A Day at the Lake House, and the tote that never was

A friend of mine hosts a wonderful Midsummer party at her lake house in upstate New York. We have gone almost every year since the party tradition began, and it is one of the highlights of our summer. For that one day it's like we are back in Finland, only better, since it's usually much warmer.. It's really laid back, with good company, good food, swimming, sauna, boating, bonfire, and all the things that are part and parcel for celebrating "Juhannus".  Let the pictures speak for themselves....

Oh, and of course there was not one picture of mama bear because she was behind the lens... but that's ok... mama bear was very relaxed, and not thinking about fashion or outfits, just keeping her pack happy. In fact, so relaxed, that mama bear made a very big - A VERY BIG - mistake at Woodbury Commons, which was a small part of this weekend's trip.  This is one of those regrets that will nag mama bear until the end of time. And beyond. The mistake was leaving a gorgeous logofree python tote bag at Gucci's. Mama bear is not a huge Gucci fan and didn't expect to find anything there. So when the beautiful python was calling mama bear's name from the 50% off shelf, and beckoning mama bear to give in to temptation, mama bear just shushed it, and said to herself that she has enough tote bags, and doesn't need this one. And left the outlets and decided to forget all about the python tote. But for some reason, she just could not, and the tote was even haunting her in her dreams. Mama bear begged her husband to drive back to the outlets the next day, but he flat out refused (how dare he?). Some arguments ensued, but mama bear had to give in because the bear family wanted to go home. And so mama bear has to learn to live with out the Gucci python tote and with the nagging knowledge that someone else will take it home and be happy with it... so sad... such regret... but life goes on... however, with some certainty there is some kind of python tote bag in mama bear's future, since now mama bear is obsessed, and will search heaven and earth to find a replacement! Cheers friends.