Ski Season Day 1 [Catamount]

Today I took myself skiing for the first time this season. Catamount was empty and glorious. I'd dressed for a sunny 27°, and it ended up an overcast 20° -- which wasn't terrible at all, just a little cooler than anticipated. The ease with which I found my ski legs made up for the chilliness, and I took recharge the ipod/warm my toes breaks whenever I felt like it (the #1 reason solo activities are super). My 2013 is off to a empowered start. I like it.

Nail Art // Dave Concert

Now that they're all been peeled off in a fashion consistent with my inability to leave polish on until I find myself where there are both cotton balls and nail polish remover... I miss my wild nails from last weekend's concert festivities very much (post on the whole weekend coming soon).

I used a few different techniques on these, which I'd gathered from Kaylah's nail posts over the past few months. She has such a great eye for color, and jazzes the patterns up so much with just some tape for the most part. I love them. I only get to my nails about once a week, toes even less frequently... But if I'm doing them at all lately, they're going to be at least two-toned. It's too much fun not to.

Supplies

Brucci - Tiffany's Tying the Knot

Brucci - Jan's Jazzy Ginger

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Lickety-Split Lime

Scotch Tape

Clear Top Coat (nothing fancy)

How I Did It

Simple Triangles of the pink on the gold basecoat

DIY Nail Stickers (via The Dainty Squid) for the green lines

I'm due to paint my nails again this afternoon, but first I've got to swing up to mom and dad's to do some laundry. There's not quite much better than having them less than 10 miles away. I'm so spoiled. Is it still spoiled when you know you're lucky?

Boho Bracelet Mail Call

I have a really hard time with checking the mail often enough. When I looked on Monday and had a USPS "Sorry We Missed You!" registered parcel notice from a week earlier, I wasn't particularly shocked. However, I had no idea what it could possibly be. Sometimes late night online shopping gets the better of me..

The sun finally came out this afternoon, so I walked over to the post office to find:

International mail! Isn't it the coolest? I honestly don't know that I've gotten any before.  If it wasn't for the customs declaration, I wouldn't have had a clue what was inside, but then remembered finding some adorable, very inexpensive bohemian style bracelets at Goldbell while perusing Etsy a few weeks ago.

Check out the goods.

The green multi-colored one is actually an anklet ($5), and the next two with the jagged clear and turquoise stones only cost me $6 each. Because I bought the first 3, the turquoise with bell beads was free!
(The leather's a constant on my wrist, and was not purchased from Thailand.)

They haven't relisted the bracelets above yet, but you should definitely check out the shop to see if there's anything you'd dig. There are a ton of bracelets perfect for stacking, and the buy 3 get 1 deal sure makes them worth it!

I hope the sun's shining wherever you are today!

It's time for a little kitchen action.
Dishes and dinner await!