Canadian dollar worth more than US buck – that means I can buy more clothes online!

Happy times.

I'm going to scour Bluefly.com, Anthropolgie.com and feel all superior now that our lowly Loonie (that's a one-dollar coin) is finally flying high.

Can you believe it?

I never thought I'd see the day the Canadian dollar was worth more than the Greenback.

Ok, sorry, gotta go shopping now....

Tracy Reese is totally underexposed

This American designer whips up, season after season, dresses that are flirty and pretty and feminine and classy. Oooh, I'm in love.

Tracy Reese, people!

She's awesome, she needs to be discovered in a major way. She's more talented than many, many designers out there, no names mentioned. I can't wait to go to NYC and check out her new store.

And guess where a line of her dresses is carried? Anthropologie. Of course.

Why isn't she a household name? It's just wrong.

Free People

I'm in love with a store called Free People. The cutest clothes channelling all the trends I've been loving (chinoiserie, fluted sleeves, mixed patterns, fine-gauge knitwear) are all here!

And by here I mean in Boston, which is where I am right now.

I bought a cute little cardie with a frog closure.

I think free people is made by the same company as Anthropologie (oh, btw, I was there yesterday and just as enamoured as ever).

In Canada, you can find Free People at Aritizia, and also a little bit at Holts, too.

Anthropologie's Antwerp chair

If I could be a chair, this is the chair I would be.

This isn't technically about fashion, y'all, but I'm so in love with this chair I don't know what else to do about it. I certainly can't buy it, it's $1,500.

I love it. I love the pattern of the fabric, the generousness of the seat. It's just...it's just hot. I'm actually beyond words.

And...it's from Anthropologie, of course. Not only does its clothes rock, its furniture is superhot, too.

And you can't get it in Canada.

Sigh.

Anthropologie

We need to get Anthropologie here in Canada. This store is so lovely, the dresses are adorable, the clothing on-trend but not striver-ish, chic but unstudied...oh, I just love it. But I have to go Stateside to shop there.

It is expensive considering the quality, that I concede.

As far as I can tell, and I haven't heavily researched this or anything, Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters are run by the same company. This is just judging by the store set up and the fact that the price tags look identical (you know, like how Gap and Banana Republic have similar looking price tags). Urban Outfitters, we have.

But I think I'm about 5 or 6 years too old to be shopping there. If Urban Outfitters is your younger sis's rocked out, edgy shop, Anthropologie is for big sis who got her first string of pearls.

Judge for yourself:
www.anthropologie.com