pottery barn inspiration

I saw this in the pottery barn kids catalog and I loved it, however I did not love the almost 50 dollar price! So, I went to Target and I found these cute red, white, blue striped mini pails in the wonderful dollar section and then a got a cheap lazy susan from the kitchen section, I think I paid 4 for it. Now I could only fit 3 pails on my version, but that was ok. One holds crayons, one has markers , and one has pencils, scissors, and a glue stick. It works just as well and it matches the color scheme in our playroom. I would display pics but my camera is still being lame. I just want to throw it in the street!!! Anyway I hope to post pics soon as well as pics from the summer preppy swap!

wristlets

OMG I don't what my problem is but I have bought 3 wristlets on ebay since Friday!! True I did have minor surgery on Friday(had a polyp on my uterus removed) and have been on some pain medication, but I don't think I can use that as an excuse , can I? Anway, I have bought one Brooks Brothers, one Coach, and one Dooney and Burke. I just recentley came to the decision that I NEED wristlets for church. I am usually holding b's hand and lugging his huge vera bradley diaper bag, so therefore I need something small for me, right? The Dooney and Burke is a solid white leather flap wristlet and the Coach is a brown leather zip wristlet and I figure I can use those now depending on ehat I am wearing. The Brooks Brothers is a wool plaid with brown leather trim, so it is definatley a fall/winter bag. I think I got good deals. I didn't pay over 40 shipped for any of them.

It is summer!

That's right. L's last day of pre-k was Wednesday! It was so cute, she thought that meant she was going to Kindergarten the next day! we expained that she would be out all summer just like she was the year before . Now the question is, what are we going to do all this time? I have signed her up for VBS at church and I think she is going to Soccer camp ( she wants to play in the fall and I thought that would be good practice)

I guess we will spend a good deal of time at the park and the pool too. Anybody got any really creative summer ideas to share?

Thursday morning markdown

Here is LL Bean's thursday morning markdown. It is so cute. if they still had the king size I would so get it for us. I have thought about getting the twin and putting it away until B graduates from the crib!

Summer Swap Goodies!

Yesterday I came home from picking L up from school to find a package on my porch from my awesome summer swap partner Unexpected Necessities! Everything was so cute and I LOVE it all! I would post pics now, but my camera is acting funky, so here is a description with pics to follow very soon!
S- so many purses tote
U- undeniably preppy notecards
M-mint green paisley headband
M-mainicure set
E-extra long necklace set
R- ribbon bracelet

Thank you sooo much. I promise I will post pics soon!

Check this out!

Just in case you didn't think that the madras bucket at Target is an awesome deal, look at this. The drink bucket here, from Room Service home cost a whopping 88 bucks!

Whale wellies

I just found these adorable whale wellies on this most unlikely website. Unfortunately, they are out of stock online, so I am going to have to hunt them down!