Out With the Old

You were fun sparkles but it's time to move on...

Wishes Granted

First things first. I apologize for ditching you. I've been in a blog funk. I think of things to write then realize I'm not excited to write about them and I never wanted this to be an obligation, part of the reason I didn't put too fine a point on what was going to happen here. I have, from the beginning, wanted this to be fun and full of whatever I felt like in the moment. I'm trying to make a comeback here but I may be slow to get back into my groove. So bear with me.

In less whiny news...you know how every season I make a wish list full of pretties I want to wear? Well for Fall 2011 you're not getting one. Because I couldn't possibly wish for another piece of Fall fashion after my recent stock up. Now I know I didn't ever follow through with a birthday post but I got some gifts. Trista's boyfriend Zach made me a beautiful serving bowl (he does ceramics), my friend Amelia got me the cutest ever rectangular espresso cups, Johnathan gave me a fantastic comic book and a garland he made me out of vintage postcards...my friend's were great to me. And I hate to play favorites here but Lana may have been the greatest. You see, Lana's gift to me was making me her significant other.

Now before you get all excited Lana works for Free People. So, by making me her significant other I get a card that gives me huge discounts at Urban Outfitters, Free People, and Anthropologie. Which means this girl went on a major 40% off shopping spree. This is what I'll be wearing this Fall.


Side lace up moccasins! (Free People)



Is it a dress? Is it a maxi skirt? It's both! (Free People)



Love the big open stitches, love the color, love the length. (Urban Outfitters)



Not totally sure about this one but I think I could work it out. Plus it ended up being like $20 after sale and my discount. (Free People)



Perfect purse. Small enough, big enough, color, and shine. (Free People)



I'm in love with this one. (Free People)



Silk and leather. Divine combo. Also the lining is red with tiny white polka dots! (Anthropologie)



Cardi with super thin black and tan stripes. Will go with everything. (Free People)



A slip. For peaking out from under or through things. (Urban Outfitters)





This dress is fantastic. It only cost me about $30 and I cannot wait to try wearing different things under it and belting it. Check out the detail. (Free People)



A lace pullover! (Free People)



Wearing this one today with a black slip dress underneath and bare legs. So flowy and comfy. Total year round piece. (Free People)



Cropped leggings. So cute with flats. (Free People)



Big open stitch cozy sweater. Love. (Free People)





So pretty and feminine. (Free People)



Wanted these for a long time. Super cute with skinny jeans tucked in. (Urban Outfitters)

Time for Another Round of "I'm sorry you found my blog when you were actually looking for..."

I'm pretty sure I will never stop thinking that the random search terms leading to my blog are funny. Here are a few of my recent favorites.

West Highland Terriers
Okay, so yeah, I mentioned I wanted a West Highland Terrier. Once. I'm not even going to check and see how far down the list this here site is when you are Googling for Westies because I'm pretty positive it will be on page 8,000 of the search results.

I wouldn't stop here
I'm sure this led here because of the post about Kevin that I titled "But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay..." Which is fine, that makes sense. But what I'm really intrigued by is what they were actually looking for. Where would you not stop?!

coloring page cat got wet
I sort of feel bad for this person because I'm imagining a child with a soaked coloring book and his partially colored picture of a cat looking for some kind of rescue solution for his work of art. And he finds this. 800 photos of Javier.

midget clothing/midget clothes
Okay, this by far gives me the most guilt. I once titled a post something like "Clothes for Little People (not midgets)" It was about a line of children's clothing that I thought was really cute and now I keep seeing that people are finding my blog by looking for midget clothing and it almost makes me want to actually write a post of clothing for little people, this time not children, so that when they end up here they don't just end up pissed off at me. Except if I Googled it I'd obviously just find my own blog.

pirate purse
People are always finding my blog by looking for pirate purses. I know they end up here because of the Marc Jacobs Miss Marc Pirate Mabel Tote but seriously, why are so many people looking for pirate purses year round? When I posted it it was the end of August so for awhile I figured there were just some people really eager to celebrate Halloween but this has continued to be a top search term. It makes me a little uneasy.

will smith
I feel sort of bad for Will Smith that someone was actually interested in things about him and they ended up seeing what I did for 4th of July.

tiger dogs
People are like, really into searching for tiger dogs. This is one of the few I don't feel bad about though because if you're seriously thinking about dying your pet to look like a different pet then you deserve to end up confused and lost in the internet.

west highlandi terjer
Ha.

Out With the Old

You may have noticed the new color scheme going on today. I decided it was time for something a little more "summer fun" and a little less "makes me want to cozy up with a cup of cocoa" around here. I usually like colors that are a little darker because I think it's easier on the eyes, but I tried about 800 colors and landed on this. If anyone finds this extraordinarily difficult to look at let me know.

Born This Way

This blog was brought to my attention last night and I have to share it.

The premise is that people of course don't choose to be gay or straight any more than they choose their skin color or height. There are stories written by gay men and women accompanied by photos of them as children that "capture them, innocently, showing the beginnings of their innate LGBT selves."

www.borngaybornthisway.blogspot.com

I feel a lot of people who end up here are going to be disappointed...

One of the things that's most fun about keeping track of your site stats is seeing how people find your blog. These are some of my recent favorites.

1. "pirate purse"

This one I get. I did post a pretty awesome pirate purse (you can see it here is you missed it the first time). I'm going to guess though that with Halloween having just passed that people were searching for something more along the lines of this than a Marc bag.

2. "beach locker-room"

I don't think I even understand what this is let alone how it led someone to my blog.

Aaaand, after Googling, someone was clearly looking for hidden camera porn of some kind. I hope you enjoyed all the things here that are not even remotely that.

3. "cat pumpkins carvings"

First of all, more than one person searched for this and made both 'pumpkin' and 'carving' plural. Second of all, I'm pretty sure I carved the best cat pumpkin ever. It is no wonder they ended up here.

4. "hippie pumpkins"

When I carved a hippie themed pumpkin trio with my nanny girls it was completely unintentional. I'm wondering what sort of hippie pumpkins someone was looking for other than the requisite peace sign.

5. "who wears shakuhachi"

Turns out shakuhachi is a Japanese flute. Not something you wear. Or something I even knew about until about 30 seconds ago.

6. "how to make potato pillows"

You'd be surprised (or maybe you wouldn't) at how many people find this site by searching for potato pillows. And how many ways there are to spell pillow.

7. "it was 11pm"

I...what?