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Five Things Tag

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Early this month, Newly Inspired tagged me with the five things meme. While I dawdled over it, Emily from Cupcakes and Cashmere tagged me too. I better do it before any more tags pile up. Here goes.

5 things in my Prada Gaufre bag
1. Business cards
2. MAC Pro Longwear Lipcolour in Lasting Lust
3. Crumpled taxi receipts
4. Crumpled Starburst candy wrappers
5. Crumpled Kleenex

5 things in my room
1. Gigi the dog
2. Piles of dog toys
3. Piles of books
4. Piles of magazines
5. Piles of shoes

5 things I’ve always wanted to do
1. Take a year off
2. Stop worrying
3. Cure cancer
4. Reverse global warming
5. Get on WWD’s worst-dressed page

5 things I’m currently into
1. Crazily printed dresses
2. Gladiator sandals
3. Dramatic sleeves
4. My Lotus Flower Necklace
5. Pineapple.

5 Impressions of Emily and Newly Inspired
1. They’re gorgeous.
2. They’re stylish.
3. They’re witty.
4. The contents of their bags are less crumpled than the contents of my bag.
5. They have good taste in taggees.

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  1. heh pineapple…the other day i was on the aol site and they had some “weirdest houses” type of article. Apparently pineapples were a sign of wealth in past times and some duke (actually i don’t know if it was a duke, but you get my point) made his house/observatory in the shape of a pineapple. It was amusing, until then I thought only spongebob lived in a pineapple…how silly of me. There was also some guy who made his house to look like a toilet, now that’s funny.

  3. Of the 5 things you want to do, at least you could realistically stop worrying-easier said than done though!! Your career won’t allow a year off-will it?

  4. wendy
    hi stylish friend

    I just wanted to tell you that I met Sarah Jessica parker / Sex and the city Monday in Paris and did great shots that you’ll certainly like

    I also got great shots during the sunny days in Paris

    Have a look and enjoy !
    and may be one day i ‘ll be in your fav blogs ! lol

    Cheers

    Kamel
    Street style romancer in Paris

  5. I sure do love that pineapple necklace! One day when I’m rolling in the dough (post-grad school I’m sure) I will deck myself out in your wonderful creations.

  6. Yeah! I’m all about pineapple right now too. Jello on Springs has way more interesting things to say about pineapples.

  7. WWD was WRONG.

    I love that you have crumpled Starburst candy wrappers in your bag.

    Oh, I also love that bag!

  8. Thanks for doing this! I loved reading your answers, but must admit that you’ve never seen a messier bag than mine. Hope that makes you feel better to know I still carry around receipts from ’07.

  9. I want to get into your lotus necklace. I feel like enlightenment would be emenent with that beauty on my neck. Gorgeous!

  11. I’m really loving your recent designs…and I carry around crumpled sweet wrappers and bus tickets too! (ok, in your case they’re cab receipts, but evidence of travel anyway).

  12. Thanks for sharing. So funny … “Crumpled Starburst candy wrappers.”

    nikki =)

  14. Jello, I’d love to live in a fruit.
    Copperoranges, I didn’t realize it was my lifelong dream till I had achieved it.
    Sharon Rose, I feel guilty taking an hour off (I still do it, but I feel really bad!)
    Kamel, great!
    Maiden, thanks! I have all kinds of fruit available.
    Iron, it’s so delicious.
    ENC, one of my wholesalers always has a bowl of Starbursts out. That’s where the wrappers are from.
    Emily, don’t tempt me to scrounge up something that can top your old receipts.
    LBR, I think you could achieve total peace of mind with that necklace. A sapphire version would look nice on you.
    CDP, thank you!
    BFH, thank you!
    WhatWould, I can’t resist candy.
    Jayne,I’m not making much progress, are you?

  15. Your pairs of gladiators are super fab, ma’am…any tips for poor tall me, who’s looking and looking for the ultimate pair of flat ones? I feel like they’re all either incredibly boring or way too gold.

  17. I’m stuck at the MAC lipstick. I have gone through countless tubes of Ruby Woo and Russian Red. Can we have a nice thorough post on red lipstick, of have I missed that one?

  18. Good idea, Sister. But for that post I will have to tear myself away from Lasting Lust — that’s a challenge! I’m addicted to it.

  19. I’d like to second the red lipstick post request. I can’t for the life of me seem to find something that works with my dark hair/pale skin combo without making me look like Elvira. The closest I’ve been able to get is Trish McEvoy’s Lip Plumper in Deep Rose, which, as the name would suggest, is not actually red. Minor detail.

  20. Okay, I promise I will do a red lipstick post. It will take me a little while to research it, because I have become overly dependent on one red and will need to study up on the latest options 🙂

  21. I LOVE your vintage Patrick Kelly dress! Congratulations, you’re in good company.

  22. I dunno, I actually quite like worrying. It give me something to do…
    Navaz

  23. i like that you have piles of stuff in your room too. makes me less nervous about my magazines, books and erm clothes on my floor.