Sloppy seconds

Ummm excuse me but what are The Hills girls doing crashing the Hawaiian vacation of Brody and buddies? Could these girls please get a life, a job, something. All of a sudden there is a mutual attraction between Brody and Audrina that has always been there? When did this come about, before or after Lauren was smooching his face off? Seriously, how awkward is it to tell your friend who has dated Brody that you just spent the night in his room? Lauren has to be PO'd... Who needs enemies!

Here comes the Hammer?

Guess what are back in style... over at BCBG anyway? MC Hammer pants! I received my BCBG Max Azria summer 2009 catalog and the first thing that jumped out at me, and not in a good way, were these Harem Pants (their official name). I suppose the model is pulling them off, but I wouldn't dare want to see them in the streets on some poor regular girl thinking she's hot stuff. Some things should be left for only the runway.

The Hills blurb of week 3

"I feel like I'm in a nightmare" is how Spencer said he feels about his relationship with Heidi in last night's episode of the Hills, yet she continues to stay with him. But I must say that I was cracking up after he said it! Also, did you notice how skinny Heidi's sister Holly looked last night? Someone caught a glimpse of herself on television last season and decided to take up the Mary Kate diet... what a difference LA can make! P.S. Brody's new girlfriend is not cute.

Recreated

Who says I couldn't be a model?! Here I am (unintentionally) recreating a pose by model Anja Rubik in Vogue magazine. I only discovered the photography will blog-rolling on Flora's Box long after my photograph was taken.

Word Play

This is great, especially his monologue at the end.

A sad day in bag town

I just discovered that my official handbag site EuroBella has been impacted by the very slowed economy and has shut its doors. This was the only website I could rely on for authentic designer handbags at a lowered (out-of-season) price, and great customer service. Not that I was in the market for a new handbag, but I like to venture over to the site now and again to browse, but now no more. They had the best collection too - Gucci, Prada, Dior, Marc Jacobs you name it. Boy I'm really going to miss them.

Another year

Happy final day to file taxes day.... Unless you filed for an extention. Now take that refund and pump it back into the economy... NOT!!

The Hills blurb of week 2

Now I know why Spencer is crazy; He hangs out with serial killers... Look at this guy! And by the way, Heidi is so passive aggressive. How many times is she going to tell Spencer what someone else thinks they should do. "My mom said we should be able to not be having these problems". "Stephanie was saying that maybe therapy would help". They are such a train wreck.

Latest obsession

It's been a while since I've obsessed over a wearable item. Probably because I've been trying to stay out of the stores since I'm on a major budget. And can I add that I'm quite proud of myself.... However every time I walk into my store I am pleasantly harassed by this gorgeous jacket on the Banana Republic mannequin in the window. Banana happens to reside right across from my store so I have the pleasure of staring at the jacket from time to time while I'm working. It's $110, which I feel is a pretty reasonable price, but I shouldn't purchase it - should I? How cute is it!

Bird head

Do you know what's hideous? This knitted bird hat on Heidi from last night's episode of The Hills.

Opportunity presented

I finally got the opportunity (and guts) to wear my sexy, or scandalous according to my mom, bathing suit. I had been looking for a cut-out suit forever, but all the suits I found in that design were way too pricey or just not exactly right. I finally found the perfect one on some random website last year and purchased it at a very reasonable price. After trying it on, it sat in my dresser drawer for a year! I found it way too sexy to pull off at the local pool; However a trip to the Bahamas would be the perfect opportunity. Here I am finally wearing it!

The Bachelor season 223

The show is really in its 13th season, but The Bachelor seems to be going on forever and with only two happy couples to show for it. Last night hot bachelor Jason Mesnick made his choice and boy did some drama go down afterwards, but lets start with his journey. I posted about his experience on last season's show where it came down to bachelorette DeAnna choosing Jason or Jesse. Everyone was so touched when Jason got down on his knee to propose to DeAnna only to hear from her "no, I can't". I was literally in tears and felt so bad for him. To no ones surprise ABC made Jason this season's bachelor and why not: he's incredibly hot, so sweet, and seems to have the best personality. They brought about 25 women as usual and from the beginning you could tell who he was going to give the chance to. The four women whose family he chose to meet were Melissa, Molly, Jillian, and Naomi. I knew he was not truly into Naomi from their dynamics and interaction (not to mention her weirdo family), there was no surprise that he let her go. After the romantic get-away to New Zealand he discovered that Jillian was not the one for him, and I say about time. She was annoying in my opinion and Jason could definitely do better. Now it's down to Melissa and Molly. The chemistry and his affection for Melissa were undeniable from the very beginning. Throughout the process I could feel the genuine love Melissa had for Jason and it looked to be reciprocated. Then came the meeting of his family including his son Ty. It was at that moment that I could see and tell that Jason was more in love with Molly than Melissa and boy was I disappointed, but you can just see Jason light up when he is with Molly. By this point both women have professed their love for him, but there was something about Melissa that I felt would be the better choice for Jason. Melissa and Molly both had one last date and used that time to reiterate their strong genuine feelings for Jason, and again it was clear on camera to me that he was more in love with Molly.

It's proposal day and guess who shows up at Jason's door? That stupid dumb dumper DeAnna! She has broken up with her first choice Jesse and came to tell Jason she made a mistake. She told him she chose the fun wildcard in Jesse and not the sure safe bet in Jason. Jason admits that the two women he is choosing between have similar dynamics in that one is everything he thought he wanted in Melissa and the other woman is the more challenging one in Molly. Then that stupid dumb dumper DeAnna told Jason that she's there because he hasn't proposed yet and to give them another chance. Luckily Jason saw right through it and told her to get to steppin, that he's going to choose Melissa or Molly, not her! DeAnna tells Jason to be smart and to look further than the "wildcard". What?! Don't tell him who to choose you stupid dumb dumper!

At this point I really don't know who he is going to choose. Throughout the season I was positive that he would choose Melissa, but I truly don't know now! Then Molly's limo is the first to pull up - you know what that means: he's not choosing Molly! Wow, I was shocked and surprisingly sad because he seemed to be more in love with Molly. Then he had me in tears, literally! After dumping Molly he completely broke down sobbing like I've never seen a man sob before. Then he pulls himself together and proposes to Melissa, only I was left to wonder why. I hope it works out.

On the After The Final Rose show there was no audience or screaming girls as normal, it was just host Chris, a billion candles, and a couch. Jason comes out alone to eerie silence to tell host Chris and the cameras that he and Melissa are not right for each other and that he can't stop thinking about Molly. WHAT?!! Melissa later comes out to join Jason and host Chris only to get dumped on television. It was very dramatic and humiliating. She called Jason "such a bastard" and gave him back the ring. Was it only me who felt so awkward that host Chris was just sitting there listening to the break-up as if he was their counselor?! He finally excused himself towards the end of Jason's dumping of Melissa then she was able to let loose on Jason and told him not to call or text her ever again. It was a sad sight and I felt sorry that they had to handle that on television. After Melissa leaves to get into a limo by herself, Molly sits down alone with host Chris to express that she is still in love with Jason and still has a lot of questions for him not knowing that Jason is about to ask her back. Jason joins them on the couch and she immediately starts asking him her questions. Jason confesses to Molly that he just dumped Melissa because he cannot stop thinking about her. He commences to ask her back but to take it slow. Molly is obviously confused and asks, "what about Melissa?" He tells Molly it's over and he loves her and wants to see where it goes. Molly's priceless expression says it all and confesses that she's been dreaming of this moment. She agrees to give him another chance but conversations need to take place. They kiss and hug and I guess they're going to pick up where they left off. Molly was right when she told him he would regret letting her go on proposal day. All I can say is wow and I wish them the best, but the odds are against them. Oh and poor Melissa.

Scarf trend

I did it... I gave in to the triangle-tie scarf trend. You know, the trend where the kids are now tying their scarves like cowboys only it must have a cool pattern and it must be surrounded by fringe. The trend started last fall/winter so I'm a little late, but I typically take a lot of time in considering whether to join 'em or ignore 'em when it comes to trends. For our new spring line our store got in some fabulous scarves and I couldn't help myself when I saw them. I was going out and needed a cool accessory. When I tried it on I felt like I was wearing a bib or was offending Middle Eastern culture, but my coworker convinced me that it looked great on me. Have you given in to this trend?

Chick Flick released

When the relationship advice book He's Just Not That Into You released in 2005 it was one of the most in-demand items to hit pop culture. The authors even appeared on the Oprah show. There is no surprise they'd make a movie out of it. This weekend the anticipated movie has finally released with an all-star cast. Since I'm interested in relationships and advising my friends on theirs, I for one cannot wait to see the movie and how they will depict dating in the 21st century. Out of curiosity though I checked out some professional reviews about the film and guess what, they're not too good. Rolling Stone called it "a woman-bashing tract disguised as a chick flick". The LATimes called it "a bit like a weightless swirl of cotton candy with a mere second of sweetness..." I never expected Oscar nominations out of this film, just a few good laughs and two hours of entertainment. Let's hope the viewers get that. Let me know what you think of the movie.

Walk (sit) tall

Finally I found an occasion to wear my five inch heels. A pair of chocolate Anne Klein booties that I bought a year ago and have been staring at ever since, until now. My girlfriend had a birthday dinner where afterwards we would lounge it up and chill with the birthday girl. I thought, what a perfect opportunity to wear a pair of heels that in no way could I stand in for long periods of time, and in no way are meant to be danced in! These are strictly a very hot dinner shoe. At one point I got upset with myself for wasting steps when I walked the wrong way from my parked car to the lounge. With heels this tall every steps counts! Needless to say I was the tallest girl in the room, which meant lots of attention.