The Suze is whispering to herself as I turn down the aisle of Tuesday Morning. She's flipping through a decor book, eyes glazed over, both clutching the book and slightly turning away from it.
"I don't need another book," she says to herself unconvincingly. She doesn't see me coming.
"What are you looking at Mom?" I ask gently so she doesn't suspect another intervention.
"Oh, just another book I don't need ... but I might have to get it."
I knew when she didn't look up it was over. She fell off the wagon. I mean, let's be honest here, she was never really on the wagon. Instead, she shuffled her feet behind the wagon eyeing it suspiciously while flipping through pages of the very decorating books that are threatening to close in on her personal space. Literally, she'll set her handbag down and big, hardback decor books spill out as she quickly tries to push them back in so no one will see.
If The Suze is the Lindsay Lohan of decor book addictions, then I am Dina. I'm an enabler. I get the leftovers and the duplicates. The duplicates are usually the ones she loves the most. She often can't remember if she bought them already, so she just buys it again to be safe.
So here's today's book in question: Victoria Romantic Window Style (Victoria Magazine)
And here's my advice: Go get it. You can afford it. It's like $10. It's nothing fancy on the outside. I probably would have walked right by it because I judge books by their cover.
But then I would have missed out on that gorgeous, delicate, crisp, scalloped, pleated toile window action. I might have gone through life never knowing that was even an option. Never able to share it with y'all.
Book hoarding is good.
{images from Victoria Romantic Window Style (Victoria Magazine)}
