flat-astic (twice in one night! yes!!!)
for the first time in my life, i am starting to get into flats. i think it's because i'm really trying to embrace my short short stature. short people are cute, damn it.
Nia Braided Flats
delia's, $34
muy bonita!!!
these are the shoes i wear in my dreams about me in 1950s havana!
Vanessa Shoes
delia's, $32
wedge wedge wedge
ok, ok, i know i'm not in seventh grade anymore, but still! sometimes delia's is worth a look.
Lucy Shoes
delia's, $32
tie-rific.
so sometime last summer, i got inspired by baruch shemtov, an entrepreneurial little tie-maker. i thought to myself, 'TIES! that's brilliant. i can make ties.'
my boyfriend's birthday was coming up and since we were in the midst of the transition into quote-unquote professionalism, i thought i could whip up quite a meaningful gift. so i shopped around on the web for a couple days, looking for a fabulous print in silk.
i didn't come up with much, quickly lost interest and laid the project to rest for, oh, about nine months. but TIES! how hard can it be to make ties! this is my new thing. i realize that i'm not a young jewish boy, but i think i've got what it takes to make one hell of a tie.
on a somewhat related note, these ties are cool. and, by cool, i mean i could make them better and sell them for more.
Sovereign Beck 'spray' tie
Sovereign Beck, $90
congrats to chloe!
so, yeah, i realize i'm late jumping on the project runway bandwagon, but i had no idea you could bid on designs!
Chloe's Collection Design 8
Project Runway, $350 (opening bid was $100)
hats.
i've always loved vintage hats but never really found an appropriate time to wear them. perhaps if i left midwestern suburbia, i would be more likely to get away with it. this one is a nice starter, plus the description says it's 'real classy.'
vintage black wool hat with satin bow
eBay, $10 (starting bid)
damn it!
i swear i had this idea like three days ago. well, i hadn't thought to mold it into a bowl, but i have all these army men i wanted to flatten with my iron into one big piece. an interesting wall hanging at the least.
war bowl
greenergrassdesign, $225
tile time!
it's one thing to look at salad servers. that's an easy addition to any kitchen. but my desire for mosaic tile can't be satisfied as easily. i LOVE mosaic tile and i want a huge bathroom with it everywhere.
illuminati glass tile
Mosaic Tile Market, $15.95 per square foot
you got served.
the salad servers are nice, but i think the bowl makes them look really nice.
teak salad servers
CLIO, $37
and more...
so the neck-tie shirts just keep on coming, and i still get excited.
Mrs. O'Rouke Sleeveless Button-down Blouse
Original Penguin, $134.99
new favorite site.
tip to the clothing maker: make your item names shorter.
Sweet Sensation Striped Button-Front Shirt
Original Penguin, $97.99
love love love wedges.
picnic peep-toe wedges
Anthropologie, $138
camera? rambling? who knows.
so i've been in bed for something like 48 hours, my head is pounding and i just want to run outside and do something. i missed the perfect prelude-to-spring weather, and it rained for the first time in like six years. all the while, i've been sitting in my vicks-soaked bed, surrounded by little wads of toilet paper. i just finished watching the entire third season of sex and the city and am too lazy to get up and put in a season four disc, so i have fast-forwarded to a season six episode on upn. aidan has a baby now... so much confusion! this sixth season jump was a bad idea. but burger! he's my favorite.
so anyway, back on track. thank god for laptops and wireless internet because i would never survive sickly home confinement.
and so now, i start season four. here's hoping i stay up very late tonight or am feeling too shitty to go back to work tomorrow so i can finish this one out.
so ANYWAY, i like the shape of this camera. and i like the novelty of polaroid.
Polaraoid PDC-3070 digital camera
Amazon, $59.98
oh-so-malkovich.
also, i think we have a fourth wilson brother on our hands.
uncle kimono t-shirt
johnmalkovich.org, $49
hurray for monogramming.
when i get in an ideal living situation (read: washer and dryer on site), it would be nice to have nice towels such as these. the brown with green matches my bathroom, thanks to new bathmats. if my initials were lhk, as shown, the monogram would really achieve the desired effect. instead, my initials are too curvy. crd isn't as cool.
solid border towels with monogram
west elm, $6-$19
on the subject of desks...
i hate corner desks because there are only so many places you can put them. i have one corner in here with potential corner desk space, and this is it. i need something that allows for more configurations.
trig desk
cb2, $149
seating, please.
shelter sofa
cb2, $799
list maker, heart breaker...
i am a compulsive list-maker, but somehow, i still can't remember to half the things i'm supposed to do. perhaps if i posted the lists on my front door knob, things would get done.
forget me not handy pad
PlumParty, $5 (on sale)
happy [fill in the blank]!
this will give you a reason to celebrate even the smallest occasion. not like 'new dog day' is in any way small. of course, at $4 a pop, you probably can't afford to celebrate too often.
happy card
PlumParty, $3.75
camera time!
it pisses me off that i want all of these cameras, but i never have the time (wake up early enough)to do anything with the cameras i've got.
lomo colorsplash camera
Flight001, $80
i hate you, train.
i will never again move within five miles of another set of railroad tracks. it's like 3:30 in the morning, and it sounds like a train is passing through downstairs. how many cars could possibly be on the road that would merit that incessant whistle blowing?
screw this. i'm going to sleep.
foam ear plugs
The Ear Plug Store!, $1 to $14 ("in small quantities")
lovely.
it reminds me of my great aunt alice, which is a bit odd.
Blue Blossoms Wooden Handle Tote
Forestprints, $42
very fun dishes!
definitely want a set. plates, too.
Pantone Collection cereal bowl
Fishs Eddy, $9.50 (or $36 for set of four)
table, too!
fun table, though i might want something a bit more conventional. no, screw convention, i like this table.
DOCKSTA dining table
IKEA, $149
big, long explanation of the realization i need new furniture.
so i sit down at my kitchen table with my bowl of rice krispies (late-night dinner of champions) and ibook at hand. i pour bowl after bowl of cereal, like an insatiable drunk at last call, until my milk is gone. i'm still hungry but too lazy to walk four feet to my refrigerator to replenish supplies. but when the hunger can wait no longer, i try to get up. and i can't. without leaving the skin off my ass behind. damn vinyl-topped barstools.
so this is the point when i realize i really need a new kitchen table and chairs. my current arrangement is a set left at my house by a friend who didn't have room for it anymore. i'm out of college, though, so shouldn't i have real furniture of my own now? i think so. which is why i like these chairs. they are cheap. and, best of all, chances are i wouldn't stick to them. but they would leave those funny little lines like old-school lawn chairs used to. i can handle that, though. that's just the price of cool.
MELKER chair
IKEA, $29.99
the widow garret would wear them.
ok! i know i crammed too much deadwood into too little time! but when are black, lacy cuffs not appropriate? god these are cool.
sophie black cuffs
Cuff Luv, $24
a kid-friendly flask.
this kind of makes it ok to drink around children, right?
pocket flask
alphabets, $40
rich people are crazy!
i suppose other people don't get as much delight out of the two-for-one target endcap toothpaste deals like i do.
if you aren't quite ready for the $160 toothpaste commitment, you can try one of four five-flavor packages: smoothie, sweet tooth, zen palette and east-meets-west. if you don't have a sweet tooth like mine, the indian curry or sweet salt varieties might be for you. sure, everyone likes fresh curry breath.
Breath Palette Deluxe 31-Flavor Toothpaste Kit
Neiman Marcus, $160
wake me up before you go go.
i realize i drink coffee an average of six times a year, but i've always loved this coffee mill. i'd drink more of it if i had this. and a coffee maker.
Burr Coffee Mill
KitchenAid, $129.99
top o' the morning to you. in the shower.
valentine's day is over, which means it's now time for st. patrick's day!
not soap radio four leaf clover bubble bath
PlumParty, $8 (on sale)
