Ahhh – Novem­ber has just begun and it’s already time to start plan­ning for the hol­i­days. I heard that Colin Cowie was going to be show­cas­ing his new prod­ucts on HSN today and, as expected, he does not dis­ap­point. Here are a few things that have me “obsessed”…

1. I’m hear­ing that “Pur­ple is the New Pea­cock” lately and, of course, Colin is right on trend. I’m obsessed with these stun­ning pur­ple all pur­pose glasses that will look per­fect on the table­top for the holidays.

2. I’m in the midst of putting together my home office and have been on the fence for that *per­fect* desk – until now. I’ve decided to do a lit­tle “glam” in the office and this lovely Mirage Mir­rored Con­sole Table will be stun­ning there! Now – let’s hope the Sous Pug and the Evil Minx keep their noses away.

3. When Colin first launched his line with HSN, I bought some some din­ner­ware and I have to con­fess that years later, they still look brand new. For the hol­i­days, he’s offer­ing a 24 piece porce­lain scroll design din­ner­ware set in either antique gold or plat­inum and let me tell you – it’s GORGEOUS. I highly rec­om­mend if you are look­ing for a qual­ity set that will not break the bank. He’s also got a match­ing 2 piece serv­ing set and plat­ter that are per­fect for the hol­i­day table.

4. I have a rule that I will not start even to THINK about hol­i­day dec­o­rat­ing until around Thanks­giv­ing. I get annoyed when I even see the glim­mer of a tree up at stores. How­ever, I will only break that rule for Colin. Why, you ask – because his stuff sells out QUICK!  I was quick to pur­chase this flocked wreath for the front door. It’s on a timer, looks chic and will last so much longer than that dried fruit mess that I got last year. I learned my lesson.

5. Speak­ing of sell­ing out, I have to con­fess – I saw this Star­burst Wall Mir­ror yes­ter­day – knew I wanted it and fig­ured that I’d have time to just pur­chase it in the morn­ing. Well, this morn­ing when I logged into HSN to pur­chase, guess what I saw – the big let­ters SOLD OUT. Well, should Colin care to bring this stun­ning piece back back, please let a gal know because I learned my lesson.

6. If you don’t have one of Colin’s bev­er­age servers, you might want to snatch this Bev­er­age Server with Infuser and Chiller Inserts up quick. It’s on clear­ance at a great price and they are phe­nom­e­nal. I use mine when­ever I enter­tain and it always gar­ners compliments.

7. Finally, there’s some­thing that HSN started to do last year which both Colin and Ingrid par­tic­i­pated in – namely, design­ing orna­ments that ben­e­fit St. Jude’s Research. St. Jude is a char­ity that is near and dear to me and any time that I can sup­port it, I do. Colin designed a gor­geous birdcage-esque orna­ment for 2011 that is a must for everyone’s hol­i­day tree.