grateful: week 44.

inspired by my reading of the happiness project by gretchen rubin, i am instituting monday "gratitude" posts (read here for more detail), where i will list "3 things i'm grateful for" from the previous week.

the 3 things i'm grateful for this week are:

1)  very special heart+birth-days.  i find myself to be a lucky girl. 

2)  thoughtful people in my life who teach me by example how to be a good friend.

3)  a 3-day weekend: no work today!  

 {flowers from the boy}

 {dinner at chicagoq}

 {dinner at perennial}

 {mount snow, vermont}

 {the boy and me}

 {from the summit}

 {vermont beer, to finish up the day}

this week's blog love:

• i am obsessed with alaina's of live creating yourself self-guided you've got mail tour in nyc.  LOVE!
• rue mag blog featured pairings of grammy red carpet looks + rooms.
• by now many of you have likely heard about anthropologie's BHLDN bridal line.  i love the dress twig & thistle featured this week.
• don't you love these glamorous custom-made tarot cards featured on a glimpse of glamour?!
• lanalou style featured the k home's spring/summer 2011 home line, which i fell for instantly - inspired by clean linens and fresh spring days.
• ashley of ashley nicole catherine made her picks for what she'd love to see on the oscars red carpet this coming sunday.  it seems we have similar taste in this department! 

here's to another grateful week.

xo. di.

*images via my personal collection