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Vornado Classic Air Circulator

BUY AT: Amazon

Is it getting hot in here? Yes. I love summer but not what it does to my flat. Stuffy, hot, undesirable air fills my tiny space, making it hard to work during the day or sleep at night. Windows open don’t work. What does? The Vornado!

Say it with an accent and it sounds like some sexy Italian who dashes in to save you and in a way, it does. Not just a fan, it’s a circulator, making the air really move without making a lot of noise. Perfect in hot or cold weather, this gets the air moving, creating breezes and pushing hot air out. If you get the stand version, you can adjust the height but they do make a less expensive table top version.

It retails for around $99 but it’s money well spent - it’s even made my flat a little chilly! The quality, the design, the durability and it’s air pushign ability make it a must for summer.

Thank you, Vornado, for saving this summer-time lass.

Blender Bottle

BUY AT: Blender Bottle

My flat is tiny, my kitchen even smaller so I can’t have blender and gadgets all over my very limited counter space. Besides, in the morning, I’m not the brightest bulb and shouldn’t be operating electrics, anyway.

Which is why I’m so happy to have discovered the Blender Bottle! Perfect for morning shakes, eggs or pancake mixes or anything else you can think of, this little bottle is the perfect kitchen gadget. The ball inside acts like a metal whisk so when shaking the bottle it really mixes all the ingredients so perfectly together. And the lid with its easy to drink from spout makes shake making all that easier - just one cup!

Dishwasher safe, fits in most car cup carriers and with a 28oz capacity (even marked on the bottle so you can make those 8oz drinks with ease), this is one of my new favourite tools. I might even have to buy a couple more.

Ivory Gauze Dress

BUY AT: Anthropologie

A couple of months ago, I bought this dress {I’m a dress girl}. It seemed really simply and nice but I didn’t think too much of it. Oh, I did think how it could go with my brown riding boots or sandles or a strappy heal, however.

And so, with different shoes for different occasions, I began to wear this dress a lot; to the beach, out for an evening dinner at a swank hotel, on errands, in the mountains, around the house. It became my “go to” dress because of comfort and it’s ability to morph into any situation.

Now, as I said, I’m a dress girl and not one dress has ever given me constant attention as this one. When I wear it out I’m stopped several times from people wanting to know where I bought it. I’ve had compliments from men, women, old and young. I’m not sure what it is about this dress but there’s something. So that’s why I’m sharing it because there’s not many dresses that everyone seems to love but this one, well, let’s just say I don’t plan to stop wearing it anytime soon.

{On the website, it’s full price. If you’re lucky enough to be near a store, it’s on sale!}

Pouf Boutonniere

BUY AT: Posie: Rosy Little Things

What Carrie Bradshaw did for making flowers famous, Alicia Paulson, designer and owner of the charming Portland boutique, Posie, will do for boutonniers.

Charming, sweet, pretty (I can feel myself getting ready to pet already), these little hand-made boutonniere’s are all one of a kind with one thousands ways to wear them. Think on a bag, on a plain shirt, on a belt, on a scarf and on and on and on. I secretly want to wear them in my hair or keep seven of them in a pretty teap cup just to look at.

So forget big overdone flowers; try something different.

Taking The Long Way - Dixie Chicks

BUY AT: Amazon

I’ve never bought a Dixie Chicks CD before but when this one came out, I bought it simply to support them as artists. I wasn’t expecting to fall in-love with the CD, however, but it’s hard not to when their writing hits home.

It’s the first album they’ve written themselves and there’s something powerful to that - there’s also something completely powerful about being vocal after going through something hard and still working through it. And that’s what this album largly is - overcoming people hating on them and the windstorm that swept up because of it.

Not only are the lyrics strong but the vocals and music back it up. You can feel the intense truth in this album without being put off but actually drawn into it. It’s brilliant and now I’m a huge Dixie Chicks fan for more than one reason.

PS: I’m so in-love with the sweetness of Lullaby, I think Easy Silence is incredibly romantic and The Long Way Around is my personal theme song right now. You can hear samples at Amazon.