My Mom is a Psychic Decor Savant

Do you subscribe to House Beautiful?  I just received my April 2013 issue yesterday and perused most of it this afternoon.  I stopped on page 136 (yes, there are only 140 pages). Here is what I saw...

Sorry for the crappy phone picture.  If you have Superman vision you can see that these are going for the ridiculously steep price of forty clams a piece.  What what?!  As a geologist I value rocks more than the average person, but a slice of dyed agate is hardly worth $40 when affixed to a night light. I love how blue is 'azure' and purple is 'fuschia' for the design elite.  Lucky for me (again) my mother saw some of these at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show and bought two of them for me.  She even showed them to me on skype this morning and they are beauts!  I believe my mom gave the savvy sum of six bucks a piece for each night light. (If it was cheaper you can leave the price in the comments Mom and be my first commenter. Ever.)

My parents are visiting in late Spring.  I'll try to put up a picture of these geo-tastic night lights in action when they arrive. Until then, enjoy any drink on the rocks because ice is a mineral!

Sweet Surprise

I was at Target today.  Okay, let's be real, I was deeply hypnotized by the big red bullseye this morning.  You know how it is...you go in for toilet paper and you come home with a bunch of 50% off Nate Berkus decorative stuff that is destined to be homeless for the unforeseen future because you already own too much crap.  I bought the ginger jar, stone frame and brass emerald cut vase that I've eyed since the line debuted.

I also bought myself three cute little notebooks for $2.99.  The Chief (my husband) is underway right now, so this was a substitute V-day gift for myself. At my semi-advanced age I can't seem to get into the groove of taking notes with my phone (other than photos).  These are just the right scale and sport a travel theme, which I dig.  There was a sweet surprise when I got them home and removed the cellophane packing.  The inside covers depict the underground/metro/subway system in each of the cities.

Tres chic, non?