10 Things I Can't Live Without: The Gardener's Cottage

 Janet from The Gardener's Cottage is my  catholic soul sister.  A steady childhood diet of nuns and Latin turned us into well mannered foul mouths.

She can decorate a house, dress a body, toss a salad and dig a garden with style and great aplomb on a tiny budget. I spend more on weekly Starbucks than she spends on a dress.

I love these lists for many reasons,certainly finding similarities between myself and my favorite bloggers makes me happy.  Her favorite book? One of my favorite authors.  Who knew.



jane asked me to compile a love list. i told her i would but that it might be hard to come up with 10 things that i love or can't live without. what a lame brain i am. turns out i could write lists like this all day long. just so you know, this is a shallow love list. my faith, my family and friends, all animals, my health, fruits and vegetables, and a small but charming home i love and cherish is not included, that list is a given, right? anyway here is a list of 10 things that i either love or like a whole lot.

1. red lipstick.  my choice for spring is Aveda's poppy.  red lipstick can make the darkest, dullest day alright.
2. a belted herringbone jacket.  my choice is brooks brothers and ralph lauren.  in my book this is a killer combination.  anyone can wear a jacket.  anyone can wear a belt.  put them together and that's style.
3. gloves.  no, not cashmere or wool or ladylike ones.  i'm talking rubber gloves.  the ones that go up to your elbow so you don't have to take off your belted jacket to do the dishes.
4. the royal tenenbaums.  i don't know how many times i've watched this movie but it must be in the dozens.  i can quote it all day long.  there is something about all of mr.anderson's    movies that i adore.  but i relate to the tenenbaums on so many levels it is scary.  if you haven't ever watched it, i highly, highly recommend it.  thems the rules.
5. jack white.  ok, if you read my blog then you know i'm in love with this fella.  i wish i could crawl into his brain and see what makes him tick.  his music has elevated me out of dark moods that i never thought i'd get out of and brighten even the brightest days of my live.  i love jack white like a little brother.

6. a chambray shirt.  my chambrays usually come from thriftshops but j. crew makes some pretty fabulous ones.  from jeans to sequins there isn't anything a chambray shirt cannot make cooler.  it's true.

7. tea and toast in the morning.  a thick slice of homemade toast and tea is one of the greatest pleasures of my life.  it has to be eaten in bed though for the experience to be complete.
8. the catcher in the rye.  my all-time favorite book.  i fell in love with holden the first time i read the line...nobody notices anything.  so true holden, so true.  plus j.d. salinger was supposedly a recluse, another one of my ambitions, but that's another list.
9. sparkling water.  not much to say about it, but i like it a lot.
10. potatoes.  in any form.  my preference is fried of course with lots of salt.  good for the animals and the earth, bad for my bod.  but that doesn't stop me.  i really love french fries.

xo
janet