guest post {hip hip gin gin}

Hello Be Merry, Kate readers! I'm Em from Hip Hip Gin Gin, and I am so honored to be filling in for Kate today as she is hard at work. The fact that Kate is so hard at work means that it is almost tax return time (you are all working on those taxes aren't you, hurry hurry, it's almost time), and I am a big believer in using a portion of that check to splurge a bit. Whether the check is large or small, and whether you want to splurge just a bit, a bit more, or a whole lot, it is important to treat yourself. After all, you've worked hard all year, and filled out all of those forms, you deserve it!

a bit:

Just Being Audrey, $16.99, Dooney and Burke Venus Wristlet, $45, Diana's Droplets Earrings, $28, Curvy Chrysanthemum Vase, $28, Vanessa Bruno Puff-Sleeved T-shirt, $90,

a bit more:

 Vintage Cocktails, $50,  Marc by Marc Jacobs Wallet, $250,  Speckled Drusy Earrings,$440, Lofty Larks Wallpaper, $88, Easton Pearson Draped Silk Top, $475,

a lot:

 Bob Willoughby, Audrey Hepburn: Photographs 1953-1966, $500, Judith Leiber Princess Miniaudier, $1,397, Pippa Small Turquoise Earrings, $3,040,  Battersea Bloom Soffette, $2,998, Lanvin Ruched Silk Top, $1,540