Happy 2011!

Hello Everyone!

If you missed last year's post, please read it here rather than me repeat the same old drivel! I'd much rather take this time to thank all my readers as well as beloved friends old and new. 2010 enabled me to do some pretty fabulous things, and I treasure every minute. However, being one that has her thoughts focused on the future I can't wait for a new year and the new adventures it will present! So here's to good times with loved ones and friends old and new!

Last year I had "My Friends Have" by Marianne Faithful, a song that never lets me down just as my real friends never do. This year I leave you with "Waiting On A Friend" by the Rolling Stones. Another song that makes me think of friendship, not to mention a bit nostalgic as it was filmed in the East Village during my EV days (trivia buffs: Mick is hanging out in front of the "Physical Graffiti" building on St. Marks Pl. with Peter Tosh -- it also happens to feature an old boyfriend and no I ain't saying who!) I hope all my friends will enjoy the sentiment!



Happy 2011 to all! May your year be filled with health, wealth, and may your wishes come true!

XXX

YSL Ankle Strap Amaziness! Mine All Mine!

I fell in love with these YSL shoes somewhere around late Summer/ early Autumn. But didn't have the $ to pay full price. So I stalked. And kept stalking everywhere looking for a sale. Finally the Black Friday sales came up, but they were still out of reach. Suddenly on Xmas eve, I got an email from Saks saying further reductions had been made. I quickly clicked and found them in my size (praying they fit!) and got them for a song. Seriously, I've paid the same price at Top Shop for a pair, and these are YSL's! So they became a last minute gift from my husband! My only worry is that they say they run small and to size up half a size, so I hope this is true! I'm waiting with bated breath for them to arrive...

I love the brick colour, and the heel shape with the addition of the ankle strap give such a great silhouette on your legs making them look miles long! (I tried some on at Saks that were waaay too big but still gave a good idea of how they'll look.)

Cheers!

Xmas in NYC and Shoe Porn

Punk Glam Princess and I hit Saks last week, as there was a perfect pair of Miu Miu's on sale that I'd been dying for. It's hard to pass up that great of a sale, and yet again my angel sales assistant Hope came through for me finding the very last pair in my size. While there we went a little ph0t0 crazy and present you with some shoe porn...

The colour of these were sensational, but sadly didn't fit my little tooties ):




Some Louboutins to drool over...

Smarties/ Skittles coloured YSL Tributes! So much prettier in person, with a slight metallic sheen to them (and yes I made those red babies mine mine mine all mine, I'm a happy shoe miser!)

PGP giving the sparkly reindeer a Xmas kiss!

The view of the tree at Rockerfeller Center from Saks (insane crowds kept us from getting any closer!)




A few of the windows at Saks. I really loved this one, with the huge tentacles!


This was sweet, it turned to reveal...

A beautiful jewel!

Lastly, a pic of me in my new Betsy Johnson bustle dress at PGP's sleepover birthday party this past weekend. Nope, didn't get a lick of sleep with 5 girls giggling away into the wee hours!

I hope you enjoyed that little bit of NYC Xmas cheer, and of course the shoe porn! (I'll show my new pair another time , too sleepy now...)

Cheers!

Jalda Handbag Sample Sale

As I've mentioned before, Jalda makes lovely handbags out of Italian leathers, manufactured in the US. The sale prices are really great, and will make lovely holiday gifts.

Click on image to go directly to the Jalda sale.

If you're in LA there are even more designer brands to choose from!

Cheers!

Bad Blogger, BOO!

Hi everyone,

I can't believe its been nearly a month since I last blogged. What can I say? This is insane season for us with all our birthdays and catching up to holidays as well. Apologies, blogging will continue to be sporadic until it calms down.

I did make out nicely for my birthday on the 29th -- a gorgeous new pair of patent studded MiuMiu's. Thank you again Hope (at Saks) you truly go above and beyond for me and I adore you!

And today, on a whim, we hit the Betsy Johnson sample sale. OMG, we did so well! Got all kinds of goodies for Punk Glam Princess' girlie sleepover Saturday, plus some ultra sexy dresses for me and stuff for PGP (she adores Betsy Johnson.)

I also had the pleasure of meeting Jasmin from Vintage Vandalizm. She is every bit as sweet, charming, and stunning as she portrays on her fab blog. If you haven't checked her blog -- do, its one of my must-reads! We actually got the same dress so now we're dress twins!

Here are some photos of what I picked up. Prices were great, and hard to fit me was thrilled to find things that fit as if they were custom made! The PGP is thrilled with her goodies too!

I don't usually go for frou-frou dresses, but these were stunning and can be dressed down. I just can't pass up dresses as I adore them, so easy to throw on -- and when they fit tiny me perfectly, well match made in heaven!

Too late, and too lazy to try everything on so the dress form will have to do! keep i n mind the dress form is bigger than my figure, so everything fits a lot better when on me,.

The twin bustle dress to Jasmin's. The colour is actually more raspberry, not hot pink.

Back view. Love that it has crinoline too!

Sheath dress that hugs every curve! Best part is that I don't have to shorten it!

Back view. What you can't make out is that there are layers going down the back that make for a bustle effect. I'm a sucker for bustles!

Last but not least, my cosy bug cardi!

I'm so happy I dragged us all out in the cold. PGP is thrilled and goodies galore for her sleepover -- designer goodies no less! They were so generous giving her boxes of perfume samples to give her friends. Those kids are gonna be in heaven!

Thanks to everyone who was so helpful at the sale, and especially to Jasmin for being so sweet to the PGP and I!

Cheers!