Happy Birthday to my favorite kung fu fighting machine Brooklyntbone! I adore her and hope her birthday is fabulous and amazing! (card from poshbetty.com) 

If I was a rich woman: This is the birthday prezzie I would give to tbone. (photo from auntjudysattic.com) 

"She is pure Alice in wonderland, and her appearance & demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the red queen and a flamingo" (quote from Truman Capote and picture from style.com) 

Very pretty pink dress($225.00) from tangerine boutique. It is lovely when you look closer. 

Another coat lemming: Strut by Wonderlust. It retails for $240 at paperdoll.com. 

Newest impossible scent lemming: 1941 Coty's Lily Dache Drifting. I need to stop exploring at rubylane antiques. I discovered Louis Vuitton steamer trunks(10,000 bucks) and countless compacts. They also have an empty bottle of Coty's Chypre.  

Guerlain box from rubylane. (rubylane) 

Mireille(C'est Chic) located the possible origin of the oligrachy t-shirt. It is a song called Tiny Vessels by a band called Death Cab for Cutie.
Huge hugs to M for finding this.

This is the moment that you know that you told her that you loved her but you don't
You touched her skin and then you think that she is beautiful, but she don't mean a thing to me.
Yeah she is beautiful, but she don't mean a thing to me

I spent two weeks in Silverlake, the California sun cascading down my face
There was a girl with light brown streaks, and she was beautiful, but she didn't mean a thing to me
Yeah she was beautiful, but she didn't mean a thing to me

I wanted to believe in all the words that I was speaking as we moved together in the dark
And all the friends that I was telling all the playful misspellings and ever bite I made that left a mark
Then tiny vessels oozed into you neck and formed the bruises that you said you didn't want to fade
But they did an so did I that day

All I see are dark gray clouds in the distance moving closer with every hour
So when you'd ask "Is something wrong?"
I'd think, "You're damn right there is, but we can't talk about it now! No we can't talk about it
now."

So one last touch and then you'll go and we'll pretend it meant something so much more
But it was vile and it was cheap and you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
Yeah, you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me.

(Important Picture Disclaimer: I found this picture a long time ago before I started this blog and have lost the original site name. If this picture is yours please contact me in the comments. I will remove it. I just had to use it with this post. It is perfect. )

T-shirt by Oligrachy($42) at paper-doll.com: "You are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me" 

Sad ghost salt & pepper shakers($49) by Marcel Dzama from giantrobot.com 

Halloween t-shirt: Dracula with a bag of cupcakes.
This shirt is from a cool site called johnnycupcakes.com
All the designs incorporate cupcakes.
Gotta love that!
The shirt retails for $31.99.

Mummy cupcake tshirt from Johnnycupcakes.com.  

#1 choice for Christmas card 2005:

I have started my holiday card shopping.
I take this task very seriously. I love my cards to be slightly dark & quirky or breathtaking in their beauty.
This one was at a GREAT site called bella muse.
I am on the fence with this one because it might have a limited appreciative audience.
I really can not see me sending this to my boss or members of my family.
Any thoughts? I would love feedback.
(card from bellamuse.com)

Safe Christmas card choice #2:

Unfortunately...I have sent this card before for my Xmas mailings.
You might remember it from two years ago.
It appears that I have come to the end of the road with Edward Gorey.

Fragrance of the day: I was inspired again by a review by Bois de Jasmin. Safran Troublant notes are saffron, rose, vanilla, geranium, sandalwood, and maybe a smidge of clove. I wish this came in a larger bottle. (picture by Robert Philippe) 

I am a sucker for a cool collar: This jacket is by Viktor and Rolf. It is available at netaporter for $1720.00. 

This is my favorite dress from the entire Alexander McQueen collection. It is perfect in every way. The moment I spotted it I thought that my friend Hirondelle should be in it. She could do this dress justice. (netaporter) 

Missoni Immenso grape cashmere top from netaporter. This sweater will set you back for $869.00. Hoping that someone knocks this off and makes it affordable to the masses. (netaporter.com) 

Scent of the day: Guet Apens by Guerlain. I was inspired by Bois de Jasmin's review today. Also: Who is strongly lemming the new Hermes called Osmanthe Yunnan? The notes are tea, freesia, orange, osmanthus and apricot. This is my new #1 new scent lemming. (Georges Barbier picture) 

New coat lemming alert: Roland Mouret Nightingale coat. Look at that great color and collar. It retails for $2133.00. (netaporter.com) 

A little while ago I stumbled across a blog that I instantly loved and kept secret from all of you. It is like a hidden treasure.
I felt immense guilt about it so let me introduce you justmycupoftea.
(see link in list)

She has incredible taste in all things, adorable pets (check out the pictures of her pug and bunnies), and a shared love for cupcakes (cupcake tour 2005).

I think this is one of the best fashion blogs out there.

I have always been a big fan of Anna Sui.
Not so much for her fashion but for her incredible taste. Her taste is magnificent.
I love her fashion book collection. I had forgotten how much I loved collecting fashion books until I spotted her collection online last night.
She has renewed my passion.
(photo from a graphic tee from Anna Sui. The artist is Akron native Jeffrey Fulvimari.)

These are the best cowboy boots I have ever seen in my life. (Anna Sui @style.com) 

Anna Sui: Love and covet the necklace. (style.com) 

T-shirt graphic from Anna Sui site. It is by Michelle Kim. (annasui) 

Anna Sui Spring 2006 RTW collection: Loved the piece on the right. (style.com)