WHAT I'M TUNING INTO: "THE SUN" THE NAKED AND FAMOUS

I've been digging on The Naked and Famous for a whileeeeeee now.

I guess it's about time that I break-mycheapass-down and download the entire album:  

Passive Me Aggressive You.

AND for a whopping $5 on Amazon... this girl has NO reason or room for complaining.

The Sun

The Naked and Famous

THEY TRY TO MAKE ME GO TO REHAB...

Rehab for boots.

Yes, I did it again.

I bought another pair.

To complete my "collection"--I needed a pair of brown leather.

I have plenty of suede boots out the ying-yang.

Thanks to my skillful searching via Amazon...
I got these:

 Bronx Cute Tee Knee High Boot

Original Retail $189

[My KICK ASS SCORE PRICE $59.99]

BUT (here I go justifying my purchase) I got them for $56.99 :)

Just because I'm Awesome (with a Capital A) like that.

Oh, and did I mention that I received 2 day shipping?
Oh, and no tax?
Oh, yeah.

They'll be here Wednesday at the latest.
Tomorrow--if I'm lucky ;)


And that (up there!), Ladies and Gents, is my last big-ish purchase for the the next few months.

I'm saving the rest of my hard earned dough for an apt, my student loans (x's 2), a trip to FL to see my long lost family, possibly a Savannah trip, a trip to AZ to see my grandma (who I haven't seen in 10+ years and desperately miss), and --- there was something else but I seem to have forgotten. Oh well.
I know I'm back to saving mode again. That's all that matters.

Damn.

WANT vs. NEED

Debating on spending some hard earned cash on the following:

Solid Embossed Lorelie Dress

J CREW--$29.99 [on sale from $98]

Classic Leather Belt
GAP--$29.50

Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleansing Masque

KIEHL's--$23.00

Gorjana Tanner Bar Necklace

SHOPBOP--$62.00

Or, I could just be smart and use my money for something that I need...

Dell Laptop Battery

AMAZON--$62.55

CRUSING HARD

I told you I was in the midst of a WEDGE-fest...

I've been in shoe browsing/daydreaming heaven lately... I'm trying to re-adjust my current job situation, and I am in NO PLACE what-so-ever to spend ANY money on shoes! Especially on heels that I rarely wear.

If you know me, you know how much of a shoe hard on I get, then I wear the shoes a total of 5 times and they end up stashed away in my closet... it's bad. Really.

BUT I really, really want to branch out.

I want to break free... so to speak and get a cute casual pair of heeled sandals, or nice pumps, or something other than FLATS and BOOTS... that OVERTAKE my closet.

Mr.A comment the other day when I wore flip-flops (woo-hoo 56 degree weather!) that it was strange not seeing me in a pair of boots since I wear them ALL the TIME! :)

So here are a few of my shoe pics... some of my shoe crushes... eh... it's just some my shoe hard-ons for the moment:

:)

Lauren Ralph Lauren Skylar Sandal - $47.98
Jones New York Lagoon Platform Pumps -- $59.95

Aerosoles Plushing Bride -- $69.00

Nine West Entire Sandal -- $78.95

Ann Taylor LOFT Wide Strap Wedge -- $79.50

Nine West Guinevere T-Strap Wedge -- $78.95

Also, I found a pair of Franco Sarto heels that I like... BUT then found a pair of Target knock-offs on their website! Both sites offer different colors! :)

Yay! Found a deal!

Franco Sarto [$78.95] Merona [$26.99]

(left) (right)

LIBRARY LUST

Yes I wrote LUST and not LIST... it's because I am a self prescribed library nerd who loves to read in her spare time. It's quite disgusting actually. I get so wrapped up in the books that I read that I just have to finish them completely before I can put them down. Like I said, it's gross.

Since college is FINALLY FINITO! I am finally left with this huge gap of free time... in between work of course... So in the next few days I plan to make my usual trip to the library, which will ultimately lead to a large amount of library fines, but will keep me entertained for about a month, just until the fines start accumulating and I get off my ass and return the books just so I can pick up more.

The Library Lust List:
(It will grow as the weeks go on... don't you worry)

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
I have heard nothing but positive reviews of this book. I also heard that a few people who were going through transitions in their lives found this to be a good read while doing so. I hope that it has the same effect of me.

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Dimitri got this for me on my 21st and I have yet to crack the damn thing open.. Honestly, it's been on my 'to read' list since high school, and when D gave it to me I was elated, but just never picked it up to read. This coming January it will definitely be in my top 3 to complete.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
This was actually a recommendation by Stephen from 20 Something Bloggers. I'm excited to read this after reading the wiki page. Supposedly the book is being made into a movie with Keira Knightly; she didn't do much for me in Atonement--by the way, THE BOOK IS SO FRIGGIN BETTER, so I should definitely check this out before previews start making the rounds and stray me away from crackin' it open.


The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
This has been on my to-read list for at least a year. For some reason I just haven't gotten around to it. I saw a preview today for it's movie version and it looked promising. My goal is to have it read before the movie comes out in theaters this January.


The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
This was on my Amazon wishlist. I don't quite remember where I found it or why it's on my list, but I'm definitely going to add it to my list of books to read. This one will most likely be a MAYBE book--because I really just don't remember anything about it.


The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I saw previews for this book's movie version and I found myself more intrgued by the book. It's had amazing reviews and won tons of awards. I am definitely looking forward to getting to this one.

Finally, the next two books are two that I found while browsing a book shop in Ireland. I wrote down the titles and am now finally planning to read them.

The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies


The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson

These should keep me entertained until books by my regular authors come out. Hopefully...


Currently I am reading:

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

I'm under 80 pages in, I just picked it up for a few hours last night, and I am not quite sure how I feel about it yet. Don't know if I want to continue or just stop now and grab another. I plan on picking it up again tonight. I might skim through the next few pages to see if it gets any better. I hope so.


Happy Christmas everyone!
I hope you had a happy holiday!

I'D BE PISSED...

So I stumbled across this article in the New York Times a few weeks ago while at work:

http://tv.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/arts/television/10vampire.html

It talks about CW's new series the Vampire Diaries and the new phenom series Twilight. About the similarities, the revival of the Vampire popularity wave, and of their success.

Following my reading of the series (which I have VERY MIXED reviews about) and my viewing of the new television show, all I have to say is this:

If I were L. J. Smith, the author of the Vampire Diaries, I would want to stake that bitch Stephenie Meyer.

I have read many of Meyer's interviews where she states that the premise for Twilight came to her in a dream; a dream of the scene in the woods between Bella and Edward, and Ta-Da/Presto-ChangeO the Twilight series was born. Well eff that. In the words of Lothos, played by the talented Rutger Hauer in the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Puh-lease!"

There are WAY too many similarities between these two series. I understand that there may be many similarities between books in the science fiction genre, but seriously? these two series can easily be splayed out side-by-side so that one could play the matching game with the plot lines, character studies, etc!

You be the judge. You don't even have to read either series. Go to amazon or the websites for the respected authors (L. J. Smith // Stephenie Meyer)... look at the novel summaries. Copy Catters are obvious in plain text.



Just because I am in Vamp mode and will forever heart Buffy; enjoy Pee-Wee Herman's death scene in BtVS (1992):

Funny when I was 5 and still funny 17 years later!