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My Left Foot

17th October 2005

My Left Foot

posted in Pretty, Shiny Things, Running, The Kitchen Sink |

Nope, it’s not capable of works of art.  Instead, I’ve just managed to do something funky to it so it’s been in pain for over a week now.  The thirteen mile run this weekend probably didn’t help (although I technically only ran eleven of those miles and limped the other two).  I thought buying new running shoes would cheer it up.  Unfortunately, the only color Top to Top (great running store in Santa Monica) had left in my shoe style was “bubblegum pink.”  Too lazy to go elsewhere, I bought them anyways.  I’ll be the embarrassed looking one running in Santa Monica next week. 

Am still looking for a brownish purse.  Saw some beautiful leather ones by Mulberry this weekend, all of which were at least $1,000 – well over my splurge spending limit.  It’s a sad, sick world we’re living in when beautiful things made from dead animals cost over $1,000.  There was a New York Times article recently about the high-end purse phenomenon (it’s archived so I won’t bother linking to it).  Favorite quotes from the article include:  “For some women, finding the right bag is as important as oxygen” and “A bag is sort of like a portable house.  It represents you.”*  Seriously though?  Seriously? 

I picked up an FDR biography this weekend.  It’s over 1,300 pages so there’s a good likelihood I’ll never finish it.  I think I’m a pretty fast reader, but my fickleness will almost gaurantee that I’ll be finished with my FDR obession long before I actually finish this biography.

Oh, and speaking of obsessions, I saw Serenity again.  Don’t laugh.

*I wonder what this Dooney & Bourke bag says about its owner?  Caution:  This is a link to what is possibly the ugliest bag I’ve ever seen.

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  1. 1 On October 17th, 2005, KA said:

    OMG that D&B bag is horrible!….it says “hi, i’m CRAZY”

    it reminds me of somthing that Molly Shannon’s character on WIll and Grace would cary.

    posted on October 17th, 2005 at 6:08 pm

  2. 2 On October 17th, 2005, JPN said:

    Was that NYT article sponsored by Louis Vitton?

    posted on October 17th, 2005 at 8:27 pm

  3. 3 On October 17th, 2005, amb said:

    what’s really scary is that it comes in so many colors

    posted on October 17th, 2005 at 11:46 pm

  4. 4 On October 18th, 2005, echan said:

    1. I had an FDR obsession as a little kid. He was a handsome young lad.
    2. But the Mulberry bag is this season’s “It” bag.
    3. And as for D&B, what can you say about a company that has Lindsey Lohan as their spokesmodel? Not exactly associated with good taste.

    posted on October 18th, 2005 at 1:32 pm

  5. 5 On October 18th, 2005, Y. said:

    You had an FDR obession as a little kid? E, you are an odd duck. =) You all will be relieved to know I opted NOT to get the D&B bag (in any of it’s assorted scary colors). I also opted not to get a Mulberry bag, both because its outrageously expensive and because I do not want this season’s It bag (although these bags look much better in person than on their site and the Phoebe – Mulberry’s breakout hit – is kinda cute). Instead, I bought this bag: http://store.shopbop.com/item.jsp?item=ANNA4&category=4. I’ll let you know when I get it if it’s as cute as it looks online. I’m a little worried that I’m too short to carry the bag off, but I haven’t seen it in stores so I haven’t been able to try it out.

    posted on October 18th, 2005 at 1:51 pm

  6. 6 On October 18th, 2005, echan said:

    Wow, I think it’s funny that the bag you purchased has this sentence in the description, “Sure we could go on and on about this season’s “it” bag but that it makes such better sense to just let you look at it.” Yes, that is very cute indeed and much cooler than a Mulberry.

    posted on October 18th, 2005 at 3:21 pm

  7. 7 On October 23rd, 2005, kq said:

    Coach has some really cute brown purses. I bought a dusty rose suede mini hobo bag that I love. They have it in the brown coach pattern too, FYI. It IS a bit small, though, so it’s not really a portable house.

    Have you read about the attempted FDR assasination yet? That’s a good one!

    posted on October 23rd, 2005 at 4:40 pm

  8. 8 On October 28th, 2005, vitamin_g said:

    that bag made me throw-up in my mouth a little…

    posted on October 28th, 2005 at 5:24 pm