buying:
Riedel O wine tumblers
Vinum shape at Vivant prices. This purchase was brought about by my finding a very nice wine glass at a thrift shop and discovering it makes all wine taste better. The gorgeous thrift store glass was tragically broken last weekend (I knew it couldn't last) so new wine glasses are in order.

eating:
Breyers Triple Chocolate Ice Cream
About as mmm as grocery store ice cream can get.

touching:
Comfort yarn by Berroco
This is a 50/50 acrylic/nylon yarn that doesn't feel like anything other than soft, I'm hoping it will make a good sweater. There are lots of very grown up shades. I feel like somebody is finally paying attention to my cries for a good synthetic yarn.

reading:
My Boring-Ass Life
Kevin Smith's fascinatingly candid online diary all bound up and published. (p.s. You can buy a signed version here.)

still seeking:
new glasses
I'm still looking for new glasses. These frames from Modo are cool but didn't quite look right on me.

reading:
The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation

loving:
In The Pink soap from Kiss My Face
This smells so good.

eating:
Cinnamon Puffins cereal
When Clotilde was here on her book tour for Chocolate & Zucchini somebody in the audience asked her if there was any food she would buy in the US to take back to France with her, and she said Cinnamon Puffins. I'm glad she did because it's a great cereal that I hadn't tried before.

buying:
a bicycle!
I want a Townie, or something similar. No long trail rides for this girl.

playing:
Knytt Stories
A new game from Nifflas, I adored Knytt and this one is just as enchanting. Read more about it at Jay Is Games. It's very worth the download (for Windows, I'm afraid).

playing with:
my inherited Third Generation iPod
It's so old I feel like it might crumble if I handle it too much.

listening to:
Savage Lovecast
Good sex advice with a bit of harsh reality where it's needed.

learning to use:
iTunes
Can you believe I've never used iTunes until now?

also listening to:
Austinland
A woman confronts her Mr. Darcy obsession, funny and light. Go read this review at Bookshelves of Doom.

seeking:
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
Jasper Fforde's new book, the latest story about Thursday Next set a few years after the last one.

experimenting:
Baker's Edge pan
I love this, more later.

getting used to:
new haircut
I went to Derby. I think I like it but it's so different. (Apologies for the Simpsonized picture, I tried and failed to get a good photograph of my hair.)

using:
Bumble & Bumble Thickening Spray
I also got the Surf Spray, I think they work well but I don't have a huge base for comparison. I'm new to this whole hair styling thing.

looking forward to:
Columbia City Farmers' Market
More peaches please.

reading:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Suicide King
I grabbed this book to read on vacation but didn't realize this until I'd started reading -- it's a choose your own adventure story. Awesome.

reading:
Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox
Modern day teenage girl detective.

flipping through:
the latest Craft Magazine
I love the police line scarf on the front.

going out to see:
The Simpson's Movie
They tell you which states border the state Springfield is in.

anticipating:
Getting my hair cut, with bangs.
Here is a Simpsonized version of how I hope it looks:

playing:
Daymare Town
It's strange.

reading:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Of course.

buyinging:
Neutrogena SPF 45 cooling body mist
Love this stuff.

sipping:
Columbia Winery Red Willow Vineyard Syrah
A gift from my Mom, thanks Mom!

eating:
Haagen-Dazs Sticky Toffee Pudding ice cream
Mmm mm.

needing:
new glasses
I'm having a lot of trouble finding new frames.

testing:
L'Oreal Sublime Glow for fair skin tones. I had read a lot about how self tanners smell, but this wasn't too bad. I smelled faintly of beef jerky, which yes, ew, but I was expecting worse. After two days I have some color that doesn't look fake on my very pale skin.

playing:
Knytt, which is completely addicting. Also, I seem to be stuck somewhere underground.

reading:
The latest Blueprint magazine

wishing:
for a really good camera, sigh

buying:
3x3 magnetic strips for the kitchen.

drooling over:
The Great Book of Chocolate by the very charming David Lebovitz

putting down in the planting beds:
chicken wire and free used coffee grounds from Starbucks, both are attempts to discourage the neighborhood cats from coming around

eating:
Lakerol pastilles

listening:
The Wee Free Men

paging through:
the lastest Blueprint magazine

eating:
Dancing Deer Backing Company Molasses Clove Cookies
Ok, so it's not quite a summery flavor, but the store didn't have any strawberry pies.

watching:
Dr. Who
We're hooked after two episodes.

buying:
Crystal Palace Circular Knitting Needles
I like the little rotating bit.

reading:
Cook's Illustrated magazine
They like the onion goggles!

doing:
filing
Oh boy. Filing. My folders aren't as fun as these from See Jane Work.

drinking:
Jasmine
In this drink "the juice of 1/2 a lemon" equals about 3/4 ounce, also this isn't a drink to substitute any old orange liquor for the Cointreau. (Image from Webmonkey via The Wayback Machine.)

wanting:
vacation time
Despite myself I'm thinking about tropical beaches.

eating:
Rescue Remedy Pastilles
I'll let you know if they work.

reading:
Cell by Stephen King
Works right into that zombie thing I seem to be so determined to freak myself out over.

trying:
to decide on a flowering vine
Even though it's a little too late to grow one this year. Shown here is the Canary Bird Vine, I like it's leaves.