Postal Service.

I realize today is a holiday, but i figured i could still show you the love letters i got this past week. How has your long weekends gone lovies? i unfortunately was stuck at work but next weekend is going to be AH-MAZING!!!! {i can not wait to tell you more about that this week} don't you love when you have something to look forward to? it made working all labor day weekend bearable.

^cd i've been wanting from my college girlfriend J {miss + love you!}

^sweet Kary and her ADORABLE son (who just turned 7 - happy birthday Miguelito!!!) took a trip to Mexico to visit family and spoiled me with traditional Mexican goodies! i couldn't believe how generous she was to think of me while she was home.

a mexican superhero & chia pet Miguel named "silly hippo"

coconut cookies, virgin mary keychain and awesome mexican art mug

Max loves the beaded ring & bracelet and the silver bangle is my favorite: Kary said it's from  Teotihuacan the pyramids. They were told to put the bangle at the top of the pyramid so it could fill up with energy. I think it's magical. 

Kary even sent my parents & twinkie a package of goodies. I can't even begin to tell you how lovely she is! to think of my Pappa being reminded of his childhood warms my heart. My pappa is a volunteer with the "Big Brothers, Big Sisters" organization and he told me he shared some candies with the kid he mentors. I love it! with all our hearts, THANK YOU Kary, dulce amiga! xoxo

^a postcrossing from TEXAS! what could be better than that? how about a handmade one with this quote: "I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves." She's a librarian raising a trio of bibliophiles. 

^postcrossing from England. I also love celebrity/classic icon postcards & i loved that Chrisy sent me one of Lady Di at a ball in 1990.

^a thank-you to April

^to Steph

^postcard to Claire after her funny blog post about her fake parking tickets for bad drivers that had me giggling

^reply to Courtney / postcard for Karleen

^handmade postcard i made for Carrie Marie after this post of hers hurt my heart. 

Also in my mailbox this week was Gracie's "Just Because You're Lovely" swap. I LOVED my package from lovely Melissa of Oh My Darling. I'll share what she gave me when she gets my swap package tomorrow! swaps are my favourite. 

Sharing Sundays... Madeline Elle.

a college grad with beautiful red hair who loves her pup Abby and a guy called Matt. 

i love a girl who fancies thrifting. Even moreso, finding thrifted plates with her pup on them. 

i love her style. check out this beautiful dress she bought for graduation. 

they just recently moved, and i'm loving Maddy's posts showing their home coming together {seeing one's house decor is so much fun isn't it? and it tells so much about the person. Not only do i like her fashion sense, but i'm also loving her decor taste}

she also loves ankle jeans + big sweaters, geography, freckles, a good hug, and political economics.

read more on this blog crush of mine on Madeline Elle. 

maverick and bubbles are SO not my favorite dog babies right now.

my pair just like this (except black) are now chewed in half, a lens missing... in other words, beyond repair.

and i might just cry.

oh they are lucky i love them so much.


my sweet husband-to-be found the damage before i did (they slipped off the bedroom night table) and was so afraid to tell me, it was cute.


i just put my head down on the table and couldn't say anything, i was so upset.

i don't wear designer anything but these glasses were a splurge i gave myself when i had quit the news station. i loved them! and just the other day i told myself i would wear them more often.

alas...

max offered to buy me a new pair. i truly do have the best husband-to-be. this i know.


speaking of puppies, i am LOVING all the photos you've been sending in of your babies! you have until wens to keep them coming, and please do. Seeing your furry dog children makes me smile.

adventures in thrifting.

by far my favourite thing to do on a free day when i want to treat myself. 

(in fact, i went today & ran into pretty danielle at our favourite antique shop downtown. thrifting is so much more fun with her)

this mug i got for Max {we use a few coffee mugs every single day. it might be embarrassing how much coffee i consume in a single day} i adore that inside it says ...And They LOVED Happily Ever After" but not without some minor cracks - i love even those in the inside because seriously, what relationship is ever easy?

to always remember our first home together ;  a vintage souvenir tray

because i'm a sucker for places to rest my jewelry on ... i had to have this baby pink rabbit dish

enjoyed the film & since reading is after all sexy... another addition to my book shelves.

and by far, my most favourite thrifting find : 

a school desk for just $4.00!!! Max couldn't believe i wanted it but it is perfect in my craft room where i write my little love letters.

i do so love finding treasures. 

my fiance calls it "blog power" ... i call it absolute kindness.

remember when i posted this desperate little cry for help, asking anyone that lived in the UK to send me this special issue of HELLO! magazine that i needed to have? that i would be willing to pay for it? 

here it is in my arms! i very well may be the biggest Robbie Williams fan there ever was and i'm okay with that. He IS my present day Elvis. 

in a matter of minutes of publishing that blog post, Phoebe volunteered to buy it for me. I sent her the funds through paypal and it was in the mail on it's happy little way to me the very next day. She even included the edition before this one, with the engagement photos. Kindness, i tell ya!

as if that wasn't enough... my old reporter friend back in texas just happened to check out what was going on in my world and saw that post. She laughed first and then called me to say that her aunt tommie has always subscribed to HELLO! and would send me her copy after she was done reading it. Seriously, what are the odds that her aunt would subscribe to it here in the states & that Ann happened to "creep my blog" that particular day as she called it. (i love ann arnold!)

One copy to keep pristine, one copy to flip through a dozen hundred times. {yes, i very well may be the biggest Robbie Williams stalker  er fan there ever was} 

i love that all their dogs were included in their wedding.
i love that they have all those dogs!

But the kindness of this issue does not stop there... Catherine sent along an issue {along with chocolate & tea!} and the sweetest letter. All this kindness? all this robbie? well let my big silly grin do the talking.

wouldn't we make the cutest couple? alas...

bless my husband-to-be for putting up with my teeny-bopperishness.

Catherine, thank-you for the copy because my Momma's a huge fan just like me {she gave me Elvis, i gave her Robbie} so i got to pass one on to her thanks to you! 

wish list : porcelain.

from littlebyrdvintage, bricolage life, BROOKLYNrehab, sbarao

i don't even like doll figurines, but i fancied him. i love the hands print best... can't you picture it by where you keep your keys? or near a chalkboard for notes to yourself? i'm loving it.

wish list fun can be found on dinosaur toes {come play} 

speaking of my friend danielle... you know how she took that trip to the city she loves, San Francisco? look what she brought back for me:

awesome postcards that will go to good use & the prettiest fish charm that i wish i could get a better picture of but would never be able to do it justice. i love it! i'm a true Pisces and this will make me think of twinkie since we have matching fish sculpture pieces made by her co-worker and dearest friend laura gillis. 

so play along at danielle's and remind her how lucky i am to know her. She came and dropped these off at my work with her husband and poor Chris waited like a good husband while me and Danielle chatted about thrifting and animals; our two loves.

Wanting to Know you Wens : calling all puppies!

what time is it where you are (and where are you?) and where are you going?

it's 6:57 a.m. in Virginia and i'm running late for work. 

(my job is finding homes for puppies... sometimes i feel like a foster parent; happy to see them go to loving homes but sad to say bye. i wish i could take them all home with me!) 

i've always said that i would be the "crazy dog lady" as opposed to cat lady. 

Maverick's 1st Easter

Which brings us to our next virtual play-date! 

Send me a photo of your pup (or even better- with your pup!) by wens. to micaela.lechugaATgmail.com and i promise to do the baby voice when they pop up in my email {serious puppy love!} and showcase them here next wens. 

tell me their name & what breed? my little girl is a bichon frise named Maverick, named after my favorite basketball team, The Dallas Mavericks. 

i can not wait to see all your babies!!!