Greetings Bloggers

I'm still working on the redecorating of the apartment.  Its going to be a while -- especially since my lease is up in August and I plan on moving to a (hopefully) nicer place.  The apartment hunt continues!

In the mean time, I bought some cool vintage furniture starting with this set of Trunks.  I haven't gotten them yet, but they look super cute.  The large wall clock got here already. I love it. :)
And now for the usual self portrait.  I kind of like the way this one turned out.  Still working on improving my photography skills.

I sleep on this duvet/sham set from Anthropologie every night.  I love it!

After a frustrating apartment search, I'm moving into a new place next weekend so I was brainstorming ideas about how to decorate it.  This will be the first apartment I've ever lived in without roommates, so the decorating is completely up to me.  At first I was kind of weary about living by myself and getting bored, but as soon as I realized I get to decorate an entire apartment however I so please, I dropped all of those thoughts.

Unfortunately, this is a rush move and the apartment is a complete fixer upper.  Its an old house with completely brown floor, but I'm determined to make the best of it. One of the best ways to work with an old house seems to be embracing the flaws rather than trying to make it into something it isn't.

Mismatching chairs was the first thing that came to my mind for my kitchen so I was surfing around for how to do this properly.  After some uninspiring search results, I finally came across a picture of the Friends set and realized that this is basically what I've been trying to accomplish in my head without realizing it (right down to the brown floors).  I absolutely love that purple chair.


I know pretty much everyone has seen at least part of an episode of Friends and I've probably seen every episode of the series.  One of the most memorable things about the show is Monica and Rachel's purple and blue apartment set, but I don't know how much real thought I ever gave to the design of the apartment beyond that.  Looking at the individual pieces that make up the set, it is a fantastic eclectic 90s design.


Personally, I'm getting bored with the overly put together minimalist apartment design that has been so stylish in the past few years.  At first I was attracted to the clean looks of dark woods and carfully chosen decor, but the more I looked at it, the more it felt limiting.

When decorating in this way, you have so much more freedom to pull inspiration from anywhere you want.  I think it looks great to pull together furniture from different eras.



Friends never really changed its set during its run.  Sex and the City on the other hand gave Carries' apartment a complete overhall for the movie.  The modern reset just doesn't have the same character that her old apartment had and her apartment with Big is even worse.

I think its time for this kind of interior decorating to make a come back.  There is only so much minimalism people will be able to handle before they miss being able to own frivolous stuff.

Now, if I really wanted to do an homage to the friend's apartment, I'd buy this photo frame to put on my door: Peephole Frame or put this on my wall: Joutes French Friends Poster

I've been surfing the furnishing sales and Gilt and Rue La La (links to invites).  I'm hoping some good things come up on sale.  Its kind of fun just seeing what comes up every day even though I can't really plan on anything.  I'm not in a hurry to purchase anything just yet, so it works for me.

Happy Blogging everyone. :)


Images: Wikipedia, friends.wikia.com

Hope everyone had a great Sunday. I know I enjoyed mine and I can't believe its almost over! So, in the spirit of the randomness, here are some photos of me, my fuzzy friend, and my lake view.

 I tried to get the little guy to play with me, but had no luck.... he just wanted to sleep. I resorted to my camera to entertain myself.

My lake view! I'm only living in this apartment a few more days/weeks (its undecided), but right now I have a fairly decent lake view.

And here is me. I have this giant mirror sitting on my floor so I took the photo through a mirror.  Sitting at my computer.  Yep, that's my life.

I meant to blog this photo earlier, but I was moving and real life got in the way and hey guess what.... I have to move again already. Roommates just aren't worth it sometimes.

Anyway, I love this dress. I got it on sale from Amazon and it is gorgeous. Since I'm rather small chested I never know if strapless dresses are going to fit with my other proportions and I can't order bigger than a 2 for my chest, but it actually fit! So woo! :D


Dress link: Here

Good Morning Everyone!

I took the day off to move from my apartment to a new one a few blocks away so i'm taking the last few minutes of my morning to update my blog before I go packing crazy! Time runs too short too often.

This is a photo I took a few days ago with a bottle of red wine and red shoes.

Nothing to report here in the "what I'm wearing" sense. Just a Betsy Johnson Teddy Bear necklace. The rest is a generic black dress and red shoes.

I have another photo that I will blog next post with a Betsey Johnson Dress and i just have to say that if I could have afforded Betsey Johnson in high school, I would have worn nothing else. Now I think I'm a little too old for a lot of her designs (24). Some of it is just a little too high school, but I just love how much fun everything she does is.

This is also the first time I'm blogging directly from flickr. Usually I copy links into blogger from flickr, but I'm trying something new. I'm curious if I'm going to have to edit this post after it gets uploaded (I probably will). There is no spot for tags or anything.

This is a photo I had originally taken about three weeks ago but abandoned and just pulled up yesterday.

In other news, now that I have a full time grown up job and am not a college student anymore, I've been using my Rue La La account more.

I finally managed to find this gorgeous floral dress for $79.00 after not wanting to spend $260.00 for it on Anthropologie two months ago.


Not gonna lie, I did a little happy dance when I saw it that first dress on sale. :)

I also got the white crochet ABS by Allen Schwartz dress. I wasn't super impressed with it online but I thought it would be great for work. In the end, I actually really love the dress - its very form fitting without losing its class. :)

The site is invite only so feel free to use my link and check out Rue La La here if you are interested:  http://www.ruelala.com/invite/aflawedfashion

I'm pretty sure you get a 10 dollar credit when you sign up.  I know I did.

There have been some good deals lately with summer items going on sale.  It can be hit or miss (especially because there is a limited supply), but its fun to stalk the deals and I've been seeing a lot of 70 - 100 dollar dresses that are calling out for my money.  I like that you see everything from 10 dollar American Apparel items to higher end designer labels.

I know I sound a bit like an ad, but this is my latest obsession so I thought I'd share.   I've been visiting the site almost every day.

TTFN  :)