Swimsuit Season

It's now swimsuit season.  And I hate it.  Not because I have issues with my body and don't like trying on swimming suits.  Not because I don't want to wear a swimming suit.  It's more because I can never find a swimming suit that I like.

Umbrellas...

I love umbrellas.  I think they are absolutely fabulous.  I suppose living in the Pacific Northwest, a love for umbrellas comes in handy (though we actually get a lot less rain than most people believe); however, I don't just use umbrellas for rain.  I also use them in the summer - to protect myself and my little family from the sometimes harmful (and damaging) sunshine.

All that said, I've noticed my umbrella collection isn't very... Well... It just isn't very pretty.  All of my umbrellas are either black or are on the stripy side of life.  What I mean by stripy is every other umbrella panel is a color like red or blue, while the other panels are white.  That is just as boring as black.

So, I'm on the hunt for prettier umbrellas.  Something that is fashionable and fabulous.  Unfortunately, I'm finding fashionable and fabulous is also a bit too expensive for my tastes.  However, here a few of the umbrellas I'm drawn toward...