Winehouse Out

I'm not a huge fan of Amy Winehouse, but I stumbled across this video of her performing live, and I must say I was pretty impressed. I think if I could steal a voice, it would be this one, or maybe that of Adele. I love a white chick that pull off a sound mostly reserved for soulful black women. RIP Amy, RIP.

Tom Ford is in the building

I've waited for this moment for a long time. The chance to hold a Tom Ford lipstick in my hands. Well, the time is now. After waiting for my backwards Nordstrom to carry the line with no luck, I broke down and ordered the coveted lip color online.

These are the swatches of all the colors. I usually have bad luck with lip color, so I tried to pick one that would definitely work. I chose smoke red because it seemed less red and more borwn which usually works better for me. When I put it on this morning, I thought it looked good, but when I got in the car I may have looked a bit like the joker. I have small lips, so I can't carry a bold lip very well. It isn't a bold color per se, but everything seems to go on my lips dark.


Anyway, the packaging is simply devine. Old Hollywood glam for sure. It's a heavy tube, probably the weight of a full salt shaker. The smell is so nice you almost want to eat it. But at $45 bucks a pop, I'll savor it for tasting once on my levres. It goes on smooth as silk, like an LV or Hermes scarf. :) Because of that, it is a bit slippery on the lips, and wears off a bit faster than most lipsticks. I just put a bit on now as I write, and it looks decent in the mirror. Maybe when it wears off it makes me look clowny? Maybe my greasy forehead is throwing me off.

If the occasion arises that I am able to browse other colors in-person, I would consider another color as well but I don't want to risk it in case I make a bad decision. I know me, and it would never be sent back. Which reminds me I will have to tell all of you the story of the Carolina Herrera dress I "bought" for a meeting in LA.

Summer Dip

I was going to pop this little number on to take Lyla to the pool, but instead I wore my fully ruched one piece with a skirt, with a dress past my knees over it, a towel around me, a hat, and sunglasses. It's been a while since my last Brazilian too, so...next time...

Rhododendron Chandelier

I wonder where this chandelier from Anthropologie can find a home in our new home?



The lighting is hideous throughout, so there are a few options. It is 32" in diameter, which is pretty big, so maybe over our bed since it has a feminine look to it. Although, I vowed to myself I would buy this lamp from Restoration Hardware and hang it above my bed whenever I had a proper house to do so.


I wonder if it could work in the entryway as soon as you walk in? I'll have to check with my sister, the boss of all things decorating. As she kindly put it to me a few weeks ago, "You have really good taste, and you like a lot of really nice things, but you don't know what you want as a theme, and you like too many different styles of things." She is so very right. I love many things, but I have a hard time sticking to one style. I want the new house to be cohesive, presently I'm in every direction. I am hoping to plan each room one by one, so as we complete them, they work together. Since, we'll be broke anyway, I can really take my time over the next ten years figuring it all out. By that time, everything we will have done will need to be re-done.

Speaking of entryways, I am certainly feeling this one. I'm loving the high strip of wallpaper up on high here. I'm also a sucker for ceiling-covered wallpaper. One thing that is consistent, I never have decorated in predominantly white, and yet, it's always the first color scheme I'm drawn too. We'll have to see what happens...