You're so Vain, You Probably Think this LJ is About You

I ended my crappy work week by splurging on some ballet flats and sandals at DSW, picking up a six pack of Dos Equis, and getting pissed while watching The Mighty Boosh.

Things are looking up!

What y'all doing this weekend, flist?

Many thanks and cups of hot cocoa to white_death  and ellen_drell  for the lovely Christmas cards and gifties therein. ♥ ♥ ♥

I have been running around all day, but got lots accomplished so, go me! I went to the grocery store (ugh), bought some shirts for my dad (on clearance, wot wot!), made my sangria, bottled my blackberry cordial, and finished wrapping Christmas presents. All that's left to do tomorrow is paint my nails and meet Nay-nay for lunch before going to help Mom get ready for the partay!

Check out these sweet boots I am wearing to the shindig, thanks to Zappos birthday gift cards from JP's family:



Très magnifique, no? Oh, Michael Kors, you can make a boot!

Okay, I promise not to complain (too much) in this entry.

I had mostly a good day (barely wanted to stab ANYONE). I also worked out so, go me! That brings my grand total to: 10 times this year!

American Idol continues to underwhelm me, although I am still watching and rooting for certain contestants: Lee "Sorry I Broke Up With You In My Dream!" Dewyze, Casey "Hot Or Not Hot, I Can't Decide" James, and Alex "I Hate Your Mullet" Lambert. I still love Andrew, but seriously, he is letting me down. I loved his Fall Out Boy but everything after that has made me meh. And among the girls, I still like Crystal and Didi the best.

And now, I am going to talk about shoes. I love shoes. Truly. Madly. Deeply. However, I have wide feet. Not wide for a girl or even wide for a boy. More like, wide for a duck (true fact: my mother calls my feet "patas" which is Spanish for "duck" - thanks, Ma). The point of this is that shoe shopping is never as fun as I think it is going to be, mainly because most stores don't carry a whole lot of cute shoes in uber-wide sizes. Ergo, zappos.com is where I go for my crack. My favorite brand there is Softspots. They make a wide assortment of cute, comfortable, WIDE shoes. However, lately, their newer stuff has not been doing it for me. Like, I used to love going into Lane Bryant because their stuff was so chic, but now it seems like whenever I walk in there, I am attacked by the ugly (which is why I now live at Old Navy).

Where was I going with this? Oh, yes. I need a shoe fix. Hmmm. I guess that was it. My journal: come for the bitching, stay for the pointless rambling!

Ah, my sister. Lots of people don't believe half the stories I tell about her. What they don't know is I only tell the tame stuff. So, story time!

I'll preface this by saying Paul is doing a lot of things for my brother's fiancée, including making her flowers and invitations. Her head is full of weddings and she has, on more than one occasion, demanded to know when JP and I are getting married, so she can steamroller us too. Make no mistake about it - my sister is PUSHY.

Well. My co-worker came to my grandmother's rosary to give her condolences. I introduced her to my sister who, instead of saying "hello" or "thank you" opened up the conversation with, "Are you married?" She then launched into the Greatest Wedding Sales Pitch I Have Heard Since the Last Time She Called Me from Party City. The look on my co-worker's face was priceless. I shooed Paul away and apologized to my co-worker. But you know. Awkward!

ANYWAY. So, on to more pleasant topics. Like shoes. I am trying to decide on what to get and Zappos is not making it easy (they are my favorite store in all the world, seriously).

So here are my options:

Sensible.
I love suede!
Sexy and possibly painful.
Don't think I can wear these, but how cute are they?!
I'll admit I am getting a little old for Dr. Martens, but these are wicked!

Mmmm, shoes.

Okay, I'm off to pay my bills. Feh.

I find the whole story of the Russian czar, his family, and the revolution to be both fascinating and repellent. Hmmm.

So, instead I focus on more cheerful things, like shoes! How cute are these? Simple and comfy, yes!

Also, cool! I am down with the sickness:



Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey.

TCM continues to woo me by playing Miyazaki's movies twice: once with the dub, once with the sub. Oh, how I luuurve TCM!

I have been seeing cute shoes everywhere, but I'm pleased to say that I've been resisting temptation. So far. There is a really slutty pair of high-heeled clog mules, at Payless of all places, that I might just have to get because they are cheap and so over the top. I need a hobby other than spending money.

My brother got me Dangermouse and Licence to Drive on DVD as belated Christmas gifts. PENFOLD! THE COREYS! These will bring back some good memories, especially DM which I will always associate with its lead-in, You Can't Do That on Television.

Oh yeah, I went there.

Off to bed now so I will be bright and perky for work in the morning. SUCK!