Kind of on a serious budget right now for several reasons:

- Brazil Travel Study program (~$6K)

• Also need extra dough to be able to spend on souvenirs...Mom thinks they're pointless and thus useless but I NEED THEM.
  

- Moving into a new condo...meaning $ on renovations, new furniture, etc

• I've been considering purchasing a new dining table/chairs with my own money since my parents are unwilling to get a new one although we've had our current one for ~20 years. It's ridiculous. The paint is chipping, the wood finish has lost its luster, and so much more...
  

- Summer school (that I paid for!)

• The fee which is also accompanied by parking for summer school...

I've been incredibly good about now bailing out on work...let's see how long this lasts.

On another note, I ordered a laptop leather backpack since my 4-yr-old 2-pocket Jansport one wasn't cutting it.

Hiatus, I'd said, but am in complete love/awe with/at these incredible Ann Demeulemeester shoes!

At a whopping $975 for the first pair and $875 for the second, I would have to:
(A) Work 18 hours a week for 2.5 months.
(B) Starve
(C) Be crazy enough to spend money on these.

=(

On a hiatus.

...not that I ever post regularly anymore.

happy lips

Lipstick seems impractical to/for me.

I rarely wear lip products, with the exception of Vaseline and sometimes Lush's Cake lip balm because lip products are too difficult to deal with. I have possibly the driest skin ever and the sides of my lips form cracks, causing dead skin to peel off. Attractive, I know.

I remember when I first fell into a heavy, obsessive relationship with make-up, specifically, with the infamous M.A.C. I used to firmly believe that none of my friends knew MAC [products] better than I did as I was on top with its upcoming collections, was more than familiar with their products' finishes (i.e. mattes, satins, lustres, veluxe pearls, frosts, etc.) and religiously frequented cosmetic blogs, forums, & other online communities.

I would work my ass off in the summer, save up allowance, and starve myself just so that I could have the extra penny that would help to feed my addiction. I would purchase a MAC item at least once every week or plan for massive hauls.

Now I will open up my traincase and become a bit nostalgic of this period in my life when I would wake up just early enough in order to perfect a look for class - using the Smokey Eyes quad, Peaches blush and topping off the entree with the signature Hug Me lipstick.
I have now become a slave to sleep and have virtually abandoned make up, only applying the necessities to make me appear decent to enter outside.

I had eventually learned to put aside my dependency on make up for other material desires like saving up $1000+ for tattoos (which I am finished with for a while) and moving on to other things like...wanting to save up for discounted Chloe boots or a lavish Rick Owens jacket or a really amazing asymmetrical skirt from Y's Yohji Yamamoto...

However, I was browsing the net and found myself at Sephora's website and began to take a gander at new collections and what not...until I clicked on NARS's lipsticks (have been intrigued ever since seeing Scarlett Empress lipstick on MissChievous). Now I am swooning over so many beautiful lipsticks:



...and most of these formulas are satin or matte. YUM.

Unfortunately, the price of each is $24. That's $10 more than a MAC lipstick.

Oh NARS, you kill me.

Calling Docta Marten...

I want more Doc Martens, preferably the classic 8-eye...

in a variety of colors:









And totally not a pink person, but just in time for Valentine's Day:



Aww!!

I don't mind sabotaging my feet for these grungy beauties again....

Just a Peach

I haven't been able to get over the color "peach" since having lain my eyes upon this image:

knighttcat

Alexander Wang

...and now I am obsessed with peachy-hue blouses.

Malene Birger



Tikirani for Urban Outfitters


Victoria's Secret

What a yummy color for spring!

Chloe & the stranger.

I've been on the hunt for the infamous Chloe (fall 07) combat boots- preferably in red everywhere.

I found a pair on ebay for $450, but paypal and I do not get along and I really don't have the money to afford that such luxury.
It seems almost impossible to find alternatives (tall, wedge combat boots). Of course, I'd probably be able to find something vaguely resemblant at a punk/goth specialty store, but those would be much too clunky and chunky for my taste.

While I was doing my research for these potential replacement for the Chloe boots, I came across this:


...does this vaguely remind you of these?:

Without the extra long front and gold buckles...yes?

Anyway, I figured if i could find some teeny silver studs (I don't want to try gold. Mixing the gold studs with the silver buckles/zipper would be a no-no.) and attack the shoe above with them, I'd be heading toward a pretty neat direction, don't you agree?