My little book wasn't supposed to come out until next week on the 16th, but it hit the proverbial shelf on Amazon last week and, apparently, there's already only one left in stock. Temporarily, but still!
It's funny how one tiny thing can totally turn your (long, exhausting, overspent) week around. Okay, back to homework.
I'm a diet soda fiend, and as much as I try to stay loyal to Pepsi, Coca Cola keeps luring me to the other side with one amazing advertising campaign after another. First was the incredible limited edition can in partnership with The Heart Truth to raise awareness for women heart health.
And now? Any commercial that tells me to "Stay Extraordinary" while playing Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap has my vote... or my 75 cents in a vending machine.
How someone feels when his or her favorite band breaks up is exactly how I felt when Trovata dissipated back in 2006. And how someone might treasure that last album is how I treasure the single Trovata piece in my possession (never mind that it's a knit hoodie that could have been purchased at J. Crew).
True, Trovata lives on, but it's a single act these days--kind of like if Ben Gibbard continued recording without his death cab full of cuties. Still charming, but still, different.
At first I was sad to come across Trovata's Gilt Groupe sale after everything was sold out last week, but that quickly turned into relief because I wanted everything. The quirky styling and Official Preppy Handbook collection takes me back to the band... I mean... brand's glory days; bow ties, pleated uniform-inspired minis, tailored buttondowns, and everything a girl needs to look like Blair Waldorf circa senior year.
Spring isn't even here yet, but this already makes me excited for fall.
Moms are supposed to deter their daughters from falling for a boy on a bike, but this weekend my mom practically encouraged me. When I tried on this jacket, she insisted that I needed it and, come on, this is just begging to be worn for a whirl on the back of a motorcycle.
In reality, I'm too much of a scaredy cat to even ride a scooter, but the jacket will look just as great with stripes, florals, and little eyelet skirts now that the spring weather is upon us.
(Disclosure: If it seems like I want a new something special from Gap every week, well, that's because I do.)
Life has been so busy lately that I didn't notice spring break is only a few weeks away until last night. Since then, it's all I can think about. Not surprisingly, the "where" of my spring break (cruise to the Bahamas) has been less on my mind than the "wear."
I have been trying--so far successfully, but my willpower is wearing out--to talk myself out of this chambray dress, $35 from Gap, and chambray skirt, $58 from J.Crew. I already have a dress and a skirt of the same material in my closet. Sure, my dress isn't as short, nor is it sleeveless and the skirt doesn't have ruffles or that incredible neon waistband. But is it silly to buy things you already have, even if they are special and essential in their own way?
P.S. The skirt also comes in a light blue with a brilliant yellow waistband and a pale gray with a bright pink waistband. Why is life so hard?
