events of the day (but not today. or yesterday either)
Some things I'd buy from Boden -
(a blue and brown fried egg dress)
as if I have any business buying anything from anywhere...
Now that I look at this trench I'm thinking that though the buttons are cute, the coat itself could be kind of wonky.
I like these a lot - but when I look at these closely I think they may be wonky too.
Cute skirt?
Or wonky?
Does anyone in my reader pool have any experience with Boden clothing? It looks crisp and well made on the models in the catalogue - but less so in the close-ups....
Anyone?
We are working very hard to make final decisions on our bathroom re-do.
We've pretty much decided on the floor, in a celadon color -
But the wall tile is just not coming together...
we have little imagination and tend to be easily steered by salespeople only to later discover that they designed bathrooms for Elvis and Liberace.
We never seem to be able to imagine the space - even with K's computer imaging.
And so we've shied away from finalizing the walls.
Good color...
(there are nine different tile shapes in this photo)
Nice design - but K hates subway tile...so...maybe all square tiles...
We realized that we were pricing handmade ceramic tiles - which is exactly what we did for our kitchen.
They aren't cheap, and when we were doing the kitchen I found a great small-batch tile manufacturer who was well equipped to do exactly what we wanted -for far less money than anyone else was charging.
So - here we are nearly five years later.
Who made our floor for the kitchen?
No. Idea.
English sounding name, we thought -
and we thought we knew where they were based.
After days and days of searching online, WE FOUND THEM.
They had moved.
Now we'll see if they can do tile for the bath.
After we looked at tile the other day we went for cupcakes.
At the famous cupcake bakery.
Which had a lot of rules...
I don't know who's been disturbing the bakers.
And I'm not sure what all the fuss is about their cupcakes either.
Perhaps I'll bake some now that I've got the bread down.
After the less than impressive cupcakes, K left us - Mom and me, and went home.
Me and mom, mom and me, we went to
1. the jeweler
2. anthro
The jeweler is just ADORABLE and he had sold some things that mom was interested in having him sell - but he sold them for more so it was kind of okay. Plus he fixed her ring which is very special to her, so that was good.
And why didn't he call her when he said he would? weeks and weeks ago?
BECAUSE I WROTE DOWN HER PHONE NUMBER WRONG, OKAY?
All righty then.
He has friends in Tuvalu and every time I see him he says: do you know the P's, on 5th street?
And I say: no, I don't believe I do...
And then we go through the whole where-do-your-kids-go-to-school, who-do-you-know-on-5th-street scenario until he is satisfied that I don't know them.
I wanted him to make my ring larger (it's a scootch tight) but he won't.
So. There.
Off in the raging wind to anthro we went.
Sigh.
Huge disappointment.
Really, the only good thing was one of the windows.
Yes. Plants sprouting in zip bags.
What can I say?
(a blue and brown fried egg dress)
as if I have any business buying anything from anywhere...
Now that I look at this trench I'm thinking that though the buttons are cute, the coat itself could be kind of wonky.
I like these a lot - but when I look at these closely I think they may be wonky too.
Cute skirt?
Or wonky?
Does anyone in my reader pool have any experience with Boden clothing? It looks crisp and well made on the models in the catalogue - but less so in the close-ups....
Anyone?
We are working very hard to make final decisions on our bathroom re-do.
We've pretty much decided on the floor, in a celadon color -
But the wall tile is just not coming together...
we have little imagination and tend to be easily steered by salespeople only to later discover that they designed bathrooms for Elvis and Liberace.
We never seem to be able to imagine the space - even with K's computer imaging.
And so we've shied away from finalizing the walls.
Good color...
(there are nine different tile shapes in this photo)
Nice design - but K hates subway tile...so...maybe all square tiles...
We realized that we were pricing handmade ceramic tiles - which is exactly what we did for our kitchen.
They aren't cheap, and when we were doing the kitchen I found a great small-batch tile manufacturer who was well equipped to do exactly what we wanted -for far less money than anyone else was charging.
So - here we are nearly five years later.
Who made our floor for the kitchen?
No. Idea.
English sounding name, we thought -
and we thought we knew where they were based.
After days and days of searching online, WE FOUND THEM.
They had moved.
Now we'll see if they can do tile for the bath.
After we looked at tile the other day we went for cupcakes.
At the famous cupcake bakery.
Which had a lot of rules...
I don't know who's been disturbing the bakers.
And I'm not sure what all the fuss is about their cupcakes either.
Perhaps I'll bake some now that I've got the bread down.
After the less than impressive cupcakes, K left us - Mom and me, and went home.
Me and mom, mom and me, we went to
1. the jeweler
2. anthro
The jeweler is just ADORABLE and he had sold some things that mom was interested in having him sell - but he sold them for more so it was kind of okay. Plus he fixed her ring which is very special to her, so that was good.
And why didn't he call her when he said he would? weeks and weeks ago?
BECAUSE I WROTE DOWN HER PHONE NUMBER WRONG, OKAY?
All righty then.
He has friends in Tuvalu and every time I see him he says: do you know the P's, on 5th street?
And I say: no, I don't believe I do...
And then we go through the whole where-do-your-kids-go-to-school, who-do-you-know-on-5th-street scenario until he is satisfied that I don't know them.
I wanted him to make my ring larger (it's a scootch tight) but he won't.
So. There.
Off in the raging wind to anthro we went.
Sigh.
Huge disappointment.
Really, the only good thing was one of the windows.
Yes. Plants sprouting in zip bags.
What can I say?
Comments
http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7313296/c/9.html
They are very cute and I'm afraid I must get them.
From that, I conclude that she had loved them from the start, and so you should make a trial purchase.
Thought you ought to know.
-J.
And I'm with K. No the the subway tile. But it looks like you have it well under hand!
and I love subway tile..
I really like that tile, especially the colour, between a pale blue and ash, at least on the screen! But I wanted to ask you if you have ever considered mosaic, it's all the rage here especially for bathrooms (I don't have it).
I fell in LOVE with Anthropologie, thanks to you, SIGH! That is one cute window.
I'd checked out the Magnolia Bakery's cookbook from the library and forgotten about it....now I must go try a recipe and see if it's up to snuff!
b
former semi-pro baker
p.s. we have a white-tiled bathroom floor. Which is horrible with a dark-haired husband. 'nuff said.
I am one of those guilty Say La Vee lurkers that reads, but never posts. What did it take to make me come out of my internet shell?
A shopping question, of course!
The folks at Boden are lovely, and when you call their Florida call center, they all have lilting faux-British accents. Reminds me of my exchange-student days in London. (How I wish I had taken advantage of those wonderful months as I would today!) Boden's clothes, however, are not quite as the catalog represents. A skirt recently I purchased was described as moleskin lined with poly. In reality it was poly, lined with nothing. (It was such a pretty red. Alas, no lining = snags on tights. Sigh.) They were very obliging when I called to return the skirt, although I still don't have my refund... I bet if you purchase with low/no expectations you will love what you get. I'd also recomend purchasing multiple sizes as their UK to US sizing conversions are just not that accurate.
Finally, thank you for writing your blog every day. I really enjoy reading it.
-M
See, I knew someone would have some information for me...
and what it adds up to is that Boden may not be worth the Bucks.
Thank you -M.
I like Magnolia Bakery cupcakes because nothing is too sweet for me -I have the taste buds of a nine year old. The recipe in the cookbook is dead-on and we've made them often. But the best cupcake in the world, in my book, is the Barefoot Contessa's coconut cupcake. Just in case you're looking for inspiration....
It translates quite well into cupcakes at least as good as any you could buy in a bakery. I hope I haven't just bored you to death.
also like the skirt very much.
you could pull off the sneakers, but i don't like the color. i think i would like them better in pink or orange...
Had to comment about the Boden clothing. We love it... I've ordered tons of it for my kids and we've been happy with the overall quality and durability. And of course, fabulous styles. Some of what we purchased has been passed on to 2-3 other children. (One of which is Karla May's adorable Geej) I typically look on their website for their sale items, since I'm not a big fan of paying full price for most clothing.
ebay too...
2. Subway tiles rock, but you'd probably like the hand-made-y ones that are a little uneven and more expensive than the other ones, because that's just the way you are. We have subway tiles in the old, never-updated bathroom. With white hexagonal ones on the floor. Love. Them.
3. What's wonky?
I like more than stylish one, Boden Deals are better for me to choose one simple skirt!
Laura