Showing posts with label "sweatpants are all that fit me right now". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "sweatpants are all that fit me right now". Show all posts

Feb 6, 2009

Carpool Lane

















This product reminds me of this one girl in high school who read romance novels and was ambushed with a super soaker full of urine while getting dressed for her sister's wedding. Remember that girl? Anyway, from Overstock.com, a pillow for the gal who could use some extra polyester to fondle in the night. A customer review reads:

This was a gift for my 16yr old Grand Daughter. She loved the pillow and many of her girlfriends want to know where they can purchase their own "FRIEND". When she opened her gift the 1st question was -"What is it?" Then everyone had to 'hold' the handsom new friend too. I took the pillow to a local monogram shops and had the personal monogram of her favorite movie star put on the pocket!..Her New Friend hangs out on the back of her desk chair, the back seat of her SUV and even went for a sleepover last weekend. Thanks again and please give me more ideas for my Grand Children.

Jan 27, 2009

Sartor Resartus

There's been a lot of talk of clothing choices recently, so I though I'd share my current style dilemma. I am an inherently lazy gal. There is no shame in this distinction—I always seem to get the job done—but it does mean that as I force myself into a post-collegial world there's a few things I need to brush up on. The most obvious victim of my sloth is any kind of stylish or interesting sartorial choices.

When I left the big, important university in the big city, I was no longer a nearly emaciated scenester who only went to school so I didn't have to get a job. I was suddenly an academic, shuffling from home to class to neighborhood bar with neither the time nor the energy to change clothes or care about what clothes I was wearing. Heels, once an absolute staple in any ensemble, were the first to go. And save 2 weddings, 1 Valentine's Day, and my own graduation, I haven't donned a pair in over three years.

I look back on my last few years of college in Memphis fondly. It was quiet and lovely, and pretty damn fun (without landing anyone in rehab or the looney bin). Perhaps this is why I start to hyperventilate when I contemplate wearing heels out in public. Like Dorothy, I fear I'll click my glitter pink Miu Miu t-straps and suddenly be transported from my couch to some Lower East Side drug den, the dawn chasing me, dice clacking in the background. Now this is obviously ridiculous, and lately I've been feeling the tug of style, so I buckled and grabbed a few pairs of heels on eBay:

















I just found these Miu Miu spectator booties really special. I have no idea how I'll wear them but the price was right, and Miu Miu shoes are always stunning and modern-classic.
















I have a feeling if I really stick with it, these Marni kicks from Spring '07 could replace my Tom's and flip flops as my staple summer shoe. I love the dark brown leather. And the lucite!!