T-shirts

Some tees I wouldn't mind having. You can never have too many t-shirts. Because when you really get down to it, comfort clothes are the best clothes. I L.O.V.E my comfy pants. A girl's best friend, I believe is really comfy pants (and t-shirts) not diamonds. We just say it's diamonds so we seem cool and non-lame.

The 90s were awesome

How did I ever overlook Cindy Crawford as a big hair , big eyebrows babe?

A cup of insult?

With one of us flying the coop very soon - the other one of us (me, Sarah) is looking into solo living. Sob. Sob. SOB! Once I get over the fact that my BFF will no longer be my BFE (best flatmate ever) I think this will be quite an exciting little time for me. I hope. Anywaaaaay...I ramble. What I really want to talk about, or really just show y'all, or really just post pictures of, are these here 'Vandalized Vintage China' thing-a-ma-jigs from Trixie Delicious. Though I'm not really the one for the crafty, cutesy interior these are a bit of alright. I saw these a few years ago (the exact same peeps? I'm not sure) in a Frankie magazine or something that way inclined and was a bit meh-ed by it all at the time. But maybe my inner-nesting is starting to kick in at the thought of being home alone or something. But yeah. I'll shut up. Just yeah.

Don't be fooled by the rocks that I've got

So how's about these Kathryn Wilson shoes? They are a bit Jenny From the Block. But kind of in a good way. They are sort of growing on me. Waddaya think, huh?


Or maybe in sparkle for the real baller. But I'm not really a baller am I? I'm just Sarah - who sometimes has very weird taste in shoes. Still pining and regretting after these babies by the way, sigh.

Giving blogs titles is pretty annoying sometimes

So along side a grown-up bag, another thing I believe you need to become a real adult is a real watch. A serious watch, you know a Tag or a Tissot even a Cartier if you're feeling a little flush (l.o.l. sigh). But I'm talking about some serious metal, NOT some serious bling. Despite this I'm thinking about purchasing a lovely plastic watch from one of the fine chain-stores we have on offer. Yes it is plastic, yes it is $19.99 but it is at least grown-up looking...ish. Because let's all be honest, I want to be a grown-up (or at least appear to be one) I don't have quite enough bones for the Cartier of my dreams, and at the moment the only watch I have to work with does this:


'Nuf said.

Curses!

Surprising how much your name can affect how your personality develops. These days, people name their kids anything. Like apple, Pilot Inspektor or Sparrow. Back in my day, people named their kids more traditional things - like Alice, Anna and Elizabeth. Yes, Elizabeth like ME!!
For anyone else with a name that is longer than three syllables, for the love of god, please consider your child's mental health. Any person with a name that is three syllables or more will understand how hard it is to make your name cool. Elizabeth (teamed with my last name, anyway) makes most names sound no good. Except Sweetheart. Elizabeth Sweetheart - how much more awesome would I be?? Maybe this could be my stage name.
If that doesn't work out, I may need a new nickname. "Bif" just may not be cutting it for adult life. How can I be taken seriously with a name like Bif? So if anyone can suggest a new nickname, put it here.

For the purpose of entertainment, here are two famous namesakes.

1. The Queen - obviously we share more than just the name, she's a babe.


2. Biff from back to the future. Not such a babe.

Nice guys

For some reason, nice guys mostly do finish last. And dickheads win. But today, I'm going all out for the nice guy. Michael Barnett is a NICE GUY. And he should win.
Michael is the best Harmonica player I know. And that is the dam truth. How many guys out there can play the harmonica??
Michael also wore flannel shirts waaaaaay before they were "hip".



So, get out and find yourself some Michael. Your life will be richer for it.

I can't see

Julia Restoin Rotifeld has a pair. Britney Spears has a pair. Now I want a pair! To be honest, this is a story of a true consumer - me. I've seen these reading glasses on Brit Brit before but just thought they were naf fake (yes i know Brit does actually need them) American Apparel hipster esque glasses and never really thought much more of them except that Britney was kinda cute (like a teddy bear, not like a fox) wearing them.

THEN I hear about these Prism glasses that are very hip and cool and awesome and that JULIA RESTOIN ROTIFELD has a pair of 'Rio's (just like Britney) in dark tortoiseshell and I was hooked. I almost clicked buy. What a sucker. But do I want them?I think I want them in the light tortoiseshell instead of the dark - a bit less cliche and/or All American Rejects like; what do we think?

But in reality, I have a very good pair of glasses that are not fake looking (I hope) and that make my round face look less round because the are square/rectangle. The Rio's are very round. I'm also always very skeptical about buying glasses online because I think they are the one thing that should be tried on prior to buying. So I guess all of this really means a big fat no Rio's. Sigh...for now anyway...

Loooong Rings

What do we think about long rings? They, for some reason, remind me of Joan Of Arc. Say whaa? Yeah, weird I know. Maybe because they are kind of like armour, like that second ring. The first one is very archaeologist-chic, which is also very awesome. Anywaaaaay...I quite like em, long rings in general, and will start looking for them - I didn't end up getting that Karen Walker ring...I got it in a necklace instead, so right now I'm pretty much very low on the ring front.

Brrr it's cold in here

Is it really? I wouldn't know. I have a new velvet jacket to keep me warm! I LOVE velvet. Thanks to Bif the friend friend for helping me further my quest to make my life more velvet friendly. Just in time for winter, which I felt really arrived with a big, fat, cold, pow today. I joked about buying velvet pants too and wearing a full velvet outfit...but really this isn't a joke at all and I have my keen little eyes on a pair of velvet shorts on trusty little TradeMe. Morhaha Twin Peaks here I come.

p.s. you can't really see in the photos but there are awesome ruffles going down the shoulders and the back. Cool. Cool. Cool!

p.p.s. sorry, but are those knited nappies...? Lolz I am so funny!

Friends

Good friends are hard to come by.And lucky me, I have a couple .. if you count family. And Sarah is the obvious one.
I'm not one of those girls who has lots of friends, I never have been. Generally I have one or two good friends and a people I know who I hang out with from time to time but they aren't real friends.
But recently I have been investing more in possible friends - I think friends are awesome, perhaps I'm just not so good at making them. I am rather shy when I'm not at work and getting paid to be incessantly friendly.
So, this year, I have been trying to be more social. This means going out more, and drinking more ( coz I'm way more fun when I'm drunk, ask anyone) and not being a mean girl ( see previous blogs.)
So, I'm putting in the friend effort. Small results, but I supposed its a bit like an iceberg. Small points showing, lots underneath you can't see.

In other world news, planning an attempt to move halfway around the world. How scary is that? Looking at two VERY different places and can't quite decide what I'm doing. Ohhh the indecisiveness. I will accept a poll to make my decision - so, pick a hand!!! one will win and make my decision easier.

95 minutes of stupid

Am I the only person in the world who thought that 500 Days of Summer was totally bullshit? I think I am. Everyone raves about this awesome, modern take on romance that 'is not a love story' or is a 'real account of love' blah, blah, blah, spew. Are you khu-razy? I think you are, or at least this film is. I was very intrigued and happy when the opening line of the film promised a non-love story as I settled into a dvd night driven slightly by bitterness and a general 'fuck you' attitude to all things fluffy and sweet.

Seriously, what the hell? It's all gooey. It's all about optimism. It's pretty much all about this wonderfully romantic notion of 'fate'. Spew. It was stupid. I felt cheated. I felt like I was dating the film and it went out and cheated on me. I'm pretty sure my mouth was hanging open with disbelife when Joseph Gordon-Levitt meets Autumn and the love counter begins again at 1. No way!

Look I'm sorry. I'm very Oscar the Grouch today, but really. I'm all for a cheesy love story and feeling good, they're great. But please don't package yourself as a fuck you to soppy cliches and somehow find a way to get people to back up that false claim when you're not. Because you were just one big fat cliche 500 Days of Summer.

Sorry.

Mean Girls take 2

Just want to get my little two cents in on this. Like Bif, I don't really get girls. They ARE idiots. Not just weird falling outs, but everyday stuff. Girls you don't even know very well, they are the worst. Sometimes they pop out of nowhere in the form of a mutual friend, an acquaintance you knew in that boring compulsory university paper or a shop assistant and it all just gets very confusing -Have we met before? Did I cut infront of you at the really long line at the movies last week or something? Cos I really just want to buy something.

Why are we so sneaky, calculating and cold? Oh and territorial, that's weird. What are you a dog? No, you're a human girl. But more importantly are WE like that? WE, the ones who feel like we've been wronged. Sometimes I feel like maybe this girl who is being 'cold' to me thinks I am being 'cold' to her and we just want to feel the warmth of niceness from one another but will probs just stay cold forever and the summer of friendliness never arrives because girls are also so damn passive aggressive it could drive anyone up the wall. Maybe us girls should look into more punch ups. Not naasty hood "no you didn't" cat fights. Real punch ups. "What's you're deal?" "What's yours?" "I don't have one, just would like it if you didn't look at me like that" "Same here" BAM! BFF's fo life made right there. Simple enough. Yeah, do it! Let's all be cool and be nice.

Mean Girls

Something that Sarah and I have been discussing rather a lot lately. Why are girls so mean to each other?
Not just nasty, but bitchy and ruthless and competitive.
Whatever happened to the sisterhood?

TwentySeven Names

Lovely photos for the new Twentyseven Names collection - not quite Lou Hatton, but still lovely Twenty Seven names style. But ok, how young do some of the models look? and how petrified?
Anyway, I do love TwentySeven names, a little out of my price range at the moment though. I have spied a few dresses I would like, please. How cute is the photo with all the matching shoes?

Beyonce dipped it first

Beyonce with pink tips in Bootylicious. I love Beyonce. Come on, how great is she?! Very!

Ringin'

Here are some things that are tickling my fancy from d_luxe.





I've always wanted a knuckle duster; maybe it'd help me look tough and not like a child. OR a tough child. Great!

NEW SHOES

These are my new shoes - lovely and very big, thanks so much to Emily at Madame Hawke for them! Thats Sarah in the background, and yes I'm wearing socks with them.

Hello sass &bide

Wow, so I was a little late blogging about this but SASS AND BIDE IS OPENING A FLAGSHIP STORE IN AUCKLAND! on Ponsonby rd, to be exact. Hows that for great. Except for maybe 14 year olds with lazy ponies wearing clothes that I can't afford.

But yeah. News.

Question time.

Hey guys, so if you are a regular reader of the unfasionable guide to fashion, you'd know that I (Sarah) have a complex about looking like a child. That's because I DO look like a child. As degrading as it is loosing my posse as they run into the bar and I'm held back in the cold to fumble around in my bag looking for my I.D. then to be laughed at when they figure out the maths and how much older than 8 I really am, I've kind of gotten use to it. Why in fact only the other night this exact scene played out:

Bif: "Two vodka and apples please"
Barkeep: "Sure" she begins to make them, she stops, stares at me "Can I see your I.D?"
Sarah: "O.K" the I.D. fumble begins
Bif: "You want to see mine too?"
Barkeep: "Umm...nope."
Bif: LOUD LAUGH

Yeah. Awesome right? I'M TWENTY TWO! And it's not the height - Bif only has a few inches on me. Maybe I should cash in and star in straight to DVD Disney movies or something. ANYWAY...THIS happened today whilst buying two bottles of tonic at the bottle store:

Shopkeeper: "Can I see some I.D?"
Me: "I.D? Whaa...?It's tonic" I point at the tonic
Shopkeeper: "You have to be 18 to be in this store"
Me: "What?"
Shopkeeper: "You have to be 18 to be in this store"
Me: "Really? That's a bit weird."
Shopkeeper: "It's the law."

Is it? Is it really the law? Isn't that just like going to a bar and being I.D-ed buying a coke? - which would probably happen to me anyway, at McDonald's.

Home made

Today I received two really awesome cards. Thanks to Nat and Sarah both. They mean lots. ... the cards, and the people, they both mean lots.

p.s I know the writing is backwards...I couldn't be bothered using my brain right now to turn the around. Read backwards.

Want, want, want

Give it to me baby like boom, boom, boom. Ghetto-tastic. Childhood-aspirations-to-be-a-marine-biologist-tastic. All over cool.

Both Sarah and I are happy to admit that eyebrows are a sensitive issue for us. It is not easy to have beautiful brows, but it is easy to have a fringe. Although sometimes I miss my eyes. Anyway, when eyebrows get blocked in and designers do "strong brows" it incites some kind of fear in me..

While strong brows might look good on some people, I hate to say it, but its usually models only. Or total babes.

In other world news, I want this lipstick. But not sparkly. But not super matte. God this is hard to find.

All Comments Welcome

I know New Zealand has this whole "Tall Poppy" thing, and some people can be really mean, but something I really do not enjoy is extreme blog comment moderation. I'm all for freedom of speech and shit but it really bothers me that, on a lot of blogs, my comments are only accepted if they are positive. Can I not dislike something for a reason, and be given space to talk about it? Constructive criticism, they call it at Art School. Although sometimes that was mean too.
But back to blogs - I understand support of positive thoughts etc etc ( wa wa wa) but please for the love of blog, please do not accept my opinion comment just because it differs to yours.

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P.s I really like this photo.. but maybe better without the model?

Meow?

Or is it more grrr? I think leopards grrr, especially if you are making him into a coat. I kinda want a leopard print coat. Leopard print coats always look so cool on Kate Moss (not Edie Sedgwick, she was annoying) but sadly probs not as cool on me. But this little Charles Anastase number looks very Sarah friendly, for one main reason to be honest...look at how furry it is! God that looks soft. Maybe it can be my something furry this winter, seeing as my would-be amazing Opening Ceremony purchase fell through.

Victory is mine II!

HA TOPSHOP! EAT MY SHORTS (or credit card number, whichever you prefer). You have been somewhat forgiven.