On my most recent thrifting expedition, I scored this beautiful striped glass decanter set.
I'm a bit of a sucker for these little decanters and glasses - I think I own about 4 of them at this point. This one is my current favorite by far - it's so simple and elegant.
I'm going to have to buy a fancy beverage to decant out of it...what does one drink out of those tiny glasses, anyway?
I mean, other than the nectar of the gods, obviously.
It's no secret that I've moved around a lot. Apartments, cities, countries, you name it. After awhile, you kind of get used to the rhythm of it, all except for one thing (warning, vanity ahead): I HATE trying to find a new hairdresser.
Typically, once I finally do hunt someone amazing down, I only get one appointment before they
a) take stress leave
b) quit
c) disappear on me (all except Nathan. Oh Nathan, I'm sorry I left you, you still have my heart).
So, all of this moving around and vanity stress has lead me to where I am now: I've been cutting my own bangs for over a year now, dyeing my own hair for a few years and growing it out for over 6 months.
In all honestly, after watching SO many hairdressers cut my bangs, only to result in me going home to correct them myself, I'm getting pretty good at achieving what I want. The same rules apply for the home hair dyeing kit. The fancy stuff in salons? I don't think it's so fancy. And besides, I usually have to convince them to go as dark as I want. It's MY HAIR, people. I shouldn't have to debate the issue.
So here it is: my look for fall 2009. And my advice: when it comes to your hair - be brave, people, be brave.
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As an aside, I have to commend Anna from Door Sixteen for her recent post in which she lists Adobe Photoshop as part of her beauty regime. Oh hells ya, I Photoshopped the crappers out of my bags.
I've finally gotten around to editing some of the photos that I took this summer (!), while on my annual trip home to Saskatchewan.
One of my favorite things to do while I'm home (in addition to attending as many garage sales as is humanly possible) is exploring abandoned farm houses and ghost towns.
The above picture was taken in the old general store/post office at Bents, Saskatchewan.
It's always so strange to wander around these abandoned spaces - there is often so much left behind. It always makes you wonder what happened to the people who lived and worked there, and what made them just drop what they were doing one day, lock the door and walk away.
There is so much of Saskatchewan's forgotten past contained in these buildings. It's hard not to take thousands of photographs.
You can view the whole set on my flickr page.
