IT'S ALIIIIIIIVE

Dear 2.5 readers,


Come play at my new domain:

www.graveandmostglorious.com

I'm not totally done with all the fiddly bits, and I haven't set up 301 redirection yet (and the new site still isn't search engine index-able) and other under-the-hood things, but COME PLAY WITH ME!


(If you are subscribed in a reader, I will take care of you soon. I hope.)


With all the love in time and space,
Sam


[EDIT: That sounds kind of weird. I meant "with all the love in all of time and space," but I didn't want to say "all" twice.]


[EDIT: RUDE. Okay, so I think I have to transfer all my comments before I can set up 301 redirects.]

PSA: Because it's practically tradition at this point

Me, catching up on Misfits while trying to do my last Ruby assignment (...the textbook reading about Rails has not helped me at all), instead of studying for my English/linguistics and theater finals. With dirty hair.


See Spring 2011 and Fall 2010. I think my drawings have gotten progressively less attractive, but maybe this is because my hair has gotten progressively longer and dirtier.

MISCELLANY:

1. I really want to watch Warrior (with Tom Hardy!!!) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (with Tom Hardy!!! And Benedict Cumberbatch!!! And Colin Firth!!!) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (with RDJ!!!) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (for Rooney Mara's Lisbeth, her chemistry with Daniel Craig, and David Fincher's directing).
2. I also want to watch The Fall because it's supposed to be pretty.
3. I ordered a pair of Cole Haan Chelsea boots!!! HOLY EXPENSIVE!!! I hope they fit.
4. I have no job prospects!!!
5. My posting has been spotty this entire year, so I feel like it's pointless to say "I'm studying for finals, so I'm not going to try to post," but I just made this point number 5, so...
6. I might be moving to my own domain.*

[EDIT: P. S. I'll be procrastinating on tumblr and twitter. Come say hi! Or tell me to get back to work.]


[EDIT: *but I'll be changing the name of my blog if I do. Will keep you informed.]

The winner of the Shabby Apple giveaway is...

Lauren at Knitastrophy!


(I think the Universe is winking at me because I clicked through to Lauren's blog when she commented (as I do for everyone who comments!) and got so sucked into one of her posts, I actually left a comment. (Which I rarely do.) IT WAS LIKE A BLACK HOLE. Of greatness.)


I'll be sending you an email shortly, Lauren!


(For anybody who's been waiting, sorry for the delay! Here's a picture of Ryan Gosling from The Notebook to make up for it:

Confession: I don't understand people who find Ryan Gosling more attractive with a beard and shaggy hair than clean-shaven with floppy hair.


HOW CAN YOU RESIST THE FLOPPY HAIR


This has been the blog post of someone who was a preteen girl when boy bands were popular.)

GIVEAWAY: Win a dress from Shabby Apple!

My dearest of dear 2.5 readers,


Shabby Apple has generously offered to host another giveaway on this blog (open to U. S. residents only), this time for your choice of one (1) of the following two (2) GORGEOUS (!!!) dresses:

The Boogie Woogie as pictured above, normally priced at $88, featuring a jersey top and embellished sateen skirt (hello, perfect dress for the holiday party circuit!), or...

The Lighthouse as pictured above, normally priced at $89, featuring white cotton with "an under-bodice of butter-yellow cotton voile." (It even sounds pretty!)

In case you haven't yet heard of Shabby Apple, it's an online fashion company that "was started by women for women to bring dresses back to what they used to be – a one piece outfit." If you're not already sold on their philosophy, just click on through to their selection of vintage style dresses and BASK IN THE GLORY OF THEIR BEAUTY!


(Especially their Green Leaf collection - which is a collection of dresses I'd wear to a tea party in the middle of the woods.)


Basically, Shabby Apple does the classiest giveaways on the block.


Here's how to enter:


STEP ONE


Leave a comment on this post at or before 11:59 PM (PST) of Wednesday, November 23, 2011 with your name and email address so I can contact you if you win. (First name only is fine, and if your email address is in your profile, just say so! I'll click through.)



STEP TWO


Choose one of the following two actions:

• Like Shabby Apple on Facebook, and mention that you did so in your comment,

OR

• Tell me what you'd wear to a tea party in the middle of the woods (in your comment).

That's it! I love you! Please enter! These dresses are really, really fabulous! (So fabulous they're even worthy of being worn by your fabulous selves!)


P. S. As a heads up, Shabby Apple posts special promotions and discounts for those who Like their Facebook page!


P. P. S. If you're purchasing from Shabby Apple, enter "fazedgirl10off" for 10% off your purchase. This code is good for the next 30 days (which means until Saturday, December 10th)!


P. P. P. S. I'm an artist.

Now, the important question is... are you a good witch or a bad witch? (A glamorous jazz singer in a smoky lounge or a self-made millionairess reclining on your yacht?

The winner of the $100 Shopbop giveaway is...

Lin from raw by yours!


An email will be winging its merry way to you shortly.

GIVEAWAY: $100 Shopbop gift card!!! (for those Current/Elliot shorts your butt has been craving)

YES, MY 2.5 CHILDREN, I AM DEFINITELY YELLING AT YOU BUT WITH GOOD REASON BECAUSE I HAVE A $100 SHOPBOP GIFT CARD FOR ONE OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL BEHINDS (or heads or waists or feet, or whichever body parts correspond to the items you purchase with your prize money; they are all beautiful).


This is open to everyone, including international readers!


Yes, these glorious candy-colored Current Elliot shorts can be yours for five easy payments of $19.99! if you tweet about this giveaway, post about this giveaway, follow me, subscribe to my blog, like me on Facebook, follow Shopbop, and offer me your first-born child! for one measly comment.

Above, Current/Elliot Boyfriend Shorts in Bright Rose ($103.60), Ultramarine ($148), and Cayenne ($124.60)

Or you can go for these universally flattering William Rast boot-cut jeans, some J Brand shorts in bright purple (or red or fuchsia or orange or turquoise or...), or maybe a pair of J Brand waxed-denim, leather-lookalike shorts:

Above, William Rast Tatum Boot Cut Jeans with Flap Pockets ($177), J Brand Low Rise Cutoff Shorts in Bright Purple ($159), and J Brand Waxed Shorts ($183)

If those are too spendy for you (after all, those all cost over $100), you can hop on over to the sale section and pick up one of these:

Above, BB Dakota Evalyn Tiered Ruffle Skirt ($35, original price $70), Equipment Adrien Lace Blouse ($94, original price $188), and Maison Scotch Embroidered Short Sleeve Dress ($68.50, original price $137)

A tiered skirt that will make me envy you from across the universe internet, the craziest white lace sleeveless button-down OH MY GOD, or a sweet, functional LBD for daytime, or maybe...

Above, Dessous by Sophie Simmons Lily Slip Dress ($75, original price $150), Dolce Vita Maureen Dress ($63, original price $210), and Reformation Maiden Long Skirt ($95.70, original price $319)

The most gorgeous black slip dress in all the land (SERIOUSLY! The cut of the sides is gorgeous. Can we bring slip dresses back yet?), an adorable-prim collared dress, or a swishy floor-length skirt a la Carmen/Don José/Escamillo (okay, despite being one of the background characters in a performance in 7th grade, I can't remember what actually happens in Carmen so I'm working from my memory of that Hey Arnold! episode where everyone sings opera and Helga's a Viking... Anyway, I'm pretty sure they don't have a threesome and that only Carmen wears a skirt, but it totally reminds me of Carmen so there).

Or you could always mosey on down to my favorite section for some... JEWELRY!

Above, Kenneth Jay Lane Crystal Snake Ring ($88), Marc by Marc Jacobs Space Age Disco Travel Ring ($98), and Juicy Couture Princess Studs in Green ($48)

HNNNGHHHHHAHHHH snakes on all the things! The earrings on the right are like medieval-princess-meeting-the-suitors attire, and the ring in the center is called a "Space Age Disco Travel Ring."

Sorry to whoever made this because I don't know who you are. Reaction GIFs are harder to source than anything else on Tumblr. Um. Email me?

So if you want a chance at PERFECTION, here's the important stuff.


How to enter:


Leave a comment on this post at or before 11:59 PM (PST) of Sunday, October 2, 2011 with the following:

• a name and valid email address (so I can contact you if you win!)
• There is no second bullet point. I want this to be totally painless.

The winner will be randomly selected soon after October 2nd and will be notified by email. There will also be a post on the front page of this blog.


Hop to it, you fabulous things!


Love,
Sam

coping mechanisms & W1L 028: Write one leaf about your favorite fruit.

This outfit looks as frazzled as I feel.

Plaid flannel: Field & Stream via Costco. T-shirt: Target + DIY. Floral slip: secondhand. Tights: generic. Boots: Steven by Steve Madden.

This is the space where I typed something out but have apparently grown up enough to not post it because I don't want to remember it.



As an aside, I feel obligated to inform you that my fingers and wrists are still in intermittent pain, so I'm just going to swan off on a blogging hiatus, but you'll probably catch me aggravating my tendinitis typing out rambling tag commentary on tumblr (where, incidentally, I actually do a lot less typing than when I'm blogging on blogger), so if you feel like popping into my Ask box, don't be a stranger (Hermione Granger).



I write stuff after the jump.

UC Berkeley Fashion, Style, & Beauty Student Bloggers

THIS IS AN ADMINISTRIVIAL POST YOU ARE WELCOME TO SCROLL PAST

Or however you want to categorize us. Including a couple alum, because this list is so sad and small.

If you know anyone who should be added here (preferably the cool kids out of UC Berkeley, because I want this to be school-centric rather than region-centric), or if you're on this list and would like to be removed or to change your information (or write your own description, ha-aha), shoot me an email! (See my sidebar for contact info.)

As of May 2011, I no longer want to update this mini blogroll, but if someone wants to take over maintaining a current list of UC Berkeley bloggers, I'd be chuffed.

• A California Dreamer - LA native, communications and English student, vintage collector, art gallery hunter, aspiring photographer and fashion journalist.


• a smile & a shoeshine - Diane has floral pants. fuckyeah.
  


• BARE :: blog - the blog counterpart to UC Berkeley's BARE Magazine


• blushing ambition - killer shoes, killer food (and probably already in your reader)


• Cambo Soup - beauty blogger extraordinaire


• closet hound - 2 girls, 1 blog (Sherrie's at Cal; Sharon's at SD)


• dirty laundry... and everything else i air dry - a documentation of the daily musings of a not-so-average 20-something


• fazed-girl - Perpetually trying to get dressed.


• Inspirafashion - outfits, cravings, and signature red lips


• The Laugh Slut - Anisa likes butter. She also likes clothes.


• Whit Wat Wear - 2 girls, 1 blog (Whitney & Mallory)


• Work It, Berk - Berkeley street style!

List of Lists (So Meta)

Things You Should Click On For Possibly Sketchy Self-Promotional Purposes

• My interview with Vanessa from My Heart Blogged
  

Things That Have Been Ruined for Me by Partaking in the The Social Network Fandom

• Disney’s Hercules
• Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”
• Disney’s Bambi
• Jimmy Ruffin’s “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted”
• real men
• the phrase “a ho who didn’t know her place”
• Muppets
• the phrase “so sexy”
• the phrase “hella horny”
• Skins
• Tom Jones’s “It’s Not Unusual”
• chickens
• maps
• Vespas
• the word “adequate”
• “Where is Love” from Oliver
• the name Abraham
• cats

Things I Find Unbearably Beautiful But Which Probably Reveal My Ignorance

• “whale road” – a translation of the Norse/Old English phrase meaning “the sea/ocean”
• the phrase “ships passing in the night”
• the opening of Lolita
• the first two lines of The Stranger
• “The Shire”
• the last lines of Great Expectations
• Harry’s “Does it hurt?” moment from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• the The Social Network trailer using “Creep”
• the Tree of Life trailer
• Never Let Me Go, even though I wouldn’t call it one of my favorite books or movies
• “Touch Me” from Spring Awakening
• the animation style used in The Secret of Kells
• the entirety of The Thin Red Line
• crowds of singing people

Pop Culture References/Memes Incorporated into My Cognitive Science Pre-Midterm Notes

• #kanyeshrug
• “Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy?”
• the Yo Dawg meme
• the Inception PARADOX
• Armie Hammer, who is Aristotle
• Colin Firth, who is Locke
• "Please, Abraham, I am not that man"
• dream is collapsing
• becoss
• “whip me if I misbehave”
• “Baby Got Back”
• “such a radical”
• GQMF
• King of the Cosmos
• the rules of Fight Club

A Smattering of Unrelated Observations

• It is easier for me to break a sweat by driving than by running.
• The hyphen in “fazed-girl” doesn’t make sense.
• I own almost nothing pink, and this sometimes disappoints me when I want to be wearing pink.
• David Tennant is a fox. (How many times can I say this until I start annoying myself?)
• My pinkies are really weak now that I haven’t been playing the piano regularly for four years. And when I say "really weak," I mean my piano teacher probably wouldn't be able to say that I play like a man anymore. (This makes me sad.)
  

Current Style Direction

• looking dirty, like I crawled out of a gutter in London, or like Bellatrix Lestrange, or Marla Singer, or Idris/the TARDIS
• giant fur monster coat
• a “pretty” dress in some very light material, like chiffon or georgette
• ratty lace
• black flat/platform wedges (no patent leather, preferably leather + canvas)
• get in the habit of exposing my knees again
• knee-length crinoline (black, off-white)
• black satin slips
• smudgy, sparkly gray eyeshadow
• bird’s nest hair
• Look Good Outside, Feel Good Inside

Things I Wore During Dead Week Because I Am The Epitome Of Style

Wow, you guys! Mirror shots? It feels like fashion blogging circa 2006! And my outfits are even as bad as they were in 2006 when I was posting on MyStyleDiary! DO TODAY'S BLOGGERS EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN WE ALL TOOK MIRROR PHOTOS?

Disclaimer: These outfits are for LULZ, and I am wearing leggings as pants.

PSA

It is, of course, that time of year, and I am, of course, not studying for my finals but instead tearing my way through the six series of Doctor Who made since I was born, actively neglecting my syntax notes (in favor of my cognitive science notes, which are much less demanding) in the process.

(Haha, I just realized my drawing of my linguistics notes looks exactly the same as last semester...)

Not that I've been particularly conscientious about regular posting so far this year, but I'll be out until after May 17th, at least, probably (which means May's Things I Love will be abominably late). You can catch me on tumblr or twitter if you are inclined to observe the minutiae of my poor study habits for the next two weeks.

(By the by, I've decided to graduate a semester early, so Fall 2011 will be my last semester here. I haven't yet sat down to put into words how much weight I feel has been lifted off my shoulders, so I will just leave this here and marvel at what a difference it makes knowing that this waste of an undergraduate career is going to end on my own terms.)

See you on the other side, you great big beautiful dolls. I am scared and excited. (And uncomfortably attracted to Matt Smith's Eleven.)

variations on a trench coat: it is the unknown (& Here, Kitty, Kitty! or Cats!)

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

I am unaccustomed to having my lips this dark, but there is something glorious about being deliberately un-PYT that I have always loved. This is

Variation IV: What Would Dumbledore Do?

Trench coat: mother's, FoxRun. Sweater: thrifted. Dress: Target. Brooch: mother's. Leggings: American Apparel, gift from Christine. Rain boots: Hunter via Zappos.

It is Saturday, which means my Smashion interview is up!, and that it's time for an old script.

I wrote this when I was 17, and it is actually so bad that I suggest you don't read it. It reads like ... bad fanfiction. And not even a very serious attempt at it. Just goes to show how poor a grasp I have on plot. (And romance. What's romance? What is characterization? Why did I even feel compelled to write this?)

No, really, follow the jump at your own peril; this honestly reads like bad, fluffy fanfiction. I even named the love interest James and made him act like fanon James Potter. I think Annette is toeing Mary Sue territory.

Luckily, there is a relevant .GIF to express my trepidation:

For clarity, the above GIF is from this clip of Andrew Garfield singing "Bed Intruder," although to be totally clear, Andrew Garfield can be my bed intruder any day of the week.

In my defense, I probably needed to write something this bad before I could come up with something better that was more than ten minutes long.

[EDIT: I am rereading this right now, and OH MY GOD ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO ENTER HERE THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING BUT IT NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE TO SHOW THE PROGRESSION OF MY WRITING ATTEMPTS OKAY I GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO JUDGE ME.]

I write stuff after the jump.

PSA from hell

Currently:

• apartment-hunting
• a day behind on Script Frenzy
• wearing my intentional bitchface (not to be confused with my chronic bitchface)
• function-over-form, I-cannot-bother-getting-dressed aesthetic
  
• desperately needing a change of scenery
• in the "create" portion of my create-consume cycle
  

Will return when I have found housing and a satisfactory schedule for fall semester. For now, you can sit here and appreciate James Franco.

It's kind of a funny story.

WALL OF WORDS!

GUYS! I'm supposed to be studying for my midterm right now, but I was watching a video of Jesse Eisenberg reading from It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini, and I thought something must be up because I was paying more attention to what Jesse was reading than to Jesse, so I started Googling and discovered that the book was made into a movie in 2010. Cue more Googling. Cue procrastination. Cue "You have watched 72 minutes of video today." Cue blog posting.

Now, I've got copies of Never Let Me Go and Fight Club winging their way to me from Barnes and Noble right now (my uncle didn't want his gift card, and I've got Ender's Game coming too, but I've actually read it before, unlike the other two), but I like the 72 minutes of It's Kind of a Funny Story that I've seen so far (especially the soundtrack), and I really like the excerpt that Jesse Eisenberg read.

So here's my current reading list, unordered:

• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (reread)
• It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
• Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
• Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing
  
• Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes by Tony Kushner
• The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh

My current to-watch list, which I doubt I'll follow because filmed things require so much less deliberation to commit to consuming:

• more Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
• Moulin Rouge (rewatch)
• 127 Hours
• A Single Man
• All the President's Men
• Full Metal Jacket
• Se7en
• The Golden Compass

I thought I'd have more of an aversion to watching movies before reading their book counterparts, but I think I overestimated myself. They're so separate. It's one thing to read the screenplay before watching a movie, but I think books are entirely separate. Like the 2009 draft of The Social Network is wildly different from the 2010 version that they eventually edited for film. Mark and Eduardo's relationship makes so much more sense and is more accessible and less ambiguous, and Mark's character is easier to read, and his motivations are pretty much laid bare. But I like the ambiguity that ended up in the actual film version. It makes it less talk-y (which I suspect is a better thing on paper than film) and more compelling to watch.

The point of that The Social Network brainbarf was to say that it's hard to read the 2010 version of the screenplay without thinking of the movie. But it's not like The Accidental Billionaires (the book the screenplay was based on) will be affected in the same way, because it's an entirely different medium.

In other news, here's an outfit from January 28th (punctuality fail):

Red polo: Ben Sherman, from Christine. Cashmere sweater: (the qualifier is necessary) gift. Jeans: Levi's. Shoes: Harajuku Lovers. Photogeny/photogenicity/photogenicia: well-kept family secret.

In other other news, Bella from plastic barettes interviewed me and I talked too much.

Also, I've been alternating between two Microsoft Word documents for a couple days: ling120-midtermstudyguide.doc and grrrl.doc, the latter of which is for Bella's zine, Grrrl Fashion Journal. The first issue will be about "traditional femininity." If you're interested, you can read more about it and find out how/what to contribute on Bella's blog, plastic barettes. There's even more info and submission ideas/guidelines at the zine's tumblr, or you can follow the zine on twitter.

DO ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! The submission deadline is March 20th, so get cracking! THIS IS GOING TO BE SO. MUCH. FUN, YOU GUYS.

(Bella is being a slave driver and making me write about Andrew Garfield. OH, THE HUMANITY. THIS IS PURE TORTURE.)

And I think my "Please wait 30 minutes or click here to enjoy unlimited use..." is up, so... back to feeling guilty about having to Google whether Keir Gilchrist is legal yet.

PSA

Back around the 18th. Ish.

To those of you taking finals, kick their (or the other kids') asses.

I don't know why it is, but finals always make me feel completely useless instead of stressed out. It's not even the classes I'm taking, because I felt the same way at the end of the summer, and I really should have been stressed out then. I think I'm going to eat some soup and watch Pan's Labyrinth (although my gut feeling is that this is going to be a bad combination possibly ending in vomit; I haven't seen it before) before I go back to filling in the holes in my lecture notes where I fell asleep.

[EDIT: I have very few words for this movie, as in I haven't found anything at all to dislike yet, least of all Ofelia's and Mercedes' costumes. I also have very few words on my linguistics study guide. Damn. /]

[EDIT: You know what, let's just make that "Back around the 26th. Ish. Or sporadically from today until after New Year's" because otherwise I'm going to be posting crap for the sake of posting. /]

[EDIT: Just wanted to let y'all know I will be out for longer than anticipated due to unforeseen family circumstances. /]

I'M EDITING THE LAYOUT

INSTEAD OF DOING MY LAST ASSIGNMENT OF THE SEMESTER. THIS IS GOING TO BE MESSY. Unless you're subscribed in a reader, in which case, I love you, but please don't click through.

Love,
Sam

[EDIT: I don't like how much of a contrast there is between the header and the background. I will fix this. After I finish my linguistics homework, which I've been neglecting for the past 7+ hours now. Also, if anyone wants to help me realign that ad unit for Littlewoods in my sidebar so that it's centered, please email me with the subject line in all caps. I'm pretty sure it's just one change that needs to be made in the CSS source code, but the widgetmabob uses an external javascript script which uses an external CSS script which I can't change. I would do it myself, but I can't upload a chunk of code to blogger.

...I feel like I'm 11 again and trying to get my iframes to line up correctly on geocities.]

[EDIT: Header fixed. Will work on redoing sidebar icons after I get to my linguistics homework. For real this time. I hope.]

giveaway: winner

The winner of the $100 Shopbop gift card giveaway is...

Erika from Cafe Fashionista!

An email will be winging its way to you as soon as I determine what info I need!

Hugo, & W1L 001: Write one leaf about starting something new.

In February, I started a writing blog called Write, Sam, Write! Six months later, I deleted it. Its name was Hugo, and it was the textual manifestation of my Quarter-Life Crisis.

Hugo was a cutie.

And now Hugo is back, because I am not done crisis-ing, and I love Hugo, and this blog is for me. Hugo will be living here, unless I change my mind, for as long as I can stand it, or until I get so much crap for it that I never want to write again. Because part of my purpose for doing this is that I am waiting for someone to tell me that I really suck. Because I am a firm believer in failing hard. It makes you reassess why you do things.

Sorry if you are here for outfit posts. But I suspect most of you are not. But in case you are, I'll only be posting written things with outfit posts (in "after-the-cut" LJ-style jumps). They'll be tagged as "hugo." (They'll also be tagged as "wordy," but that label encompasses non-writing-prompt writing-based posts too.)

Disclaimer: I will be following the prompts at Write One Leaf, very rarely will any of these be anything beyond proofread first drafts, I am keeping some of my old W1L's for certain prompts, and I won't be enforcing my Personal Challenges until after I finish 25 W1Ls, as before. If you want an idea of what kind of writer I am, you can either read my writing or take note of the fact that I think The Sound and the Fury is extremely overrated and my favorite books include Lolita, Everything Is Illuminated, Ender's Game, Dubliners, and The Golden Compass.

(P. S. I like most feedback. "Cool story bro" or "I stopped reading after the first paragraph" are great. "You suck" is not, unless it's followed by "because the second-to-last sentence is awkwardly constructed.")

Here's an expensive necklace:

Above, Oscar de la Renta Coquellage Necklace, $545 at Neiman Marcus

And this post will be... the only exception to the outfit rule, assuming this jump works as I expect it to.

I write stuff after the jump.

Last call! $100 Shopbop gift card giveaway

Enter here. (You only need an email address! International readers welcome! Ends 11:59 PM (PST) of Thursday the 18th!)

P. S. You should read Books of Adam.

reminder: $100 shopbop gift card giveaway!

Would you like to buy 1/15th of these dresses?

Then scurry on over to my giveaway post and leave your name and an email address in the comments before Thursday the 18th!

GIVEAWAY: $100 LAMB (OR WHATEVER YOU LIKE) GIFT CARD, COURTESY OF SHOPBOP!

YES, THAT'S RIGHT, A $100 SHOPBOP GIFT CARD, WHICH IS SO EXCITING IT DESERVES ALL!!! CAPS!!! This is open to everyone, including international readers!

What're you gonna do with that $100 gift card burning a hole in your pocket? Well, you've got your clutches,

Above, MATT & NAT Hendrix Mini Bag, $165 at Shopbop

your basic black handbags,

Above, J. W. Hulme Co. Legacy Mini Bag, $264 at Shopbop

your not-so-basic black handbags,

Above, LAMB Laced Up Billie Cross Body Bag, $168 on Shopbop

Above, LAMB Laced Up Cyd Messenger Bag, $248 on Shopbop

Above, Pour La Victoire Julian Cross Body Bag, $395 on Shopbop

and your intensely pretty dresses:

You have just been made aware that your life lacks these dresses. Left to right: Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti High Collar Dress, $895. BCBGMAXAZRIA Lace Dress with Draped Skirt, $378. Twelfth St. by Cynthia Vincent Corset Dress with Pleating, $295.

But Sam! you cry in dismay. These are all so spendy! I can't even buy one of those LAMB bags with $100, and I sure as hell don't have $2708 sitting around to cover the extra cost of everything else you've just listed!

Never fear, my friends. For less than $100, you can pick up a pair of FRICKIN' ADORABLE earrings like these:

Above, Juicy Couture Red Tulip Stud Earrings, $42 at Shopbop

Or maybe these:

Above, Bing Bang Heirloom Pyramid Earrings, $67 at Shopbop

A Madewell shirt doesn't sound too shabby either, does it?

Above, Madewell Belmont Boyshirt, $68

And if all else fails, that's what the Shopbop sale section is for:

Above, Elizabeth and James Schoolboy Shirt II, $225 $67.50 at Shopbop

Oh, Sam! you cry. How do I enter? Read on.

How to enter:

Leave a comment on this post at or before 11:59 PM (PST) of Thursday, November 18, 2010 with the following:

1. a name and valid email address (so I can contact you if you win!)
2. There is no number 2. I want to make this is easy as possible.
   

The winner will be randomly selected soon after November 18th and will be notified by email. There will also be a post on the front page of this blog.

Get cracking, kids!

Love,
Sam