The Weekend . . .

While I know it is tempting, and often so easy to look back on what has already happened, what has already passed and what was once enjoyed, I urge you, I beg you, I implore you, to turn your eyes forward and focus on what is waiting to be enjoyed, savored and reveled in. Just as September will soon be behind us know, October offers such wonderful treats and pleasures that only it can offer, and so too does the life that is waiting to be enjoyed.

I hope your week has gone well. Mine, while exhausted when it began, brought with it some wonderful unexpected surprises that couldn’t help but cause me to smile with delight. I hope your week was the same. Never forget to seek out and enjoy those small pleasures. While mine may not be understood by others to be a wonderful surprise, to me, they were quite grand, and I know you has well have wonderful simple pleasures you can find reason to celebrate.

Before I forget, the winner of the ModMade Goods giveaway was announced in this morning’s weekly newsletter, and I am happy to share with you that Kylie Cooper was the lucky winner! (Kylie, please email me at info@thesimplyluxuriouslife.com to collect your prize.)

While a couple of style posts capture much attention this week, here is a look back on all of the posts that appeared on the blog during the past few days:

~Style Inspiration: Metallic Touches

~Want & Have Outfit: No. 2 . . .inspired by Kate Middleton herself.

~This & That: No. 26 . . . a movie I enjoyed, a new book by a beloved author and more.

~Why Not . . . Build a Capsule Wardrobe on  Budget?

~Using Failures as Guideposts to Success

~Kiera Knightley – Vogue US October 2012 . . . view my favorite articles from inside the issue

And this week’s newsletter – issue #118 – click here to read.

With just a few days left of September, enjoy a toast, take a stroll without your heavy coat, or begin to get excited about picking out the first pumpkin of the season. Whatever you do though, I wish you a wonderful time. Until Monday, bonjour, and thank you so very much for stopping by.

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