GREETINGS from frigid New York City!

It’s been very busy over here. One of my biggest pieces of news is that I hired an assistant, who is now known around these parts as Saint Lydia. She is seriously saving my life these days! We’ve been having fast & furious brainstorming sessions over cups of lavender earl grey tea, shooting photos all over the East Village & performing what has essentially been an exorcism on my office! It’s so, so good to have someone else helping me out. I’ve been doing this totally alone for almost five years (!!!), so this is a majorly needed adjustment. So good!

What else? Well, for Halloween I dressed up as Alice…

Now that’s a good wig. (I’ve had a couple of people ask where it came from – I bought it from a shop called something like Wigs ‘N’ Things on 14th Street in Manhattan.)

My husband dressed up as Peter Venkman… & made his own proton pack from cardboard boxes & old computer wires. Watching him put it together was so rad! That art school education totally paid off… ! I love him so much.

In other news, I have this new direction which I am kind of freaked out about but at the same time, it feels SO SO RIGHT & I’m really excited… It has all come together in the last couple of days in a totally serendipitous way, but then, the best things always do. I don’t know when, or how, it’s all going to come to fruition, but that’s okay. Just knowing is so good.

Also, I have an obsession with crystals right now, I want to wear them all over my body at all times. HIPPIE!

Can I just pause for a second & take a minute to appreciate my husband? He is the greatest. As well as being extremely fiiiiiiine, he is so encouraging of me & always motivates me to dream bigger & act accordingly. It’s pretty amazing & I love him so, so much for it. How did I get so lucky?

Oh, my other new obsession is curling my hair. I’m not very good at it, & it takes me approximately FOREVER, but it’s so much fun! I never thought I’d wear my hair curly but I am really into it! Wiggly! Here is me with curly hair in emoticon form:

~~(o.O)~~

Okay… Stay warm, & keep smiling!

P.S. All photos by Lydia Hudgens. Ain’t she a peach?!
P.P.S. This entry was written specially for @helenlindsay. Mwah!!!