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I am having the most stressful week EVER.  My poor kitty went suddenly blind over the weekend and seems to be experiencing kidney failure.  I would like to have just one low maintenance life form in my home.  Like a plant.  No, wait.  I kill those.  I just hate how they’re constantly taking and never giving.  About a month ago I finally gave up and threw away all of our plants.  I not buy one bundle of flowers every Friday because a house without any plant life at all would just be sad.  But then I found these Baby Grbals by Karim Rashid.   They are self-watering plant pots.  Trute, I’m sure that at soem point they have to be refilled but I could always set an appointment for that in my phone (please don’t let it be more than once a month).  Baby Grobals are $14.95 and come in tons of cute bright colors.  They also make larger Grobals but I think I should start off small and then work my way up.

You had Me at Double Kiltie Moc

Well here it is the cusp of high summer so of course I am thinking about fall clothes, my favorites.  I love summer and all, but mainly because hanging around outside eating out of a cooler all day is not only accepted, but expected, not for the clothes.  How many sundresses can one own.  Ok a lot, but I have popsicle stains on every single one of mine.  What really excites me is something like a wool pencil skirt and tights.  oooo.  I was thinking of getting some super shiny penny loafers this fall to wear with skirts.  Oh I should mention that I’ve left my firm  job and come fall will be a stay at home mother, and will be moving from Boston to New York, another wool tights-appropriate town thank goodness.  So I can’t wear pumps every day as I have in the past, but still want to wear all my skirts.  I don’t really like that brogue thing so I was thinking loafers.   I was so pleased to see that G.H.Bass has had a little update (or at least “up” to me) and they have some CUTE shoes for the bookish, like these Beacon Hill  loafers, which I will be ordering definitely in “dune” (above) and maybe also navy.  They are only 65$!  I think these will be better than my original idea because a traditional penny loafer may come off as frumpy rather than bookish, a fine line. The Beacon Hill is also  suitable for “slacks” according to the description, so thanks for that.

P.S.  The Bass site is like a tour of my childhood feet right now, check out these heeled saddleshoes.  Maybe not for everyone but I think they are pretty adorable.

We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties

Sorry for my absence.  My computer keyboard has been slowly giving out over the last few weeks and at this point will only type the letter J.  I have tried writing several post but all I could say was jjjjjjjjjj and so I wasn’t really getting my point across.  I hope to have a new keyboard next week.  In the meantime, I have distracted my husband momentarily and am coming to you live from his computer to bring  you these super awesome Star Wars cookie cutters from Williams Sonoma.  If you are married to a nerd and have a child these have Father’s day written all over them!  The set of 4 is $19.95. May the force be with you.

Product Review: Loreal Sublime Bronze One Day Tinted Gel

I kind of glazed over the magazine ads for this product because I thought the tag line ended with ”…in just one day,” and I thought, don’t all faux tanners work in just one day?  And in my case all self tanners make me smell like a bacon-flavored dog treat in just one day.  No matter how ok they smell coming out of the tube the chemical reaction that causes the tan just HATES me.  It is really gross.  But the tag line is actually ”For just one day,” meaning this isn’t a self tanner but a body bronzer that washes off with soap.  So I ran out to try it, because I thought this could be good for those parts of me that never see the light of day until memorial day, and here is… memorial day. 

So, I love this product.  It comes out of the bottle looking really dark and goopy and really pigments your skin in a noticeable but not crazy way.  I just rubbed it in like a lotion on my legs and no streaks.  But the best thing (and the thing I was most concerned about) is that it really stayed looking non-atrocious all day and did not stain anything.  First I took a long car ride in my in-laws’ very clean car, no staining(whew).  Then I sat on the beach and got pretty sandy and sweaty, and splashy (although not full-on wet) and other than a few coffee-colored sweat drops on my skin, no color loss or streaks.  Feeling cocky I then took a nap with my 3 year old son on my mother’s very clean white coverlet, and am happy to report there was no bronze replica of my legs on said coverlet when we awoke!  So I was pretty pleased.  My bottle was 11$, and a little went a long way.

One Five

Guess how much this black maxi sundress costs? Fifteen dollars.  Yes Fifteen dollars.  That is a one and a five.  The shipping is $0.97!  How can this be?  I don’t know and I don’t care.  This is from the Norma Kamali line at Walmart which is pretty awesome all around I think.

All the Single Ladies…

Calling all single ladies, because I’m guessing there aren’t many husband’s out there who will want this.  I am so in love with this new peacock bedding from Dwell Studio.  Its pretty much the best thing to happen to the bedroom since, nevermind.  The duvet and two sham are $280 for a queen set.

Spring Cleaning

This morning was spring cleaning day in my closet.  I tend to live in white t-shirts when I’m not at the office and due to excessive clumbsiness combines with perspiration my T’s don’t tend to survive longer than a year even with regular bleaching.  So once a year I purge all white t-shirts and order a fresh set.  My favorits are the Mossimo Black Label from Target and these Gap Favorite T’s with Stretch.  The Mossimo T’s were sold out in my size already but fear not because the Gap T’s were on sale for $5.99.  I ordered 5, hope that’s enough.  And now that I’m done with that its time to head outside to enjoy the day.

I Knew It

shady.  The only way to make this right is with 95% off sale.

Boring Walls Be Gone

Being the proud owners of a cookie cutter new construction condo we have our fair share of walls that are super boring looking.  A big part of me wants to spend a weekend gluing beveled mirror tiles to a one of these walls to give the place a little added interest.  But then what would happen 5 years from now when it was time to sell and those tiles were rather permanently attached to the wall?  I think the Axis Mirror from Z Gallerie is the perfect solution.  Its huge and pretty awesome looking and would not have to be a permanent fixture.  The only drawback is that the bottom edge must remain firmly planted on theground because it weighs a zillion pounds.  That a bummer but something I think I can work with.

Shiny…

Is it wrong for me to want to but a perfume I’ve never smelled based solely on it pinkness and shininess?  I realize its probably idiotic but the sparkly glam of this bottle is really sucking me in.  I’m like a human fish.  So I will be waking up early tomorrow and rushing to Macy’s (ok, walking slowly its only 2 blocks) to smell and hopefully fall in love with Very Hollywood by Michael Kors.  True, the name is kinda lame.  But what if your first name were Holly?  Mine isn’t, mine is City.  That was purely conjecture.  Anywho, is it wrong to but perfume just for its looks?  How is this different than buying bathroom art?  At $65 its way chaper than a painting, and its shinier!