Texture Tuesday: June 7, 2011

Christian Louboutin lace heels:ModCloth ruffle maxi:Chloe leather tote:Vivienne Westwood Anglomania jersey dress:

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Marc by Marc Jacobs dove rings:Anlo teal dress:Chloe sunglasses:Wildfox bow tee:Milly tweed coat:Pour La Victoire pump:

Get Kate Middleton's Engagement Look

Just because you didn't snag a prince to marry, doesn't mean you can't look like you did.

While her Issa London dress is totally absolutely sold out all over the world (can't blame those people. The dress is awesome), I've found some other options for you to get the just-engaged-to-a-prince look.

Chloe, was $2,360, sale $1,416

Calvin Klein, $98

Donna Karan, was $1,195, sale $717

Donna Morgan, $98

French Connection, $168

Lauren by Ralph Lauren, $130

Calvin Klein, $109

Corso Como, $129

Your Moment of Pretty

Before I send you off for your fun-filled weekends, I thought I'd give you a moment of pretty.


Mmmmmmm...... I just want to pet it....

Chloe, $1,895 @

@Available in more colors

Happy Friday, everyone!

Texture Tuesday: June 15, 2010

Juicy Couture bracelet: Blumarine floral dress:Zimmermann swimsuit:

Chloe ring:

EWP Trial: The Outnet; Verdict: FAIL

Since I became a housewife, I've become a really big fan of the transition tee. Give me a little puff sleeve or a little applique and I'm in casual cute housewife heaven. But after spending 3 years in a law firm, my closet is really really lacking on tees. I have like 2. So I've been picking up a few here and there lately.

I saw this plain, but cute, tee from See by Chloe on theoutnet.com the other day and I thought, hey, why not order it. I can barely find a $30 tee at Ann Taylor Loft, so this was super reasonably priced. I had to this point never ordered from theoutnet.com because I'm generally in the camp of "If it's on super sale, then there's something super wrong with it." And just this once I put my non-super sale rule on hold because I thought, hey, it's a t-shirt. The picture looks super straight forward. Plain lavendar tee. No big deal.

And then it arrived, and to my supreme confusion it was way too wide and way too short. Who on earth was it meant to fit? In the words of my friend Kim, "It's like a belly shirt for an obese person." Yeah, it definitely got sent back immediately. I only wish I had taken a picture of it on before I packed it up, y'all would have been super entertained. Drats!

Verdict: I will definitely not be shopping at The Outnet again.

Texture Tuesday: April 20, 2010

Chloe gold plated Swarovski flower earrings:Tory Burch silk blouse:Sergio Rossi stiletto sandals:

My New Lover

I couldn't let my pass from Mr. EWP to go buy something ridiculous go to waste, even if I didn't find anything Miami.

So as soon as I got back to Chicago, I marched myself over to Neiman Marcus and bought this, the bag from my new year's resolution:

Chloe

Mmmmmm..... giant Chloe hobo. I'm particulary in love with the soft gray color.

I'm not generally a fan of having the brand emblazoned on the side, but it's pretty small so I was willing to overlook that.

I particularly like this little flat thingamabob that makes it easier on your shoulder. Chloe is very considerate like that.

An attempted shot of the inside but I didn't have good lighting. No matter, nothing much to report about the inside except I've already put all my things in it and made them feel at home.

I had a little twinge of bag guilt over the price tag, but then Mr. EWP said, this is a direct quote, "You really needed a bag that went with your shoes." WHAT? I think it really bothered him when the snooty Valentino man didn't like my bag. But, hey, if he's all for me upping my bag game, then I'm all for it too!

And since I had just hopped out of the shower at the time of this photoshoot and had dripping wet hair, I somehow convinced Mr. EWP to model the bag for all of you. I didn't even mind that he just got back from golf and was a little smelly.

What a wonderful sight: the love of my life and the love of my closet. :)

EWP Goes to the Fanciest Mall Ever

No vacay anywhere is complete without a day of shopping. It's been my rule since ever since I can remember. With three daughters and years of shopping trips, my dad can't set foot in a mall without breaking out in hives. But now the tradition has been passed on to Mr. EWP and he's actually doing quite well with it. He did the shopping research all on his own. He googled "Christian Louboutin" and "Chloe" and found some places to shop. I was seriously impressed that A) that he did the shopping planning on his own, and B) that he even knew what Chloe was. AND he said I could buy anything I wanted. Anything. I was very excited.

First stop: The Miami Design District. I was really excited. I always think other big cities have something fun like Michigan Ave. where it's just lines of nice shops and people wandering in and out.Well, um, the Miami Design District was not like that. It was deserted, in the middle of a gorgeous Saturday! And the whole area was kind of warehousey and not cute. There'd be one nice store I'd consider shopping in, and then a bunch of faucet and plumbing stores. It was SO WEIRD.

But they did have this store. My mecca. My home. I love you, Christian!

I was hoping to try on these shoes that I'd been coveting for a while, but they didn't carry them.

But they did have these adorably Parisian be-bowed, polka-dotted heels.

Funny story. I tried these on and Mr. EWP goes, "the heel's kinda low" and the saleswoman balks and goes, "they're four inches!" hahahhaha. I guess I've conditioned him to really ridiculous heel heights. I was wearing 6 inchers this day.

As cute as I thought they were, and as much as I could see me spending the whole summer in them, I just didn't think they were as cute as the piped canvas mary jane peep-toes. So I said goodbye.

From there we wandered over to Marni where I learned a very important lesson: never ever go to a store starved for customers wearing shoes from that store. OMG, once those 2 sales associates saw my shoes, they were tripping over themselves to show me everything in their store. Including stuff in the back they hadn't put out yet! They were all, we got a new collection, would you like to see it? No, I would not, people. You're scaring me.

It was high time to leave the Design District. So we crossed the bridge and headed over to what turned out to be the fanciest mall I've ever been to.

Sure I've been to nice shopping places, but none like this. It was discerning, it was high class.

Sure there were trees like other malls

And the fish were pretty cute.

But it was the stores that got me. There was no Banana or Club Monaco to be seen. The upstairs were the "lowly" stores - Tory Burch, Diane von Furstenberg, Marc Jacobs. Things I can manage to swing in the budget.

But downstairs, wowee, downstairs was something else.

Hello, Carolina.

And Lanvin! I don't believe I've seen a Lanvin in person before. Not that I went in, I didn't feel worthy.

I was on a handbag hunt. I marched into Chloe looking for the bag I saw back in Chicago, but they didn't carry it. So we wandered to some other stores and looked at bags. Some had comical prices ($3,000??? WHAT?) and others were maybe buyable.

I wandered into Valentino to check out their rosette bags that I totally love. And the Valentino clerk totally did a once over of my bag and turned up his little nose at me. I wanted to be like, "It's Kate Spade, not Guess, dude!" And I wanted to inform him that he worked in a store. But I didn't.

For better or for worse, the people at Dior gave me much better service. Well, better as in they were attentive, not that they actually understood anything I was saying. I went in and said I wanted a plain, basic bag. I like my bags pretty basic. And the Dior woman took me to a bag that had bulky chains weaved through. In what world does "plan and basic" mean "bulky chains"?? And then, oh my and then, she brought me a bag with an across the body shoulder strap. I tried to smile politely, but I was really just trying not to vomit. Because one cannot vomit in Dior. But it was tough, people. It was tough. Across the body shoulder strap?? Who are these people?

So, even though I had the green light from my husband, nothing was purchased that day. Guess I really just love my Chicago shopping.

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Chloé striped t-shirt dress:Boden butterfly slingback flats:Marc by Marc Jacobs dove hoop earrings:Also love...

becoming a baking tornado this weekend. I made this lemon cream pie for my boyfriend's sister's birthday.And I also made Cadbury egg-stuffed cupcakes for Easter. Unfortunately, they were all eaten by the time I remembered to take a picture. At least that means they were good!

UPDATE: I've had some questions about the cupcakes. I didn't follow any official recipe; I just made chocolate cake batter from the box and then dropped an egg into each cupcake cup. Then just bake normally and enjoy! I topped mine with whipped chocolate icing and a peep.