Things I Love Thursday!

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Several bloggers I follow contribute to a little ring of weekly happiness called Things I Love Thursday. TiLT is a smorgasboard of what made you smile throughout the week; expressing gratitude for the little things you love in a big way! Here are some of mine. Happy Friday Jr.!

*The Real Deal*

Enjoying the last few days of October.



My favorite month is coming to a close, how did it come and go so quickly? I suppose I was too busy walking the streets of Portland, admiring pumpkins on porches and luminous leaves falling to the floor to realize how fast the days were flying by. As an attempt to clutch what's left of October, I picked up caramel apple fixins at the market that will (hopefully) make their way into November.



Piping hot tea.



It's an addiction, really. I made the switch from coffee, not because of a conscious effort to nix caffeine, but because it gives me the shakes, which gives me the chills, which makes Portland feel COLDER than it already is, and we just can't have that! Plus, "decaf coffee" is an oxymoron. Decaf tea, with all of its many colorful flavors, is delicious and soothing.


My partner.



My best friend. My lover. My teacher. How *amazing* is the dude who loves me so much and knows me so well that he brings me back a HELLO KITTY CUPCAKE MAKER from Germany?!? Every day I feel a little bit more blessed to have my perfect package -- him! And such a good sport- he laughed when the cashier in Germany asked him how old his daughter was. (!)




Friends, old and new.


Living in the melting pot of LA, I ran with a few different circles of friends. Much of my happiness was attributed to plucking favorites from each group and getting them all in a room together - something I haven't had the luxury of doing in a new city...until now. Last week I looked around as 3 of my amazing ladies, an old high school friend and a practical stranger laughed and clanked cocktail glasses together until the lights came on in the bar.


*Honorable Mentions*

Halloween card from my mom (real mail!), decked out with adorable stickers

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This pretty mind-blowing poetry read:

"...This is about the self-mutilating circus we have painted ourselves clowns in, about about women who will prowl 30 stores and 6 malls to find the right cocktail dress, but who haven't a clue where to find fulfillment or how to wear joy..."

(Sorry you have to manually link to it, Blogger is being really difficult with links right now!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6wJl37N9C0&feature=player_embedded#!

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One of my favorite people is moving back to Portland!

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Halloween playlist!

http://www.playlist.com/playlist/20866603275

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My kitteh Chicken, who always stretches her paw out over my wrist as if she wants to hold my hand (Maybe it's in my head; either way, she's adorable!)

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Having something to be grateful for, every minute of the day.

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When was the last time you got the warm fuzzies over something, and what was it?


XO