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This month has been tough, y’all.  After the Extravagance (yes, capital E is warranted) of the holidays, I felt like I needed to reign it in and “shop my closet.”  (Blech. Hate that phrase. One of the fashion glossies I was flipping through on the elliptical the other day proclaimed: “It’s so fun to shop your closet!”  Ew.  People that say it’s fun must either a) be Olivia Palermo, or b) be lying to themselves.)  But there are so.so. many things that are vying for my attention and my wallet…what is a girl to do?  (P.S. Thanks, Caroline, for pointing out that the ALC dress I was swooning over is on sale for $199 at the Outnet.  I’m almost barfing I want it so badly.  Sick image, I apologize.)  On this week’s radar?

Just when you thought you’d seen enough sloafers to satisfy you for the rest of eternity, the coolest of the pack emerge.  Yes.  These Missoni puppies ($575) are It.  I die over them.  I die.  Can you imagine pairing them with just a simple navy blazer and white jeans?!

Love the color, love the texture, love pattern.  And kind of love that they don’t scream Missoni.

I’ve been on the hunt for a great mini cross-body in a fun color for the upcoming spring season.  I had this amazing white one from Rebecca Minkoff, but it got all rubbed up and dirty, and now bears a certain air of dinginess that I just can’t permit.  These J. Crew minis ($148) will be hard to pass up.

That yellow one is calling my name.  Imagine it popping against a denim shirt or a striped blouse.  Incroyable.

I’m very sad about this.  I found the rug of my dreams ($140+ depending on size) and it was sold out.  Do you love?!  I know that oriental rugs are the jam, but I often find them to be a little ornate for my current decorating style.  The color and scale of pattern in the one below is just.perfect.

It might be for the best.  Mr. Magpie may have thrown a small fit when I asked him to hang two new pieces of wall art in our bedroom, as one was a fashion drawing my uber-talented baby sister (similar one from Jessica Durrant below — $25) had sketched for me and the other was this ink-and-paper sketch of the L’Arc de Triomphe ($50).

Oops.  I think I may need to dial back on the femininity.  On the upside, he promised that when we buy a house, I could have my own office and paint it pink if I so desired.  I won’t, though — I am really into lavender right now.  I think I want a lilac-hued office accented with gold and white.  But that’s a story for another day.  And if that rug above had been available, I may have been inclined to change that plan of action.

Every few months, I want to invest in new pajamas.  This pair by Equipment ($388) is insanely overpriced…a little scary, in fact…but they look oh-so-cozy.  And the print is perfection.

But…I will probably end up with these fun little lobster jammies ($12).  Affordable, cute, done.

I love new coffee table / bookshelf eye candy.  Ours tend to center on food — we probably have 100 cookbooks between the two of us — so this beautiful modern + contemporary art book ($30) would be a welcome change of pace.

I’d like it situated amongst some other fun accents, like a  pair of foos ($58 — I’m obsessed.) in white and these funky bolster pillows in retro-chic fabric ($210):

Pastels are gonna be huge this spring — lavender, mint, pale pink.  Boom.  This Gap tote ($110) is the perfect way to hit the trend without over-committing.  Also, I just love the unfussy simplicity.

Stripes are basically a neutral for me.  I own more stripes than you could shake a stick at (…?  Never understood that colloquialism, so thought I’d take it out for a spin.)  I love the breezy, easy-on fit of this silky tank ($98), which is just CALLING for summer.  Hit the pastel trend with some coral jeans (J. Brand, $178) and some gilded gladiators ($138):

Wahhh am I on a boat in the summer yet?

Obsessed with all things Erickson Beamon, but especially this darling pair of enorma-studs ($315).  I’d wear with everything — my cream nubby Chanel-esque tweed jacket; a simple denim shirt – and – jeans combo; a sheath; a feminine blouse and skinnies.  Ah.  Need.

I’d really love to upgrade my office supplies with these golden lovelies ($22 for clipboard; $24 for stapler; $24 for tape):

You should mos’ def’ check out the entire Biscuit Home site — the prettiest bedding, including amazing crib sheets for those mamas out there (how adorbs is this bicycle print for a little boy, or this beautiful floral for une petite fille?) and these upholstered headboards are just too good.  UGH.

I love the composition and colors in this Alison Cooley print ($100).  I wish that the original was available — definitely something I’d consider splurging on.  It would look so lovely in my (oh so girly) room, which has a whole corner full of artwork in peachy-pink, black, and gold.

Alright my love bugs, that’s it!  Cheers to the freakin’ weekend.  (I’ll drink to that.  Yeyeahhh.)*

*Mom, the last three sentences in this post are from a Rihanna song.