Fashion for Change

Oh. My. Gawd!  I just absolutely must have/will wither without the following items.  Seriously.

• Marc Jacob's Obama '08 Button Tote Bag - $75
• Rag & Bone's Change is Awesome Tote Bag - $75 (yes I need two tote bags!)
• Tracy Reese's Obama '08 Black Ladies Long Sleeve T - $70
• Nanette Lepore's Hope Anchor With Pin Ladies T - $65 (OMFG I lurv her!)

There are also t-shirts by cutie patootie Pharrell Williams, Juicy Couture (Dude, Where's The Hope?),  Alexander Wang, Zac Posen, Narciso Rodriguez, Vera Wang, Maria Cornejo (i really like hers too), Russell Simmons, Tory Burch (which would look absolutely adorable with some cuffed jeans and a pair of her ballet flats) and more people who I either don't feel like typing, don't know or don't care for.

Girly...

yes I'm still wasting time and that's my black diamond ring on the left above the shoe (picture doesn't do it justice)

So I'm Really Not Supposed To Be Shopping...

... but Mommy and I were waiting for a table at the Cheescake Factory, and she wanted to go to Nordstroms The Rack to look for a brown coat.  And I want a nice suit for interviews.  I have a couple of classic skirt suits, and a more modern grey pinstriped skirt suit as well.  But I want a pants suit (or two.)  So into The Rack we go!

And oh my its clearance time!  I found a Diane von Furstenberg dress for $59, some high waisted Marc Jacobs wool shorts for Hautechick for $15 (yes you read that correctly) and a A-line Silver mini dress for $12!  Woot!  So I'm standing on line and I'm reading the return policy and I notice that they have a resale clause.  It says something along the lines of, "By purchasing from Nordstroms The Rack you agree not to resell any item.  We reserve the right to limit qualities or refuse service to those individuals that are thought to violate this agreement."  Damn!

TypHo Estate Brooklyn

This is my vote!  Its a huge house and its been empty for years so we should be able to get it for cheap.  But it is right next to a KFC and the train runs by it.  Eh, who cares, we'll probably be too drunk to notice the smell of fried chicken or the rumble of the train...

Look What I Found Daners!

Ok, so I think the Captain Jack Sparrow doll should go to Anners, but I found this one for you!

By the by, the Captain Jack doll talks, it'd be cooler if he said dirty things...

Sorry!

Thanks for the kick in the ass Anners!  A lot happened this week..

*  I developed a new sleeping pattern where I fall asleep at 11:30 wake up at 1, fall asleep, wake up at 3, fall asleep and wake up at 6 at which point I either pee and fall back asleep or stare at the ceiling until its time to get up

*I went out with Bubba which was great.  But while I was waiting for him, I was hit on by a delivery guy and a homeless man, at the same time.  The homeless man was standing across from me in front of the restaurant that I was meeting Bubba at.  This woman walks up to look at the menu and the homeless guy gives her the side eye and says (I shit you not!) "Why you gotta be standing all close to me and shit!  Don't you see I'm crazy!  Stupid bitch" at which point I crack the fuck up.  Wrong thing to do, cause now the delivery guy who was sitting in the truck I was standing in front of decides to strike up a conversation, "You waiting for me to take you out to eat?"  Where are we going McDonalds?  So I'm politely ignoring him, which causes me to catch the homeless guys eye, "I had this lady, and she used to always ask me, how come you last so long, and I'd tell her, you just hold on baby, daddy's bout to come, and I'm gonna fill you up..."  Yeah rock and a hard place.  Luckily Bubba arrived not soon after and wanted to know why I had tears streaming down my face and couldn't catch my breath.

*I met Hautechick for what was supposed to be lunch, but we ended up in Club Monaco shopping for an outfit for the Artist.  Which made me realize that part of the reason that I miss having a man is cause I miss buying him clothes.  It was alot of fun helping Hautey dress the Artist though.  And I told her he would like a bow tie, she said no, then told him about my idea, and of course he loved it!

*I may be going to either Trinidad, Barbados, or Italy.  Not sure...

*I got lost in a mega Barnes and Nobles.  Usually I love the bookstore, but I couldn't find anything in this one, it was too big.  And there were people lying all over the floor.  Ok, I'm totally cool with people using the Barnes and Nobles as a library as long as they don't fuck up the books or LAY IN FRONT OF THE BOOKS!! Sure you may not want to buy something, but don't stop other people from buying stuff.   And they didn't have all of the new books out like they usually do.  So I ended up coming home and ordering the books I wanted from the b&n website.  I did get this baking handbook that has a recipe for bagels and english muffins.  I was going to bake a cake, but Mommy beat me to it.  Boy is it good - eating some now!

*I'm supposed to go to a party on Saturday...

*I gained 8 pounds!  Go TRex!  Mommy says I look alot better, that I was starting to look old ("You looked 25 instead of 21" which is crazy since I'm 30) and the extra weight is carried well.  Yeah, Trouble got her ass back

"So Did You Find Anymore Potatoes?"

Trouble: "What the hell are you talking about Mommy?"

Mommy: "In the bed, did you find anymore potatoes in the bed."

Needless to say soon after this lil convo, I developed a case of the giggles and got kicked out of Mommy's room for getting silly when I'm sleepy. Here's some randomness

- I had to go into the office today even though I'm still on vacation.  I've been taking care of some personal bidness and realized that the only official copy of my college transcript was at work.  So I called Recept from downstairs, thinking that BossMan might be in a meeting.  No such luck, he's in his office, so she suggest I sneak in the back way.  I do and run into Hottie and the NewGuy but I Jedi mind tricked them ("I wasn't here.  You never saw me.  This is all a figment of your imagination.  Hold this for me til I get back.") and got confused looks from Buzz.  He's a older gentleman and I hate to confuse him so I explained I had to pick something up.  Get to my office and Giraffe is in BossMan's office distracting him.  I'm so worried about BossMan hearing me that I don't notice that BossManLite has snuck up behind me! "Ah Trouble I was looking for you..."  Crap!  Luckily BossManLite isn't very demanding and just needed a phone number.  I've got my transcript in hand and I'm packing up my deliveries (more on that later) put my coat on turn to leave and run right into BossMan.  "What are you doing here?! Are you nuts?"  Apparently...

-I've come to realize that the thought of giving birth scares the bejezzus out of me!  I mean SS ending up in a coma really helped to bring that home for me.  But I mean I  freak out thinking about it now, I'm not sure I'll be able to do it.  If I see a birth on tv and something goes wrong, I end up curled into a ball with my fingers in my ears.  I can't bear it!  Lucky for me its not like I'm actually having sex or anything that might result in a baby...

-So I want to go back to school, but I dont know for what.  I dont need an advanced degree for what I'm doing now, so it would basically be for whatever I decided to do when I no longer want to work for BossMan.   I doubt it will be Real Estate since I've been spoiled and can suffer nothing less than true Indiana Limestone and Italian Marble.  Annnnnd since I can't afford that shit its pretty much out of the question.  Besides have you guys been paying attention to the shitstorm that is the housing market these days?  The only thing that doesn't seem to be effected is the luxury market, but even those properties are staying on the market longer than expected.  Real Estate is still one of the most stable investments in my opinion though, specially if you have a property that can generate income...

- I can't drink coffee, it gives me the hypers and a really bad stomach ache.  So I drink alot of tea.  I think one of my favorites is Earl Grey with half and half .  I'm drinking some right now...

- I have a really sensitive nose, specially for baked goods.  I think it might have to do with the fact that my Mom used to bake cakes and the like to make cash when I was a wee one.  So I spent alot of time sitting in the kitchen while she baked.  Its to the point now that I can tell when something she baked is done by smell alone.  It kinda freaks her out when I walk into the her house talkinbout, "I think the cakes done" right before the timer rings.  I'm eating some of her cream cheese icing right now...

-I joined Bag Borrow or Steal and borrowed three bags, two Botkier and a Coach bag.  Its really quite funny since I just got my postcard in the mail for the 25% preferred customer event thats coming up.  I spend way too much money on Coach stuff, but I've never had a problem with any of their leather goods.  Botkier uses some really nice leather too.  I own a Botkier Bombay Satchel that I don't carry enough but I love cause it has this bitchin leather flogger attached to it.  I also love that bag cause I got it for like half off from the Saks website.  Or it might have been Neiman...

-I'm getting rid of some clothes.  So if any of the Typhos are a size 0, 1 or 2 (don't I just make you sick?) you can have first dibs, you pay for shipping though....

my obsession with Walter continues

This is the dress I got for $69! (see below for the story)  And did anyone see The Game tonight - ok yesterday, cause when MedSchool aka Girl Melanie was knocking on Derwin's door to get the Little Black Boy picture, she was rocking my Diane von Furstenberg dress!  Owwwwww!

Hello Kitty! are you out your damn mind?

You know, two years ago I brought a ring that looked like this for my god daughter. It was like 7 bucks and she loved it and I thought it was cute. Now this lil motherfucker is nothing like the one that I bought MonkeyGirl. For one thing those are real gems. Yes sire, that is about one carat of diamonds on that thing. And those are rubies in the bow, all on a white gold ring. For the dazzling price of $4250 (matching pendant same price.)

And even though it looks just like the $7 Sanrio ring I got 2 years ago, this one is apparently "designed" (the quotation marks are a physical expression of my sarcasm by the by) by the one and only overblinged, overhyped Kimmora Lee Simmons. Who obviously has a thing for kitties...

If your interested in looking at more of her crap, you can find it here

One More Thing...

If you had your choice, which one would you get?

• A certified pre-owned 5 series BMW
• A new 3 series BMW
• A new C class Mercedes
• A certified pre-owned Mercedes C230 sports Coupe
  
• An certified pre-owned Infiniti FX35 (in that copper color, kinda matches my hair)
  
• A new Volkswagen GLI
  
• A new Ford F150 Harley Davidson Edition with a matching Vespa (I shit you not)
  
• A new Ford Escape Hybrid, though I think its gonna be boring as shit to drive but it gets like 39 city miles per gallon

If you can't tell, I like shit with some power. If it growls when you punch it, even better...

I Swear...

...WAMU has THE WORST fraud department in the history of bank fraud departments. These are the same jack asses that put a block on my card 7 days after I came back from Cancun. All that shit I charged in Cancun got approved, but let me try and buy a fucking box of tampons from my drugstore and they think something suspicious is afoot. Discount Sherlock Holmes wannabes. Shitheads, don't you see like 30 charges for that same fucking drug store each and every month? And yeah ok I get it, you saw some charges in a foreign country. But didn't you also see where I purchased the fucking ticket to said foreign country! Sheesh!

Now I'm on hold with these short bus riding motherfuckers, AGAIN. And if I'm not able to get my Dyson animal there are gonna be some serious consequences and repercussions. Mainly Duke hair will continue to take over my house.

After a weekend of contemplation where I tried to decided if I should buy the $600 Coach bag I'm lusting over or the $400 vacuum that I dont really need, but would make my life a lot less hairy, I went with the vacuum. So I place the order then I notice that I sent it to my office not my home. Oops! My bad, to quick on the clicker. So I call customer service and she's really nice. She goes ahead and cancels the order, but when she goes back to replace it, card denied. Wait a minute motherfucker! I know there is money, I just checked it this morning. So whats the problem. Maybe too large a transaction in two short a period? Maybe the first canceled order hasn't gone through yet. No matter, I can wait. Except when I go back I'm getting the same card denied message.

Call WAMU, oh well we weren't sure if it was you. Uh, why would a crook cancel an order? And better yet, why would they have something shipped to my house? Dumbassess...

Insomniac...

...I come back!

I'm feelin a little strange. I haven't really been able to sleep. I have a million and one natural and man made remedies, but by the time I realize "Hey, shouldn't I be sleeping?" its usually too late to take something. So I've been getting by on about 4 hours sleep a night for about the last two weeks and spending most of the day on the weekend in bed. Which got me to thinking that I really want to do my bedroom over. I love the colors that I painted it a couple of years ago but I want some furniture, nothing to big but I want to make it really comfortable so even if I can't sleep I'll feel relaxed. If I can just finish the bedroom, I can move on to the living room...

So last night I was upstairs watching tv with Mommy and as usual, I stated getting sleepy so I headed downstairs. But then I remembered that I wanted to start clearing off the futon in the living room so that I can get rid of it. Its pretty much a dumping ground right now since I dont use the living room. I started putting stuff on it, like the handbags I wasn't using, to keep Duke from jumping up there. But then a couple of handbags turned into a couple of jackets and some cardiagans, and my heels that I carry to work (bad back, plus sneakers are better for running from rats. and I thought that rats and mice aren't supposed to cohabitate? cause there sure as hell was a mouse in the train station today) So I decided to put all my Coach bags back into their sleepers and into a big container. When I finished I went into the kitchen and I dont know what I was doing (it couldn't have been washing dishes, cause I hate washing dishes) but I noticed that the sink was dirty, so I cleaned it. Then I remembered that I got some new oils so I dipped some incense. And I had to pee, and I noticed the tub was dirty, so I cleaned it. Then I remembered that I went to Barnes and Nobles and got Laurell K. Hamilton's newest book, A Lick of Frost. It was really good, which is basically where I was today.

Welll, thats not really true. I read most of it last night and the rest today at work. Bossman didn't come into the office til like noon so I used the two hours to put a serious dent in the second half of the book. Then we were pretty busy, and I used the downtime to finish and start the book again. I finished it to fast and I liked it so I'm gonna read it again to see if I missed anything. Then I might go back and read the one that was before it again just to pull everything together.

Plus I'm still a little short on sleep so I'm not entirely sure that I didn't make some parts up. Oh and how could I forget the hellish knot that I had in my back all day (see previous reference to said bad back) I couldn't even raise my right arm to put on my itty bitty bra! By the time I got to work I was doing most shit lefty cause it hurt like heeeellllll. Even taking a deep breathe hurt. By like 2 the heat sticker thingy I put on it started loosening it up enough that I wasn't making faces anymore.

(Since I'm kinda lucid right now I figure I should just do one big ass mondo mega post while I can so bear with me, lets see what else comes out)

It is exactly one month til my 30th birthday. I'm not as excited as I usually get. What I would really like to do is get a private room at a nice restaurant and inviting everyone I love everything on me. Buuuuuuut, I know thats not gonna happen. I love too many flakes and complainers (me included!) I sure as hell dont want to go to a club. My dream birthday would be to rent a house in the Barbados and tell everybody to come on down! But I'm too much of a misanthrope to make that a reality. Maybe I'll go to Montana and learn to ride horses...

Speaking of my birthday, I always buy myself a gift. Usually its jewelery or a bag. So this year I started looking and I actually have a little more to play with this year and I can't find shit I want. When I do see something I like I inevitably end up thinking its overpriced, even when it still falls withing my budget.

And speaking of overpriced, have you ever heard of bag borrow or steal? Its this club that lets you borrow designer handbags and accessories by the week or month. They have all the big names and its like $80 a week to borrow a Chloe bag. But you pay a annual dues of some amount I can't remember. Go look that shit up if you're really interested. But in any case, what do you guys think about that? I mean on the one hand, I have a lot of handbags so I always feel guilty when I buy more, but I always do want to buy more! And this would let me have access to all the bags I dream about without the guilt. Right? On the other hand, I hate paying for shit that I'm not gonna own. And what if I love one of them and have to have it? Or what if I love them all and don't want to give it back? And what if they send me one and I think its in bad condition? (I do remember that they have insurance, but I'm saying can I say "Oh this one has a discoloration send me a fresher one please?" if I'm not happy with what they send me?

I asked Hautechick last week before I decided that she was a jerk (she sent me an email saying that she just wanted to know if I was ok since she hadn't heard from me, Uh, thats cause you left me hanging jerkorella) and she said that she didn't like the idea of it cause then you have all of these women rocking bags that they couldn't really afford otherwise and not doing them justice. I can afford them, I just think its stoopid to pay that much for a bag. Unless its Coach, or on sale I can't resist when something is marked down. Thats how I got my Botkier Bombay bag, which I don't carry nearly enough. Thats a great bag. Real bad ass.

I think my favorite songs on The Reminder are The Water, Intuition and Sea Lion Woman. Ok, I think thats all I got for tonight, gonna go finish rereading the book.

Love the Apple..

Went bowling

and scored a 144 pissy drunk! I dont even remember what was in the Purple Frost's that I was drinking, but it was pretty and gooooooood. I needs to get me one of these t-shirts....




I actually wore some black skinny jeans, a black racer back wife beater, a off white puff sleeve track jacket, and my off white and black high heeled saddle shoes with my black leather motorcyle jacket. I was going for a 50s rocker glam kinda vibe. And yes I had socks in my bag. It was some chicks birthday and I was tagging along with Cousin T who got a new car. This one broad didn't have any socks and even though I had two pairs, I didn't know chicky so she was shit outta luck.

And I know Pretty Black is gonna say that she hates those lil booties...

I guess I was working...

but don't ask me for specifics. Its all still kind of a blur. Oooo, I got a new wool coat.


The navy blue one, it was under $60! And don't be a biter and get my coat cause I'm planning to kick anyone I see wearing it in the shin! (in other words your cool if you dont live in NYC)

Prissy Polivore

More Polyvore please...

Damn You Off Fifth!

Off Fifth is Saks Fifth Avenue's outlet store in case you didn't know. They have the most ridiculous sales, where you buy one thing and get something else for 50% off. This weekend the Westbury store was having a sale on shoes, boots and handbags. I found a pair of boots. Patent leather Coach...



What do you think?

Nordstrom's The Rack was also having a sale, 15% off of all non Clearance merchandise. I got a Diane von Furstenberg silk shirt dress for $80. Mommy was absolutely no help in curbbing my spending. "Well, they are real patent leather Troubsy, and they fit your skinny ass leg. You've got 30 days to return them..." " Ooooo, thats going to look really nice on you and its so well made." I got her a pair of Swavorski (sp? ) earrings from Off Fifth.

Then we went to Macy's in Roosevelt Field Mall. Would you believe that they don't sell BCBG or French Connection at that store? Well actually they were missing alot of the brands that I go to for work clothes. I wondered around the woman's comtemporary floor for like 30 minutes and didn't see a damn thing comtemporary. Mommy of course loves that Macy's. It's either clothes for women Mommy's age or clothes for teengers. I did see a couple of cute wool jackets but nothing that I wanted to buy.

So since I was in the mall I went to the BCBG store (if youre thinking thats why they dont have BCBG in Macy's, Mommy would agree with you, but I still say thats stoopid specially since the BCBG is small) I walk in and there are like 5 sales women for this one tiny assed store and they are all standing at the register yukkin it up, loudly. So I'm there for like 10 minutes. I'm turning pants inside out (checking for fabric content and to see the stiching), I'm checking to see if shit has a lining, how the embellishments are attached. I'm bascially being my mothers daughter (she sews and will stand in the middle of a store and tell you exactly what they did wrong or right with a garment, if she can't find anything wrong, you'd besta buy it) plus I'm a little off put that none of these retail bitches are even acknowledging my presence so I'm making a little bit of a mess as well. I can admit that I look a little young, but I dont know many teenagers that are checking out career spearates in BCBG. And its not like I'm in sweats or something. I had on my off white BGBG short sleeve sweater, J Brand Doll Jeans, some tan suede Kors lace up wedge booties, carrying my Botiker bag and rocking my banging Coach shades. Granted you wouldn't know to look at me who made any of the stuff that I had on, except for maybe the sunglasses, but I was polished.

Then here comes Mommy, and she picks up right away on whats going down. All of a sudden 2 sales bitches are jumping through hoops to ask Mommy if she needs some help. "Well, first off I dont wear this stuff, and I'm not the one with the money, my daughter is. You know the nicely dressed young lady whos been in your store for about 15 minutes. I may not be the one with the money, but I sure as hell can stop her from spending it, come on Troub lets get out of here." Not that I was gonna give any of them my chippers but still Mommy rocks. Just don't call her heat increases hot flashes, she'll go off on you. I learned that about 20 minutes later in the car when I tried to turn off the air conditioner (it was like 50 degrees outside!)

Awww Man

Damn you polyvore! I spent the morning Windows Shopping for stuff to add to my polyvore. Did you know Coach is a bitch and doesn't let you add stuff from their site? Bluefly is great for adding stuff cause they got shitloads of stuff of there. I haven't bought anything from their site in well over a year though, seems like you can always find it some where else for cheaper.

I woke up this morning at 10 to 8, which was normal. But I cut the number of alarm clocks down to 3 so I fell back asleep and slept through the other two alarms. If it wasn't for Duke licking my face, I would probably still be sleeping. I finally rolled outta bed at 9:15 which is real cute cause I'm supposed to be to work at 10:30. Let Duke out to piss while I brushed my teeth, let him back in, gave him his chicken snacks, jumped in the shower and broke the fuck out. I still feel like I forgot something, I'll probably figure it out when I'm on my way home. I actually was only 20 minutes late...

So BossMan asked me to make him an appointment to get his hair cut, and I call the place and they are like his dude is available at 2:30 6:30 and 7 pm. I picked 7 cause 6:30 there is still a possibility that he will try and come back to the office afterward and I'm trying to get home before 9 pm at least one day this week.

And to Polyvore and Coach -I didnt really mean it what I said before. I was just angry and poppin off at the mouth. Those other sites dont mean shit to me, babies. You know I love you both, right? Say you'll forgive me...

Have you heard of Asos.com?

Its been around for awhile now. I remember when Hautechick first told me about it, you could find a cute going out dress for about $30. Not so anymore, but the quality of the stuff seems to have improved...



This one is like 600 fucking dollars!(I put this one in cause it was in the style of Kate Bosworth and it made me think of Anners and Janers!)

Gloria picked this one...
reminds me of Dita, but she'd have a better belt I think, and some sheer seamed stockings...