ROUND-UP: OFFICE SUPPLIES

Oh, what's that? 

You hate your job and your life?

You think that nothing could possibly as depressing as the thought of another day trapped in your tiny, gray cubicle under harsh fluorescent lights? 

You think that if you're called into one more goddamned meeting where you sit silently while some windbag drones on just to hear himself talk you're going to jump out of the conference room window screaming "FREE AT LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST!"?

Okay, hold it.  It's not that bad. 

Or, maybe it is. I DON'T KNOW YOUR LIFE. 

Regardless, here's a little round-up of fun office stuff that will make life in the old cell block a little more bearable.

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BRIMFIELD: It's On Like Donkey Kong

photo: Apartment TherapyIf you read design blogs, and buy shit on ebay, and have a subscriptch to Elle Decor and you don't know what Brimfield is, then GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER IMMEDS YOU SLACKER. Cause you need to know.

Brimfield is the largest outdoor antiques show in the country, and goes down 3 x a year in Brimfield, MA. This bitch takes over the whollllle town and the population explodes from 3,000 to 250,000 as thousands of antique vendors, and hordes of hungry shoppers descend in search of treasures.

It's like ebay the live show.

AND I'MMMMMMMM GOOOOOOOINNNNNNGGGGG NEXTTTTTT WEEEEEEEEEK!

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[Who Gives A Shit] Chores?

Ok, so this doesn't really apply if you live alone cause then: duh...you do everything.

But if you're coupled, and you live with your significant other, I'm curious how your asses break down the whole chore thing?

Here's how it goes around here...

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[WHERE I BLAHG]: Brooklyn Limestone

Each week (ish) we'll pull back the curtain, and give you an insider's look into the lives of some of your favorite bloggers with 'Here's where I blahg.' This week: @MrsLimestone from Brooklyn Limestone! 

So, duh, I live in Brooklyn...and love Brooklyn. And long before Design Blahg was even a glimmer in my eyeball, I was a huge Brooklyn Limestone fan. First of all: everyone says "brownstone" around here, so the fact that Stefanie went "limestone" had me at go. Second of all, its been loads of fun to watch the progress as she's transformed her home room by room, sharing all of her experiences and tips along the way. And THIRD OF ALL, Stefanie is, like moi, obsessed with travel and always does an amazing job of making me want to empty my bank account in order to copy whatever fantabulous trip she's just returned from (like Kenya! If you don't want to go after looking at these pics, then you are soooo weird. Like SO).

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The Real Deal On Collecting

Years ago, before I had busted out as my designer-y self, Martha Stewart totally freaked my shit out over the idea of having a "collection." I *wanted* to collect stuff, but it sounded scary, and serious and overwhelming.

What the fuck was I supposed to collect? This decision seemed akin to deciding who you were going to marry. Choose wisely, cause you'll be collecting this shit for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

Martha's collections were epic, natch. And if I was going to collect stuff too, of course I wanted to collect it like a fucking rockstar. But I didn't know what to collect, and I was afraid about pulling the trigger cause then I would be stuck with all this shit and maybe it wasn't the shit I *actually* wanted to be collecting? Drabware? Eh. Fiestaware? Meh?

So I did nothing. And then more nothing. And I got older and older and had no collections of anything. And then it just hit me one day: FUCK THAT NOISE.

And then I figured it alllll out! And it was easy! And I was collecting shit left and right!

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