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Hey!

So I’ve been online for the past two weeks – a lot. It seems as though I’ve been sucked into a time warp where I’ve aged my closet 6 months (as in… why is neon pink still present? White t-shirts? capris?) and spent far too long mastering this stupid facebook game. gah.

I’m been using google reader to keep track of the many, many blogs I’ve fallen in love with. Unfortunately, it makes it a lot easier to skim the blogs instead of really reading and enjoying. I have managed to find a few things over the past week that ‘I basically can’t live without.

Here goes:

WATCHES – and more than one of them.

Examples:

Top two photos taken from Daily Work It (love, love her blog)

Bottom photo taken from Outsapop

What do you think? I don’t wear a watch… but I think I like the idea of wearing them as accessories? Around your neck? I don’t know. I’m a fashion victim. sigh.

Next up: http://www.outsapop.com

“I´m a crafty fashionaddicted girl from Finland. I´ve studied clothes making and graduated in 2000. Nowadays I´m most into customizing clothes for myself. I started this blog to share all the DIY inspiration and recycle fashion ideas I find online and my own DIY fashion projects. Recycled materials + fashion = trashion.”

Check out her blog. Lately… I’ve been enamored with this idea:

What do you think? Could I pull it off? At the end of last season – I bought (literally) 6 sweaters from Old Navy with a crew neck in lovely colours that I could (probably) match. I don’t know. Not only am I a fashion victim (if only you could see today’s outfit) but I’m fashion challenged and also a fashion chicken.

ok, next.

I found this blog this weekend. I love it. I hate saying things like this (but whatever)… but I feel like her outfits would work well on my body type (i.e. not a size 2). Her blog is great… it seems like she buys a lot of her staple pieces at stores i have access to. Ok, i found two of them… here are the linky-poos and a sweet outfit from each..

Elements of Style: linky-poo

Fashion for the Economically Challenged: linky-poo

On an off topic… I’m going to the states again in about 4 weeks and need a game plan. I have a v. large budget (i.e. >$500) and want to update my wardrobe. Maybe in the next few weeks i can make a list and you guys can help me edit it. k cool.

Finally, item number 4:

I need a pair of booties. Help me.

Here are examples:

Stipulations…

1. I hate spending more than $35 on, well, anything
2. They can’t be leather (and well, that makes sense for that price)
3. The heel can’t be taller than 2.5″…. I need to be able to wear them!

ok help! Thanks internet!

xo, barb

coming soon:

ANTM update (I’m two episodes behind, oops)
Project Runway… I think I’m 3 episodes behind on this one. I’m a blogging failure.

Sign up to Covet.

It’s like shopping without sin.

• You sign up on the website (for free).
• You go through a short quiz to find your “style”. (Basically they show you photos of celebrities… and you pick which outfit you’d wear and eventually they narrow it down to 3-4 styles).
• You input your sizes for everything you can think of… shoes, pants, tops, blouses… (and you can pick more than one size! Like… I’m a large in most t-shirts but definitely and extra large for anything I need to button)
• You pick your price range (This is my favourite). You pick the lowest you’ll pay (obv $0.01 for me!) and the most you’d pay for any specific clothing piece. Example: I won’t pay more than $20 for a t-shirt… so my range was $0.01 to $20- but I’ll pay more money for a purse… so my limit was $20-$50.
• Voila!

Covet will send you an e-mail every day with stuff ON SALE in your size.

Check it out and report back! Seriously, I want to be jealous of your finds.

xo, barb

I’m going to update this blog almost hourly. I spend so much of my time poring over magazines, reading blogs and looking at websites. I’ve been enamored with Chanel’s website this afternoon – checking out the fall/winter lines. The Cruise has a few classic pieces while the ready-to-wear is making me drool. I should rename my blog: “If I had $1,000,000”.  Or “If I was a size 4”

(Pics taken without permission from Mahalofashion)

I’m so glad B&W is sticking around in such a huge way.

I’ve been reading this blog lately –

Cupcakes & Cashmere

Basically it’s this beautiful woman who blogs about her life. She posts photos of new outfits, picks for the fall, what she wore to go get a hot dog… you know – the basics :)

I think in the coming days – I will post my fall outlook. I’m not one for buying trends as they hit the shelves – for two reasons.

1. Holy I am not skinny
2. Full price for anything other than a latté at starbucks is too much for me

But I’ll show you the select pieces I plan to buy (or in some cases, recycle) for the fall.

WOW I’M UP LATE

TTYL