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Razzle Dazzle

Celebs (of a sort) spotted this week at the store: 

 

Carlos Falchi, handbag designer extraordinaire.  Set to designer a line of handbags for Target in the impending future.  Very sweet.  After he found out only locals can make reservations at Paula Deen's restaurant, he joked he'd be back to have me make his reservation.  Was in town for SCAD graduation.

 

Erin Williams, one of Whitney Port's sidekicks on The Hills spinoff, The City.  Asked her when the new season of the show would start airing.  She said she wasn't sure, but that they'd been filming a lot lately.  Then she complimented me on the color of my hair and asked if it was natural.  Love that question.  My first brush with a reality "star" (that is if you don't count Ruby, but she's homegrown, so she probably doesn't count).  She also was in town for SCAD graduation.  (Trivia: who knew her dad is bassist for AC/DC, Cliff Williams?  Not I.)

 

Celeb not spotted this week at the store:

 

Glenn Close.  She was apparently out and about in the downtown design district, but didn't bother popping into our store.  Disappointing.  She was in town to give the commencement speech for SCAD graduation.

Set Sale

It really does pay to wait for a sale rather than purchase an item the moment it crosses your radar.  I've been stalking this pair of Cole Haan Genevieve Wedge shoes for months online.  When I saw them in person in Vegas, I knew I had to have them, but I forced myself to wait and see if they went on sale.  Patience paid off last week when I received an Email from Neiman Marcus notifying me about a one day 40% off sale on select Cole Haan shoes and purses.  My shoes just happened to among the chosen.  Then there's this other pair of Kate Spade Idonia sandals I'd been stalking in person at a local boutique.  Not willing to pay full price I'd being using Google shopping to check and see if I could find them on sale anywhere online.  Patience again paid off when a week after I started my search I found them 40% off at Nordstrom.  Obviously the recession hasn't stopped me from shopping completely.  I'm just trying to be smarter and more thoughtful about what I'm purchasing.

Hells Belles

There's a new "The Real Housewives of..." type show on the Soap Network, of all places, called "Southern Belles: Louisville".  Except, rather than being about housewives, it's about a group of 5 single girls (alleged friends) in their 20's and 30's.  The cast includes nouveau riche socialite Shea, divorcee Kellie, wanna-be journalist Emily, aging model Julie, and girl next door Hadley. The first episode aired last night and I've already picked a favorite, Hadley.  She's the self professed Carrie Bradshaw "character" of the group.  Living in the South you'd think I'd be instantly taken with every television show that is set below the Mason-Dixon line, but I must admit that "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" just did not do it for me.  This show on the other hand, I will be watching religiously.  Especially now that my favorite Thursday night lineup is in rerun mode.

"They say it's your Birthday"

Me, circa my fifth Birthday.  I was so rocking the Strawberry Shortcake necklace and flower in the hair.  That Birthday outfit so trumps the one I wore last night in every way. 

The Birthday celebration started the day before my Birthday with cupcakes (chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting) from my coworkers.  My actual Birthday was spent as follows: lunch with S at Back in the Day Bakery (caprese sandwich, sweet tea, and a baby cupcake), then a matinee (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), followed by shopping, dinner with the girls at Local 11 Ten (where we sat in the vault), the evening ended at The Distillery, where multiple gimlets were consumed by me (no one else cared for them).  The next day commenced with breakfast at Harris Baking Company (sausage, egg and cheese sandwich on a croissant), shopping on Broughton St, three hour appointment at Vanilla Day Spa (facial, manicure and pedicure), quick outfit change, then met coworkers at Carlito's for dinner and the $50 margarita shared by five (after several hours it was nowhere near being gone, so to go cups it was).  All in all the celebration was great fun.  And, the gifts, they weren't too shabby either.

Me, circa my sixth Birthday.  I don't know why I thought the entire mouth must be filled with air in order to blow out Birthday candles (I don't still think that, in case you were wondering).  The kids on my right are STILL my friends and will be forever, the girl the on the left I'm not so sure about.

Too cute for comfort

Maybe you’ve heard, maybe you haven’t, but Zooey Deschanel stars and sings in the lastest cotton commercial.