Happy Weekend

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Hello again my dears! I know updates have been short and rather impersonal lately but the holidays are a busy time for us all aren't they? I'm hoping to get back to a regular schedule after the New Year.

Did you have a good week/Christmas? My family got home from their trip to Minnesota yesterday and unfortunately my brothers brought the stomach flu with them. I feel bad for them but will be spending the weekend pounding vitamins while wearing a hazmat suit. No touchy the healthy person, ok guys? It sounds cruel but I am a big crying baby about the stomach flu. No thank you.

In the meantime, here are some cool things from around the Internet for you.

+ Cerealism: a photographer builds mini landscapes out of breakfast cereal because this is America and yes we can.

+ Makeover a plain cardigan with sequins. So clever!

+ Van Gogh: the original Instagrammer. Hilarious.

+ I just want to take a nap in this bed. So comfy looking.

+ A crazy cool timelapse video of all the landings at the San Diego, California airport over a period of 5 hours.

+ "Your New Twin-Sized Bed" by Death Cab for Cutie


Until next time!
xx

Clinomania

Sigh. 

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Or make that Wednesday. Exactly how I feel this morning.

But like a good girl, I'll go to work, put on an appropriately melancholy soundtrack and watch the snow fall furiously outside.
Fingers crossed this blizzard doesn't leave me stranded up there tonight.

Now let's all buck up and power through this day, shall we?

Merry Christmas

I hope your day was merry and bright. 

Now if you'll excuse me, there is a fireplace and a cup of hot chocolate that need my attention.

xx

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Happy Weekend

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Ohhh weekend, thank you for coming back again! No big plans for me, I'll probably spend it exactly as pictured above, asleep in a pile of books. I have to work the day before and after Christmas so I will be unable to join my family on their trek to Minnesota, malheureusement. But it's alright, I'm super fun to hang out with so I'm going to have a great time. I'm not being sarcastic, just really really self-confident.

Anywaaay here are some links I've enjoyed this week:

+ A 72-year old man models for his granddaughter's clothing store in China. You look fabulous, Grandpa. #thingsIneverthoughtIdsay

+ Sweet and simple gift wrapping technique. Perfect for every occasion.

+  The Fox is Black has a rad collection of free desktop wallpapers.

+ Baked Hummus and Spinach Dip. Sounds so yummy & would make a good party dish.

+ An amazing Christmas tree made out of porcelain plates and cups in Belgium

+ "Ivy & Gold" by Bombay Bicycle Club


xo

Oddly Specific Christmas Gift Ideas

We are less than a week away from Christmas! Are you excited? Any shopping left to do? Out of ideas?
All over the web there are gift guides organized by age, gender, price, color, personality and more. (I already posted my personal wish list here.) But everybody has that person in their life who is just impossible to shop for. Maybe they're one of those people who already has everything, or worse, the kind of person that doesn’t really want things (i.e. my dad). Or maybe they are just so unique, an ordinary gift like a sweater or a pair of headphones just won’t do.
For THOSE people, I have put together a list of the weirdest gifts on the web that just might do the trick. Just a warning, weirdness comes with a price: some of these gifts are thousands of dollars. But since this is only for pretend we don't really care what they cost in real dollars, right?

+ For your most favorite-even-though-she’s-cuckoo aunt who lives in Martha's Vineyard, is fond of wearing ponchos and is weirdly obsessed with Indian culture:

Custom-made rickshaw, $10,000 and she'll be the talk of the weekly poetry slam

+ For your 10 year old cousin with the enormous vocabulary who is too serious for his age even though he secretly wants to be a stage actor when he grows up:

Wooden catapult or trebuchet kit, $14.99-$25.99

+ For that girl in your office who laughs too loud, eats your food from the break room fridge, and you are convinced is secretly gunning for your job. You had the misfortune to end up as her Secret Santa in the company gift exchange:

Denim Sandal Boots, $140 and worth every penny to see the look on her face when she pulls these puppies out of the gift bag