We love pie!

Rhubarb pie! This pie here, it's called a cutie pie! YUM!

So that's what we do now, we eat pies. Health food, guys. I can't help myself, I have no apologies, I love pie.

This entire week has been a food fiesta for us, but we don't feel bad about it. Thanks to marathon training (psh), I've decided that it is okay to eat anything...everything? We went to Pryde's in Westport, our new favorite home goods store, and decided that we are going to have to furnish our entire kitchen with the cute stuff from this darling local establishment. Check out these coffee cups- I think that this sums it all up:

All in all, we are having a great time, living it up and loving everything about life.

So. Happy.

Casa updates

So, this is actually kind of older news, but we bought a sofa about a month ago. This might not seem like a big deal to many, but we haven't ever bought furniture so the sofa thing felt like this giant leap into adulthood. We finally got it together and put up a real living room. It took us awhile, but now that we have it all set up, it feels really cozy up in here. 

Turns out that you really can move a sofa without a truck! All you need is lots of rope, a Geo Prism, and to cross your fingers and hope for the best. Then we have a picture of the whole thing all set up. It's likely a temporary arrangement, but until we have a little more to work with, this makes an awesome book reading and cereal-eating nook. I'm glad that this place is finally starting to feel like home. This sofa nook is the perfect spot for drinking coffee and reading books (favorite things).

Also, here are some pictures of us from a night out in the crossroads art district. Lots of wine involved.

Yep, this is us being grown-ups :)

Keeping it simple

I think it's important that everyone have some sort of philosophy, so that when people ask you what you are all about, you have a good answer. I think that I say it a few times a week: "I believe in keeping it simple."

This philosophy applies to lots of things for me. I just don't dig on all the fussy stuff. I don't believe in complicating life with a bunch of junk, clutter, options, whatever. I think that freedom comes from not being too tied down with stuff. I'm the kind of person who reads Real Simple magazine, and I truly love that publication. That said, I don't actually buy it- that would just be one more thing I'm buying that I don't need. I wonder sometimes if Real Simple magazine ever thought about that- they likely have a huge invisible fan base that just doesn't buy the mag.

So back on topic- what is stuff? To me, it's physical junk, such as clutter and bad food and junk mail. It's also spiritual and mental junk. Think noise, advertisements, etc. Just today I received about one million (give or take) junk e-mails from retailers, magazines, sellers of things, who all have a deal or an offer that I just couldn't stand to miss. The thing is, I truly enjoy getting these e-mails- I like to see what is new, trendy or on sale. However, I have started to notice that the more I read that stuff, the more I need that stuff. I don't know how virtuous it is for me to continue to look at all the stuff I don't have (and truly don't need). It changes you and makes you believe that you are without, when in reality, you've got all you need.

I think it's better to have a well cultivated life speckled with special things rather than a world full of stuff. A little different, but it works for me.