Celebrity Beach Bodies & Summertime Blues

I am seriously dying for the springtime air to swoop in on me and replace this long cold bitter chicago winter. So much in fact that I found myself googling such things like "caribbean islands" and "bathing suit trends for 2009" this morning when I woke up to find nothing but rain and blustery wind outside my bedroom window. I've been in a bit of a funk feeling much less inspired than usual these days and I knew some much needed time for daydreaming of summertime swimsuits was just what the doctor ordered. I simply CAN NOT wait until the day I can throw on some flip flops and a cover up, walk myself to the beach and lie carelessly with my toes in the sand soaking up the rays. I miss those days, the lazy days. Summer night adventures, bonfires, fireworks, festivals..LOLLAPALOOZA! All of it. I'm in dire need of a weekend vacation if winter decides to run it's course another two months. I'm not exactly sure I can hold out for that long. In the meantime I suppose I'll order my victoria secret swimsuits online and wait rather impatiently for their arrival. At least when the package does come in I can try them on and lay in the middle of my carpeted living room floor pretending that my ceiling fan is the sweet warm wind and the lightbulbs are my imaginary sun. I'm debating which one(s) I'll purchase this year but to completely honest I usually end up buying anywhere between 2-4 bathing suits a year anyways so I might as well save myself the trouble and get them all.  I especially love the pink embellished one piece, that's a definite must have and the mint green two piece is very different from any other suit that I own so that's a winner as well.  If anything I might skip the black one. I already own two black ones and although the style is  pretty different than mine I have to think realistically.  It's not like these are cheap!  I guess I've just made up my mind then haven't I?  How about some advice, I could really use it ;)

Oh yes, and I hope everyone had a lovely weekend.  I apologize for the lack of posting & neglect this week.  I will be visiting blogs and commenting tomorrow! XOXO

Style Inspiration

I really miss the days when Lindsay Lohan didn't look as if she hadn't slept in weeks due to binge drinking and snorting coke off toilet seats in bathroom stalls. I can't even remember how long ago that was so for a friendly little reminder I sometimes flip through my December 2008 issue of Harper's Bazaar to take me back to the good old days. I'm kidding of course. Lindsay was hardly practicing good-girl habits less than four months ago but it certainly looks as if she cleaned up her act for a hot minute thanks to this shoot by Terry Richardson. So clean, in fact that her outfits inspired me to start web hunting for similar pieces that I can incorporate into my own wardrobe. Not exactly what I would call perfect but close enough to pull off the same look and cheap enough to not burn a gargantuan hole in my pocket. There's already a decent sized one shredding at the very bottom of my rock and republic's as we speak and now is definitely not the right time in my life to increase it's volume.  Before I bid you adieu here is the pricing and places you could pick up your lilo duds and a comparison between the real deal & the steal deal...

REAL;

jacket  | diane von furstenberg $645

top | daniel swaroski $special order <-- yikes

jeans  | dkny $89

shoes | courtney crawford $565

gloves | louis vuitton $845

shades | grey ant $253

STEAL;

jacket | larok $150

top | bottega voneta $580

jeans | buckle $50

shoes | aldo $80

gloves | asos.com $14

shades | ksubi $210

TOTAL SAVINGS $1,313

GO DJ...THAT'S MY DJ.

Tonight's the night! Some friends and I have a table reservation at Crimson Lounge in Hotel Sax for Sam Ronson's DJ set starting at 10pm. I'm so pumped, it's gonna be off the hook! Last time LILO made an appearance & I almost would have caught a glimpse if it wasn't for her posse crowding around her like a pack of wild hienas. Crimson's a great place that I truly love to go from time to time but the security has gotten down hard on letting people in lately so we decided putting our names on the guest list was a wiser choice. Bottles for our table could potentially burn a giant hole in my pocket so i'm crossing my fingers that everyone shows up and pitches in for the tab. Not sure what I'm wearing exactly but I have a feeling it's a legging & louboutin kinda night. Anyway, off for my mani and pedi. Cheers!