Some Things Are Worth Waiting For

The best time to shop is right after Christmas. Everything goes on sale, but it takes some strategic planning on how to get the best deals. These deals are the only thing that keep me from buying presents for myself before Christmas. Just keep your eyes on the prize and you will get the best deals of your life.

This leather motorcycle jacket is the absolute best value that I can find that still has all of the details I am looking for; large floppy collar, neck snap, unpolished gold zippers- to-nowhere, and slight flare in the sleeve. Retails for $380, on sale now for $229 and I have a $50 off coupon. I’m still waiting until AFTER the holidays for an extra discount. It will be a definite STEAL.

Tocca’s new fragrance Colette is a mixture of spicy, floral, and musk. I couldn’t tell from just smelling it out of the bottle, but it reminds me immensely of last year’s craze Bond no. 9 Scent of Peace, for a fraction of the price. This retails for $65, but I always buy expensive perfume off Ebay. On Ebay I can get it for $45. Cha-Ching.

These Avant-Garde inspired platforms would make me well over six-foot tall, but they’re worth it. With downtown flair, Vera Wang Lavender label shoes beg for compliments. There is no deal here..but I’ll keep praying to the fashion gods.

Ugh. Love at first site. It also comes with a silver long chain for an option to wear across-the-body. I think this metallic is hot for spring or winter. ID, lipstick, debit, floss, CHECK. Thank you Diane Von Furstenberg.

Sleepy Saturdays

Saturdays after work I usually enjoy going out for a nice dinner with friends, but this Saturday I am still recouping from Friday night’s festivities. Hanging solo usually consists of trying to put my brain in a coma by watching bad T.V. and eating greasy food. Slowly, but surely I creep onto my computer to catch up on all the blog surfing I didn’t have time for during the week. Here are just a few thoughts I’m having…

Perfect Fall Meal: Black Bean Soup + Apple Pie

Recipe and Photo:herbivoracious

 

I could have saved some money by not having braces. My teeth looked just like that!

Love Ashley Smith.

Inspiration for my future home and pet.

 

Erin Wasson for
Scanlan & Theodore
S/S 11 Lookbook

Source: Studded Hearts

New York Loves Me

Because all I practically talk about is New York; living, working, and breathing, I am finally going back for a quick visit next month. Now, I just day dream about what I’m going to wear for the couple days I am there. These are some ideas I have up in my little head…

Day 1

Vixen by VintageGlamGirl featuring high heels

Balenciaga Leather biker jacket
1,475 GBP – brownsfashion.com
Short jacket »

Gap Always skinny jeans (black coated wash)
$70 – gap.com
Low rise jeans »

Diane von Furstenberg Nubuck lace-up boots
$395 – net-a-porter.com
High heels »

Eyelet Leather Clutch
$365 – saksfifthavenue.com
Cross body handbags »

Bobbi Brown Creamy Lip Color – Black Cherry
$22 – barneys.com

hair bun
advicesisters.net

Chanel Paradoxal Nail Polish | Jet Set Girls
thejetsetgirls.blogspot.com

 

Day 2

Day 2 by VintageGlamGirl featuring suede leather boots

3.1 Phillip Lim Mohair and wool-blend check cape
$1,100 – net-a-porter.com
3.1 Phillip Lim coats »

 

Women’s – jackets & outerwear – Midnight Blazer – Madewell 1937
$70 – madewell.com
Cargo »

 

H by Hudson Dot Suede Lace-Up Boots
$234 – asos.com
Suede leather boots »

 

Women’s Accessories, Belts, Scarves & Bags – Madewell
madewell.com
Madewell belts »

 

Womens’s PANTS & SHORTS – pants – Legging Cords – Madewell
$90 – madewell.com

 

Ambre Blends the art of wearing natural fragrance.
ambreblends.com

 

Sweet and Sultry

After reading this quote from the Creative Director for Chanel makeup, Peter Phillips on Beautiful Makeup Search, I was enticed to not only buy the SoHo collection, but to come up with other things that are a bit sweet and a bit sultry.

“For me, SoHo is a place where Bohemian ideals meet the toughness of the city… I love the tension and energy this creates.” says Peter Philips. “I had a specific girl in mind who is both hard and soft. A girl who discovers a new city, a new life. This is a very special kind of New York woman. She is innocent, but she has a steely determination that fuels the city.”

ROSE GOLD WATCH BY MICHAEL KORS

STETSON WOOL FEDORA

DOLCE VITA STORM BOOT

Getting by

Sometimes it’s a quote, a song, or a poem or maybe it’s a string of words you catch in passing; it is what gets you by.

Faith Poem

(a poem about Faith)
I don’t know how to do anything
I am trying to move mountains with words
But I am an ant
I scribble
I drool
I move like a worm
whose world
(words)
encompassed a mile
How do I rise above?
Where will this worm
find wings?
I look in the mirror
and I see filth
Who is that?
Where did The Angel go?
Why is there dirt
staring back at me?
Why is the soil of
incompetence beneath my nails
Why does doubt paint
blue rings
beneath my eyes and
stain my skin
Why does my spine assume failure
Why do my lips
flirt with they sky;
why do I try to lasso
Beauty with such a
pitiful rope?
Where is the hair of Rapunzel
or Samson?
Where is my sling
Where is my stone,
My gun?
Where is the weapon with which
I may fight this apathy
that feels like sleep
in my limbs
that loosens my brother’s smile
That kills my neighbor’s daughter
This pen is scrawny and hardly
seems able to ink out
or erase this plague that
infests my
Generation
This Giant, This Ogre
This Beast, This Death
that assumes a million faces,
that borrows my own.

By Jewel Kiltcher

Spectacles

I am virtually on the verge of breaking down and going to the eye doctor. My contacts are so dry and old and I’ve been on my last pair for about 3 months now. Not good. It’s not that the eye doctor is painful, it’s that I hate getting my eyes dilated and having fuzzy vision on my day off of work. I usually beg the doctor to let it slide, but I don’t think I’ll be getting away with it this time.

Lately, I’ve been contemplating getting new glasses. The ones I have now have not seen the light of day. I wear them at night so I can make it to the bathroom in the middle of the night and that’s about it. I’m as blind as a bat to say the least and now I am wanting something more fun and stylish, perhaps something I can wear out in public. After spotting these 3.1 Phillip Lim frames I am eager to call the doc and make an appointment. I just can’t decide which ones I like most…hmmm?

Right Here Right Now

After taking some more time off I have made a quantum shift in my perception about life. I have awakened and realized that life only happens right here and right now. All the thoughts I have about the past and the future do not really exist. They are just thoughts. Now that I am conscious of this I am working at being more aware of the present. Every time I find myself feeling sorry for myself about the past I stop myself and focus again on what I am doing in the present. My thinking about the future usual consists of “I’ll be happy when…” or “If only I had…” I again stop myself and focus on the present. The present moment is the only one we can be sure of. It’s the only moment that really exists and if you stop and think about it, the only one that matters.

Successful people are successful because they do what they do well. You can’t do anything really well if you are focused on something other than what you are doing. With all of the technology these days; cell phones, computers, TVs and ipads..pick your vice…it is incredibly easy to escape. You completely zone out from what is really happening around you. I have made it my new goal to use less of it. Even when I’m in less exciting situations like standing in line at the grocery I am trying to take in my surroundings and maybe start-up conversation with a stranger. It’s so refreshing to know that the only thing we have to do is react to what’s happening now. That also goes for my blog. I really don’t want to feel forced to write something for the sake of writing. I want to feel inspired and write from my gut, not because I have to. If you enjoy reading my blog please follow me on Twitter or click subscribe on my home page (this will send my posts directly to your email.) I will write when the present moment inspires me to do so!

So my only question I have left, at the moment, is how do we plan for the future? Do we not plan for the future? I guess no matter how hard we try to control our plan, it always works out the way it was suppose to for some reason or another. Does that mean we should give up planning? I used to get so frustrated with my ex-boyfriends for not having a plan for the future…maybe they were right all along or maybe that is what attracted me to them in the first place. I have always admired people who were more free-spirited than I was. I aspire to be that and I think I am finally on my way. A weight has lifted from my shoulders and all of my anxiety has been released. My only job now is to stop myself from thinking and start living.

Life List

If you could have anything you wanted, what would it be? Here’s a bit of mine:

1. To love myself, forgive myself, and know that good things will only be.
2. Someone to love and to love me and to challenge me (for the better). Someone that can chill me out, accept my faults, and who loves themselves just as much.
3. To Explore: I want to explore the world, different cultures, languages, foods, religions and serve others along the way.
4. To help change others’ lives, big or small.
5. To birth children and raise them in a loving home
6. To be happy with the present moment and for the things that I have
7. To remain healthy, strong, and thin 🙂
8. To commit myself to learning new skills like playing guitar, learning a foreign language, painting, jewelry making, photography and cooking.
9. Think positive
10. React with love (especially when I want to fight, argue, or hate)

Sometimes it be that way

Today was a tough day. As much as I wish I could fill my blog with inspiring stories, lessons I’ve learned, and fashion (which I haven’t even touched on yet), sometimes I just want to feel the pain and hope that is passes by tomorrow. It was just another day where I’ve gotten caught up in feeling sorry for myself, instead of listening to that inner voice of assurance. I often wonder how much longer I’m going to be stuck here, underemployed, and struggling to pay my bills. I work so hard to stand out and to show that I have what it takes to succeed, but it goes unacknowledged. Sometimes I just have to be the one to acknowledge it and seek out to someone that sees it too. Sometimes it be that way. I celebrated my sulking with an extra value meal from McDonald’s (which I haven’t eaten for at least two weeks, a record for me!), some oreos and milk, and this song I play for myself everyday. It’s my theme song at the moment. It gives me hope, comfort, and understanding…

The War of My Life by John Mayer

Come out Angels
Come out Ghosts
Come out Darkness
Bring everyone you know

I’m not running
I’m not scared
I am waiting and well prepared

I’m in the war of my life
At the door of my life
Out of Time and there’s no where to run
I’ve got a hammer
And a heart of glass
I got to know right now
Which walls to smash

I got a pocket
Got no pill
If fear hasn’t killed me yet
Than nothing will

All the suffering
And all the pain
Never left a name (the site I used to get lyrics said “Never liked to label” but I like “Never left a name” better)

I’m in the war of my life
At the door of my life
Out of time and there’s nowhere to run

I’m in the war of my life
At the core of my life
I’ve got no choice but to fight ’til it’s done

No more suffering
No more pain
Never again

I’m in the war of my life
At the door of my life
Out of time and there’s no where to run

I’m in the war of my life
I’m at the core of my life
Got no choice but to fight ’til it’s done
So Fight on, fight on everyone, so fight on
Got no choice but to fight ’til it’s done

I’m in the war of my life
I’m at the core of my life
I’ve got no choice but to fight ’til it’s done