS!!
Morgen Nichols · November 12, 2006 at 07:55 PM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22969917@N00/225753485/
btw, is this the Alice of which you speak?
kiwi · November 12, 2006 at 08:32 PM
Ah, I am so jealous of your floor tiles! I always dream of having black and white tiled floors.
robyn · November 12, 2006 at 08:35 PM
Super cute sweater... I must go thrifting for my winter wardrobe.
Persephone Snyder · November 12, 2006 at 08:53 PM
thanks for sharing! the hubs offered me a day this week to run off alone, and I mentioned these movies. of course, his fix was to see both, but i know i wont sit through 2 movies in a row. so stf it is. i will take your word.
the red is all to lovely btw.
Beshka · November 12, 2006 at 09:04 PM
Ah, thank you for the "Alice" reminder! I've been looking for something new to read, and forgot the I bought the annotated Alice ages ago and never got around to it. I love Alice so much! (Not to mention your print set, which one day I will treat myself to because they are just excellent. Excellent!)Also: thanks for the movie review. Stranger Than Fiction is my hot pick for our next movie viewing, and it makes me crazy when my pick is a dud!
The chairs are vibrant and lovely, and I forgot to comment on Mr. Goose. Animal heads on walls generally freak me out, but he looks so friendly. It might be the jaunty scarf.
meg · November 13, 2006 at 07:54 AM
i love your blog for a bit of beauty everyday
i was thinking maybe you could trying making a very seasonable myer lemon pie
heather no blog · November 13, 2006 at 09:41 AM
Lucky girl - lovely red chair and sweater!
marielle · November 13, 2006 at 12:15 PM
i want your key lime pie.
elizabeth · November 13, 2006 at 01:04 PM
The sweater really is the cutest ever! Good find. :)
Jennifer · November 13, 2006 at 07:19 PM
I agree, Stranger then Fiction was a great movie. I love the part where he keeps tally marks to see if he is in a comedy or tragedy. Love the red chair too.
Steph · November 13, 2006 at 07:32 PM
Love the red chairs. I collect old/ antique kids chairs...only my kids wreck them. My husband has a collection of Alice books.
Pamela Hornik · November 13, 2006 at 11:13 PM
Love the sweater & the chair. I read a similarly pleased review of 'stranger than fiction' and have decided I must see it on a day when the holidays have me stressed & down.
ambika · November 14, 2006 at 06:00 PM