What I'm Reading

Every now and again I buy something that is not a shirt, pair of shoes or a handbag and when I'm looking for a non-fashion shopping fix I usually head to Chapters! My taste in literature is in all honesty, not very highbrow - Sookie Stackhouse and Stephanie Plum have a good amount of space on my bookshelf. However, in this case, I heard Ann Patchett's State of Wonder reviewed on NPR and was so intrigued, I bought it, read it in a couple of days and thoroughly loved it! The story and characters are beyond intriguing...and the South American rainforest setting gave me an almost Southern Gothic vibe with the connections and intricacies of "place".

Also, the book is rather beautiful - get it now ;)

Repeat Offender: Forever 21

This time I shopped at Forever 21 online, so I cannot even claim an impulse shopping experience. This time the haul consisted of three pair of leggings (in grey, navy and chocolate, which have oddly been hard to locate without lace on the bottom of the legs) and:



I've been on the hunt for a red polka dot blouse as if it would be the one item to complete my life. I'm hoping these two will work together with a red cardigan and/or black blazer...if not, at least Forever 21 has a reasonable return policy (and free shipping)!

I'm Coveting...Jason Wu for Target

I confess that I adore Target - even the fact that they won't ship their adorable designer collaboration fashions to me in Canada has not dampened my love for the store (although it has made me eternally grateful to the member of my dad's golfing foursome who very generously allows me to use his U.S. mailing address).

I stalked Target stores and the web site to purchase Tucker, Tara Jarmon, Temperley, Thakoon and Proenza Schouler items and woke up at an obscene hour to get a couple of Missioni sweaters so am understandably excited to shop the Jason Wu collection! I feel so very Michelle Obama...

The fact that the ads feature a Prince-esque black cat only makes me love it all more! A few of the covet-worthy pieces below.

The trench:



The dress:

The cat tote I will never use, but inexplicably, must have:

So y'all know what I'll be up to in the wee hours of Sunday morning!