I’m feeling Twenty-Two

I know y’all like to save money but you want to be cute. Me too. That’s why Target is so popular. However, there are things that Targeay (if you’re fancy) cannot provide and that’s when you need to go for the good stuff. So, here’s whatcha need to do – get a Club Twenty-Two Card.

Club Twenty-Two Cards are offered by the Junior League of Nashville (which I’m apart of) and all proceeds support the Junior League’s programs, developing and training women to their highest potential, and our work in fighting childhood obesity in Middle Tennessee. 100% of the proceeds are given directly to our partner agencies – Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Book ‘Em and Ronald McDonald House for example. A full list of partner agencies can be found here.

With a Club Twenty-Two card you get 20% off at over 130 retailers on October 24– November 3, 2013 and March 6-17, 2014. We’re talking 20% off at nice places for ten days. It’s a great way to buy holiday presents. It’s a great way to buy stuff for yourself whether it’s clothes, food, homegoods or skin/nail care. For $50.00, it’s a no-brainer. Here are some of the participating retailers. They may, or may not, be places I’m going. All retailers can be found here.

Shockingly, some cards are still available so you need to get on it. The first shopping period begins TOMORROW.

You’d save 19.60 on this Camel Sweater.

You’d save $7.90 on the Plaster Paths Tee.

You’d save $6.50 on this glitter belt.

You’d save $45.00 on this Two Tone Tortoise Gramercy Watch.

You can either tell me you want one and I’ll grab it for you or you can pick it up yourself at Headquarters. The easiest thing may be for you to buy it online. It’ll cost you an extra $2.00 for postage and you’ll need to put my name (Rachael Anne) in the comments box.

Let me know if you have any questions. I figured if some are still available, I want you lovelies to get in on the action.

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Big, hairy animals

I general, I am not a fan of stuffed animals. However, I like big ones. Therefore, when I saw the colorful beasts below at Homegoods I was pretty excited.

They were $399.99 each which stopped some people from petting them. However, in the few moments I was near them they were popular. I imagine they didn’t last the weekend.

Big, stuffed animals are adorable in nurseries. They’re usually giraffes.

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Melissa & Doug have a section of “Giant Stuffed Animals” while Land of Nod has two different sized giraffes on their site. They are more life like than many of the others on the market.

The large one (see above) is $399 which makes me pause and recognize that the TJMaxx ones were a good find. I hope someone takes good care of those animals.

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What I did this weekend

Yesterday, we found out you get a free glazed donut at Krispy Kreme if you buy a milk.

Purity milk is the jam.

My tulips from Valentines are still trying to hold on.

Saturday, we went to Clarksville for my daddy’s birthday. We ran into Miss Lucille’s and I liked this mirror.

The Mister approves.

The Colonel modeled a napkin and the video is pretty funny. I guarantee that it’ll improve your Monday.Watch it here.

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Blue Willow

A few days ago, while doing my grocery shopping at Kroger, I saw this.

Insert me stopping mid-aisle and backing up

I was at the Green Hills Kroger so I wasn’t at a Kroger Marketplace. I’ve only been to a Marketplace on the road but know some outlying areas have them. I haven’t seen Kroger sell dishes before and I was real excited about them being Blue Willow. Plus, there sale signs.

Here is the only picture of pricing that is readable.

After scrutinizing photos, here are the prices I’ve confirmed:

• Dinner plate $5.24
• Salad plate $3.75
• Cereal bowl $3.75
• Soup bowl $3.75
• Large serving bowl $14.99
• 14″ Oval Platter $20.24
• Covered casserole $44.99

I think a grouping of Blue Willow can be really pretty on a wall.

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However, I don’t think it looks great on your back.

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What I did this weekend

The Mister and I went to a bunch of antique shops/malls this weekend. Now, you may think that The Mister didn’t enjoy himself or that he was drug around. You’d be very wrong.

I told you.

We used to go to shops more often but have stopped as I have the tendency to find great things and I feel this deep need to buy. I’ve been thinking of doing a booth and this trip only encouraged it. Here are some photos of our Saturday.

I liked these bookends for $19.00, but I left them at the store.

He’s been talking about learning the banjo for years. I’d really like it if he did it.

 

We got pretty excited when we saw these desks. We even took a moment and sat in them.

I loved his jorts.

I will post some other finds from this weekend. We bought enough stuff to fill The Mister’s truck. Obviously, the wooden man above came home. I couldn’t leave him behind.

 

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Crate and Barrel Outlet

While on the road last week I purchased a rug at the Crate and Barrel rug outlet in Kittery, Maine. There are only a few outlet locations and that’s a damn shame because there were some great finds.

It would match my CB2 acrylic console. I have figured out how to bring home a good number of things on the road, but I knew this was beyond my abilities to fit in a suitcase.

This lampshade was huge and quite on sale.

They had a lot of ornaments.

I especially liked these ornaments.

A grouping of them together would be a cool baby mobile. There is nothing to read into that except that we have a good number of friends that have babies or have one on the way.

I found a 4’x6′ Zola rug and loved the colors. I purchased it and tried it out in the hotel room.

I sent the above photo to The Mister and asked him to measure out a space on our leopard rug.

We tried it out and it was a disappointment.

Good thing I have till early April to return it and will be back in the area in March.  It’s a great rug but I don’t have a place for it. If they had a smaller one I would use it in the kitchen.

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Website Wednesday: Mark and Graham

I recently found out about Mark and Graham and feel it’s only proper to introduce y’all. Here is a sampling of their most tempting items.

They have some great napkins in both cotton and linen.

They are easily personalized.

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You should know that they have free shipping on orders over $49.00 through December 20 with the code FREESHIP.

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2013 Calendars

Last year’s calendar round up was fairly popular, so I’ve kept y’all in mind while searching for my new ones. First, we’ll speak about “work” calendars. Last year, I tried the Planner Pad. I liked the theory of it with a place to brainstorm a list of action items then a place to assign them to specific days. I didn’t like that the calendar times are only by the hour so it’s impossible to write in half hour meetings. It’s not an attractive calendar either and I’d prefer something a tad smaller. So, I’m trying something new this year. Below, are my two options. I simply copied and pasted the wording from an email I sent to a co-worker as we typically order our calendars together.

It’s between two options. Let me present them to you.

Option 1:
Moleskin’s Extra Large Action Weekly Planner. I like that it has a place to list for “to do” items on the same page as the week. Additionally, it’s a fairly good size for dedicated space for a list. God knows I love a list.

Option 2:
Moleskin’s Extra Large Taskmaster Weekly Planner. I had decided on Option 1. I went to buy it then noticed the “You May Also Like” section in my cart. It had me at “Taskmaster.” This one has four pages for each week: two pages for the whole week in a vertical layout, followed by two pages for weekly actions and projects. Two pages for to do lists? What the what?!

I’m thinking Option 2.

Speaking of completely work appropriate, the new “hot guys” calendar is out and the cover has a pug on it.

I’m disappointed in the public for just finding out about someecards, yet I’m disappointed they found out at all. Some days I feel like burning someecards to the ground. Not everyone needs access because most people are not that funny and if you’re constantly making them your Facebook status here’s a calendar for you because there is no hope left.

These are all quite pretty.

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I like this one for our fridge.

 

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What I did this weekend

This weekend, The Mister passed his cold onto me. Before it hit me Saturday night, we went to the Porter Flea. Here are some things I found there.

I liked the mix of colors and patterns.

I didn’t get any of these, but wish I would have spent more time at the booth and left with one.

Make your own TN themed pillow. I liked the moonshine one.

I bought these two pairs of earrings from RINjuel.

I tried on a pair of red glasses from Wink Wink Eyewear. Sadly, I didn’t get a photo but they were cute. Holler Design was in attendance and  I loved their rocker.

It’s really beautiful.

The Mister bought a Nashville print and a couple beers.

Overall, it was a successful outing.  Now, I need to blow my nose.

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Tennessee Antique Mall

Recently, I went to Tennessee Antique Mall. I’d been awhile since I’d taken the time to go while in town. This particular mall is not organized. If you’re expecting vignettes and a collected look, it’s not here. If you expect to dig and hunt, that’s more like it. Here are the things I found though I left empty handed.

I liked this lamp. According to it’s tag it is made of chalk.

My mother hates this lamp. I showed her the photos last weekend. I think it could be cute after a new shade.

This bee sampler would be cute in a child’s room.

This coo-coo clock would be cute in your child’s room too.

This whale planter would be great on a bookshelf.

I like a brass, bamboo tray. I have one on my vanity, bathroom vanity and my desk at the office.

 

A friend of mine (Hello Sweet Jinanne!) collects old portraits. I always thought her collection was interesting. She told me once that she collects them because she feels like they’ve been discarded. I remember my grandmother had an old photo of a baby and nobody knew who it was. It always intrigued me and I remember being sad that the baby was forgotten. I have a number of family portraits and art in our home now. I would have a hard time finding the wall space but know a wall (hallway) lined with a collection of portraits could be really striking.

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