Wednesday Wants: Gold, Glass & Dots

wednesday wishlist 10.31 by collectingsparks featuring gorjana

J.Crew ballet flat / Flat shoes / Kate Spade tote handbag / Gorjana / GLAMOURPUSS / Beauty product / Almoco Flatware (5-Piece Setting) / Marc Blackwell Southern Hemisphere Double Old Fashioned Glass / Votive Cups - Set of 12 / Beaded Pumpkins & Gourds / Gold Athena Tray / Kamal Snow Dots Dinnerware / Kamal Snow Dots Dinnerware / THE SEDGEWICK / Split-A-Wish Jewelry Holder

I don't know if it's the holiday (and I'm not dressed up), my early Christmas cheer, or being locked up in my apartment for three days while the power at work has been out, but on this spooky, gray and cloudy Hallow's Eve, I'm craving glam. 

These gold, glass, polka-dotty luxe fancies are just the beginning of my growing birthday/Christmas list (I'm one of those (un)fortunate December babies). And yes, I've already started my list.

What are you craving lately?

Tuesday Tuneday: L.L. Loves & Some Pre-Holiday Cheer

Even though Halloween isn't until tomorrow, I think it's about time for me to officially admit (warn you) on the blog that I am a Christmas freak (for lack of a better word).

Yes, I'm that girl that starts listening to Christmas music before Thanksgiving (okay, before Halloween...damn you Zooey Deschanel). I have to hold back my squeals of delight when the holiday displays start going up in storefronts (damn you, Pottery Barn), and it takes a serious amount of internal strength to not wear my favorite holiday tartans before November (November's acceptable, right?).

I'm not sure if this being holed up inside a la the winter snow days of my school years is what put me over the edge, but it's official: I'm in holiday mode.

Don't worry, I refrained from making you a Christmas playlist (it was tough). These are some of the songs that get me in the mood for snowy trees, hot cocoa and hours spent by the fireplace - preferably after a snowball fight or a winter walk bundled up in these L.L. Bean goodies:

(left to right, top to bottom): Scarf | Shirt | Fair Isle Sweater | Slippers (currently wearing; best slippers ever) |  Shirt | Fisherman's Sweater | Shirt | Scarf | Tote | Sheets | Boots | PJs | Booties

Joni Mitchell – All I Want
Jack Johnson – Posters
Counting Crows – Perfect Blue Buildings
Jack Johnson – Flake
Dispatch – Carry You
Counting Crows – Colorblind
Jack Johnson – Inaudible Melodies
Rusted Root – Martyr
Dave Matthews Band – Christmas Song
Joni Mitchell – A Case Of You
Rusted Root – Back To The Earth
Counting Crows – Sullivan Street
Dispatch – Hey, Hey
Dispatch – Out Loud - Live
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds – Say Goodbye

(go to playlist on Spotify)

Can you tell I'm all about tartan right now? Thought so.

Are you an early Christmas cheer-er? What gets you excited for the holidays?

A Cozy Monday.

In the midst of Hurricane Sandy, we're hunkered down in Boston. The boy and I were both advised to work remotely today, so we're hibernating in the apartment with a House Hunters marathon, candles burning, and obviously still in PJs.

But if I had it my way, we'd be holed up in our room at Twin Farms in Vermont, keeping warm with hot tea and a roaring fire - preferably reading instead of working. Excuse me while I spend the rest of today daydreaming of fireplaces...

Pure bliss.

To all of you on the East Coast, what are you doing to stay safe through the hurricane?

For all of you who are escaping the weather, what are your favorite stormy day traditions?