Dear Readers,
Well, I'm back in town after wandering through Wyoming, South Dakota, Idaho, and good ol' Los Angeles. It's been weeks of travel, and though all for the best, I can't say it was the easiest journey. Still, under the circumstances, it was a great time.
While S gets back into a ridiculously busy schedule, I have to publicly tip my hat to her because I haven't been blogging at all this week. Talk about picking up the slack. Hopefully I can return the favor if need be, especially since S is about to become the jet-setting one in our dynamic duo.
In other news, don't we love the pumps and dresses days? I liked the idea so much, I'll be featuring a day of intimates and art next week. Let us know if there is a series of stuff under twenty you'd like to us to feature.
Next week will be February. I hope it will bring more peace of mind than last month did.
Until Monday,
N+S
1.30.2009
reversible grosgrain belt
You need one of these for the softball game at your fiance's company picnic. You know, when you have to pull out the khaki capris and the white button down shirt and some awful clogstockskoshoe things. He's worth it. Right?
$2.99 at Land's End
go fish pillows
You're not going to be the person who passes up the fish pillows, are you?
$16.80 for a set of 2 at Wisteria
poly zipper satchel
During the dreaded grades of 5-8, we had to carry our gym clothes from regular locker to gym locker. This simple journey caused me indescribable angst over the simple question of what I would carry them in. Plastic bags from the grocery store looked like I didn't care, but maybe also that I didn't know that I was supposed to care. Bags from Claire's and Bath and Body Works made too much of a statement. Bags from the Gap were preferred, the Navy blue plastic ones with the little drawstrings that seemed to me the perfect combination of "I'm cool" and "I didn't think about this at all". Anyway, wish this had been around. Also that I hadn't been such a goof.$11.99 at Forever21
reversible plaid puffer jacket
Usually the other writer here is the one who is overenthusiastic about plaid. I've gotta do my part, don't I? I love the neck of this jacket. I also love jackets with the little knit sleeve things that are just perfect for letting your fingers peek out as you shiver with your hands pulled into the sleeves.
$17.49 at Charlotte Russe
bubbling mini vase
This makes me want to sing "little bubbles on the pretty vase" to the tune of "little boxes on the hillside". Also to drink ginger ale.
$15 at annaspots's etsy shop
1.29.2009
honey bee shoe
It's heels under 20 day!
I will never be the person who can pull this off. But if you are, please please take one for the team!
$14.99 at Delia's
patent leather-look platform pump
It's heels under 20 day!
Are these not awesome in the sense of filling one with awe? They look like Barbie's shoes! Like if Barbie were real she would have Ken pick up a pair of these on the way home from the lifeguard station. But she's not real, and you are, and don't need a Ken to get a pair of these.
$14.99 at Newport News
mossimo verdi wedges
It's heels under 20 day!
Shoes where the heel and the toe connect look so futuristic and awesome. Like Julia Roberts would wear them in that fake movie that is inside the real movie Notting Hill. It might be the only science fiction movie I've ever wanted to see, obviously excepting Serenity.
$18.89 at Target
restricted temptation heels
It's heels under 20 day!
I respect designers who walk closer and closer to, but stop exactly perfectly right in front of, the line called "TOO MANY DETAILS".
$19.99 at Piperlime
hot tamale peep-toe mid-heel pump
It's heels under 20 day!
All I have to say is, there's a reason it's called hot tamale.
$19.99 at Victoria's Secret
sheik motion heel
It's heels under 20 day!
I read too much Regency romance. Finely turned ankles were apparently a big deal back then. Updating this turn-on for the 21st century is this delicate heel.
$19.97 at Sheikh Shoes
kenney mary jane wedge
It's heels under 20 day!
The best way to pull off an all-black outfit is a surprise at the bottom.
$19.99 at Payless
1.28.2009
pinstripe blouse
Pair with slacks and low heels. Perfect for your 10:00 meeting with the hiring partner and your 12:00 lunch with your girlfriend.
$19.99 at Charlotte Russe
lithe vases
These are the kind of vases that are the most perfect without flowers in them.
$12.95 for the 23" and $16.95 for the 29" at ZGallerie
plush blanket
I'm writing huddled up under one of these and another sheet and a comforter. I'm cold.
$19.99 at JCPenney
a little reckless recycled magnetic locket set
You know how sometimes you come across products and you're like, 'I could have thought of that'? And then how many many fewer times you come across products and you're like, 'There's no way I could ever have thought of that'? This is one of the latter. Made of a recycled auto part, with three adorable interchangeable magnetic lids, this is a modern girl's locket.
$16 at polarity's etsy shop
her hair t-shirt
You have to click through and look at just how much goshdarn hair there is on this t-shirt.
$18 at Threadless
1.27.2009
becky knit dress
It's dresses under 20 day!
Perfect with a layer underneath on a cool day and some barely there understuffs on those sticky hot days where you don't want to feel anything against your skin.
$14.99 at Delia's
sam & max floral chiffon dress
It's dresses under 20 day!
Are you sweet? I think this is a sweet person kind of dress. Or, of course, a manipulative person kind of dress.
$9.97 at Tilly's
dolman rib cowl neck dress
It's dresses under 20 day!
Pair with a knee length coat and your winter look will be a winner.
$16.99 at Mandee
v-neck tie-waist dress
It's dresses under 20 day!
Who doesn't love polka dots? Go big and colorful for your crazy hoodie and small and classy for your pretty dress.
$14.99 at Target
belted turtleneck sweater dress
It's dresses under 20 day!
I think you'll have to swap out this belt, but this could be one classy dress.
$16.99 at GoJane
cross-front jersey dress
It's dresses under 20 day!
Pick up this bargain for a rainy day. And by rainy day I mean that day that comes once every winter where the sun forgets what season it is and turn itself on at summer wattage!
$15 at Old Navy
1.26.2009
plastic pocket flask
I am the kind of person who thinks it would be funny to fill this with apple juice, stick it in your kid's back pocket, and send her to school.
$15 at Kiosk
let there be lights print
I'm just feeling this dark kind of hopefulness (hopeful kind of darkness? no, definitely dark kind of hopefulness) today.
$7.50 at risamay's etsy shop
liza bracelet
The perfect accessory to make that all-brown, all-black, or all-gray outfit look just-right.
$9 at Francesca's Collections
bubble-sleeved hooded cropped jacket
The perfect thing to dress up whatever iteration of jeans-and-a-tee-shirt you wear five times a week.
$17.95 at Heavenly Couture
cross reference shoes
It is surprisingly hard to find these slip-on athletic could-pass-as professional if absolutely necessary flats. Remember when Skechers came out with the ones with the one strap that crosses diagonally and then again? And how apparently no other shoe manufacturer could think of any other design that didn't look like a complete ripoff? No longer!
$9.99 at Aerosoles
1.23.2009
weekend words
the missing
suheir hammad
the way loss seeps
into neck hollows
and curls at temples
sits between front teeth
cavity
empty and waiting
for mourning to open
the way mourning stays
forever shadowing vision
shaping lives with memory
a drawer won't close
sleep elusive
smile illusive
the only real is grief
forever counting the days
minutes missing without knowing
so that one day
you find yourself
showering tears
missing that love
like sugar
aches teeth
suheir hammad
the way loss seeps
into neck hollows
and curls at temples
sits between front teeth
cavity
empty and waiting
for mourning to open
the way mourning stays
forever shadowing vision
shaping lives with memory
a drawer won't close
sleep elusive
smile illusive
the only real is grief
forever counting the days
minutes missing without knowing
so that one day
you find yourself
showering tears
missing that love
like sugar
aches teeth
solid bandeau monokini
Buy swimwear on sale - something a little on the classic side like this black monokini.
$14.99 at Delia's
tea-for-one set
I'm a little teapot short and stout, here is my handle here is my spout, when I get all steamed up hear me shout, tip me over and pour. me. out!
$7.99 at World Market
acrylic diamond rings
Find a new best friend who's much more progressive and not associated with such a big commitment.
$10 at Elsewares
oval salad servers
Made of 100% organically grown bamboo, these salad servers will have you doing your body good (eating more salad!)
$8 at re:modern
time of the month case
"Time of the month". "Aunt Flo's visit". And my favorite, courtesy of 1990s classic, Clueless, "surfing the crimson wave." Doesn't really matter what reference you use, it's still coming once a month. Let this adorable little tampon case help you stay prepared.
$20 at MyPinkOlive's Etsy shop
1.22.2009
Blu Bijoux turquoise hoop earrings
These turquoise hoop earrings might just be the pair that you don't bother to put back in your jewelry box since you wear them every single time you step out of the house.
$17 at Max & Chloe
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