Just a Regular Tuesday

Me: While you're at the gym can you run over to the market and pick up a giant-humongous-biggest-bag-you-have-ever-seen of Smart Food Popcorn?

Sequel: Last time I was there they didn't have Smart Food and you bit my head off for bringing some "off brand" white cheddar popcorn home.  

(true story).

Me: Okay, well then get a giant-humongous-biggest-bag-you-have-ever-seen of Nacho Cheese Doritos, please.  NO... wait.  Pirate's Booty.  Okay.  Preference - in order of needed MOST to needed third to MOST.  1. Smart Food Popcorn 2. Pirate's Booty (White Cheddar Only, none of that Sour Cream and Onion Garbage) 3. Nacho Cheese Doritos.

Sequel: Do you need this for work tomorrow? Because I could just get a few little bags.

Me: What?! No.  No.  I want to consume all of the chips.  All of the chips or the popcorn or the booty in the world.  

Sequel: Calm down.. no need to get crazy.

Me: I am getting crazy now about the amount of snacks I need so that later when you show up with two $0.99 bags of Smart Food and Doritos I don't eat your head instead of the snacks.  

Sequel: Aren't you making dinner?  We don't need all of these snacks do we?

Me: (silent.  stare.)  

End Scene.

I'm just telling you, ladies and gents.  He better show up with a giant-humongous-biggest-bag-you-have-ever-seen of something... or else!

Whatever Happened To...

Whatever happened to predictability (bonus points if you get the Full House Reference).  But seriously.  Whatever happened to great Friday night television?  I miss my T.G.I.F.!

Sequel and I have been perusing the t.v. guide (a.k.a. the Comcast Guide Button on cable) and cannot find a single thing we want to watch on Friday night.  What gives?

I especially Cory and Topanga (read about our love affair here).  For all those who are missing their Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters, Dinosaurs, etc. Take a peek... this video is priceless!

Happy weekend, folks! Can't wait to hear all about your Derby Day, Cinco de Mayo, and/or Broad Street plans!

Currently...

Currently I am...

Taking a page out of MCW's book and doing a "Currently" post.  

Watching Survivor - newest guilty pleasure.  

Reading - The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Drinking - Volere Wine Purse Pinot Grigio.  I like that it is a purse... but it isn't my favorite boxed wine.  

Smelling - Yankee Candle's Man Candle, the scent of 2x4.  It reminds me so much of growing up and helping my dad on job sites.  

Feeling - hungry.  Even though I just ate dinner.

Wearing - my jammies.  9:00 p.m. and I'm out of commission!

Thinking - that I may need to add the Sea Island Tunic to my summer wardrobe.  The Lilly Pulitzer Summer line isn't knocking my socks off... but I am in love with this tunic dress.

Wanting - to stay up to watch Survivor AND Criminal Minds. 

Needing - to just go to bed.  

kate spade saturday

During the kate spade Friends and Family sale I decided it was time to take the Saturday plunge.  I haven't been too into the merchandise (too much black, white, and yellow), too early 90s, and for a discounted luxury line, way too expensive.

Even though the model, unfortunately, looks like a taller Kurt Hummel I really fell in love with the Romp Around Romper.  

Notice the resemblance?  

I asked myself, "What would Kurt Hummel do?" and decided to take the plunge and order not one but two Romp Around Rompers, in black.  I ordered both a Small and a Medium - I figured I'm between a 2-4, anyway, but am tall (5'7") and do not like tight clothes.  I always try on the biggest size first, and so hopped into the Medium. The Medium was very spacious and I liked the overall fit of the top.  However.  If you are tall the kate spade Saturday Romp Around Romper is NOT your friend.  

I don't have the most taught derriere on the block, but I most certainly do not have a saggy baggy elephant butt.  The romper was so short in the back that my buttcheeks most definitely felt the breeze.  

To be honest,  I didn't even test out the Small.  The Medium was just way too short.  

Sadly, my first kate spade Saturday purchase is being returned to the distribution center.  

In other news: I took public transportation today.  More specifically, I took SEPTA today.  As in, the bus.  And, thus far, I have not contracted Hepatitis.  So there's that.

Farewell, Lovely Ladies

We lost a few good soldiers recently.  I can hardly believe it, to be honest.  Three women whom I have loved and admired (from afar) recently passed.  I feel so lucky to have grown up in a world with such amazing role models.  What wonderful women they were.  

1932-2013

Lillian Lee McKim Pulitzer Rousseau

"That's what life is all about: Let's have a party.  Let's have it tonight."

I have loved Lilly - and all that she has stood for - since I was very young. 

I wasn't the girl who grew up wearing Lilly, though.  I may have mentioned this before - but my family is very much blue collar, self-made (and self destroyed) working class - and proud.  I recall purchasing my very first Lilly item when I was 13 years old.  It was a blue and white purse, featuring monkeys cooking and wearing chef hats.  I still have that purse, somewhere.  As I grew older I fell more and more in love with the timelessness, the fun, the style. When I began buying my own clothes I made the joie de vivre that is Lilly Pulitzer a priority in my life - and have loved every minute of it.

1926-2013
Margaret Thatcher

"If you want something said, ask a man.  If you want something done, ask a woman."

Mags was the kind of woman who didn't let others push her around.  She entered a man's world and simply took over.  The Iron Lady is aw wonderful example of a self-made woman.  A grocer's daughter who later studied at Oxford and began her life in politics in her early twenties, Mags was known for her steadfast opinions - and not taking crap from anyone.
Plus... who can argue with such a patriotic sweater.  

1943-2013
Annette Funicello

"Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful."

I grew up on Annette, watching VHS tapes of Mickey Mouse Club re-runs, or movies like Beach Blanket Bingo or How to Tame a Wild Bikini.  The fluff and pop of those early 60s movies were perfect for our family.  Our mom got to relive some of her favorite memories and we were introduced to the retro kitsch that would become part of our family identity.  Annette was the epitome of the girl next door, the All-American friend.  

These ladies, for me, were not only women I admired.  They were women I wanted to be friends with.  They were women I wanted to become more like.  It is my hope that their legacy lives on in their admirers and they continue to inspire future  generations of young women. 

What do you see?

I'm kind of in love with the new Nibbles Lilly Pulitzer print for Easter.  The idea of a full skirt, starched white oxford, and monogrammed Easter hat this Sunday sounds perfect. 

And then I kind of think that maybe the carrots look like a certain (ahem) male genitalia. The idea of the full skirt, starched white oxford, and monogrammed Easter hat no longer sound perfect.... they sound kind of, well, dirty.

What do you see?  Carrots? Weiners? Discuss.

Spring Break Brain Dump

1. Sequel went to Vegas with his friends last week.  While away he asked for my ring size.  I was immediately terrified that he was coming home from Vegas with a crazy Pawn Shop style engagement ring.  It made me want to puke on a regular basis.
Thankfully he did not and this lovely ring is never leaving my finger even again.  Well... until I put on an all gold ensemble, that is.

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2.  Four days until Florida.  
I can't wait to visit friends and family while down there. 
I can't wait to sit on the beach.  
I can't wait to sit by the pool.
I can't wait to put on my new Punkin' Chunkin' Skirt and see Cinderella... Because pumpkins and Cinderella just go hand in hand.  

3.  I am obsessed with Michelle of Bella Lilly on etsy.  She made my Punkin Chunk Skirt (see above) out of a Minnies Shift Dress.  I purchased a size 12 Little Lilly Shift from the Endless Summer Sale and Michelle was able to take the fabric and craft it into a gorgeous size four skirt.  It is perfect!! Michelle also took a Spin the Bottle table cloth I had lying around - and made it into a shift dress, hair bow, and headband.  

4. Sleeping until nine a.m. today was a Godsend.  Waking up without an alarm clock was so liberating.  I wish I could do this every day... but then again I would never get out of bed!

5. I am in love with #tbt or #ThrowbackThursday on instagram.  It cracks me up seeing these amazing old photos with the most hilarious outfits.  And then I get kind of scared for when my future children nieces and nephews look back on something that I insist was so in style - and is in reality just a crazy old vintage outfit.

6.  Any suggestions on where to send old prom and formal dresses? I've got about ten that I want to get rid of... but Plato's Closet wouldn't take them - go figure.  I'd like to make a bit of money off of them - but if that isn't possible then I"d like to see them go to a good home!!