Here is another “retro” item from my closet that I found, the “box purse”.  I guess these were popular back in the early nineties around the time Clueless came out.  I can remember wearing this with a pink cotton dress, white thigh-highs and a pair of white lace-up heels I got from Bakers.  Not one of my best looks.  Does anyone else remember these?

Okay I know.  I love my bulldog and maybe that is why I love this so much but how cute is this!  Now if I can find out where I can get this immediately!

Found via SwissMiss

 Update:  You can buy one here at Humunga Stache!

It has been a happy happy day.

After all of the house drama we found a house that we love and had our offer accepted.  That means we are about 45 days away from having the house of our dreams!  I am so excited.  I just hope that the inspections and appraisal go without a hitch.

Here is a couple of things I have been eying for a long time that I would love for my new home!

 I am going to need some pretty pictures for my wall.  Maybe I could have a custom silhouette made by
sweetcarolinadesign, $22

I have always wanted this comfy looking velvet poof pillow from Urban Outfitters, $28

For entertaining, this Polly George cake stand, £100.00.  I have my eyes on the matching butte dish, teas pot and sugar bowl too.

Side table from West Elm, $129

These are just a few things I have come across in the last few months but I am sure there is a lot more to come.  Any places that you look for decor ideas?  I am going to need some.

Anyone remember this toy from the eighties?

It was called the “Pocket Rocker” (not to be confused with the Pocket Rocket, which is a whole other “toy”).  It is a cassette player that plays mini cassette tapes of your favorite eighties pop songs.  You get one song per side and I had tapes of Debbie Gibson, The Jets, and my all time fave, Tiffany.

I somehow managed to hold onto the cassette player all these years but I don’t have any of the cassette tapes.  I wonder if the thing even works.

Until I saw this commercial I had totally forgotten that the tapes clipped to your clothes.  LOL

The White House by meArtDesign

Remember I mentioned that we had an offer on a house?  Well, we pulled out of the contract.  When I tell you why you are going to laugh and then write to me in the comment box below that I am the biggest idiot ever!

So biggest rule when you buy a house I have learned …

Look at the house as many times as you can!

We went and saw this house only once before we put a contract on it.  We knew we loved it, we knew the price was right and we were stressing about it getting snapped up by someone else.  Well four weeks go by and we still hadn’t heard anything back on whether our offer had been accepted and decided, to go look at it again.  We had driven by it numerous times but had only been inside once.

So stupid!

We scheduled a time to meet up with the realtor to check out the house again.  I am driving there when Mr. Juicefairy calls …

“We have a problem.”

“What! What’s wrong.”

“The garage is too small.”

“What do you mean the garage is too small?  It’s a two-car garage.”

“I thought the garage looked kind of small so I had the realtor open the garage door and I tried to pull my car in and it wouldn’t fit.  The car hangs out the back of the garage and you cant close the door.”

“How is that possible?  It’s a two-car garage.  Aren’t they a standard size?”

“Apparently not.”

After further inspection we realized that the builder had built into the garage to make room for the hot water heater and the AC unit.  Big mistake on their part because unless you drive a VW bug you can’t get you car in the garage all the way. We pulled out of our contract immediately.

Moral of the story folks:

Always look at the house more than once.  Look at everything.  Open every cabinet, every garage door, look in every closet look at every vent and ceiling.

We are still looking for our dream house now.  Sigh.  Mr. Juicefairy says that pulling out of the contract on that house we had loved felt like ending a long term relationship.  It was a little sad.  But he also said “we dodged a bullet!”  So true … so true.