VINTAGE EYES are WINKING

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I just ADORE these vintage glasses… maybe I’ll be lucky enough to come across some similar ones at the local thrift stores soon…

… SCRATCH that thrifting ITCH…

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NASTY GAL VINTAGE has some shoes on sale that seem to me are the PERFECT mix of modern platform, David Bowie glam, and flash without being trashy.
I AM SUCH A SHOE ADDICT!! Bah… Good thing I have restraint (most of the time), or these would be MINE. ALREADY. RIGHT NOW. GAH.

PALER SHADES OF PASTELS

I recently got turned on to pastels, having gotten a lovely sea foam green nail polish from Sally Hansen called “Green Tea”.

I ALSO giddily ordered a lipstick by LIMECRIME called CHINCHILLA. OH WOW.

AND just like THAT, I’m seeing them EVERYWHERE (thanks to the red car syndrome – if you’re thinking about a red car, you will now see it everywhere!).

Case in point: TOPSHOP’s new pastel collection:

My PINK HAIR as it fades into pastel:

AND Suzie Bubble on her FUN “Because x Kay Montano” beauty tutorial on Pastel Pill-Popping Perfection:

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I’m gonna go put on a dress reminding me of carousels and cotton candy now.

MINIMALISt MAYHEm for the MAXIMAl Me

Right now, I’m enamoured with 90′s grunge minimalism… probably because I’ve NEVER been a very minimal person…  Where there is a blank wall, you can COUNT on me peppering it with frames…  Clean kitchen?  You  will soon see me dirtying it up with all sorts of concoctions and the ensuing aftermath.  Simple dress?  I will DRENCH it in enough pretties to transform it into an otherwise unrecognizable outfit.  I get lost and enchanted in the details.

HOWEVER, because of this artistic view, it makes it all the more strange territory when I come across pictures of minimalism that entrance me… my brain has to work on it.  The thing that makes it palatable to me (and comprehensive enough to feel like I don’t have to learn a new aesthetic “language”) is that there is always a maximalist/strange/new detail SOMEwhere.  Otherwise…. YAWN.

Case in point, these pictures from one of my new fave. bloggers, stylorectic.  She is just untouchably, IMPOSSIBLY cool.  …SIGH…

(All pics from stylorectic.blogspot.com)

V DAY VOODOO

One of my FAVORITE days is comin’ up…  VALENTINE’S DAY!!!

It’s ALSO the day me and my LOVE got engaged… SO romantic!!

It’ll be our 10 YEAR anniversary in April…

And we’re planning on going on a loverly trip OUT of the country (HOPEFULLY).

(And hopefully I’ll have some cash to burn on tchochkes and pretties.)

We’ll SEE!!