"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" – Auntie Mame
No matter how many times I watch the 1958 version of Auntie Mame staring Rosalind Russell, I’m always enthralled by Mame’s ability to inject everyday life with pizzazz. It’s a talent I long to cultivate, especially when grey skies stretch endlessly overhead and I’m sick, sick, sick of wearing the same coat/sweater/boot combination.
Yes, desperate measures are needed if one wants to maintain some trace of sanity until spring arrives bearing up its gifts of tulips and spotty sunshine. For starters I figure Mame would advise me to break out the gin and mix a stout martini, but since my adult-beverage consumption is on hiatus for a few more months yet, I will have to settle for a stout cup of coffee.
While sipping said coffee I’ll share a few of the other small ways I personally like to inject a little glam into the daily deal.
1). Red lipstick. Nothing perks up a pale face like a hit of color on the smacker. Just looking at the tube of ruby hued lip color sitting in the cabinet makes me smile.
2) Moleskine planners and notebooks. Used by artists and writers like Picasso, van Gogh, and Ernest Hemingway, these legendary books are the perfect place to preserve plans and capture ideas.
3) Real napkins. I realize some people are perfectly content to grab a paper napkin or paper towel whenever they have use for such an item. I am not one of these people. Why use a paper product which not only cost money to replace, but also ends up being trashed, when you can use something stylish?
4.) Great music. Preferably turned up very loud. Although frankly it just seems wrong to subject a ten-month old to my fave tunes blasting at ear-shattering decibels so I try to keep things a little more subdued.
5.) Fresh flowers. Someday I will have a massive garden overflowing with roses and other bright blooms which I can cut and bring indoors. ‘Till then, I splurge on the occasional bouquet of roses or brightly-colored tulips to adorn my kitchen table. I’m also a big fan of orchids (So exotic, don’t you think?) and usually buy a couple during these winter months to lend things a little color.
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