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Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts

Thursday, July 8, 2010

I wasn't going to blog today, but...

    
I needed to tell you about this. Remember back when, when I told you about Out of Print? And remember how I told you about how great their customer service is? I mean, really, it is. And remember how I had ordered a shirt and was concerned about receiving it before I moved? Yeah, well Jeff was able to get it to me THE DAY BEFORE I moved. How awesome is that?

Any ways, I wanted to inform you all that there is a giveaway for Out of Print tees happening at Sweeps4Bloggers, and there are about a million different ways you can earn bonus entries. I'm pretty positive I have no chance of winning another tee, since there are a gazillion people entered, but I had to share, because, as I previously mentioned, I love Out of Print. Any company that has such phenomenal customer service and contributes to charity deserves to be talked about. A lot. 

Oh, and here's a bonus, (I was going to save this for Random Shit Tuesday, but I'll share it here too), a pic of me in my tee. You're welcome.

I love the strategically placed sun, but we'll discuss that more on Tuesday.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

A Cross Between Sweet Valley High and Ginger Snaps*

                   
I've got the bloat, the bitchies, the munchies, the crankies...

I'm consuming disgustingly vast quantities of popcorn, chocolate, potato chips and french onion dip (contrary to what you think, dip isn't always eaten alongside chips. It can be eaten straight out of the jar. With a spoon. Not that I know anything about that...)

Parts of my body are currently 5x their normal size. You know, my butt, my gut, my boobs, my ankles and my cheeks.

I have lost all sense of personal hygiene, meaning, I may or may not have stopped showering, brushing my teeth, brushing my hair, shaving, wearing deodorant**...

I may or may not be wearing these pants (click to enlarge)...


...holed up in my room and avoiding going out in public at all cost (hello! Did you see what I was wearing?)

If you don't know what any of this means, I can only assume that you are male. And not having sex on a regular basis. Meaning you must not have a woman in your life right now. Or else you would totally understand.


You're probably wondering what this all means to you, right? Well, not that much, but I thought I would mention it. I also thought I should mention that in a few days I will be venturing to my sisters house for a week. We have big plans. Mainly, the LOST series finale on Sunday (yeah, I'm driving 5-6 hours for a TV show. What of it?). There will also be tons of nephew bonding, a game night, and a party for a 3rd birthday.

Unfortunately, my sis does not have wireless internet, which means I can't use my laptop there and am limited to her desktop that lives in the upstairs hallway. Which means, I can't promise much in the way of posts for a week beginning on Sunday. I'm trying my hardest to pre-write and schedule some posts, which is going well seeing as I have no intention of venturing out into the real world until the bloat is over (one of the only bonuses to being unemployed).

Can someone please remind me that I've got shit to do on Friday. You know, that whole you're-a-smarty-pants award thing? Thanks.

For your entertainment, I present to you, my toe wound (you're going to be tempted to click on this image to enlarge it. For the love of god, don't do it! You've been warned.):


Incidentally, the toe is starting to smell a little. And it no longer looks like this as I took this pic on Monday. I'm slightly concerned. Especially since the skin flap is starting the shrink away from the edges of the gaping wound, which, although you can't really tell from this pic, is quite deep. I'm thinking I might have to preform some surgery here in the near future. *sigh*

UPDATE: I just managed to drop a knife on my toe (yes, that toe) while making toast. I am, by far, the most consistent uncoordinated person EVER. 

UPDATE ON THE UPDATE: And then I proceeded to trip across my bed (yes, across my bed. Don't ask) on my way to post this update and dragged my toe across the bed. That skin flap is so toast (haha).

So, in conclusion, my gut feels like Mount Saint Helens***, my toe smells like Limburger, and I'm on the verge of becoming a super-hairy, super-smelly, hermit/recluse. Or maybe something more like this:

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And furthermore, what is up with the world being sans PMS-meds right now? Seriously, that shit should be handed out like candy to every woman anytime we walk into a drug store/grocery store/post office/coffee shop/liquor store...

* See here and here if you didn't catch the meaning of this post's title.
** If you're new to this blog, at this point you're probably imagining how seriously freakin' hot I am, right? And you would be right. I am smokin'!
*** This site says Mount Saint Helens is a volcano that "erupted in 1980 and wreaked havoc on the people once again." I was born in 1980. Coincidence? I think not.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

I ♥ Helena.

 
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My love affair with Helena Bonham Carter began with her performance in Hamlet as Ophelia. She played crazy so well.

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But it was her role in Merlin that really had me captivated. Once again, she portrayed crazy really well with her performance as Morgan Le Fey. Crazy aside, I really fell for her style in this movie. I still want hair like hers. Seriously, I do. 


And then, of course, there was Fight Club. In which she KICKED ASS!

And then I lost track of her for awhile. (Aside from Planet of the Apes, because who can love the style of an ape?) And then Big Fish came along, and Helena did phenomenally well as Jenny and the Witch.
    
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Fast forward past Corpse Bride and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, (I know she was in other movies, but I didn't watch any of them, so they don't count) and we have the Harry Potter series, where, once again, Helena plays crazy and witch very well, and I love her name, Bellatrix.


And let's not forget one of my all-time favorites, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Her portrayal of Mrs. Lovett is fantastic. (Did I mention she does crazy REALLY well?)


One of these days I will get around to watching Alice in Wonderland. I heard Helena steals the show as the Red Queen.


And you know what? As much as people criticize her personal style (and trust me, they do!), I really kind of like it.

Monday, April 12, 2010

I ♥ Anthropologie!

      
Normally, I do I ♥ Etsy! features, but a new Anthropologie catalog showed up in the mail the other day, and I had to share with you the items that immediately popped out at me. Enjoy! (Me, I'm headed back to work on my fantastically exciting thesis.)

I absolutely LOVE this top. Not sure I could pull off the bold stripes, but...

These pants are great too!

I wish I was confident enough to try and wear red! And bold patterns! (which I'm not)

I really like the tab detail on these pants.

I can't explain why, but I'm totally digging these polka dots! Not that I could ever wear them, but...

The bows on this suit are just too cute!

And how awesomely gorgeous is this sofa? I want it.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Screw the couch cushions, check under the dryer!

  
... because apparently this is where money goes to reproduce. Let me explain.

I skipped work today so I could stay home and do laundry. True story. Before you judge, understand that my job isn't a real job, I only work 20 hours a week, I make up my own hours, and when I go into work, there's never anything for me to do anyway. Really, truly, there's not. Plus, it was either do laundry today or go into work looking like this:

(I call this look post-90s college-grunge. This is something I would have worn to the studio in college back in the day. I dig this get-up out only for really special occasions. And laundry day.)

Yeah, good decision, right? (For those of you interested, I AM available for fashion consultation, but only on Tuesdays and Fridays, but not this Friday because I skipped work today and will have to make up the hours on Friday). Anyway....

Laundry day. I haul my laundry down to the basement with my $10 roll of quarters. It costs $3 to do one complete load of laundry, therefore I'm counting on being able to do 3 out of the 5 loads worth of dirty laundry I have strewn across my bedroom floor. 

So I load up the washer, put my bottle of detergent and roll of quarters on top of the empty DRYER and head back upstairs to work on transcribing some interviews I'm behind on. (I know, if you only had my life, right? Be jealous.) Twenty minutes later, time to switch the laundry. Back downstairs, when, what to my wondering eyes should appear? Yeah, an empty quarter roll and my detergent on the floor. 

If you've been paying attention, you should know that 1. I've only done half a load of laundry, costing $1.50 which means I should have $8.50 left in my quarter roll and 2. I put my quarters and detergent on top of an empty dryer, not the washer. Therefore, you're probably wondering the same thing I was wondering at this point, what happened to all my quarters and how did my detergent get on the floor? These questions shall forever remain unanswered. Well, except that I did find my quarters. They were UNDER the dryer. Not kidding. WTF?

After pulling out the washer and dryer, digging out the dirty and grimy quarters and wiping them off on the throw rug, I count them up to make sure I have my entire $8.50 (quarter rolls are hard to come by in this town. Maybe someday I'll tell you the story of that adventure). Well, what to my wondering eyes should appear this time? $10.50 worth of quarters. Whoa! Jackpot! I cannot , however, explain any of this.

I may never find out how my quarters ended up under the dryer (did I mention the empty quarter roll was still on top of the dryer? Yeah, it was. Creepy stuff), but I do know that 1. I can now do all 5 loads of laundry, 2. money is alive and multiplies under basement dryers and 3. I'm headed back downstairs to stuff some $10 bills under the dryer as soon as I'm done with this post.

UPDATE: If you're any good at quick math, you probably noticed that even with the additinal $2 of quarters, I still don't have enough to do 5 loads of laundry. Yeah, I'm not good at quick math. Somehow, in all the excitement, 5 x $3 = $12. I am stupid.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

I ♥ Etsy! The fashion edition.

      
Normally, I don't blog about clothing, fashion or what have you. Today I make an exception (mainly because I just spent the last two hours, okay, possibly three, browsing Etsy and needed to feel like there was a purpose for it). I present to you, my vintage fashion picks! Enjoy!
        

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