Back to School

Monday, August 29, 2011

I might be a summer baby, but Back to School is my favorite time of year; pencils, binder dividers and reams of fresh notebook paper make my heart beat just a bit faster! I'm not a student this fall but John's classes start tomorrow so I've been living vicariously through his well-stocked leather satchel. While I couldn't convince him to tuck this absolutely darling Moleskin Cahier into his bag, wouldn't they make perfect fall favors for a Back to School-themed wedding? You know I'll be raiding CutiePie Company's Etsy shop for fall stationery!

Since this weekend felt like summer's last hurrah, we made sure to say goodbye in style; we had dinner with a dear friend from Baltimore and his family on Saturday night at the Grand Café, and although John was disappointed he couldn't have foie gras for dessert (they had run out), a tour of some of the city's best cocktail bars was a good consolation prize. John nursed a considerable hangover on Sunday morning while I delivered cups of his favorite coffee and breakfast to him in bed, and by that afternoon it was time to celebrate another friend's birthday on Forbes Island, the only floating island on Earth. In fact, this weekend was so busy I'm actually looking forward to the relative calm of the week, and of course, the long weekend ahead!


How was your weekend? I want to hear all about it!

27 comments:

  1. A floating island? How very wonderful!

    I caught a few bands on Friday night & after a well-needed sleep-in on Saturday morning I headed off to a dear friend's engagement party in the early evening. Sunday was all about lunch in the end-of-winter sun with the family... So happy that Spring is around the corner.

    ~ Clare x

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  2. Sounds like the perfect weekend! Although very sad to see the back of summer. :( New stationery would cheer me up though!

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  3. my heart still leaps when I see school supplies! Sounds like you had a great w/e!

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  4. That moleskine is amazing. I need it. Sounds like a nice weekend, Lena. We went to a wedding- don't worry, I'll tell you all the ups and downs. It really put me in the mood to wedding plan! yay! xoxo

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  5. back to school time is AMAZING. definitely my favorite time of the year for the weather and the shopping and the memories and everything. it's the best.

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  6. Goodness sakes! That sounds like a very busy albeit enjoyable weekend (except for that pesky hangover). And like you, school supplies make my heart go pit-er-pat!

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  7. You guys always have the best weekends! Seriously, so wonderfully fun!

    I went to Tahoe and it was spectacular!

    So, my blog post today was with you in mind. Well, you know, your life and how you balance it so well.

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  8. Love that notebook! And I too am looking forward to the long weekend ahead. The other ones go by too fast. :( Hope you have a good start to the week!
    xo

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  9. What a {hot} weekend. We managed to tick a bunch of work and writing off of our plate, which was wonderful!

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  10. ditto. back to school is always filled with so much excitement and promise :) and i would totally put that moleskin in my bag--what an awesome find. rest up this week, and enjoy the upcoming long weekend! xo.

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  11. today is my first day back to school. I'm kind of a nervous wreck b/c I had online classes over summer, and now I'm back to on campus classes.. I'm really looking forward to getting back into a schedule, and getting out of the house everyday, but I have first day jitters!

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  12. I love back to school time, too :)

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  13. I loved get new supplies for school and picking out my first day outfit but that second day of classes kinda blew. :)

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  14. Gosh, is it really over? Booo! Happy Back to School, John!

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  15. It sounds busy but fabulous! I spent Sunday morning just like John, only I didn't have anyone nursing me to recovery :)

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  16. OMG. Gold + silhouette + stationery. Perfection?

    I'm still walking on air over our email exchange, too. You're the bestest.

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  17. Whew! Just started school today myself! Thank goodness it is followed by a 3-day weekend! :)

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  18. Sounds like a great weekend! My boyfriend and I stayed indoors and braved the hurricane with boutique cupcakes, yummy sandwiches, and Hurricane cocktails. Appropos, no? xo style, she wrote

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  19. How lovely! I worked unfortunately. But we did deliver a few of our Save The Dates which was so fun!

    I love back to school too!

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  20. Those would be adorable favors!! I still browse the school aisles just for fun because I too loved stocking up on pencils, folders, and paper clips.

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  21. My favourite time of year...I still can't sleep before the first day :)

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  22. I knew school started today because it was crisp out. And the school buses made me a little late to work ;)

    Such a lovely weekend and now I am craving foie gras!

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  23. wow a floating island!! sounds pretty spectacular ;) I love back to school myself, the newness of clothes, the new supplies it's all so exciting! xo

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  24. summer cant be over yet!! love this stationary - so cute and fun

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  25. Oh yes, I love collecting note books, moleskines, , pencils and so on!! I have a huge collection of them!!! Your weeken sounds fabulous !!! un beso guapisima!

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  26. Still in the hottest place ever...Atlanta...but on my way home. Love this post, Lena. Have a fab week sweetheart! xo

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  27. I miss back-to-school shopping!

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