GIFT GUIDE | MEN

Unsurprisingly, I think that I enjoy shopping for the fellas more than I enjoy shopping for myself. I love the details that adorn most menswear: simple, clean lines not muddied with overly elaborate decoration, rich brown leather, utilitarian yet sleek accessories. Buy some of these items for your favorite lad, or maybe even for a stylish lady. 

+ First Row +

Etched Lighter from Stag

PORT Magazine

Leather Dopp Kit from J.Crew

+ Second Row +

Rose Gold & Walnut Watch from Need Supply

Burroughs Beard Oil from Prospector Co. 

+ Third Row +

Original 1000 Mile Boot from Badowers

No. 165 Medium Carryall from Billy Kirk

iPad Portfolio from J.Crew

TED TALKS & MY SHOES

I was watching this TED Talk by Sarah Britton, the female wonder behind the awesome food blog My New Roots, and I noticed that she is wearing the boots that I have been lusting over and can't afford. So now not only do you have the willpower to eat super healthy, but you also have my shoes? Not fair Sarah, not fair.

It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine. 

CHARMING THREADS | BOOTS PLEASE

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I'm usually pretty averse to heels of any type (it's not a stylistic choice, I just know that I will bust my ass whenever I try to walk in them), but I'm feeling some serious love for heeled boots at the moment. Have you ever wondered how ladies that rock these things all of the winter manage to not slide on ice and almost break their necks? I do that in flat snow-approved boots. Let me clarify that all of my heel fears will not stop me from trying to walk in a pair of these, you may just see me wobbling in them for a while like a newborn doe.