Finally caught a pair of boots before the weather changed too drastically. I needed a daily-wear pair for fall/winter since my last pair of black knee-high boots finally shuffled off this mortal coil. Dark brown leather 70s vintage knee-highs with a pretty almond-shaped toe and just the right heel size. Also they can be coerced to go over my massive calf muscles even over jeans (but must be really skinny jeans), which puts them several steps above all my others. I was looking for lace-ups, which these aren’t. But the leather is nice and aged-looking with a great patina, which I love. Also they were only $125, and I figured I couldn’t get real leather boots anywhere for that little.

I mean, the following pair was $250 at Steve Madden. And I figure if Steve Madden is $250, I’m going to have trouble finding anything cheaper in leather that doesn’t hurt my feet or fall apart if I wear them every day.

(I for real do not know how to shop. Sometimes I get lucky, but not often. My mom is really good at it. She finds the craziest things on sale. “Look, Liz, I found Louboutins for $80 at Saks!” But I’m inept. If I didn’t get sent to sample sales for work, I wouldn’t have any clothes at all.)

My “Perfect World” shoes are these:

But those are $1900.

The flat version is also cute:

Does anyone possibly still have a copy of Phantasm from 1998? I threw mine away years ago and now have use of something in it.

http://luxirare.com/thanksgiving-part-i/

Luxirare’s Thanksgiving post is a pumpkin pie that looks like a pumpkin. She shows how she made the silicone mold, and I think the technique is easily stealable for cosplayers who want to make props and resin stuff that isn’t flat on one side.

I caved last night and bought the blazer I’ve been ogling since September. It’s awesome. And for some reason I needed a blazer. It is strange, because I am pretty sure I have many blazers. Hmmrrr. Though the only other black blazer I own is an adorable LAMB one with a pleated back, but I wore it so often the elbows are getting a bit shiny. So it might have to be retired.

I’ll be selling some stuff over the weekend. I’ll be letting go of a lot of vintage clothes and Takarazuka DVDs, videos and magazines. As soon as the sales start, I’ll post about it. If you’re in to looking like Dita von Teese or a girl-next-door style pin-up, be sure to check in. I’ve been collecting vintage for more than 17 years, and it’s all really good stuff.

Stumbled across this photo the other day and think it’s a fantastic idea.

I’d love to implement it, but have no room for an enormous armoire. Besides, finding an armoire with glass doors seems to be tough, but those are key to this idea. I think it would be great to be able to see everything, or at least the daily-wear dresses. I’d probably want to keep the sweaters and stacked stuff in a dresser, and special-occasion clothes in the normal closet. (Though I tend to get a lot of use out of my cocktail dresses, because I wear them to work and everywhere (just add jacket or sweater or something) so my “special occasion” clothes are pretty much a small pile comprising mostly evening gowns, costumes and riding clothes.)

I have a problem, maybe this isn’t normal, where if I can’t see something I forget it exists. Consequently, I wear the same 3 dresses and 1 pair of pants every week since I basically moved to Nick’s closet. So glass doors on an armoire would be a good solution for me. Also, I think if I could see in it, even I would be less likely to just hurl things in there and leave them in a taller-than-I pile in the closet.

Stumbled across this photo the other day and think it’s a fantastic idea.

I’d love to implement it, but have no room for an enormous armoire. Besides, finding an armoire with glass doors seems to be tough, but those are key to this idea. I think it would be great to be able to see everything, or at least the daily-wear dresses. I’d probably want to keep the sweaters and stacked stuff in a dresser, and special-occasion clothes in the normal closet. (Though I tend to get a lot of use out of my cocktail dresses, because I wear them to work and everywhere (just add jacket or sweater or something) so my “special occasion” clothes are pretty much a small pile comprising mostly evening gowns, costumes and riding clothes.)

I have a problem, maybe this isn’t normal, where if I can’t see something I forget it exists. Consequently, I wear the same 3 dresses and 1 pair of pants every week since I basically moved to Nick’s closet. So glass doors on an armoire would be a good solution for me. Also, I think if I could see in it, even I would be less likely to just hurl things in there and leave them in a taller-than-I pile in the closet.

ROME MOVIE ROME MOVIE ROME MOVIE! AAAAAAAAAAH!

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/rome_call_of_duty_movies_in_the_GHenHLj7kJLTHaO3FiNIcL

http://racked.com/archives/2009/11/13/above_the_fray_chaos_reigns_at_hms_jimmy_choo_preview.php

Went to the Jimmy Choo H&M preview last night, and avoided falling into the temptation of over-the-knee boots by not getting within 15 feet of them before they disappeared. It was madness.

I got the sequin tank and the black leather leggings, both of which will be returned to the store today for being uncute. Also expensive. The tank looked so cute on the mannequin, but I have to learn that I don’t look good in drapey things. The leggings I got because they looked really cute on the shorter, more muscley of the PR girls, so I thought they’d work on me. They don’t work on me. They make me look like a short sausage that is trying too hard. Back they go! I also got the gray suede one-shoulder dress for my sister. It’s very cute and the suede is surprisingly quality.

Maybe I’ll go through my closet and do another ebay blast. I seem to make more on manga and geek things than on fashion. But I’ve got some Lolita and Black Peace Now left over from Japan that I haven’t worn in many years.

Our Xbox broke and we were devoid of DVDs, but Nick found a guy on craigslist who fixed it for $40 and now it is fantastic, and we can play Hulu and Netflix and Youtube on the TV, which is awesome.

I’m now contemplating seeking out some mint julep cups. I ordered a julep at PDT last week, and the cup was awesome.

Argh! Sea of Shoes looks so cute in her leather over the knee boots that I am seriously considering getting the H&M ones after all.

Here are the H&M ones on M.I.A.

Hmrr. Not sure, though. I would probably need longish avant-garde shaped clothes to wear over them. (I think they look best when basically treated like pants and worn with something long enough that you don’t really see skin.)

Sadly, Luella is out of business and the Spring 2010 orders won’t be shipping. Sorrow!

And now everything on the website is half off, but everything is still out of my budget. Even for really cute dresses from a critically acclaimed line that shortly won’t exist anymore.

Like this one, marked down from $1038 down to $518.70