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by Lara on August 30, 2010

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  • The bf and I have been talking about air plants and then I saw these. It’s unanimous. We must have them (or something like them diy style because they’re kinda pricey and that’s how I roll). (from etsy shop Mudpuppy)

  • I’ve been playing around with headers for the blog ever since Thesis updated with an easy header uploader. I’ll probably be changing them on the regular since I get bored pretty easily. Also, ever since I downloaded PhotoMix and realized I could add text, I’ve been back to downloading free fonts like a maniac. I had thousands of fonts when I was a teen but lost them all in The Great Crash of 1998. What. A. Dork. (I had +/- 30 pen pals at one time and took my letter writing seriously.) Fontspace is my favorite source for free fonts since they have everything and you can type your own text in and see what it will look like as you browse.
  • This great Tom Binns cuff has the lyrics to The Smiths classic song, “How Soon is Now?” engraved on it. Nowhere in the description at Net-A-Porter do they attribute the song. I think they should. (Update – they added the song info! Yay!)

  • So, you know the bf’s baby got fried by a roof leak on August 5th… his baby being a 100-lb wall-mounted 50″ flat screen plasma TV that he just bough in May.  Well… I calmed him down in the middle of the crisis with the reassurance that we have renter’s insurance. “It’s okay honey! We’re covered! We’re responsible adults and covered our asses!” I filed a claim, the adjuster came out, they contacted the landlord to confirm damage, etc. Everything seemed to be rolling along just fine until a woman called to tell me that because there wasn’t an actual hole in the ROOF, but rather flashing that needed to be re-tarred, we weren’t covered. Okay. What? I lost it. I could feel violent rage surging through every cell in my body. I cut her off and launched into a tirade, “Oh, I get it. This is one of your weaselly loopholes to get out of paying for our damage. Okay well, I need to calm down before we discuss this any further but I can promise you that I will not be renewing our policy with Allstate and I will NEVER seek out your services for any other property I may need insured in the future!” and I hung up on her. The bf and I looked over the policy and there was nothing stating any of this crap. An hour later and I am still vibrating on the inside but I will definitely be calling someone else tomorrow and figuring out this load of total bullshit. (I swear to god, it just never quits!)

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by Lara on February 20, 2010

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  • These shoes by Jeffrey Campbell are sold out again but will be restocked in March. They’re just plain sick and I want them – badly. Oh, and wedge heels are coming back in full force for Spring. I am stoked!

They feel a lot like these Givenchy SS2010RTW wedges, no?

  • Japanese artist Yuri Fukuda, who calls her line Emogayu, makes beautiful intricate ceramics.

  • I saw Nicole Richie on TV this week wearing this dress and I loved it. Maxi-dresses really are my favorite but I’m so short I always have to get them hemmed. Well, this dress is part of her new clothing line called Winter Kate. Nothing is available in stores just yet but according to the March issue of InStyle (where I scanned the image from), it’s made of silk and will be sold at Neiman Marcus for $260. Love the muted shade and flattering shape. Would look great on any woman.

  • Godammit, I’m Mad! is a fantastic fashion-y blog written by one pissed off woman. I heart her.
  • Neighbors who are unobtrusive, help out, appreciate and extend kindness and just generally seem to rule at life are cool.

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  • Shitty neighbors who are always miserable, passive aggressive, and totally suck at life can eff off.
  • I had a humbling blogging experience in regards to this post, about 3 hours after it went up. I had seen the shoes on a blog I follow and traced back to the original source. I was misled and in turn provided misinformation that the designer of the clothing had also designed the shoes, which are blatant rip-offs. Bloggers have to be very careful about their sources and can’t assume anything. I’ve learned my lesson.
  • The final season of LOST is driving me insane. I have a bad feeling that way too many questions are going to be left unanswered. There’s just no way they can do it.
  • Fighting off malaise, headaches, body aches and general yuck this week is dragging me dooooown.
  • Who am I to judge, right? I’m Lara and I will judge the hell out of some things, one of them being an odd little 13 y/o girl who is receiving some serious worship right now in the fashion world. Who am I to judge a child? They’re off-limits right? Well, it would seem so until they become a public spectacle. Other than my beef with the amount of credibility given, and focus placed, total absence of a parental presence, and blatant use of her for novelty’s sake, I think her fashion sense is god awful. I’m sick of it. If you can’t stand the heat… if you want to run with the big dogs… if you want to act like a grown up… you get my drift. Had the blog world been around when I was a fashion obsessed kid of her age… my god.

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