The nightmare before school starts

In exactly 2 days I am heading to DC for my last and final year of college. This only means one thing. PACKING. Now you'd think after 3 years I would have gotten the hang of it (you know, starting early and staying organized) but I have officially turned my house into a disaster zone (at the eleventh hour of course). My biggest concern is always my clothes and shoes. This year I decided to take all my clothes off their hangers, wash them and then fold them up to see just how much I'd be working with this year.

Before


After

The clothes took up the entire length of the hallway and that's not including the clothes I couldn't put into a color category (i.e. stripes, patterns, prints, etc). The only reason I color coordinate them this way is so that I can find things easier.

Can't wait until mom wakes up in the morning and sees that I opened a clothing store in the hallway. My goal is to get all of these clothes into one suitcase. Realistic? Probably not. But it's my only option considering the mess of stuff I haven't gotten to yet. It's gonna be a looong Sunday. Wish me luck.

Potpourri

This random mixture of thoughts is inspired by today's episode of Oprah. She showcased [most of] the things I love: Grilled cheese. The Container Store. and Christian Louboutin Shoes.

1. Proud to say that I just ordered a TiVo for my apartment! (maybe proud isn't a good word to use...) Now I won't miss a second of reality! How ironic is THAT...

2. On a more productive note, I got a pretty drastic haircut a la Jennifer Hudson at the SATC movie premiere.

3. So one of the reasons I did so well in my internship was my ability to multi-task. What happens is, I will start doing something and while I'm doing that, something will remind me that I need to do something else. This is probably the reason I have 6 tabs open on my computer right now. 3 of them being virtual shopping carts filled with clothes I don't need. Problem is, I never actually end up buying the clothes. It's more of an in-the-moment type of thing.

4. Last random thought. Ya know the new Wrigley's commercial for Doublemint gum with Chris Brown? (love it, btw) Do you think this was planned all along? I'm sure there were some royalty agreements involved when that song was created. Maybe not. But it seems too perfect to be coincidental.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enJbXlb4zqo

This was a quote from the comments section of the video: "...listening to that song made me buy some gum i dont know why". I mean, that pretty much spells victory to me.

Bracelet Fever

The other day I passed a girl on the escalator wearing a flawless combination of bracelets on her wrist. It got me thinking how very bare my wrists have been the past couple of...oh, I dunno...years. I am pretty picky when it comes to jewelry styling. Not to mention, I manage to lose/break every piece of jewelry that I buy, so its no wonder I can't seem to keep my hands covered for more than a week.

What I loved most about the girl's bracelet combination was the fact that she paired chunky with elegant, bohemian with chic (which may sound like a disaster but really wasn't). She paired a diamond-looking tennis-ish bracelet with a couple of those funky leather cord bracelets, some bangles, and a small silver cuff. They all worked well together.

Now here are a couple of west-hollywood starlets who aren't afraid to wear their bracelets...


I wonder whether they utilize what I call the grab-and-go approach or if their choices are more meticulous than that. I think it's almost better to make it look like you had a grab-and-go approach by intentionally pairing different styles together in a way that works...the grab-and-faux! (okay, okay, I'll keep working on the name)

Next time you're in a store and you see a bracelet you like, just buy it. Don't try to figure out what outfit it goes with or whether or not you have other bracelets to pair it with. By doing this you can expand your jewelry-drobe and one day take on the infamous grab-and-go fake-out approach.

Oh, one more thing...theres a difference between "doing it" and "overdoing it" (sorry Chlo, I love you and all but this is a major pet peeve of mine...)


As much as I love wrist ornamentation...there is such a thing as too many bracelets (just keep that in mind)

credits: Gettyimages

The hills are...alive

So this weekend consisted of me, sitting in my room, watching countless episodes of the Hills on MTV. They like to be sure that EVERYONE has seen all the episodes in a particular season at least twice before premiering the next one. Check. Since I am currently in the midst of this hills-mania-marathon, I thought I would take the time to discuss my concerns.

Now don't get me wrong, I am as excited as the next girl (and boy-who-refuses-to-admit-that-he-watches-the-hills...you guys know who you are) for the upcoming season (Monday at 10) but after watching so many episodes you begin to wonder how much reality still exists in the show. Part of me always knew that the producers manually added some of the drama, but theres a certain addictive factor that continues to pull me in every week, every season. After I watched a segment that aired Saturday night called "The Hills: Off the Record" I was convinced (and in agreement with every anti-hills fan) that the show is in fact fake. This is not to discredit the stars of the show in any way, but the fact of the matter is, producers create a show to make money. I admit I would probably still watch the show if half of the conversational drama and angry catfights didn't exist, but it does make it more interesting to tune into every week.

After much disappointment I stumbled across an interview with Gavin Beasley, a former Hills "star" who was ASKED by the producers to go on a date with LC during an episode. Read it and weep [courtesy of Best Week Ever]. Try to tell me The Hills is the real deal after reading that. My guess is you won't be able to.

photo credit: MTV.com

It's not goodbye, it's see you later!

So yesterday was officially my LAST DAY at Glamour.

I can't say I'm not going to love relaxing for the next couple weeks before school, but I will really miss working there. Last week was very exciting and very busy. Wednesday, I finally completed the 2-month long gift-with-purchase project I began on my very first day (with lots of help from other interns). Later wednesday evening, there was a CN intern farewell party in one of the executive dining rooms. The cartoonist from The New Yorker was even there to do caricatures for everyone. Thursday I went to my first photoshoot for the November issue. It was for an advertorial, so there were no people in the ad, but it took the whole day to set up three product shots (I can't wait to see which one they choose!). Friday was by far my busiest day. When I got to work, I immediately began working on a project for the Lifestyle Merch Director. Simultaneously I made some changes to a GWP program, cleaned my desk, trashed files on my computer, and wrote my last intern journal entry. I was very focused on my project so I had no idea they were all in the conference room about to surprise me with pizza as a goodbye. They gave me a card that they all signed and a gift from Sephora. I couldn't believe it. I am really going to miss everyone but I already confirmed that I will be back every break from school. At 2:00 I left to go to my last GlamJam concert at Jones Beach. The concert was Jonas Brothers so picture a LOT of 12 year old girls with I <3 Joe t-shirts on. It was unreal. We got out around 8 and then I took a car home and I pretty much just fell asleep. By the way our driver was the same lunatic from last time...what are the odds...

Next order of business. Decorating my new apartment! I've already started thinking of cool ideas to make it really me (pictures to come later). This was an amazing summer, I'm sad that it's almost over.