Fashion Report

When you wear this dress:

With these shoes:

And this watch:

While carrying this bag:

And wearing these earrings:

You end up with a big, ole' mess. 

Just because you have nice things and you clearly paid a lot of money for them, does not mean that you can wear them all together at the same time.  We are not, after all, Carrie Bradshaw and Pat Fields doesn't actually live at anybody's house. 

*I'm talking to you, woman in front of me, waiting for a table at Nolen Kitchen*

That is all.

Nicole Kidman and her Kitten Heels

Kitten heels piss me off.

Either commit to a heel or put on a pair of flats but leave the kitten heels at home.  

I mean, I can't even tell you how much I hate them.  

Nicole is a repeat offender, I suppose because she insists on marrying men who are shorter than she is, but there is really no excuse for it.

If you're out there and you're wearing kitten heels, I'm sorry, I love you, but quit it. 

The Target Dress - Part 2

So, I hope y'all remember the Target dress that I posted about here....

I now own three of them in various colors, I get complemented on the dress whenever I wear one and several friends have purchased one and been unabashedly thrilled.  In fact, we're actually calling "dibs" on who gets to wear it when we get together.

Anyway, the purpose of this post is to inform everyone that I washed the dress this weekend, with no small amount of trepidation.  After all, it's a $15 dollar dress and I was worried that it would shrink, loose it's shape, fall apart, etc.

Well, I am pleased and happy to report that the little darling washes up beautifully!

Just in case anybody was worried....

Sex and the City 2

I so admire Kim Cattrall's ability to rock this outfit with a straight face.

The turban kills me.

The Bee Charmer's Closet

 

I'm trying SO hard not to buy clothes right now but I never met a pair of trouser jeans that I didn't LOVE.  And I promise that not ALL my clothes are from J. Crew, although I'm sure y'all think they are by now.  

But, still ..............

I want these. 

From J. Crew.

The Bee Charmer's Closet

I'm thinking of getting this watch.

It's fun.

It's big.

It's ....... sparkly!

Bee Charmer's Closet

Part of me wants to become a devotee of yoga.

And wouldn't this little top be cute for that?

Part of me would like to think that she could make it as a"hippy".

And wouldn't this little top be cute for that, too?  

Most of me, though, including the part who is willing to spend $58 on this tank top probably couldn't make it in the average hippy community.

Hope to Carry On

This is Ines de la Fressange.

For those of you who don't know her, she used to be a French Super Model.

Now she designs housewares and stuff in Europe.

I only know who she is because her very pink apartment was featured in the final issue of Domino Magazine.

After my Saturday afternoon J. Crew meltdown I came home and was reading through some blogs and I stumbled upon this picture of Ines.

She's 51 and swears she's never had botox.

Now, I am no where near 51, but when I am, I hope I can look this good.

She's hip. She's cool. She's age appropriate. In short, she's a proper role model so I've decided to be her when I grow up.

I also think that the universe threw me a bone when I needed one and I try to be grateful for the small touches of grace and serendipity that fall into my life.

You have no idea how much better I feel now that I have a goal and a road map.

J. Crew is Not for Sissies

I went clothes shopping on Saturday.

I had a bit of a breakdown in the J. Crew dressing room.

I felt fat, I felt ugly, I felt old.

I sat there, by myself, in the dressing room, on the bench and stared at my image in the mirror, under the florescent lights and had a little 3 minute pity party. I cursed the lines around my eyes and rued the day I cut my hair.

Then I got up and said "Fuck it. Now is no time to quit."

And I whipped out the American Express card that I didn't have when my face was wrinkeless and bought some clothes. Despite my advancing middle age, I'm still a size 2.

Among other things, I bought these jeans.

I feel a little bit like a stuffed sausage in them, but considering my very poor and very hormonal state of mind on Saturday, I still didn't think they looked half bad. In fact, I thought "If I loose 5 pounds, they'll look pretty good."
I'm going to wear them with flats, with boots and with heels.
And speaking of boots, after J. Crew, I cruised on down to Nine West and bought these:They are a little more clunky than I would normally do, but I saw several well dressed women in the mall wearing similar ones and I thought I could get away with them. They are also very comfortable and they were on sale.