fun website finds

1st is http://www.wordle.net/

You can make fun collages like this one (it should get bigger if you click on it):


I just entered my blog URL and it made a collage using words found within it. I love how big "relaunch" and "houndstooth" are.

The other fun website I found is http://www.yearbookyourself.com/

I created a yearbook photo of myself from 1966, 1976 and 1984

vindication comes in black and white

I just discovered the fabulous website of Lucky magazine. There was an article showing an outfit for each day in November using the same 15(or so) items of clothing and accessories. To my surprise, one of the items was a cropped houndstooth jacket (one of which I had just purchased a few weeks ago). I am a girl who loves houndstooth and has since before it was everywhere. I remember buying a houndstooth sweater 5 years ago in the Charter Club department at Macy's. The wasband (that will be his name on this blog - I got the term from the book Straight up & dirty : a memoir by Stephanie Klein) teased me to no end saying it was a grandma sweater. Well...look around now. Houndstooth is everywhere - even in men's clothing. I was just ahead of the times (for once at least). I feel vindicated :)

Moving on... I was very inspired by the outfits shown using this jacket, so I decided to share.
This is the jacket they used (by Kensie, $98):

I got mine at Penney's for $40 and it's black and white, not grey.

Here are the looks they made at Lucky:

Another piece I really liked was this Express sweater that they had listed at $74. Well, I checked Express online and it was half off!!!! So I ordered it :) I'm way into this belt trend - thrift stores are a great place to find them!

I received a Nordstrom gift card for my birthday, so I'm hoping to get a couple pieces to help make these outfits happen - I'll post what I find :)

Want to see the article? Find it here: http://www.luckymag.com/shopping/2008/11/monthofoutfits?showall=true

Happy shopping!

Get off your butt...

So last night about 9:30, I was in bed watching an old movie when I received a text from a friend asking if I wanted to meet them in Seattle. Well after much hesitation and desire to just stay in bed watching the movie and probably be asleep by 10:30, I picked myself up, threw on a new shirt and a little bronzer, pulled back my unwashed hair and made myself leave.

Let this be a lesson to me - I had the best time! I went to places I had never been and danced until 2am - which I haven't done in many years.

I probably could have done without the college-esque snack I ate upon arriving home, but all in all it was a blast.

I am writing this as documentation that it's worth getting out there - you just never know. Next time I want to refuse a last-minute invitation to stay home and watch a Joan Crawford movie, I will read this post and get off my butt!

October 23, 2008... I am 27...

I plan to make this "the year of me." I'm excited at all that awaits me and the discoveries I can't even imagine I will make. Ok...time to relaunch!

dictionary results for: relaunch
Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English

relaunch
Part of Speech:
v, n
Definition:
to reintroduce a product or brand to the market after changes or
improvements have been made


If you are curious about what led up to this relaunch, check out my short stint at http://clearblogs.com/twentyseven/