My baby turned 6!

Stella celebrated her 6th birthday this week. July 14 to be exact.

At first she was all bummed about getting older.

Then I told her I was like waaaay older than 6 and that life only gets better as you age. She agreed...then we went swimming.

(then she had too many birthday treats and vomited on my leg, true story.)

San Francisco 2009

May 8-10 2009

Vera's House in San Francisco

Lookin' good ladies :D

The view from Vera's office.

I'm on a bus!

I (heart) SF!

We had such an amazing girls weekend in the city. Blue bottle coffee, Vera's homemade brownies, a couple of cocktails and a lot of laughs.

The complete itinerary from Vera

Friday:
Took the 21 to Alamo Square
La Boulange – for breakfast
Blue Bottle Coffee
Gensler – Vera’s work
Palomino for Martinis
West Field Mall – H&M, food court
Came Home
Dinner Green Chili Kitchen
Saturday:
Ferry Building -> this was my fav
Wine Merchant
To the Cable Cars over to Fisherman’s Wharf
Lunch at Blue Mermaid/Argonaut Hotel
Ghiradelli Square
Home for naps
North Beach for dinner at Calzones
Columbus Café too busy went to Armada
Gino’s

Golden Boy Pizza
Sunday:
walk to the Haight
People’s Café

BART to SFO :(

be mindful

THREAD ~ Sunday 8-17-08

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iPhone

I know this news is like 2 weeks old, but.....

This is the line of people (men) waiting outside of the Apple store to get their iPhones. I get it, it's a cool phone, Abe wants one. But to spend the day waiting in line....is it worth it? If you have an iPhone, let me know.

Gift Card Heaven

Have you ever been to Gift Card Heaven? Well, I'm there and it's beautiful!

Starbucks- $20
Banana Republic- $50
Bloomingdales- $100
Westfield Shopping Malls- $100

Yay, Shopping without spending. And it's not even my Birthday!

I tend to be WAY more cautious when I'm shopping with gift cards. I want to make sure I really NEED or really LOVE what I'm getting. And then, I always have the dilema of:

1)Should I buy something worth the exact amount of my gift card?
2)Should I only spend half and save the other half to use during a money drought?
3)Should I buy something that costs twice as much and consider it 50% off?

I'll let you know what I get. Right now I really need work clothes. More specifically,
Black pumps, (mine are so worn out!)
Pants (I'll probably go to Express and get the Editor, it's a great staple)
Button down/officey shirts

How do you spend your gift cards?

UPDATE:
Starbucks- I only have $3.85 left for Starbucks. Have you tried the Doubleshot on Ice? I love it! Only 100 calories!

Westfield- I have $7.88 left. I bought Nine West heels ($25.86) and a few beauty supplies at Sephora ($66.27 I think)

My Sephora goodies.