red, rit dye and rite aid

i've established the fact that i am a "blue" person. but lately, red seems to be a color that i am enjoying a lot of and really drawn to in clothing and home finds. here are a few of the red things i have noticed lately:

first of all, these j brand jeans. obsessed.

i tried to be frugal, creative, and inventive by purchasing enough rit dye for a whole hippie commune, and dye my own old pair of white jeans. (if anyone is interested, the rite aid on maple street has every color. i made pb ride with me there at 10:30 one night a few weeks ago.) it kind of worked. but still not these jeans. they are a fall must have. i had saved my birthday money and finally broke down and ordered them. they are going to go with everything.

this cup. thank you jbp for leaving this treat on my doorstep. i had coffee in it this morning.

and pb is even on the red train trend. he got these sporty shorts from liz for his birthday.

this red polish by essie. clambake.

and i love these red beads (more of a brick red) that my friend, pmh, loaned me to try. i think they are a keeper. would be great with something pink or chartreuse.

and this is wil's room. we found this union jack flag here and hung it behind his bed.

and this latest time consumer.

which you can check out here. this is a black hole!!!!! i tried to join several times but the traffic is so heavy for the site that you have to wait for an invitation. when i got the invite email the other day, you would have thought i won the lottery. this is the kind of stuff i love and could design and play with all day long. i stayed up way too late last night creating boards and looking at other boards. it is a constant work in progress so check out my boards when you are bored (no pun intended, gk).


and last, these are not red things, but just comical photos from life around our house this week. first is our dear cat, pumpkin. not sure what he was doing or how we caught this shot. it looks like the dalai lama should be in the photo somewhere.

and em and i made cow and pig pancakes on the griddle yesterday morning. hilarious but obviously good.

and happy saturday...it is about 15 degrees cooler here today!