Hot Trends

Remember chain letters?  I once did one in highschool for a panty exchange where you had to buy one pair of underpants and mail it to the first person on the list and then you'd get hundreds of panties in return.  That was weird and I never got any panties.

Isn't the word panties gross?

It's not exactly like a chain letter but my real-life far away friend, Danielle, is doing a blog challenge type thing where you write about 7 things that are currently "trending" in your life.  I don't think I've ever been very trendy because I buy, read, eat, drink and think about things that I like and am interested in and don't worry too much about what other people are into.  Although there were those really sparkly shoes that I returned last year because too many people thought they were ugly.  I guess a little bit of influence is a good thing.

1. Pocket sunscreen stick

I picked this up last week at a grocery store (along with mint and limes to make birthday mojotos for V).  As an older lady, I have a couple of sunspots that I want to keep covered up when I'm out in the sun.  Along with my regular sunscreen I put this zinc sunscreen stick on the larger spots and keep it in my purse for touch ups.

2. Red pants.

Ok, fine.  Coloured pants are a serious trend that I wasn't sure I could pull off but I do like my red pants because they are actual pants and not stretchy leggings like a lot of the ones out there.  I got them on insane clearance at Macy's (75% off).  They were the last ones on the rack and in my size.  I couldn't pass them up for 35$.

3. Movies at the Drive In/ Horror movies

I love horror movies and I love the drive in.  Those 2 things together are perfect!  Last night we saw Cabin in the Woods.  I need to see it again because some of the movie scenes were too dark for the brightness of the Drive In so I couldn't really see what was going on at very key moments.  Also, screen three at the Sacramento 6 Drive In has bright white lights behind it from what seems to be a parking lot beyond the theatre which was really distracting and made it harder to see.  (Also, trending now : me whining about screen 3 at the Drive In).

4. Organised paperwork

In the past year I've had a lot of different paperwork floating around that I need to keep organized.  I use coloured folders, pretty folders, fancy paperclips and post it notes to keep organised.  Last week I was getting my health insurance sorted out and this week I'm working on car insurance and changing my name.  I have a bunch of these coloured folders in different sizes.  They're great for keeping everything sealed and together.  I keep my passport and birth certificate in a half sized one.

5. Party Jams

Essential mix on BBC Radio 1,
Radio 1's dance and hip hop shows.
Bay Area hip hop station KMEL
Gotta Dance Dirty music blog
Fact music mixes
Dublab mixes

6. Ladies night/ Friends with cable

My ladies and I have have a weekly TV night.  We've been watching AMC's MadMen and HBO's Girls.  When season 2 of American Horror Story starts up we'll watch that too.

7. Inside jokes, cute love notes and mini vacations with the Mr.

If any of my blogger pals linked on the right feel like writing about their 7 favourite trends, let me know and I'll link to your posts.

Trending now

Looks like I was a few months behind on the lip stickers trend I mentioned in this post.  I read an old Glamour magazine from December and they had a whole article on leopard print, glitter, and flag lip stickers.

I am WAY ahead of the trend on coloured jeans though.  I've been going through some old photos because a friend is working on a blog project and needs some oldies.  I have been uncovering some real gems.

Here I am at 12 in my sassy red jeans.  These might have been my introduction to "designer" labels.  They were Guess brand and I felt very, very cool when I wore them (which was exciting because I was not cool at all - look at those bangs!).  I am pretty sure these jeans had a hand in getting me invited to a Valentine's day party in grade 7 where we played spin the bottle and listened to Right Said Fred.   The hostess said, "come to my party, and wear your red jeans".  I didn't wear the oversized white and neon windbreaker to the party but most likely an over sized Esprit shirt.

This photo was in my horse riding days*, 2 years before my tragic skiing accident when I broke my tailbone and could never ride again.  I say tragic because I had to bring a pillow to school to sit on in class for three months.  I wanted crutches and a cast at a bare minimum! Nobody can sign "get well soon" on a pillow with a straight face.

*Full disclosure: I am pretty sure I have only ridden a horse once.

Twenty years (!!!) and three months or so later I tried on some coloured pants at the Rack but couldn't quite get on board. I think it was the pants though, they were more like leggings and bunched in the wrong place.  You know where.  THE KNEES.

Purple sausage legs

I also tried on some green cords that V spotted on the sale rack at anthro last month.  I really liked them (fit and colour) but thought they wouldn't transition well in the summer being cords and all.  This outfit was cute but I felt too Urban Outfitters in it.

I really liked that scarf.

Also trending, men playing with remote control cars.  Is this just in my neighbourhood?  I've seen four different grown men in different areas of Tahoe Park playing with their mini cars.  It's odd.