I'm Selling Out

I am not a shopping fighter, and it's official. I am just not one of those people insane/lucky enough to land great deals, Thanksgiving or not. It's just not in me. Just look at this Behnaz Sarafpour NYC charm bracelet that I've been trying to get (for a month). Every time it's sold out on me, every store I visit.

It's just not meant to be.

Skip to My Lou

I'm convinced that it's a perfectly ungreedy thing to ask that of slippers. May you be fashionably comfortable, slipper.

By now I've confidently narrowed down my top two to these beautiful (almost too beautiful) slippers for anything around the house. It's a tough call, but in the end, only the Daniel Greens let you also grab coffee at Le Boulangerie.

Ever since my Le Coq have been demoted to an indoors status (which is unfortunate), it is about time I dub a new pair my coffee shop slippers. Even as a true San Francisco girl, thinking about how Robertson Boulevard-esque they look makes me giggle like I'm-so-L.A.

Shhhhsh...

Don't tell anyone. I'm going to get this for the gift exchange at work. I'd be cheating (going over the allowed budget), but who's really counting? I'd want this for my cube.These little creatures amazed us when we discovered them: they're quirky sculptures made of natural latex rubber. The "eyes" are actual seeds (melon, tomato, and pumpkin seeds), and their "skin" is soft and pliable. You can squeeze their bodies and they'll squeak.

If and when you get tired of looking at your Plant-Me Pet on your desk or shelf, you can literally bury the sculpture in a pot of soil (head-first, so as to cover the seeds), water it and place it in the sun, and -- voilá! -- the rubber will decompose and a plant will sprout.

Put My Face On

A year of collection has come and gone, but I am still in love with this one dated from last fall.

I Don't Eat Much

Now That's Sugar to My Nose

Chocolate-covered candied orange peel, caramel, vanilla biscuit, creamy milk, sandalwood, incense, resins, ambergris, Peru balsam and balsam of Siam, oak, patchouli, and cedar.

You either love it or hate it, and I'm definitely getting my hands on Elixir des Merveilles in time for Christmas.

Stranger than Fiction, or, Hmm--What?

"Believe in happy endings."

Danielle by Danielle Steel
The new fragrance.

I believe her books are the epitome of what people call 'trashy novels,' no? I am seriously amazed that this is actually happening, because this must mean there's someone else besides Ms. Danielle herself that somehow thought it a brilliant idea to launch another smelly career to top her household name. I can smell it already.

Did I mention she wrote her own tagline? Who would have thought?

Oh, you'd better believe it.

Beating Christmas to the Chase

Christmas isn't even here yet, but something tells me we've got to move on? I'm still clinging onto fall. Some preliminary inspirational looks I will actually copy and add to the closet. First, to ease the transition with...

Alice Ritter :: Suspenders

Karl Lagerfeld :: I still like navy they're loose & there're layers

Stella McCartney :: Puffy sleeves

Barbara Bui :: The tee!

Derek Lam :: This look never dies

Marni :: Lately I like hats

... there're colors & prints

Chloe

Yves Saint Laurent

Alexander McQueen

Sabyasachi