need vs want; summer edition

This week my oldest has camp, so my 1-year-old and I have been enjoying some alone time together. And since she isn't old enough to say she otherwise, I've decided dragging her to store after store was the way to go. She is one fab shopper and just a general 'go with the flow' awesome baby, so she appeases me. As long as we stop to pet the occasional ceramic dog, we are good.<br /><br />It has been a while since I've <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/12/need-vs-want.html" target="_blank">checked in at my favorite antique mall</a> (don't let the word 'mall' fool you, its good loot) so of course it was on my list of places to visit. And as always, there were a million and one things I wanted.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5N13PtlErFW_CmckKYDXtHLfCL_QqC_cVdiosgWEyXSVslw1AwfRqgqBDnsMip38IPOVGvWjKU2TAxxlQlqeralCbtYTIx_Z6gWrDiNhjGu1DH8Kst-jZU2ZPG-8zFuaIi_Z2UkIUyu_/s1600/Stool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5N13PtlErFW_CmckKYDXtHLfCL_QqC_cVdiosgWEyXSVslw1AwfRqgqBDnsMip38IPOVGvWjKU2TAxxlQlqeralCbtYTIx_Z6gWrDiNhjGu1DH8Kst-jZU2ZPG-8zFuaIi_Z2UkIUyu_/s640/Stool.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are four of these chairs although he would let you buy them individually. Die.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVh5fxz0y82bTSASBD6J0EWZBKulZh0EAgFx-NE3REiGPZ2xs6D4LwjWQZmJcwgdHP2TGGoQxHiWV2Ahh98cDu6vmRKohEcVFvytnBRNMQbEwin5JNMVuso3nRpqJCXqmy7NHERTMMX7co/s1600/chairbeauty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVh5fxz0y82bTSASBD6J0EWZBKulZh0EAgFx-NE3REiGPZ2xs6D4LwjWQZmJcwgdHP2TGGoQxHiWV2Ahh98cDu6vmRKohEcVFvytnBRNMQbEwin5JNMVuso3nRpqJCXqmy7NHERTMMX7co/s640/chairbeauty.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One saucy ice bucket. This would turn my cocktail hour into something a bit more respectable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBkjFxine-kTDq8L73_pilujt-XdZhJf3DvBWlzHmWwV0zne2w5kJY2wYAyG9tP9h6D7A4-csr-4omM3GKSaV8UnWeOahcAsg2IhGlLKrq_sBbWiCyGeHw1zxo9jf8pGA1upid4sD2Zz0/s1600/icebucket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYBkjFxine-kTDq8L73_pilujt-XdZhJf3DvBWlzHmWwV0zne2w5kJY2wYAyG9tP9h6D7A4-csr-4omM3GKSaV8UnWeOahcAsg2IhGlLKrq_sBbWiCyGeHw1zxo9jf8pGA1upid4sD2Zz0/s640/icebucket.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Sorry, this seat is saved...for someone with a clean house. Considering most surfaces in my house have sticky finger prints and dog hair on them, I don't think the dealer would allow these to go home with me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPrlhChNdRdVEptjHRWO1XQcdbt78xTQWk_VAg_C4vFOcr0wlsX_3uICyQc6xy0pTNZlkxFMreY2OcrSDyYezftU5MTzk60GEsgu3qyRUmoSMVEhVlFLkdC_6UVCVd5ct6oFU2pC9FdLA/s1600/stool2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPrlhChNdRdVEptjHRWO1XQcdbt78xTQWk_VAg_C4vFOcr0wlsX_3uICyQc6xy0pTNZlkxFMreY2OcrSDyYezftU5MTzk60GEsgu3qyRUmoSMVEhVlFLkdC_6UVCVd5ct6oFU2pC9FdLA/s640/stool2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hello luva!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGGLrQ8viUwVgdrWJcd4baJwTduIvoFP4lyORxTCjYJ2fhpREkG5jgarcp8sXPnJzZRUZKv5ZcOrvs8d_EuCwh2fCXGhffTac1t4HFzTJYi8BD6ADZOKMRI-7X47K1bVpJICQON2SWBeF/s1600/lantern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGGLrQ8viUwVgdrWJcd4baJwTduIvoFP4lyORxTCjYJ2fhpREkG5jgarcp8sXPnJzZRUZKv5ZcOrvs8d_EuCwh2fCXGhffTac1t4HFzTJYi8BD6ADZOKMRI-7X47K1bVpJICQON2SWBeF/s640/lantern.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />It was obviously a chinoiserie kinda day at the mall.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFJ_mC6DpqI-AiNixHVw4iTZSHV9Pw8ZyKM9IS6s91Z7klwnwynx_J7j63iMO1ij1AhfcblzmdJa2cs27Svs7ynjmyeCjPPM5Sa-VgOpNZwKrd57gDPZO5IV7aweeriKTT9N_BBVp9B-R/s1600/table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFJ_mC6DpqI-AiNixHVw4iTZSHV9Pw8ZyKM9IS6s91Z7klwnwynx_J7j63iMO1ij1AhfcblzmdJa2cs27Svs7ynjmyeCjPPM5Sa-VgOpNZwKrd57gDPZO5IV7aweeriKTT9N_BBVp9B-R/s640/table.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And lucite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-CdjGqEM0mwmpbwuQTXiMqEeEFcXQ3WbLhfMncyO9aFpb4SeWtXPUHArjijTP3_ikgkYcOHQTB47QTzHw0ieCCnBANOGc2uXQVfoRjWKXK_CqyckMbVV1bAjK8QPzma14LyaGF1biIPO/s1600/chandy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-CdjGqEM0mwmpbwuQTXiMqEeEFcXQ3WbLhfMncyO9aFpb4SeWtXPUHArjijTP3_ikgkYcOHQTB47QTzHw0ieCCnBANOGc2uXQVfoRjWKXK_CqyckMbVV1bAjK8QPzma14LyaGF1biIPO/s640/chandy.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And this one is neither chinoiserie nor lucite, but made me smile.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2tPF1dnRjl_YNyFjtdaSXnggZQnrpOQ_tE5Uh9KYKbJL5W7I3Jq0wf9IXWToAfXROwlfjtuHGnpVpI9q6Hmir-NegdO6o9bruKH5lz8cn1-hgZ0pReU2MKTORs9zgGMMXSVDXngLjzxH/s1600/owl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2tPF1dnRjl_YNyFjtdaSXnggZQnrpOQ_tE5Uh9KYKbJL5W7I3Jq0wf9IXWToAfXROwlfjtuHGnpVpI9q6Hmir-NegdO6o9bruKH5lz8cn1-hgZ0pReU2MKTORs9zgGMMXSVDXngLjzxH/s640/owl.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It is the Mary Katherine Gallagher of owls.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpLBhkhzvug9R6ViwrTHzNkpMCA6PN_XvxSQxzFLg8MEHtc-3oHezWboZ8M_Z64DyV3VUHMrQQq3EMLFuRmyoVg6rmxAbTh2UnQA_u7Qbe4lUHsISx9PtAjmslWIEADur4s7lJa4evyBO/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZpLBhkhzvug9R6ViwrTHzNkpMCA6PN_XvxSQxzFLg8MEHtc-3oHezWboZ8M_Z64DyV3VUHMrQQq3EMLFuRmyoVg6rmxAbTh2UnQA_u7Qbe4lUHsISx9PtAjmslWIEADur4s7lJa4evyBO/s640/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="640" /></a>Another great day at the ol' mall. And the cherry on top was the old <span style="background-color: white;">lady who went on and on about all the things should would buy if she didn't have "so much junk in my trunk." Don't we all lady. </span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">Do you have a favorite spot you like to go to for inspiration? A place to waste time? A place to laugh at other people while eavesdropping on their conversations? Me neither. I would never do such a thing!</span></div>

need vs want; summer edition

This week my oldest has camp, so my 1-year-old and I have been enjoying some alone time together. And since she isn't old enough to say ...

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