Mini Update, Lots of Love

I love giraffe statues.  I love dressing like a flapper.  Here I am dressing like a flapper while standing next to a giraffe statue at a fancy restaurant the boyf took me to where we shared a lovely meal.  Clearly a happy moment that needed to be shared.

-K

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Stuff We Love Sunday: Around the House

A popular thing the kids do on the Interwebs these days is to post things they love.  For some reason it happens on Sunday.  I think it is the alliteration of "stuff" and "Sunday" that makes this a thing.  I like ending my week (or beginning, depending on which calendar you look at) with people, places, food and stuff I love so it seems as good a time as any to have a regular post.  I, K, officially decree that C and I will post stuff we love on Sundays.  Let the populace rejoice.

Stuff K Loves

First, I want to begin with something I don't like.  I don't like when I have to spend an entire hour tracking down the original sources of the images I love because people tumbled it or pinned it without regard to the original content creator.  As a librarian this is particularly frustrating, since a large chunk of my job is tracking information down and helping people cite their sources correctly.  Tumblr has ruined the credibility of the internet, in my opinion, because people reblog without a thought to who created the image they are seeing.  The first picture I'm showing you isn't my first, third or even seventh choice to show you, but it wins as a result of having the content creator's info connecting with the picture.  Internet, don't make me give you the stink eye again.  Credit your sources.

LITdecor makes beautiful Moroccan inspired mason jar lanterns that are to die for!  I originally wanted to share my inspiration for a little Moroccan nook we are working on in my house, but 'twas not to be.  I think I am going to have to get something from this etsy shop to tie the area together.

These chevron stairs took some sleuthing to get their original link, but once I found it I made sure I edited my pin to match.  I love that there is a contrast between the white stairs and the statement chevron stairs.  In my search I found a few people who put the chevron pattern on every stair and it was a bit much.  This pops just enough without being overwhelming.  Love!

The boyf and I just revisited the idea of buying a house instead of renting this weekend and it is not in the cards--for a while.  Oh well.  In the meantime I can spaz out over delightful tile mosaics in other people's homes like this fabulous bathroom created by Lance Jordan. 

Stuff C Loves

This little number is actually something I already own from Pier1. I’m not great at decorating, but I do tend to go to a lot of concerts, camping, etc, and this gives me a great opportunity to change things out on a regular basis. I have it in white, but the black would be nice if you had darker furniture. I like things to be simple and straightforward- my roommate literally had to hang everything in our apartment because I physically couldn't figure out what height to hang things at (I’m short, apparently hanging things at my height makes it look like the inhabitants are vertically challenged). She says without things on the walls that we look like serial killers. Solution: make her do it. This is above my computer and it’s lovely and perfect. I wish all of life could be this easy.

I’ll admit it. I’m a sucker for obnoxiously expensive things I can’t afford. Especially if they’re cheesy and have polka dots. Or pretty patterns. Or are an elephant (I just love elephants!). ENTER:  Kate Spade Home! Everyone bask in the awesome and then sigh and eat some Haagen Dazs with me and watch some reruns of LOST (because I’m poor and all seasons are on Amazon Prime- SCORE!).

ONE // TWO //THREE // FOUR

My job is to talk to people all day every day. Talk talk talk. My ideal non-work day would be curled up in a ball, reading and napping and watching a move in the background that I’m actually not paying attention to (probably Stepbrothers). Like K, I have found the internet is a terrible place and no one gets credit for anything they've done. I’m sure you've seen a ton of these pins on pinterest, but none of them have real sources, and I just don’t think tumblr is a real source. This nook gives you the general idea, but by no means is my favorite “nook” style. I’d prefer neutrals, and probably not crazy pink pillows. In a weird "I'm from New Jersey" way I will almost admit I like the animal print pillows. The builder is actually local to DC, which is fantastic, if I ever decide I'm going to start pooping money instead of eating Ramen. I got thoroughly depressed looking through the gallery and realizing the only real estate I can afford is a cardboard box.

K Bonus: I refuse to post the image, since no amount of searching located the originator, but here is a link to something I NEED in my house yesterday--a pug puppy in a mini Eames chair.  Shut. Up.

Photo credit: LITDecor, Simple Dwellings, Lance Jordan, Pier 1 Imports, Kate Spade, Bowa Builders

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Baby’s first blog post

I’m not that great at writing. I’m not that great at being creative. I am, however, really exceptional at missing my best friend. You know that type of friend where you could not talk for a month, but then have a phone call that makes your phone die it lasts so long? A friend, that no matter what, understands your heart of hearts and you simply don’t have to explain why that biddy deserved that slew of fantastical and inventive cuss words? That.

Exactly that.

So, why a blog? Why not a weekly scheduled phone call, or a handwritten note? Because after reading fashion/lifestyle blogs for about a year now, my best friend, my youmeus, has somehow convinced me I can do it too. There is nothing more intimidating than something new- so why not have your sister and confidant by your side?

Stay tuned for what will most likely be some serious missteps, which will lead to hilarity. Enjoy.

Photo Credit: Using Pixlr, from top left: C Morgan, G Consalvo, G Consalvo

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The beginning

Apparently there is such a thing as National Best Friend's Day.  If I were to force you to guess which day of the year the nation has decided to honor their BFFs I'm willing to bet many of you would blindly guess it's today, January 21st, seeing as I made it the blog's lede. You would be wrong.  Today is National Hugging Day--a holiday recognized by the Hugging Committee of the City of London* and the United States Copyright Office.  Today is also the 2013 observation day of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, even though his actual birthday was a week ago, but I digress.

National Best Friend's Day doesn't take place until June 8th. Well that is utter crap.  I love my best friend every day of the damn year and despite the fact that she chose to leave me forever and set up a life in DC I want to see her all the time so I can talk about stupid stuff and show her my new shoes and discuss the importance of mint nail polish. Sadly, all of my efforts of sabotage and brainwashing in an attempt to force her to move back home to the lovely state of New Jersey failed and I have spent the past seven years coping with the fact that she is never coming back (visits aside).  I have never been content with seeing her once every other month and thanks to the Internet, I don't have to anymore.

Youmeus, aside from sounding like the Grecian goddess of multiple personality disorder, is one of the myriad ways C and I would sign off our notes in high school.  I always had trouble with the title "Best Friend" and C's friendship always felt more intimate than something as generic as that anyway.  For the longest time we called each other sisters, which was a by-product of half our high school confusing us for sisters, but then I blinked and picked up two step-sisters and a half-sister so that wouldn't do anymore.  "Sister" wasn't our own the way Youmeus was.  I don't know which one of us came up with it, but I'm willing to be it was C.  Or me.  Whatever.  No one cares.  I'm just writing this so we can have a first post already and move on to the good stuff. 

So there you have it, the somewhat nonsensical account of why we named our blog Youmeus.  You might be asking yourself why you didn't just type in youmeus.blogspot.com to get here since that's the title of our blog.  Us too.  Let's ask this co-dependent person. As for the good stuff I mentioned in the previous paragraph?  You can expect C and I to post our outfits, a lot of pictures and links to stuff we love and tips from our respective professions (I'm a teen librarian and C looks at more resumes each day than I could imagine possible).  We'll probably add more as we go, but that's enough to get us started :)

-K

*Contrary to their stoic stereotype, Londonites apparently enjoy hugging enough to create a committee just for hugs.  I wanted to bring that to your attention and make sure you walk away from this blog post knowing that above everything else.

Photo Credit : George Marks

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