Vacuuming in high heels & pearls

It snowed all day yesterday. Blizzarded, more accurately. For anyone who's keeping track at home, that's the 5th weekend in a row that it has snowed here. We got about 6 inches out of this storm, effectively obliterating all of the progress the sun had made in melting the snow over the last few days. We have about 85% of our average yearly snowfall already, and it's not even the end of January! Traditionally our snowiest months are March and April so this is very out of character for our weather. I know when most people think of Colorado they think mountains and snow, but normally the snow that does fall here melts within a day or two. We're now at 30+ days of continual snow on the ground, and that's probably not going to change any time soon.

I got out my Valentine's Day decorations today. I had planned on waiting a little longer before putting them up so that I wouldn't be completely sick of them by the time the 14th rolls around. Oh well! It was fun to put things out. I followed my Christmas method of not displaying everything; holding some back so it will be fresh next year. It's liberating! I have a few ideas for some new decorations to make over the next couple of weeks and I'm excited to get working on them. Tomorrow I'll take a photo of my vintage Valentines to show you.

In the mean time, look at these cuties from Gooseberry Patch. I LOVE this yo-yo quilt. It's $150, way out of my price range, but I covet it still. Thing is, by the time I made 300 yo-yos and found a quilt to sew them on, $150 would probably look like a great deal!

I also love these darling reproduction vintage Valentines with hankies tucked inside. What a sweet little giftie for a friend, no? Two of my favorite things: vintage Valentines and vintage hankies! Gooseberry Patch has lots of other cute vintage-inspired things, so go take a look if you're not familiar with them.

Oh, and thank you all for your comments about the nighties hanging in my house. I feel so vindicated! :)