Silver Sunshine

These metallic flip flops are so cute. I found them on the Urban Outfitters site. I found them via a stretch green pencil skirt search I did that landed me on their site:-)

So Plastic

I posted about Plasticland previously but I had the site bookmarked on my old work computer and even though I posted to del.icio.us, I for some reason couldn't find the site:-( TECHNOLOGY! Anyway I found the site again because I searched for red satin ballet flats to go with the dress posted below that I can't buy now because of the URL issue they are having with a competitor:-( TECHNOLOGY! Anyway I ordered the swiss dot top featured in the outfit of the week, along with some other goodies (shoes, tank, tights, etc). So needless to say I'm glad I discovered the site again and I will not only no longer forget about it, but I'll try to oranize my del.icio.us site so that I can actaully use it:-) I did not buy these shoes, but I thought hard about it. I have a really cute Navy satin top with 3/4 sleeves gathered at the elbow that would look so cute with these, but I just didn't pull the trigger on them. But I like them alot so I thought I'd post them.

http://www.shopplasticland.com/fashion/index.html

So Hillarious

This is so funny. Who doesn't love Will Ferrell. Little Pearl is his writing partner's daughter and she is REALLY good in this. I think that I find it especially funny because I can imagine Saul and I doing something like this with our kids, just for our own twisted amusement:-)

Channel Your Inner Dita

I found this really cute site recently while searching for a choker necklace to go with a new dress I got. I Googled "Burlesque Jewelry Choker" and at some point found this site. I looked through it and found some really cute, girly and va-va-voom items. I loved this dress in particular and just found a pair of red satin espadrille heels to go with it. I haven't made the purchase yet but I think I will this weekend. There is a model on this site that is so Bettie Paige. You can't help but channel your inner Pin Up Girl or Dita Von Teese while browsing this site. http://www.babygirlboutique.com/index.html

It's only taken 39 years!

I'm happy to say that I've finally discovered how to have my hair cut. The Dry Cut. I've spent years and years trying to perfect the dialogue between me and my (many) hair stylists. There's been a lot of "just cut a little bit", and can you have it "frame my face" and too many "layers but not too many layers" discussions. And every time I get my hair washed then cut then dried. It's (most of the time) come out OK and looks good but then once I try to style it, it takes a couple days to get used to the new cut. I finally went in to Diane, who's been cutting and coloring my hair since we came back to CA, with my freshly washed and styled-my-way head of hair. I said can you trim my hair dry keeping this style? Less than 20 minutes later we were done and it looked great. I tried the technique again and it worked again. I'm so happy to say that this is the best way to get your hair cut/trimmed unless you want a new style. The only part that I don't like is that I haven't gotten my hair washed (which includes a nice head massage) and styled and she still charges me the same price as a regular cut. Next time I'm going to ask for the dry cut and the wash/dry, and then it will be (cough cough) shear heaven:-)

Perfect for Summer

Always a bit behind, I find things for the current "season" as they are already out. I'll unfortunately never be fashion-forward enough to spy and buy the season as it hits. But nevertheless I've spied a great bag for Spring/Summer. And being the animal-responsible person that I am it is vegan! I'm till trying to buy as few animal items as possible but some leather bags/shoes are too good to resist. But not in this case...the great people at Chinese Laundry have another hit on thier hands with this metallic bag. I found it at one of my favorite sites alternativeoutfitters.com. It's a no-animal-harmed bargain at $42 and it can be worn long or shorter. I think I might have to make a purchase here because I have no metallic bags in my collection!