+ & -

Natalie Dee

Just kidding! It has been nice to take a bit of a break from the interwebs for a few days but seriously, thank god Christmas is over with! My family is very small, strange, irritating and irritable. I didn’t even see the children in the family this year, I barely talked to anyone, and I still have a lot of catching up to do. I was extremely lucky and received some thoughtful beautiful gifts… my favorite being the Nixon watch the boy gave me. I can’t believe it actually fits on my toddler-sized wrists! I will have slightly larger biceps on my right arm though, as this thing is all stainless and pretty heavy. I love it and the fact that he knows my tastes so well. He also got me the shredded Helvetica A tee from Threadless. I LOVE this shirt! From my family, there was the thoughtless but always appreciated cash, a bunch of pajamas and comfy tops that I picked out myself, a pink umbrella, Daniel Egnéus for H&M artist collaboration tee (can’t find a pic of the design but it’s weird as hell!),  boots I was given early, and two sweaters. I also received the  super sized Philosophy Hope in a Jar – the best moisturizer ever. (Seriously, I will never use anything else unless I can find that damned French Cosmense Ex-tense 3D they quit selling in the U.S. It was like Botox in a jar. God knows what was in that stuff. It was like a magic I never knew existed.)

x-mas gifts 2008 by mymilkglassheart

 Now, I will go ahead and get on with a short + & – post.

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• kindred spirits in random strangers who give you permission to take care of yourself when you couldn’t grant it on your own
• This Alexander McQueen Fairy-tale dress is delightful! And it’s now 1/2 off $4,000!

• Richmond, VA didn’t get a flake of the insane snow that plagued so many, and it was 72 degrees outside today!
• So funny! poor stupid Cosmo…
• Love this German news ad.
• I have always felt that sea otters rarely get the recognition they deserve for their ability to use tools in opening clams and whatnot. Well now, Magpies can recognize themselves in a mirror!
• I really want to bury my face in this leather dress from Ksubi at Oak, and take a deep breath.  

• LOVE a wedge… and yes, I have bitched about the insane platform stilettos but I could seriously play basketball in these Guiseppe Zanotti wedges. To each his own… I love a damn wedge!
• This dining table and chairs called The Monolith, is by German designer Gioia Meller Marcovicz. Anything this streamlined and space saving and dust avoiding is the epitome of design perfection to me. All stainless design means future maintenance is virtually nil, and the chair seats fold upward underneath when all tucked away.

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• I am plowing through wasabi peas like you wouldn’t believe.
• I’m going to hell. 
• Something just isn’t right about the all-black Vans Sk8-his I ordered. The rubber is maybe a 1/10″ higher than it used to be and I know that sounds anal as hell but it’s all I can see when I look at them and it throws the entire shoe off. I have to return them. Crap. The same thing happened when Converse started making their Chucks in China years ago. They don’t fit me right anymore and I’m now in between sizes so I’m stuck with 2 pairs of 16 year old Chucks I’ve had since middle school that fit perfectly but I can’t buy any new ones now. I don’t know what happened (if anything) to Vans manufacturing but something is seriously off with the ones I bought and this is devastating.
• My locally owned video stores have closed! Yeah, I have Netflix but sometimes you just want a stack of 8 videos to get you through a long weekend and Blockbuster sucks so hard (and so do thier exclusive videos which I tried to give a shot).
• I gave everyone a lot of imported chocolate and for some reason, I have none and I want some NOW!
• I had to get a refill on my insomnia meds again. I hate needing a pill to sleep.

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