Reading Persuasion in the Garden

Reading Persuasion in the Garden

In This Outfit:

Floral blouse (with angel sleeves) - $10 @ Francesca's  

Denim elastic waisted skirt from Walmart (!?!?!) clearance?? < $3? YES

Vintage locket - a gift found at an estate sale/auction

Vintage hand-painted wooden cuff - flea market find on the border of Oklahoma and Kansas very cheap I can't even remember the price * personal favorite

Black Bow Headband - Forever 21 <$5

Perfume - Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker

Details:

Vintage Locket

Vintage Hand-Painted Wooden Cuff

Perfume, Persuasion by Jane Austen, "the journal" and bow headband.

-Alexandra

Archive: Thursday July 8th 2010: Swatchboard: All Things English

Archive Thursday July 8th 2010, 

Swatchboard: All Things English

Gemma Arterton: 

Bond Girl, Persian Princess and Tess of the D'Urbervilles. She's lovely and extremely talented and my English inspiration for the day. (By the way Prince of Persia was really quite good, unlike Quantum of Solace. Tess I have yet to see, or read).

The English Countryside

Scenic views and cottages, flowers, green grass and gray skies. A lot like the look of Kansas this past week or so. I was finally starting to enjoy it and out came the sun.

My Friend Alina's Cooking Blog

She's brilliant, always making her food her own, even if its just a salad from the salad bar at Ghost Ranch's dining hall. Her recipes are truly inspiring, the girl can make scones for goodness sakes. I may not know her well, but I know she's legit. Check out Alina's Blog here.

 

http://dankrecipes.wordpress.com/

Orange Spiced Tea

 What could be better than a cup of tea to end a very British day?

Summer Reading List 2010

"An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. "
— Augustine Birrell

This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll

How to Sew a Button: and Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew - Erin Bried

The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde

Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier

Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix - J.K. Rowling

Just finished Riders of the Purple Sage, it was epic and now I'm moving on to Rebecca. A sweet Dusty Bookshelf find: 1939 copyright, hardback for a mere $2. Excited to start reading. I'll probably change the list as I go. My goal is to finish 10 books before classes start up again. I did run across some Sense and Sensibility comic books though, so I might have to add those! Who knew such a thing existed? More about that later.

Alexandra