some favorite things

First of all, the Denton Women's Collective held the FIRST meeting last Wednesday at 7:30! We ended up talking and enjoying ourselves until about 10:30.......so we will have meetings MONTHLY (lol) with updates on our Facebook page as our main communication. My favorite part of the evening was listening to each woman's different experiences. Friends I've loved and adored since age 5 shared stories I hadn't heard. No big, dark, hairy secrets or anything, just things that we don't usually talk about. I think it's great that we've started that conversation.

On a separate note, I thought I'd share some photos of my favorite things. That expression, "It's the little things!" describes me very well. I find such pleasure in decorating my apartment and surrounding myself with things that I love. When I do this, and am relaxing in the evenings, looking around, I feel calm.

So the above picture is in my kitchen, looking at my dining nook/living area. I have my favorite (and only) apron hanging on one of many "L's" in my place. That empty wine bottle is one of probably 56,783,456 that I've gone through. Pinot Noir is my favorite, and this brand, "Tisdale" is 3/$11 at Sprouts. On top of that, when you buy 6 bottles, it's 10% off. On top of THAT, if you use a re-usable bag, it's 25 cents off. Or something like that. Anyway, just so happens my favorite wine ends up costing me about 3 bucks a bottle. And it tastes SO much better than Franzia. Ha! The little sign next to the wine was a gift from the mom of a friend in college. It has inspirational advice from "A-Z". I love it. Accept differences, Be wise, etc...good daily reminder! Then there's the adorable little knob that I have yet to convert to a wine-stopper. Once I pick up tapered corks, I'll drill it in to one and have a precious top for my empty wine bottles. This wine bottle had a cork-candle in it (another great find from Uncommon Goods) that melts over bottles. On my walk with Teddy yesterday, I grabbed some pieces of outside to bring in, and placed them in this bottle. Unfortunately, I have no idea what these plant names are. But they sure are pretty, and I love bringing OUTside IN!

For the candle corks: http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/wine-cork-candles-set-of-12

The wine is Pinot Noir by Tisdale:

and you should get it from Sprouts if you live in TX! If not, sorry for your luck. :)

To browse through Anthropologie's aprons (32 is kinda pricey, but if you are like me, you see it as not only practical, but also home decor!! and there's a ton of cute new ones!):

http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/category.jsp?popId=HOME&navAction=middle&navCount=50&isSortBy=true&pushId=HOME-KITCHEN&id=HOME-KITCHEN-APRONS

Hope you're as excited about it being Friday as I am! Have a great weekend!!!!