Today's noteworthy minutiae.

- Current highbrow music I'm obsessing over: Kevin Puts's "Millennium Canons." Current lowbrow music I'm obsessing over: Flo Rida's "Cake." Make of that combo what you will. 

- I stayed up entirely too late last night with Hal and Matt, neither of whom I had seen in weeks (closer to a month in Matt's case) despite the fact that I live with Hal. My alarm this morning went off mid-dream about Adele trying to perform in an opera. She was not very good, and Hal (in my dream) was not very pleased with her performance. 

- I'm really excited for the Netflix "Anne of Green Gables" series, primarily because I am utterly besotted with the Anne books always and forever. I remember being very young (second grade, probably) and checking them all out from the Lake Marion Elementary library. Because I was the kind of girl-child who judged books by their covers, I tried to start with "Rilla of Ingleside," as it had the prettiest cover...even though that's actually the last book in the series. Once I corrected that little error, I fell hard for Anne and all her adventures, and tend to re-read the series in its entirety every few years or so.

- I'm super ready for spring-like temperatures, as I was flu-stricken through last weekend's gorgeous weather. Last night I switched out my black purse for a hand-me-down hot pink Kate Spade courtesy of Mama, and today I'm wearing a delightfully neon scarf with my usual work uniform of black pants and a chambray. Of course that means that this morning it was in the thirties and I froze all the way into work. Fail. 

- "West Side Story" is on at the Ordway right now starring my favorite Twin Cities theater boy, Tyler Michaels, and I'm pretty sure I need to rush tickets soon. 

- Yesterday I had the most intense, visceral craving for a Ben's Cookie from London. I immediately texted Kaitlin, my Ben's Cookie partner in crime, and we ended up down a rabbit hole texty conversation about crab dip, cat GIFs, and save the dates. Gotta love bestie shorthand.

- PSA: Anthropologie has Volcano-scented hand lotion now (like the iconic candle), J.Crew is 30% off and my favorite striped t-shirt now comes in red (I bought it and my boss made a Where's Waldo joke), and Target has insanely cute shoes right now. You can all thank me later. 

Happy almost-weekend, campers! 

Ear Candy: Spring Ahead

I'm currently looking out the window of our apartment at lots and lots of actual natural light. It's 7pm. How awesome is Spring Ahead? Having light later in the day makes me inherently more happy. I'm more alert in the evenings, my workouts feel better, I smile more...this is the first tangible sign that winter is on its way out and summer is waiting just a few flips of the calendar away! Couple that with Minnesota's warmer-than-usual forecast for the next 5-10 days, and you can put me in the happy camper corner. 

I was such a struggly mess this morning though. Taking an already-not-a-morning-person and throwing the whole "GOTCHA! It feels like 5am but it's actually 6!" thing at me just comes off as cruel and unusual punishment. Not proud to admit that this morning, I hit snooze til 6:30 am, got ready as fast as humanly possible, and got back in bed until five minutes before we had to leave. Time, therefore, for an up-tempo, happy playlist to get me going these next few spring-ahead days! 

Here's what's blasting through the ol' earbuds lately: 

-Smallpools, "Mason Jar"

-Ingrid Michaelson, "Girls Chase Boys"

-Walk the Moon, "Quesadilla"

-Night Terrors of 1927, "Smoke Signals"

-Prince, "7"

-Regina Spektor, "Hotel Song"

-Little Daylight, "Glitter and Gold"

-Bronze Radio Return, "Up, On & Over"

-American Authors, "Hit It"

-WE ARE TWIN, "Keep On Lovin' You"

These songs are all so great for a morning pick-me-up, and each has something special and quirky that keeps me listening. I love WE ARE TWIN's lead singer's raspy, smoky voice. Prince is just timeless and effortless in every way. Regina Spektor's sweet lyrics make me smile, and Smallpools feels like a throwback to high school in the best of possible ways. 

Hit it up! Let me know what's spinning through Spotify for you these days too...I'm a fiend for new music.