dearest friday....

I have a small warning for you.



what you are about to view....are not pretty pictures........at least the first few are not.



I dare you to enter......... something happens in this room on a weekly basis. no lie.



i finally opened the closet and low and behold......everything that i had ever imagined not possible...was possible.



Every time i sent lola up to clean her room...i used to applaud her for being like her mother....so organized and thoughtful when it came to her room.



NOT SO.



Everything you see on the floor was stuffed in her closet.



I found things i thought were lost and gone forever....



all hiding in this closet.....




oh.....let me tell you.....Fin had a ball in there....why is it that little boys love this sort of stuff? I swear he ate



a half eaten candy bar from 2 years ago.



I also swear that if he gets an upset stomach tonight....that he will NOT be staying home tomorrow.



because it's his last full day of all day school and i have plans....



big plans....



it's his last day of daycare before he starts pre-k.



why is pre-k only 2.5 hours?



now i'm re-thinking taking him out of daycare to save a few bucks....



so...he better not vomit tonight.





This is what i spent the day doing on Thursday.......cleaning a room that should be done by it's own occupant.



I also found out that lola is a hoarder. {why does it sound like the word 'order'...because it's the furthest thing from that}



she hoards.



now...me...myself.....i collect.........



lola hoards.



i ended up with a few large bags that are headed to goodwill and a large bag that is just headed to the garbage.



enter clean closet....







her room was such that you couldn't even see her new duvet cover......

sweet posie love.

This duvet cover is not from Anthro.....nope.....

it's from Homegoods of all places.

and it was NOT expensive.

under $60.

I'm all over the board today.....

have you seen this ladder in the new Country Living mag {sept issue}???

What a wonderfully fabulous idea......

...and here is my version.......it's a good thing it's not bigger...because then i would feel the need to fill it full.

What do you have lined up for the three day weekend girls? I'm heading to the flea market again on Saturday with a friend.....then a party with some neighbors in the eve...and hopefully....just hopefully....the weather is warm enough that we can enjoy the last weekend that our pool is open.

oh....don't forget to comment for a starbucks gift card here.....

and my dear friend is having an uber cool giveaway here....[make sure you tell her lola b's sent ya..}

xo