Read This. Drink that.

Few things are more pleasurable than curling up on the sofa with a cup of tea or cocoa on a cold and rainy day with a really good book. Doing so with a friend or sweetheart can especially be rewarding if he or she is also reading as you can share with one another. This "sharing" is usually preceded by a few chuckles and smirks, an exaggerated "OH. MY. GOD.! I have to read you this!!" and then loudly citing a random paragraph which is undoubtedly met with a blank stare.

By the third or fourth time this happens your comrade rises from his or her once comfortable position and retreats to either the computer or down for a nap, claiming they don't feel like reading and then telling you that they are finding it difficult to focus.


Perhaps they should have picked a more enticing peice of lit. Here's a good place to start:


http://www.abebooks.co.uk/books/weird/index.shtml


Incidentally, the "cocoa" and "tea" to which I refer can be found at the link below. If the most intoxicating perfume in the world could be inhaled and immeditately ingested - this would, IMO, definitely be it. Pairs well with teaching your chickens to fly or escaping those ominous Ruskies.



(<----------------New Favorite!! Clois Du Bois 2004 Marlstone)

Funny $h%T

Thank you, Digg.com for providing a safehouse, where qualified surfers of ye' ole net can post real time wasting links to gems such as this:

http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html

Wistful Thinking....

Oh! I've created a wist list with widgets! Search engine, gift registry, deal finder and window shopper all in one.

Untrained eyes beware:The only glitch I found so far is the site's inability to decipher knock off Christian Louboutins from the real deal. The same applies to all items I am sure so if its not a known site you are being linked to, be very cautious. [segue way]Unless of course you don't care if you are purchasing a knock off in which case you should be burned at the stake for your participation in enslaving thousands of adolescent sweatshop workers in third world countries. Not to mention spitting in the faces of every fine craftsman, seamstress and designer who puts countless HOURS into hand-crafting just one piece. Yes its true that emulation is the greatest form of flattery but trust me, its not only the knock-offs that look bad and cheap - you do too. [end segue way].

http://wists.com

and Leah's wishlist (still VERY much a work in progress): http://wists.com/leahg1

Happy shopping!

Revamping Your Closet

We have all heard and likely said "I've got nothing to wear!" a time or two in our lives - hell I find myself saying it daily.  My boyfriend once told me about a book that while I have yet to read it, its title has resonated with me and tattooed itself on my brain ever since the words were uttered: "The Paradox of Choice".  Its not that I am lacking in my choices, its that there are too damn many thereby rendering me incapable of making a decision which inevitably ends in frustration.  

Every six months or so I do "revamping" session on my closet to ensure that A) I am keeping my look updated and B) I'm not getting bored.  The last time I did this I enlisted the help of my girlfriend Rhia to assist in the mission.  Do you recall the scene in the Sex and the City movie when Carrie is holding up items from her wardrobe while her girlfriends held up signs that read either "keep" or "toss".  It was kind of like that only we weren't sipping champagne in a NYC co-op and my closet doesn't begin to touch Ms. Bradshaw's - yet. 

Having a fresh set of eyes with a different perception of what is fashionable literally changed my life and my wardrobe.  Rhia  promptly retrieved items from my toss pile and began pairing the would be discarded items with the "I'm probably never gonna wear this but its on sale" scarves and belts, layering fall pieces over summer ones and vice versa and in the process opened a new world of fashion possibilities for yours truly.  I had in my midst about 20 new outfits I would have never thought to put together.  The added bonus?  I felt like I had spent hours boutique shopping and didn't spend a cent.   

This morning I came across a delicious little site that I like to think of as my virtual Rhia:

MyCloset.com | The place to share your world, collections and style

The concept is simple and its downright brilliant.  Simply upload pictures of your clothing, accessories, shoes or whatever to your closet and organize and create looks by yourself or with the help of other members on the site.  You can create a profile for personal use or build a store and there are of course links to shop should you choose to add more.  So while I don't think I'll be converting the diva den from this:

To THIS:

Anytime in the near future, I'll be damned if it isn't for lack of trying.  

Enjoy!

Love, 

Leah

EShoppers Rejoice!

So I had this wonderfully written blog about my (mis) adventures with a Kentucky Derby hat. While I did save halfway through, I unfortunately let my ADHD get the best of me and towards the end of the second half of my entry, "OH! Whats this link?!" CLICK.  Gone.  Perhaps I've done you all a favor.   That being said I will instead present you with a cool site I stumbled upon this evening in my attempts to find a replacement hat:  

The heading above the multiple lists of couture designers reads simply:

"What can we find for you?" _____________________

Within a few short key strokes and clicks, I quickly discovered why this site was selected on TIME magazines Top 50 list.  You can literally search for products in simple laymen's terms.   For example, "Cropped leather jackets" :

 

Be sure to check out the affiliate links and of course the parent company : Thefind.com, its eco-friendly sister site HERE for everything green, and  for those who prefer to try before they buy, LOCAL find is the site for you!

Iphone apps and twitter updates are also available for the true die hard fashionistas out theres that need up-to-the-minute alerts and last but certainly not least, Recessionistas of the world can rejoice with valuable savings coupons HERE.  

Enjoy!

 Love, 

Leah