I have much to be thankful for this year, a fabulous family, awesome friends and kick ass shoe collection (just kidding…kinda).
I’m starting to reign in my tendency to live in the future and enjoy the present. I always say I’m going to do that, but recently, I’ve really been focusing in it and it really is awesome!
I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!
I know, could have have come up with a more boring title? In my quest to revamp my workspace, I figured the first thing I need is a good, comfortable chair. I want something upholstered, no arms and cute. A couple months back, I found the perfect chair at TJ Maxx, but the Hubs nixed it thinking we would be moving soon. Now it's gone and I'm totally bummed. Here's a couple that are more living room chairs, but I'm wondering if they would work at the right desk.
I have been looking for a crossbody bag for almost a year! Geez, who knew I was so picky? Truth be told, my first choice is the Balenciaga Arena City Classic in either Praline or Gray. I didn’t even know you could get an extra long strap to make it a cross body until I saw the fab Tam rock it as a cross body. But let’s face it, a soon to be part timer doesn’t have that kind of cash to throw around, especially when said part timer is planning trips to Vancouver and Europe (maybe I’ll finally buy my beloved Balenciaga in Paris?).
A super generous vendor gifted me with a $200 Nordstrom gift card. AWESOME! The two bags I’m eyeing happen to be available at Nordstrom! Serendipity I tell you.
The first is the Coach Hailey crossbody Cat blogged a couple of months ago. I really like the chocolate brown version, but I’m completely smitten by the plum colored bag! I’ve been looking to add a red handbag for a pop of color to my (mostly) neutral wardrobe, but when I saw this bag, I realized a plum color would complement my wardrobe much better then red. It even perfectly matches my Hi Speed Cardigan!
The second option is the Marc by Marc Jacobs Classic Q Natasha crossbody flap bag. I wish it came in a gray or charcoal, but the black works too. It has a vintage feel to it and looks cute on. It’s a great basic crossbody.
Love:
- Sephora Brand FACE eye makeup removing pads, it really gets it all off even waterproof, it doesn't sting my eyes, and NO sticky residue. I no longer have to remove the eye makeup remover!! and the price isn't bad either.
- I organized all my trim this week, now my lace and ribbons and zippers and whatnot are all organized, now maybe I can get to some x-mas crafting. lol.
- Free and delicious coffee from my new and wonderful credit union. using the Keurig machine is half the fun, but getting FREE, GOOD, chocolate cake flavored coffee is the other half.
- Playing with my niece and nephew. It's one of the few times I can actually let go, cut loose and just have fun. those two are so cute it's just unbelievable.
Hate:
- New Moon movie. ok, I can forgive them for fucking up the vampire lore, I can even forgive them for being a disgusting teen romance series. What I can't forgive is sending the WRONG message to young girls about relationships, healthy break up behavior, and how to treat your family and friends and boys who have feelings for you. Bella Swan is a piece of shit, she is selfish and self centered and treats her the people in her life like garbage. wake up! these boys aren't the life/death of your universe, get some self respect, Edward is emotionally abusive (he hates himself to much to ever really love bella, and bella is too insecure to know better thus pressuring him into huge commitments like marriage and changing her into a vamp) and Jacob practically threatens physical violence that he has "no control" over. this is a VERY POOR role model for young girls to find appealing or romantic. As a feminist I am beyond appalled.
- The cold weather making my bones hurt and living with someone who had a natural body temp of like 103F who never needs the heater who says to me just as I'm getting warm, "it's so hot in here, do we really need this on?"
- Not hearing back (it's been 3 weeks now) from the school district where I applied to be a substitute teacher after they basically told me that I would have a job because I was needed so desperately. I've come in and talked to them twice now and both times they told me the paperwork just hasn't gone through yet. so by the time I start working for them I'll be starving and on the streets and the kids will be like, "oh god no, not the homeless sub, she's the worst!"
- I just want to bold one thing and now the bold wont turn off. guh.
J Crew, you need to stop. Srsly. Yes, I KNOW today is the final day to take advantage the 20% discount + free shipping on all shoes and boots. Yes, I know my beloved Nottingham flat boots in Mushroom are included in the sale. However, I can’t buy you just yet. A) We’ve adopted three families for Christmas and B) I have a handbag to buy.
A couple of weeks ago, you probably heard me kvetching about how pathetic your paltry $50 discount was on the boots. I mean really, 17%? Lame. You called my bluff and upped the ante to 20% AND threw in three shipping. Touché J Crew, touché. However, I’m going to have to hold off.
My epic search for the perfect cross body bag is nearing a close. I cannot justify buying both the boots AND the bag. Although my fiscally responsible ass will probably curse myself in a couple of weeks when the boots are all gone in my size, I’m just going to have to take that chance. I’m going start working part time soon; I can’t go around throwing money at boots and bags. SHEESH!
So please, I do not need FOUR emails reminding me, “HURRY! SALE ENDS SOON!” I KNOW you are on sale, but please respect my attempt at being fiscally responsible. Srsly.
For someone who's digital (previous and present businesses/freelancing with records), I wanted to share with you my review on my server. This is the first server I've ever owned - which I got last May for my birthday. If you have a lot of crap - photos, paperwork, music, etc, etc - then this is the server for you.
I'm doing some major overhaul in my condo.
i totally forgot to mention that i signed up for some "student" card and there is no approval what-so-ever! Yeah i'm sheisty! It's $20/yr to join. Not like anyone needs it (really) but what i'm getting:
Despite fake neighbors, I'm sticking with VOX. Tumblr was terrible. The content quality of the majority of the users was lame. commenting wasn't an integral part of their structure, "hearting" and re-posting were what you did if you liked something. not the connection and conversation i was looking for in a larger community. The posting interface just re-affirmed my suspicion that tumblr is not interested in blog style content, just pictures that you can heart and repost. it all seemed really superficial and shallow. not that anything that i say here is epic or deep, but it's me and it's real and if people can't interact with it and have a conversation, what is the point? So for now, Vox is home sweet home.
House hunting is on the backburner….again. Hubs decided not to take the job in SF (more on that later), but with everything up in the air, how lean the market inventory is and what this guy says, we’re holding off. HOWEVER, should the perfect house pop up, we’re ready! All our ducks are in a row, fab credit, down payment and debtless, so you hear that perfect house for us? We’re ready for you anytime you pop up! READY! Too bad some bastard investment firm with 50% or 100% down will snatch you up. Jerks.
Living at home is proving pretty awesome, the most being paying down our debt. We spent most of '09 debt free until June when the Hubs charged new computers/office stuff for thenew venture, but we paid that off last month. Anytime I start to get a little impatient and think we should just get our own place, I remember that I'm super grateful to my parents for our situation. It would have taken us a lot longer to accomplish our goals if it wasn't for them. However, being a boomerang kids does have its drawbacks.
One, I don’t really like to cook. I can, but my mom’s usually in the kitchen at the same time and meh, when there’s already dinner already bought/made by her, why bother? The drawback is that the Hubs isn’t too keen on eating Vietnamese food every night. So, I try to cook. Turkey meatloaf and macaroni bakes are my staples. I don’t know what it is about our kitchen, but it’s not conducive to cooking for me. Maybe the feng shui is off or something. *shrug*
Two – decorating. Every time I pass by a Crate and Barrel or pick up Elle Décor I bum out because I don’t have our own space to decorate. Or do I? We held off buying new bedroom furniture anticipating buying a home, but now since that’s probably a year off, why not start now?
Our two nightstands and dresser atrociously UGLY. OMG, I hate them so much. The Hubs FINALLY bought his new TV after talking about it for AGES. When we went to Best Buy and he while he was hemming and hawing, I may or may not have blurted out “JUST GET IT!!!!!!” So now that he has his beloved TV, we can start on stuff for the room.
I really need to work on my desk situation. What I have now is totally cramped. Here’s what my perfect workspace would look like (yes, it includes the Birkin! J)
I love the neutral palette with pops of color. I get bored fairly quick, so I can easily change the look and feel of the space with just a few things. Love it!
