OBSESSED - Over the Knee Boots, Do or Don't?

The other day wihle I was frequenting the Nordstroms website, I came across these lovelies:

Stuart Weitzman 'Vigorous'

 What do we think people, do or don't?  I keep envisioning them with dark skinny jeans and a over the shoulder cream sweater and the camel over the knee boots....HOT!

Perfume Picks

N's Recommendations for R

• Dolce & Gabbana The One: The One is a warm, oriental floral, with modern sensuality - a fragrance with a strong personality, and a contrasting golden sweetness. Created for the ultimate diva, The One is at once tempting, modern, and glamorous, embracing a touch of classicism. The top notes radiate a vibrant luminosity, with a sun-touched citrus, while warm fruity notes of luscious lychee and succulent peach add to the delight. The passionate heart evokes an exploding femininity, with an opulent floral soul, creating a distinct, audacious signature. An unexpected hint of plum glows as the base finally blooms with luscious allure into the lasting warmth of vanilla and sweetened ambery-musk notes.
• Marc Jacobs Lola: This warm floral bouquet conveys the free spirit of today's sexy, modern girl - she is playful, cool, and flirtatious. The long-lasting, day-and-night scent opens with pink peppercorn, pear, and ruby red grapefruit. Blooming midnotes of rose, fuschia peony, and geranium make a feminine statement. Layers of vanilla, warm tonka bean, and creamy musk create a sensous drydown.
• Gucci by Gucci: Gucci by Gucci is the signature fragrance for the modern day icon— a strong yet sensual woman driven by both her desire for achievement and her unmistakable feminine allure. The new Gucci fragrance falls into the Chypre floral scent family, with a top fruity citrus note and a woodsy base note. The fragrance emerges with an unexpected and exotic blend of guava and pear, bringing with it a uniqueness and modernity. The heart adds a rich, sensual femininity with the Tahitian Tiare flower bringing creaminess to an unconventional bouquet. The bottom consists of musky notes and honey that add sensuality and warmth to the strength of the patchouli.

R's Recommendations for N

• Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue: A stunning perfume, overwhelming and irresistible like the joy of living. Surprising and colored: the liveliness of Sicilian citron, the happiness of Granny Smith apple, the spontaneity of bluebells. Feminine and resolute: the intensity of jasmine, the freshness of bamboo, the charm of white rose. Deep and true: the character of cedarwood, the fullness of amber, the embrace of musk.
• Chloé

  Chloé

  : Capturing the spirit of women, the Chloé vision is not about one singular woman, but rather about the rich and varied personalities of all Chloé women. This fresh, smooth floral fragrance evokes sublime powdery rose. The effect is chic, comfortable, and entirely addictive. Top notes of pink peony, freesia, and lychee embody subtle freshness. At the heart, midnotes of magnolia flower, lily of the valley, and rose rise to sublimated femininity. A base of velvety elegance comes to fruition through cedarwood, amber, and honey.
• Prada Prada: Prada brings its unique fusion of tradition and innovation to the world of fragrance, reinventing the ancient art of perfumery by creating a fragrance of yesterday and tomorrow, a scent inspired by the past, that embodies the future. It is a fragrance that intertwines memory, reality, and possibility.

Things I Would Tell My 21 Year Old Self

So, a blog that N and I both read from a fellow high school alum had an interesting post last night, which inspired this post from me.

Below, I've broken out advice by main topics that we all worry about at 21.

Topic 1:  Love
Stop focusing on trying to fall in love so much.  Take this time being single to REALLY enjoy living with 3 of your best friends (and 1 person you will stop speaking to, and 1 stinky girl).  Enjoy the freedom this gives you to travel, stay up all night, have pink EVERYTHING.  Life is fun and carefree - enjoy it (and your grades will be better too, if you don't have a random weirdo in your life).

Topic 2:  Trying to Thin Enough
Enough is never enough.  Eat with your friends, for some reason, people don't like eating with others that only eat 1/2 cup of special k cereal.  Not ok.  That random girl is really skinny, but she's an awful person.  At least you're nice :)

Topic 3:  Rushing To Graduate
This is the hardest!  School was hard - sure, but nothing beats have structure and having your parents there to help you with your goals.  Working is not that fun, you really just work for the weekends.

Topic 4:  Sure, your parents are odd - who's aren't?
Hahaha - I would have never believed that I would enjoy (maybe even LOVE) seeing and spending time with my parents.  Sure they have quirks - whose don't?

Topic 5:  Being popular
This one is silly.  Enjoy good friends.  Ones that love you - math jokes and all.  And embrace the nerd in you :)

Blog Shout Out

In the spirit of the random "5 Happy Things" we sometimes post, here's a good blog to follow: The Top 1000

Thanks Re!

N's 30 Things Update

7 down, 23 (in 3.5 months) to go! Yikes. I've been lazy and have only done the easy/fun items. The newest are as follows:

• Saturday: It started drizzling when I got home from the gym, so I figured it was a great time to go for a walk in the rain since I was about to shower anyway. Granted, it stopped raining by the time I got to the end of my street, but it still counts - right?!
• Sunday: I'm not extremely religious, but I appreciate the peace and spirituality associated with temples. However, I've only gone when my parents have taken me. So I made an effort to visit the Hindu temple nearby, only to find that there was a kids' camp going on and the whole building was insanely loud. The purpose was a bit defeated, but I stayed for a bit and made my donation. Maybe I'll go back.
• Today: I took a 45 minute voice lesson. I felt extremely self-conscious but learned some cool info AND have a recording of the entire lesson.* No, I don't plan to take classes regularly or actually pursue singing. It was just something I've wanted to do.

*I was totally about to attach an audio clip here since I don't have photographic proof (and count it as a bonus item on my list since it's like performing a solo), but I'm too lazy to sign up for online storage and upload the clip and link it here. Your ears will thank me.

Hips / Puberty #2 - I'm done with you - go back now.

I never claim to be a skinny person.  However, I know that my weight fluctuates a good 3-5 pounds and it drives me insane.  Well, I have a new grievance- MY HIPS!  WTF $#$*&#@?!

I don't understand.  My jeans fit fine and some of my dresses fit fine, BUT the dresses that have no hip forgiveness are TIGHT!  I mean like "lay on the bed, put grease on my hips, and still too tight to pull up!!" 

I've been complaining about this for the past few weeks, and someone finally said "oh you're growing into your 30 year old body." WTF! No one told me that there would be another "change" coming!  ARGH!

And then yesterday, I went to the Nordies Anniversary Sale and tried on multiple dresses with such little luck on dresses that fit.  Even the dresses that did fit, showcased my HUGE hips...I guess on the bright side it makes my waist look falsely small.

I did buy this dress tho -

Pretty dress...but man, my hips are FOUR times the size of that chick's. 

The Perfume Project

1. R and I take quizzes* online and read descriptions to find 3 potential "signature scents" for ourselves and each other.

2. Each of us, hopefully armed with store-provided coffee beans, sniffs away at the predetermined list of aromas to narrow it down to one.

3. We send each other the names of our personal scent of choice and the scent we each think will best fit the other.

4. Discussion and trips to Nordies will ensue, and we'll score our signature scents! Added bonus: I will cross another item off my "30 Things" list.

*In case you're interested:
http://www.marieclaire.com/fragrance-finder/
http://www.lhj.com/lhj/quiz.jsp?quizId=/templatedata/lhj/quiz/data/FragranceQuiz.xml