Category: Awesome Things

My Fashion Secret?

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Like most everyone else I know, I’ve been trying to cut my clothes shopping budget lately. For me, this has mostly meant staying away from Bloomingdale’s and other favorite stores altogether, but the other day my sister and I gave Goodwill in Stillwater, OK, a try. I wasn’t expecting to find much there in a small university town, but I was pleasantly surprised with some great finds!

I was so excited that I took photos while my sister was in the fitting room…

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Aren’t these shoes awesome? The pair in front fit me perfectly, and the pair behind fit my sis’s narrower feet.

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I love the cut of this blouse.

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This print struck me as very Marc by Marc Jacobs.

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Another neat print from a dress that seemed very Max Mara (especially in its fabric and cut) to me.

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LOVE this necklace (from the Goodwill in Owasso).

I can’t wait to start sporting all this stuff and have handsome guys lower their glasses in my direction.

50% Off at Dollar Jewelry

This sight in Tulsa yesterday kind of made my day.

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…until I got closer, and saw that the 50% off sale was for handbags only. I refuse to pay full price for my dollar jewelry.

Bonus! A Google search led me to this story about two burglars who broke into this very same jewelry store last year!

Wild Things

Maybe everyone has seen this already? Just in case not:

I don’t want to make any assumptions about how great the movie will be based on the trailer, but it’s an amazing trailer, at least. (The Arcade Fire song is a nice touch.)

Love the poster, too.

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Love is in the Air at the Post Office

Today is March 26th, but that’s apparently still “close enough” to Valentine’s Day for the Columbus Circle post office!

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You may remember this display case from its autumnal theme that I photographed last October. The Valentine’s display is a bit more ambitious, with its paper cupid, fake roses, and tissue paper, and maybe the extra effort is why they decided to leave it up for an extra 40 days.

Or maybe the person who does the displays was laid off sometime around February 14th. That seems more likely, sadly.

Wanna See My Pretty New Desk?

A wonderful and completely unexpected Christmas present! I swooned over it in Crate & Barrel forever ago, and my husband remembered.

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A few somebodies have already taken it upon themselves to move in.

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It’s great to start a new year with a beautiful new workspace!

Mattress Monday

I spotted this mattress out by the service elevator of my apartment building the other day, seemingly waiting to be moved into someone’s apartment. It struck me as beautiful, in a kind of horrendous way.

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If this were my mattress, I would be out looking for matching sheets right now.