In the Pink
A few weeks ago I was at the Hip and Urban Girl launch party. I was talking to someone I had just met. When I whipped out my iphone (which is encased in a bright pink TNA iphone condom) to swap Twitter information they commented:
"That's a very girly phone case! Its so...pink"
"Oh yeah, I guess it is"
"You just don't seem like a pink person"
And, this is kind of true. That night I was wearing a white top, a black fitted pencil skirt, black leather jacket & a pair of tough bondage inspired cage heels. This is a typical outfit for me. When I say the words "pink person" what comes to mind is images of Barbie, Paris Hilton, girls wearing short pleated skirts with Uggs (UGH!), the collective wardrobe of the cast of Mean Girls...you get my drift. This isn't exactly me. I wear a lot of black, grey and neutral colors. I love dark skinny jeans, white T-shirts, fitted pencil skirts, black leather jackets, big fluffy scarves, clothes that are simple, feminine and sexy & accented with tough touches (which is why I lust after shoes like this and why I had a total clothes-gasm when I saw all the Motorcycle jackets in Fred Segal). This is pretty much what I look like most of the time (for day I swap out the heels for a pair of chucks or flats)
This photo was taken in LA but doesn't exactly scream out Malibu Barbie.
However, after the party I went home and surveyed the contents of my apartment. For someone who claims they aren't a "pink person" I have a heck of a lot of pink things. Here is the photographic evidence:
The contents of my purse (pink purse, pink notebook, pink ipod, pink iphone, pink essie nail-polish - I don't actually carry around nail-polish. I just included it in the shot.)
As if this wasn't bad enough, two weekends ago I tracked down the bikini I had been lusting after in this entry. I tried it on and it looked too effing cute to leave in the store. Now it is mine. Allllll miiiiine. I don't care if just wear it at the neighborhood pool this summer. I love it. Oh and did I mention I got my toe-nails painted to match? Should I really be admitting this?!
The real WTF moment happened this weekend. I bought a bunch of new lingerie. After I took it home & washed it & got it ready to put away I noticed something: I own ALOT of pink panties. And I just bought more. But how could I resist? They're just so pretty. Once again, I had to bring them home with me.
And, I write a blog that is very...pink. Which, requires equally pink business cards. Yup.
So what does this mean?
Am I a pink person?
Badass Sex blogger on the outside....pink loving, girly-girl, puffy heart drawing softie on the inside?
Something in between?
What I can say is this: I go through phases with colors. I went through a turquoise phase. I went through a chocolate brown phase. I went through a slightly depressed all-black phase. Right now I'm just going through a pink phase. I'm just going to embrace it. The color pink makes me feel energized and happy. The last time I went through a pink phase was right after I graduated university (actually it was more like a general bright color, bright pattern phase. Hello, I wore a Pucci print dress to my graduation. I didn't say this was a "good" fashion phase). This was an exciting time for me because I felt like I was on the cusp of all kinds of new experiences. So, I'm kind of hoping the same is true right now. In the meantime, I'm just going to ride it out, pink purse in hand.
However you notice that I've decided to go blonde again, that I suddenly have a renewed interest in going to law school and I've started carrying around an abnormally small animal...
PLEASE STAGE AN INTERVENTION.
What's your favorite color? Have you ever gone through a "color phase" or am I alone in this madness?!
Sunday Morning Surprises
Sun, Feb 7 2010 10:41
| lingerie, exes, bloggers I love
This morning I woke up to an email from an EX. Like, THE EX. The one I wrote about here and here. When I saw his message my stomach did that weird sick feeling flip flop thing. We haven't spoken since we said goodbye. He's the kind of ex boyfriend you never hear from and hope to never hear from. I always figured if I did hear from him I would find out he's in jail or getting deported or is in re-hab or he's desperate to find a kidney and I'm his last resort...or something equally as sketchy. He's just that kind of guy. Thankfully email is probably the only way he'd ever be able to get a hold of me. As far as I know he is still living in the foreign country he moved to after we parted ways. Although, a few years ago I thought I saw him at the Yonge & Bloor Subway station and I nearly had a heart attack. My palms started to sweat, my heart started racing, my stomach flip flopped. Just as I was trying to figure out what I should do next (run? duck into Starbucks and hide behind the milk & sugar station? Face the music?) I realized that it wasn't him. It was just a doppelganger.
Its been years since I had feelings for this guy. I'd never in a million years want to date him again. But, I think because he hurt me so much, I still get this fight or flight reaction.
Does anyone else have an ex like this?
So, here is the anti-climatic conclusion to the story: I opened the email and it was a link to an online store selling Viagra. No message, nothing. The funny thing was that most of the recipients were either other ex-girlfriends or girls he hooked up with (either before, after or while he was with me). I think we can conclude from this the following: either a) this is meant as some kind of cryptic message to the girls he used to sleep with ("I'm Baaaack!"-anyone who rides Toronto Public Transit will probably get that reference) or this is the work of a spammer with a sense of humor. (I'm going with the latter). My heart attack subsided and I had a bit of a giggle.
(It makes me wonder though--why does he still have all our emails in his address book?! UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS BOOKS PEOPLE. Avoid future embarrassment. That's all I can say.)
Another more exciting discovery I made this week: LINGERIE BLOGS. I love lingerie, pretty lacy things and anything lingerie inspired --if you've noticed the header of this blog you might have already guessed this. I read a whole slew of fashion blogs but I never thought to see if there were any Lingerie blogs out there (but of course there are!). One that I discovered this week is Confessions of a Lingerie Addict. If you like pretty underwear like I do, this is a great blog. This week the Lingerie Addict is holding a Valentines Day giveaway where you can win a set of Hanky Panky Thongs ($99). I'm just mentioning it in case you're like me & love indulging in pretty lingerie.
I hope everyone is having a nice weekend!
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