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OOOOOOO man, I have been a bad little bloggerina.

Forgive?

Moving right along: this past weekend, I took a “me” day.  Slightly unnecessary and self-involved since I don’t have children and I also have a particularly awesome husband who I’d like to spend 100% of my time with AND I have about 1 friend in all of Chicago, and she is my sister.  So it’s not like I’m running around catering to the needs of others all the time.  Nonetheless, when Mr. Mags informed me that he’d be going on a brewery tour with some guys and then getting burgers, I decided to counterbalance with a Magpie day of spa + beauty services, food I like, and shopping.  It was…heaven.  I had a massage, mani/pedi, and waxing (less fun, but necessary), grabbed lunchie for one at Floriole (don’t feel bad – I had my other best friend, a good book, to keep me company…I’m reading Lean In right now and we must discuss this at some point — had to check it out given all of the criticism, and I completely disagree with the uproar), and then shopped my brains out.  I got some little items for the home from Crate + Barrel and Pottery Barn; some J. Crew treats (um, yes and yes); a ridiculously discounted lace mini and striped tee from Club Monaco; and…daydreamed about all the things I want to purchase from Jayson Home + Garden.  How and why I have never been into this store before, I do not know, but — my GOD that store is speaking my language.  I want every little thang.  And it’s conveniently around the corner from my digs in Chi-town.  First up, they had these goatskin rugs ($95) casually draped over stools, side tables, etc., and I need one in the baddest way.

Yes m’am.  I am thinking it might go well over our leather ottoman.  They would also play nicely beneath this tortoise tray table ($155), which I think should probably make its way into my house.  (This one from West Elm, $150, is also cool with its chrome legs, but I don’t like the tray as much — they have, in the store, one that has a lineny-finished tray top that I die over.)  Would look fantastico with this gold lamp (I.die. – $588) and some gold-accent pieces, like these little bowls, which I just snagged from Canvas Home ($22-55):

And, even though these belong in the kitch, I might consider using just one as a little accent piece on the tray, maybe atop a set of books?! — because these giraffe measuring cups are SO freaking cute ($25):

Among the 23923898 other things I want from Jayson Home: these python x-benches ($595).  I mean, how glam?!

Shifting gears a bit from animalia to all things colorful, I recently discovered that the illustrator Happy Menocal has begun to sell prints online, and am absolutely dying over this matador trio ($300 for set — also available individually).  You may know already that I snagged an amazing vintage matador print that is currently hanging in my guest bedroom, so I’m worried I might start to seem like a freak if I have tons of matador/bullfight artwork in my home, but…these are amazing.  Love the colors.

The set would look uh-may-zing hanging above one of these modern-looking tables ($699) from Blu Dot after discovering that Jenna Lyons uses the one in hot pink as her desk.  Um, amazing.  I think they may be a little too modern for my sensibility, but on the other hand, how cool would it be to see that sitting in an otherwise more traditional bedroom/office?!

While we’re on the topic of color, I think I may have mentioned that I’ve been slowly…painfully…trying to coordinate and style one of my bookshelves.  The main thread tying things together?  Mint/aqua, gold, and white.  I decided I needed a few more mint/pistachio items and decided on easy way to add the color would be to stack some items atop a cakestand — and narrowed it down to this jadeite style ($36) and this beaded style ($17), though I also considered this personalizable ceramic style from Etsy’s Vessels and Wares ($80):

I went with the first one.  I think it will look uh-may-zing with the other trinkets I have going on, including these adorable egg cups ($22) —

— and these lacquer boxes ($120 for set — and P.S., I’m pretty sure these are actually by Swing Design, who is sold out in the style, though I’d stalked their site for weeks…#winning):

(P.S. C. Wonder also carries similar styles in coral and navy.  Loves.)  I’m offsetting all of this aqua with lots of books, mercury glass, gold, and, of course, my beloved foos from Furbish ($82 for set):

{You can get the look for less from C. Wonder ($58).}  I stack some of my favorite books with turquoise spines strategically, including the Domino book (amazing — on sale for $21), the Tiffany’s Table Manners Book (which I received as a teen — $17), James Joyce’s “Portrait of the Artist” (the Penguin edition has a tiffany blue spine), and Michael Smith’s “Elements of Style” (beautiful — $30):

OK, that is all for now.  I’ll be back soooon, I promise!