i love......

extra long weekends :)

Monday being a day off school so we can go to John's Incredible Pizza for their $5 spooky special :) (be hang to the diet!)

when Mr UPS arrives at 10am instead of 4pm (and he has a big smiling box for ME!!!)

the best vegetarian indian food for lunch drowning in the creamiest, orange-est tikka masala

bills with minus balances

when soccer practice and golden hour coincide in a perfectly shady park (with huge oak tree bokeh)

easy going moms

a king sized chocolate bar, strong but milky coffee and a George Clooney movie in bed :)

the crinkly eyed smiles of George Clooney, the President and my hubbie :)

waking up to donuts and coffee

mornings spent posing in fake living rooms and kitchens in IKEA

shopping for FAKE sheepskin rugs and picture frames

IKEA pizza for lunch (maybe i'm always really hungry after exploring that huuuuuge store but it's always sooooooo saucy and good!)

finding perfect sized, not too twee, pasta bowls after months (i am soo not kidding) MONTHS of searching - this calls for a celebratory spaghetti dinner :)

the big white driftwood stump we 'reclaimed' from a beach in Northern California

using our white minivan as a huuuuuuge reflector :)

the 135mm f/2.0 lens

hubbies that encourage such wonderful, feel-good, for-no-reason purchases

pictures taken with said lens that need no photoshopping and look like a perfect, slightly prettier than real life, version of real life

cats

dogs

finished baseboards

shelves full of freshly printed pictures