BIRTHDAY WISH LIST

Another item added to the

 

Birthday Wish List:

Factory's Women - New Arrivals - Factory straw tote - J.Crew

$29.50

I find this price to be VERY reasonable.

Style Inspiration: Polyvore

So I know a lot of you guys already know about Polyvore, but I only found it fairly recently so I figured I'd share anyways in case there are any other poor folks like I was that hadn't heard of it.

I don't really know how to describe Polyvore without just using pictures, so that's what I'll go ahead and do. Pictures:

I just whipped up a few of these to show as an example. On Polyvore, you search for items ("red top", "white shoes", etc.), click and drag them on to the template area, and create outfits. They even have accessories like belts, sunglasses, and headbands so you can create a full look from head to toe. This is pretty cool for a lot of reasons:

1) It's the grown up version of paper dolls. And who didn't play with paper dolls as a kid?

2) You can experiment a lot more quickly and easily that trying on clothes in real life. Say you've been wondering about mixing some prints together. Instead of grabbing 20 things in a store and spending the next hour in the dressing room, just find a few things on Polyvore, lay them out, and see what you think. Also it's great for seeing what colors you like together.

3) It makes shopping easy. OK, so maybe this is actually a bad thing. But really, all you have to do is click on an item and it tells you what store it's from, how much it costs, and gives you a link to the actual item so you can buy it if you want. So once you find that perfect stripes and spots combo, you don't have to run out to the store to find something similar, you can just buy the outfit online right away and you know it'll look good.

So what are you waiting for? Head on over and start creating! 

CURRENT CRAVINGS

CURRENT CRAVINGS by botrytisvin featuring aviator shades

WINTER WONDER-LUSTINGS

WINTER WONDERS by botrytisvin

[Clicky the image or the link for pricing on all items.]

I'm pretty easy to please...

especially when I'm pleasing myself...

with holiday wishes of boots, Ray-Bans, comfy sweaters, warm scarfs, and leggings.

For cheaper Ray-Bans than my Polyvore link provides check out Amazon--here [$80 is way better than $140].
And as for those boots... I'm asking my aunt Lise for those. I heart them and I'm pretty sure those boots heart me too. I would like them very much for Christmas, very much.

WANT v. NEED

It's not that I need to spend money on frivolous things... it's just that I like to sometimes. Yes. I know I have a problem. This problem is one of the reasons why I created this lovely blog, to converse with all of you lovelies in internet land... and to distract myself from spending--WASTING all of my money on crap that I just don't need--on crap that I just WANT really badly!

This blog helps me a little by allowing me to immerse myself in the fantasy of "shopping" online and imagining what my lovely-self would look like in all of the lovely clothing that I find--that I think I need.

Amen to what little self-control I do have left.

So this evening I present (to myself so I don't actually spend any money, but really) to you, my wonderful, lovely (yeah, I had to say 'lovely' one more time) readers some of the cool crap I found online tonight while taking a break from job applications/job searches.

Ta-Da:

Navajo Cardigan
[The Gap on sale for $49.99]
That's technically not a big SALE, but considering Gap for them it is.

I'm not going to lie. I totally dig this cardigan. I'm a big cardigan fan--especially the long ones because they fit my tall body a lot better. I'm not too sure about the print on this, and how it would fit in with my very simple (not a lot of prints) style, BUT I am finding myself particularly drawn to the Oh-so-warm-and-cozy look that this cardigan is emitting.
I might have to get my aunt to take a trip to the mall next week... maybe. I mean she has to go and return the SWEAT SUIT that her MiL gave her for Christmas (BTW--this is not the first time that she has received a SS from her MiL, and it's not going to be the first time that she has returned it--LOL). And while we are at the mall we can meander over to Gap and check out their sales... because (between you and I) the sales in store are A MILLION times better than the ones online. Example: 2 yrs ago I picked up an amazing long, green pea coat in store for $30, originally $200, and available online for $150. Not gonna lie. It was (and still is) the BEST PURCHASE of MY LIFE!

Moving on:

I've been on the prowl for a pair of YELLOW flats (specifically suede, Specifically SIZE 11) for almost a year now after I stumbled across this Polyvore:

I know that the image above uses a yellow bag for the accent color, but I want the yellow accent in a pair of YELLOW FLATS (size 11--remember)! I see pairs floating around eBay... ALL THE TIME, but they are from J. Crew, and automatically the price gets jacked up to $50+ and my cheap ass REFUSES to fork over any more than $20 for a pair of flats, especially yellow ones that will get dirty in a heartbeat.

These are them... but unfortunately for my all of the ones on eBay are for sizes that ARE NOT size 11 (DAMN having large feet--curse you Grandma!)

I have found a few alternatives at American Eagle, but alas (I've always wanted to use that in a grammatically correct way--I think I've succeeded) NO YELLOW! Bah! BUT the flats they do have come in cute (alternative colors) and they are relatively Cheaper than the J. Crew flats.

AE Suede Ballet Flats

[$11.95-$19.95]

Again with the thought that I might be able to get my aunt to swing by AE... but this time have her swing by my computer when I'm on the site--because they don't carry size 11 shoes in store--LAME!

And once again... back to something that I have ABSOLUTELY no use for considering that I am NOT moving to GA: I really want this Le Creuset Teakettle:

It's on sale!! :)

But damn! I don't need it right now. And this is something that I know that I don't NEED right now. There is a perfectly good working teakettle in my Aunt and Uncle's home that I can use, and a new, lovely blue one would just end up taking up much needed space.

Wah.

With that I am going to sneak off here. I think that I had successfully tricked myself out of buying things for the evening. (How sad is that?!) I'm going to go read the Dresden Files (Book 2) while I wait for my other books--the ones that I wrote my Book Lust List about last week--to arrive in the mail.