You’ve seen the movie Clueless, haven’t you? If you haven’t, I think you ought to. It’s become something of a generation-definer for some of us, it’s awfully funny, and if you’re an English Lit nerd, you can pick out the basic storyline of Jane Austin’s “Emma” as depicted by airheads. Anyhow, at the beginning of […]
Category Archive for 'Shopping'
Tax refund!
Posted in Shopping on Jun 15th, 2008
Like a boring, sensible person, I put my entire federal refund check into savings (I still haven’t got that mythical $600 from old Geo. W.) My state refund was not terribly large, so I decided to treat that as mad money. So I bought some prints from Jane George’s Etsy shop. I like the way […]
Clearly I need to stop wearing pants three sizes too big.
Posted in dumb things I have done, Fashion, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Shopping on Jun 13th, 2008
This picture, from Jeff Perry, is ample evidence that it wouldn’t kill me to wear some dang clothes that were something akin to my actual size. If I wanted to look lumpy, dumpy, frumpy, and generally awful, I would continue to dress this way in public. Despite all photographic evidence to the contrary (and there’s […]
So, I caught a cold and bought some picture frames (reverse the order of that)
Posted in Shopping on Mar 3rd, 2008
Yesterday, I could not stop sneezing for anything. My nose was awfully runny, too, but it basically felt like an allergy thing. I took some benadryl on top of my normal Allegra, but it didn’t really help – I just got sleepy and really dippy. I didn’t feel that bad, though, so I didn’t think […]
I’ve been toting around a gift certificate to my favorite lingerie shop, Birdie’s since Christmastime. I’m really bad about gift certificates, because I’m definitely a fair-weather shopper, so certificates I receive in December probably won’t be redeemed until at least March. As the latter part of this week and the whole of the weekend are […]
Unexpectedly Productive Day
Posted in biking, Cats, Photo entries, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Shopping on Dec 15th, 2007
I had no big hairy plans today, honestly. Maybe go for a bike ride and take some pictures, weather permitting, probably sit around in front of the fireplace reading and occasionally shoving a cat’s butt off my book. I didn’t expect to actually get anything accomplished. It all started out with me waking up early. […]
Silver Glitter Vinyl in the HOUSE
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Recommendations, Shopping on Nov 24th, 2007
I never did track anyone down to re-cover that banana seat for me, but I investigated the seat pretty thorougly and came to the conclusion that it’s probably not that terribly difficult to re-cover, so I sourced the glittery vinyl and am planning to have a go at it this coming week. Sy Fabrics, a […]
I know it’s a bit hypocritical of me to follow up a rant about how much fashion sucks with a shopping post, but the fact of the matter is, a few weeks ago, I placed an order at mytights.com (I recommend them highly) for a couple of pair of merino tights. I’d been shopping around, […]
A minor miracle in footwear:
Posted in Shopping on Sep 21st, 2007
I have finally found the perfect pair of girl-shoes. Yeah, they aren’t especially cute or sexy, but they FIT and they look nice with a pretty broad range of my clothes. I think I am going to spring for the black pair, too. Seriously…this is the first 8W I have ever found that is actually […]
"Aww, what the hell, it's only $14"
Posted in Fashion, Imports from old blogs, Shopping on Dec 4th, 2005
Is not usually a rationalization for buying a bottle of perfume. The pull of nostalgia took me over today when I was at the drugstore picking up a prescription. My sis and I had been talking about Jovan Musk a while back, a perfume which was our Aunt Debbie’s signature scent for many years, and […]