Summer Send-Off, October Rain

{Audrey Hepburn catching some precious zzz's as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's, which I used to watch every morning on VHS my sophomore year of college while I got ready for the day. My own discount earplugs, while completely indispensable, are far less glamorous. Photo Credit: www.vlbeattie.typepad.com }

It is finally legitimately cold outside this evening, and I'm bidding summer a formal farewell / welcoming the crisp new season with open arms. This weekend was insanely full, and as Holly Golightly demonstrated so well, any party girl worth her champagne knows when to grab her beauty rest in order to beat the mean reds (and be something close to effective at work). Still, I took a truly mean (red) turn of insomnia last night and didn't crawl into bed until 4:00 this morning (my alarm went off at 6:15am), so I'm looking forward to burrowing into the covers in the next five minutes to doze with an open window and a gentle, early October rain falling. The time has come for dark, plummy nail colors and the deliciously sharp scent of wood-smoke in the air. This is the last truly summery image I captured recently, a late-August self-manicure using shock-treatment neon Essie Nail Lacquer in Funky Limelight, a highlighter-hued chartreuse so bold it practically glowed in the dark. I am really not a meticulous applier of nail polish.
{Bracelets: White enamel and metal bangle, ancient Forever21; Chain and rope link bracelet, vintage at an amazing thrift shop I used to prowl in Middletown called Three Ladies which is now defunct, although I think they re-opened somewhere else - a favorite current layering combination.}
October Goals:
1. Learn to bake a homemade apple pie so I can "sur-pies" my man with my new-found culinary prowess.
2. Spend plenty of time with family and friends, especially on the weekends before winter hibernation hits.
3. Outsmart my insomnia ... whether by blogging, hell, or high water!... Which, if this rain continues, there will be plenty of come morning. Yet another excuse to break out some tall leather boots.
Goodnight ...... --- xoxo