Ming Garden, a Mini Garden, and Outfits of the End of the Week

Hi friends! We made it to the end of the week. Whew! Is anyone else as exhausted as I am? I'm sure we all feel a little battered and bruised. 

Well, one of my simple pleasures in life is my tiny garden that I started when I first moved in with Chris after we got married. I felt this inexplicable longing for something--maybe post-traumatic stress from the wedding? Maybe growing pains? Just a general malaise. Blah.
 

Well, starting a garden from seed and tending to it everyday seemed to nurture my soul. I can't say enough about it--even though I have the brown thumb of death, these flowers and tomatoes seem to grow. DESPITE my best efforts!
 

It's a wonderful exercise to feel at peace with yourself, to be outdoors, to let go of your stress. 'Course, my favorite part is being able to eat from my own plants--as a city girl, I find that AMAZING. I water these suckers everyday--and in a few weeks, I EAT what I just added water to. 

BLOWS. MY. MIND.

Okay, well with that in mind, here I am in my little garden (i.e. 3 plants and an orchid--no joke) with my Ming Garden top, which I methodically sale-stalked and sale-pounced and sale-killed. Btw, it was delicious!

Nalynne made the astute observation that I don't usually have a lot of purses with me. So here we are, with some of my faves:

OOTD, Friday:
Cardi: Ann Taylor, this season
Top: Ming Garden, Anthro, recent sale
Jeans: Vintage
Necklace: F21
Purse: Vintage (2005?) Tod's, Thailand Special

OOTD Thursday:
Cardi: H & M, recent (3 days ago)
Big Ol' Flower Clip: H & M (circa '09)
Knit top: F21
Cords: Matchstick Cords, JCrew, recent
Boots: Franco Sarto
Purse: Lucky Penny, Anthro (circa '09)
Necklace: H & M
Earrings: Anthro

Anyone else out there have any favorite bags? I can't say enough about this last Lucky Penny purse. I HEART THIS PURSE.