Very cool dress, if something needs a video to help you actually wear it

how could it not be awesome?

7 ways to wear this dress.

Labels: distractions, Shopping

For the men we have...penis trousers?!

& if that wasn't bad enough...

What the hell is growing on his head & shoulders?

Why do we need a map to know where his aorta is?

& more odd still...he's got a 3rd arm why?

If you're intrigued enough to see a video...

here you go

Wait...here's some women's fashion for 2010:



Seems we don't need vagina pants...nope, we need bloomers.

I think I'll get a pair to wear under this:



Think they'll show?

I had to end this post with something pretty to try

& wipe the last to things out of our minds.

You're welcome.

Labels: Shopping

I had 2 items & the line snaked to the left & was taking FOREVER.

I had to do something with my time on line...

So, out the camera came.

This store has everything from flimsy bikinis to overpowering cologne.

The line still wasn't moving & I didn't even feel a little bit like I was at the beach.

...or in California for that matter.

But I did appreciate the amazing chandeliers & the palm fronds.

This was the image on the shopping bag of the woman in front of me.

Labels: Photos, Shopping, Weekend

My day in photos.
I stayed in my styling pj's longer than acceptable this morning.



Then I wrapped my friend's birthday present.



I drove to meet her & passed this on the way.



Great clouds over Ikea today.



My girlie told me that the Swedish meatballs were the specialty of the house & man were they good.



A reflection.





Art all over the store.



Almost getting sideswipped by a bus this time.

Labels: Photo a Day, Photos, Shopping

I swore I'd only go in for a minute.

I'm not a fan of Black Friday shopping.

You have to be nuts to brave those crowds.

The one store I was in today wasn't so bad

(& they seemed to be almost giving stuff away).



Of course I was only there for minutes.

Labels: Nothing, Photo a Day, Photos, Shopping

Happy Friday.



I took this top into the dressing room...

Even though it was stupid ugly.

Sometimes you never know.



Ended up buying this sweater instead.

The soft green won me over.

Labels: Photo a Day, Photos, Shopping

I had a lovely brunch with a friend yesterday.

Haven't seen her since last year.

It was great catching up.

The whole thing was almost ruined by my boneheadedness.

As I was running into the restaurant

I spied a guy on the street selling the cutest little beaded bags that you have ever seen.

& they were only 8 dollars.

Like I could pass that up.

I picked one out lickety split.

(it's pink with red & pink beads...adorable).

I ran the 1/2 block to the restaurant.

She was already there waiting for me.

Of course she was.

That's the way it goes.

I showed her my purchase with glee.

"Isn't it preeeettty?"

"Don't you love it?"

"OK, enough of that"

& I went to jam it into my other bag.

Only to discover that my wallet was...um, gone.

Holy shit.

I started to shake.

I had a moment of paralyzation.

Total & complete.

So much so, that the old woman at a nearby table asked me what was wrong.

She told me to calm down.

We'll work this out...she said.

Crap.

I calmly (yeah, right) headed for the door.

Maybe my wallet was still on the street where I'd dropped it?

I saw the maitre de.

on an impulse I asked him if he'd found a black leather wallet.

He said he did & asked me my name.

Once I remembered it

He produced my wallet from a drawer.

I wanted to cry.

It's only then that I noticed I was holding onto his arm for dear life.

I hugged him & went back to my table & ordered several huge pints of Smithwicks.

Labels: Shopping, Silliness, Weekend

Do I need this?

Tell me I don't (because I don't).

But it's so pretty...oooooh.

Labels: Beauty, Shopping

OK, I need to know when Anthropologie is having a serious sale & soon.

Labels: Shoes, Shopping

I was under the delusion that I could possibly run into Target quickly to pick up some cards. I thought I could run in & out & get on with my day. Why I thought that...is beyond me. Is every woman stricken with shopping ADD? I walked in & was hit over the head with those cute little bins that they smartly keep by the front door. You know the ones...they're filled with ribbons & polka dotted note cards & bath suds & I am immediately drawn in that direction. Yeah, then I'm thinking...I'm gonna need a cart after all. Next I try on about 27 tops because hey...they are only 9 bucks. When I say that none of them fit right...I'm being kind. I hate to sound like a snob (I'm not at all...ok, maybe just a little bit..but...one of my most favorite t-shirts came from Target...it's that great kind of extra soft cotton & it's girlie fitted & I love it)...but sometimes I think these mass produced Target tops could never fit anyone right. They are going for mass appeal here...I know...but when I tried on a top with an open square neck...the top fit me except for the fact that the neck hole was so big...it fell below my breasts & ended up looking not just obscene...but exhibitionistic...maybe it's a boob flashing top & it's meant to be that way & someone should have kindly thrown me some beads or something?

So...needless to say...no tops were keepers. When I moved on into the depths of the store, this women was on my heels screaming..."Anod!"...as I was guessing that was her lost kid's name...this little boy comes barreling out of the shoe aisle & almost takes me out at the knees. As cute as he was...I wanted to bop him on the noggin. He immediately ran off & his mother started screaming his name all the fuck over again. I said a silent prayer of thanks that they are not my neighbors...because this encounter was enough to last me a lifetime & I now not only fully believe in justifiable homicide...I think I'd embrace it.



I finally got to the card section (mind you, I'm leaving out the parts about the health & beauty aisles & my search for shaving cream...not gel...all they seemed to have was gel...& I'm not a fan...but I should really leave that part out entirely because this tale is way too long in the first damn place & I know that you couldn't give a damn...but if you are kind enough to have read this far in the first place...bless your little soul...now YOU'D be a gracious neighbor & I'd happily wish you to move in next to me...that is if you help me terrorize little Anod...oh...the fun we'd have).

All this is to say that I had to go back to Target the very day after this saga took place to return something I didn't even mention in this story (can you believe that I actually left something out & the story was still this long?). I STILL thought I could get only what I needed & leave. Nope. I found myself still in there after an hour...what the friggin hell?

Labels: Shopping