Cover that up.

What about this dress?  Va-va-voom! The material might be a little chintzy but I like the idea of it.  The first photo is the fancypants version and the 2nd is the cheapskate version.  I'm drawn to the expensive one since the model's chest is sort of (read: exactly like) mine whereas the cheapie one is definitely nothing like it.

Fancy

Boobs version

On the completely opposite fashion spectrum here is a funny video for Pringle of London by David Shrigley in case you didn't see it on my fb yesterday.  It's a couple of years old but so good.  I have a couple of his albums and they are funny and creepy.  

If I was a millionaire I would wear this sweater from their 2012 collection on rainy days like today.

WELL GEEZ.  I just looked up one of the Shrigley albums I have and it's going for a pretty penny on amazon.  

In the mumps

I try not to whine online too much but gosh, yesterday was a bummer, wasn't it?  I felt bleh and didn't want to do anything at all.  I thought it was just me but then I looked on facebook and saw that a handful of other people were moaning about what a horrible Monday they were having.  That made me feel slightly better.

What made me feel a lot better (seriously) was eating what I'm assuming was a disgusting burger for dinner at Downtown's Kitchen BBQ vs. Vegan.  I'm assuming it was disgusting because the "restaurant" is inside the Round Corner so it was pretty dark when I was stuffing it in my face and I couldn't really see what I was eating.  I got a bacon burger that had onion rings on it and what I think was some sort of cheese sauce.  I loved it.  Everyone on yelp raved about the fries but they were dry and disappointing.  Also disappointing was the quinoa patty that the Mr. got for his burger.

Why did we eat here?  A Groupon, of course!  When we got home V did some stand-up for me and had some really good jokes about groupons expiring.  I laughed so hard I almost threw up my disgusing/delicious burger.  Do you buy groupons?  We have one for a dental cleaning and one for the dive bar that are both expired.  Sorry teeth and mermaids!

Stick em up

These USA seals would be cute to use to address a letter to a friend and they're reasonably priced too!  12 seals for 4$.

I like these colourful ones on the far right too.

Get your paint on

Day 55

I stumbled across Lisa Congdon's blog again yesterday to browse the images of her project "365 days of hand lettering".  The first time I saw her art was in the SF shop Doe (sadly, now closed) where they had really pretty cards, housewares, jewelry and clothes.

I love looking at daily projects like this but never really do a little art project on a daily basis myself.  Do you?

Day 79

She and her friend are offering an online painting class and it's 100$!  I don't have a lot of cash to spare but thought that 100$ was a reasonable price for a 5 week online "class".  Each week you're given an assignment and then you post it to flickr.  It sounds like there are a couple relaxed online discussions too.  I think I'm going to sign up even though I can't paint.

I was trying to decide if 100$ on an online class was something that was reasonable for me right now and thought of what else I could frivolously spend 100$ on.  I scribbled a short list before falling asleep last night.

FUN and FRIVOLOUS!

1. A painting class.
2. A fancy dinner at home for 6 friends.
3. A really cute dress.
4. An overnight stay in a beach cottage.
5. A pair of concert tickets.

If you had 100$ to spend on something fun and frivolous, what would it be?

Have a great weekend!

Hot Chip

I bought tickets to the Hot Chip show in Oakland this morning.  It's 5 months away, in September!

On the work front, I'm averaging 4 job applications a day.  Still no bites.  Maybe I need some more vitamins.

Did you see these vintage ads?

Eyes glazing over

What is a glazing technician?  I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me but it's a real job posted on craigslist.  There is also an opening for a hot dog cart operator.  Slim pickins.

Maybe I could become a hotdog glazing technician and make this decadent meal.  

It's Weight Watchers so it must be healthy!

Good luck

This paper crane wedding cake is amazing!