I'm Under Here

That's me. Buried under tons of tasks, chores and bidness' that need to be attended to at work, at home and everywhere in between. So I'm probably not going to be able to come out and play for a while. TTFN.

ps - the watch winner will be picked Monday!

Nice Rack

One of my favorite things about my new closet is my built in shoe shelves. I've never had shoe storage before that didn't involve some college type solution from The Container Store. If I had been a little more savvy in my earlier years perhaps I could have found a junky old armoire and jazzed it up like this one to store my shoes. Don't you just love the idea? Framed in black they look like little works of art!

Image from here. 

Giveaway - Tic Toc

Whenever you read one of those articles where a fabulous women rattles off 10 things every woman should own - without a doubt a nice, statement watch makes the list. Check out this fabulous watch giveaway from Orient.



Men's watches are all the rage these days and a chunky, masculine watch on a delicate lady's wrist always looks super chic. The watch is super stylish, stainless, water resistant within 50 meters and automatic. Some might be partial to a darker face watch, which boasts all the same fabulous stats.

Isn't it cute? Don't you want it? If so....leave a comment!

Rules:
1. Leave a comment with a blog link or email address. No anonymous comments will be considered.
2. One comment per person and you must have a US mailing address.
3. Come back on August 3rd to see if you won! Winner will be chosen with Random.org

Have A Wonderful Weekend!!

I can't wait for this weekend to begin - friends are coming in from near and far for a fun, girly weekend - my last hurrah before baby. My best friends are my world and with 95% of them living several hundred miles away, I cherish these weekends like no other. Plus, I finally get to meet Sarah's baby girl, Anna Grace!!!

ps- what are you up to this weekend?
pps- i have a giveaway starting on Monday!

Out of The Mouth of Babes

Kids write and say the funniest things. It's funny to go back through things from your youth and get a good laugh at what you wrote. For example, my mom kept all my letters to the Tooth Fairy and one envelope proudly boasts that "ps. this envelope was sprayed with Electric Youth." Remember that stuff? Oh Debbie Gibson how I adored you and thought your scent would coax the Tooth Fairy into giving me more money.

Last night, Doug and I were going through some of his things and found some letters that he had written to his grandparents when he was a kid. One was a thank you note for some birthday cash in which he informs them he is either going to use it to join the KISS Army or put it in the bank. Two very sensible options, no? Did I mention he was seven when he wrote that? I asked him what he did with the money after all and needless to say it never made it to the bank. Your welcome, Gene Simmons. We got some huge laughs out of that one.

Letter above from this book - a classic.

Legs For Days

Remember when I said I should pull a Blake Lively and acquire a pair of nude pumps to fool everyone with shoe trickery and think I might actually have long legs? Well, I bought some. They are gorge. They appear comf. They are Nine West and under $75. Sadly, my foot does not currently fit into them with this whole PFS (pregnancy foot syndrome) I got going on - but one day in the not so distant future I hope to slap them on and feel like a girl of 5' 3".

In Blume

This clip from Jimmy Fallon of Will Arnett reading from a Judy Blume book in his "voiceover" voice has me cracking up. Anyone else read that book? What a good one.

Tub Love

Our house has an original clawfoot tub in the downstairs bathroom. It's pretty, it has loads of character - but no storage. Where is a gal to put her shampoo and such? Found on Apartment Therapy were pics of the clawfoot tub storage at the Ace Hotel in Portland - and man oh man do I love their tub storage hardware.

Soap Dish

Shampoo/Conditioner Caddy

Anyone have a clue as to were to find such things for not so much $$?

Cooking Wednesday

Not me - the chefs on Top Chef Masters. Anyone else enjoying this version of the show as much as me? Tonight Chef Roy Yamaguchi is a contestant. Doug and I ate at his restaurant in Maui on our honeymoon and our meal was nothing shy of amazing. I will be rooting for him tonight as I sit on the couch with my heated up leftovers. If you live in a city with one of his many locations - check it out and YES, definitely get the chocolate souffle.

Peep The Sart's Book Cover

And pre-order your Bespoke edition on Amazon for a pretty penny.

Sleepless In Houston

Hi everyone! Wondering where I've been and why the number of posts on this blog have dwindled? Me too. Thing is, I'm exhausted. The cruel joke of pregnancy (or at lease my pregnancy) at this stage is that even though I can barely hold my eyes open and don't even know my own name sometimes - I can't sleep. I'm too hot, I'm too cold, I'm not comfortable on this side, not this side either and the ever famous - great, now I have to pee AGAIN. I purchased this awesome, sexy thing a while back. My husband calls it "the tooth." It helped then. Not so much anymore.



I even was given a bottle of some aromatherapy potion you spray on your pillow and sheets to calmly lull you to sleep. I used for the first time last night. My husband asked why the bed smelled like disinfectant. Again, shot down and wide awake at 2:30 AM.

I'm inching my way (pun intended) to my ninth month of this pregnancy shindig and in the last three weeks I have: packed, moved, unpacked, assembled several pieces of IKEA furniture and had a garage sale. Did I mention Houston is going through it's hottest Summer in history? Needless to say, it's been tough. Worth it - but tough. We officially only have one, lonesome cardboard box to go through and a few pictures to hang and then - maybe I'll get to follow those trusty doctors orders of putting my feet up and resting. At least until my sleepless nights are caused by something much, much cuter than carpal tunnel. :)

Anywho - posts might be light the next month or so....but so much wonderfulness is to come. Stay tuned. xoxo

Whip It Good

How fun does this movie look? Tons.

Have A Great Weekend!

Pick up a copy of latest issue of InStyle for a super cute photo spread on Zooey and her 500 Days of Summer co-star. I'll be flipping through my issue with a watermelon snowball.

And The Winner Is.....

Jessica from Stage Fright Jitters! Congrats Jessica*! Rock those boyfriend jeans like no other! And thanks to chickdowntown.com for the opportunity to win these amazing jeans!! Jessica - send me an email!

*Random.org was used to select the winner.

Blogging Break

Hi everyone! I'm going to take the rest of the week off from blogging (minus announcing the winner of the jeans tomorrow!!). I was diagnosed this morning with – of all things - pregnancy induced carpal tunnel syndrome. Yes, it exists. After being up the last few nights with come-out-of-my-skin numb hands and fingers I was advised to do as little typing at the computer as possible for a few days and to pick up a few new accessories. Cute, huh? Luckily I only need to sleep in them.

Come back tomorrow to see if you are the new owner of some boyfriend jeans (boyfriend not included)!!

Braids!!

My love of braids hasn't gone away - and apparently the public's hasn't either. A nice little fishtail braid how-to in the LA Times.

Anna Sui-tens Up Target

Check out these three looks from Anna Sui's Gossip Girl inspired collection for Target.

From L-R: Jenny, Blair, Serena. Is it weird that I like the Jenny look the best? I hate how she dresses on the show.

Pool Party at Jim's

Check out John Krasinski's new LA home - pretty fabulous!

L. A. M. B. Love

Gwen Stefani sometimes misses the boat with her L.A.M.B. line - but these sandals are lovely. And on sale.

We've Got Spirits

Is it wrong to blog about vodka when your pregnant? Gin? No? Yes? Oh well, when the bottle is this pretty - the stuff inside is purely secondary. Again, outing myself as a total packaging whore when it comes to all things alcoholic. True story - I started drinking Rolling Rock in college because I liked the green bottle. The love for the actual beer came later.

Anywho - back to Love Joy Vodka from Integrity Spirits. Can you imagine a prettier bottle on the bar? Only if is their 12 Bridges Gin.

Who's Bad?

Remember when I said the one Michael Jackson tribute I was waiting for was the ballet? Well one exists! A reader commented that a Denmark ballet company created Michael - I'm Bad - a dance biography set to the original music of Michael Jackson that highlights notable moments in the singer's life. Here are some images. Looks pretty cool right? Would you be able to watch or would the music make you want to get up and dance too? I'm thinking the latter.

Giveaway - Denim Darling

The lovely ladies of chickdowntown.com have ponied up one awesome giveaway, readers! You want to dress like:

Reese

Rachel

or Cameron?

You will be halfway there if you win this month's giveaway of a pair of Current/Elliott Boyfriend jeans. The perfect pair of deconstructed slouchy slacks to get you through the rest of Summer and pair with boots come Fall. These bad boys retail for $242. Not too shabby. Also, totally loving the cute and inexpensive dresses from BB Dakota - but that's beside the point. 

You can totally be down with chickdowntown.com on Twitter and Facebook as well to get all the up to date fashion scoop!

The rules are as follows:

1. You have to leave a comment with an email address or blog link so I can find you when I pick you! One comment per person please.

2. You must have a US mailing address.

3. The winner will be picked July 15th - so check back! 

Hope You See Fireworks

In case you can't - these are for you. Happy 4th of July!!

Independence Day

May your 4th sparkle.

Wine House

We will need to stock our bar once this baby arrives and the guests stream in for a visit with the little guy. Since I buy wine based on packaging and name - I'm thinking a few bottles from JAQK might be just right. God, I would kill for a nice glass of chardonnay right now. Hey - it's happy hour somewhere.





Plus the corks have a nice little message for everyone. And I dig the little touches like that.

I'm Breezy

She looks nice and breezy, doesn't she? Wonder where she's going.

Have $25 Mil To Spare?

If so you could claim 400 West St. as your new digs. The Novogratz fam, of Sixx Design, is moving on out after outgrowing the space with the arrival of their 7th kid. If it sounds a bit expensive, consider that they are throwing in a precious little house boy.

Get In The Know With Zoe

Rachel Zoe is getting in on the eblast game. Sign up for her Gwyneth GOOP like newsletter here. The next season of Mrs. Bananas-Shut-it-Down starts on August 25th.