my favorites.

Let me start by explaining this post was inspired by a trip to Target last week where I spotted these in the candy isle:It's FaveREDS - only red (and pink) Starbursts! Starbursts are one of my favorite candies (kid candy, as my Mom calls it), but I only really like the red and pink ones. For our first Valentine's Day together, my boyfriend gave me a vase filled with only red and pink Starbursts. I can only imagine how many bags he had to dig through to fill it. If you feel like me, I would suggest you hunt down these special Starbursts right away- watermelon, cherry, fruit punch, and strawberry.

My excitement over the Starbursts reminded me how the smallest things can make your day. A few other favorites that make me incredibly happy:

1. red and pink Starbursts
2. being surprised
3. digging through the ads in the Sunday paper
4. this quilted pouch
5. Sunday morning farmer's market
6. making lists - to do lists, shopping lists, idea lists
7. Regina Spektor
8. jeans / t-shirt / sandals weather
9. this half graph / half lined composition book
10. little "no reason" gifts
11. Blistex Silk & Shine lip balm
12. blog: Vintage Rescue Squad
13. aqua blue and kelly green
14. emmapardos' etsy shop
15. collecting scraps of pretty and interesting paper
16. Balboa Park in San Diego
17. drinking from a mug rather than a glass
18. owls
19. vintage buttons
20. How I Met Your Mother
21. picking up friends and family at the airport
22. pretty packaging
23. lunch at Whole Foods
24. little notebooks for my purse
25. getting up early (especially if it doesn't involve an alarm)
26. vintage maps / globes / atlases
27. these green sneakers
28. morning walks
29. broccoli (yup, I'm serious.)
30. Baggu reusable bags (I have persimmon, but love the new stripes.)
31. flea markets / tag sales / thrift stores
32. graph paper
33. black and white photobooths
34. homemade vanilla milkshakes
35. back to school supply shopping, regardless if I'm in school
36. Airmail envelopes
37. old bottles turned vases
38. plaid, especially red plaid
39. Potato Shack in Encinitas, California
40. the perfect white tee
41. vintage sheet music
42. Tori Amos
43. color combo: gray, yellow, and orange (check back tomorrow!)
44. Seattle, Washington
45. red baker's twine
46. Izze sparkling juice, especially Blackberry
47. birthdays, even if it isn't mine
48. joettamaue's etsy shop
49. stripes
50. sending and receiving mail

I wish I could giveaway one of each on my favorites list. However, I just don't know how to package and mail the perfect weather. Instead I put together a group of my favorites I can mail to one lucky winner.

You will get to experience each of my bolded favorites:

>red and pink Starbursts
>Blistex Silk and Shine lip balm
>3 greeting cards, including one made by me!
>dozen vintage buttons
>little vintage notepad for your purse (with the best graph paper pages!)

To enter, simply leave a comment with one of your favorites - person, place, product, whatever! Entries will be accepted through Sunday, August 2 at 12noon. Winner will be announced on Monday, August 3.