Matching your outfit to your bike 101

I didn't try to match my bike today, but it's a happy coincidence and of course I love the color palette.

This is a TJ Maxx $16 or $19.99 rainbow leopard print dress and a little girls section elastic glitter belt from H&M. Claire's boutique white bow sunglasses. J. Crew leopard tote in the basket. Patricia Field Polly heels. They're not the best bicycle shoes. I will give-in and admit that. But they're very comfortable.

My nail polish is Essie Tart Deco and at first I thought it looked mac & cheese, but it's grown on me and I'm so happy I see Gwen Stefani also has peachy-orange nails so that's good affirmation.

Two pink watches- Neither one set very accurately.

Sanrio 50th Anniversary McDonald's Happy Meal My Melody watch and Casio digital from Target.

New York City is finally stinky, sticky hot. Tomorrow I am gonna slut it up to beat the heat.

Bike bruises on display!

Hair/Buying Stuff/Wearing Stuff

My hair was uncooperative Friday evening, but I didn't want to wash it and start from scratch. It looks much better in these photos than I felt wearing it. I did not fully believe in this hair.



This is MAC Full Fuchsia Lipstick- But it's from a seasonal collection and is now discontinued. I was going to say you can buy Amplified if you need a color just like this, but Amplified appears to be discontinued too.

But wait- my skin looks AMAZING! I've been using Pond's Cold Cream (Seriously and I started using it before it was a story line on Mad Men, so I've been using it for months. My grandmother uses it and I think she's had the same beauty routine since she was 35 and her skin looks great, and she's now 87, so I'm going with her plan.

I don't let "soap" or anything soapy get on my face, and Ponds is like $7 dollars and it's got the goods to dissolve all my crazy mascara and eye-liners. I'm using this Olay Moisturizer with SPF 20. I rarely wash my face at night. Sometimes I moisturize my dirty face at night. Yep, I just admitted that.



So yeah, the hair is all back.

Then today it's all, like, down in the front. I felt more confident with this, but it looks crappier in pics.

Thursday was my last shampoo and Monday will be my next. 


Saturday mornings lately, Matt plays basketball with a motley crew of scientists. This is a great time for me to do whatever I want.

My itinerary went in this order with great success at all points:
1. MoMa - Film Screenings of: Nine from Little Rock, which was awesome because it was 4 years after the big show-down and it showed that they all went to college, Karl Hess: Toward Liberty - It was cool to learn about him and see his cool house he built by himself, and A Year Toward Tomorrow, about the VISTA volunteer program of the sixties.

2. Andy Warhol's Polaroids of Celebrities at Danziger Project.

I went through another small gallery over there in Chelsea, but I didn't notice the name.

3. The MAC Wonder Woman pop-up store.

4. Unplanned SoHo shopping at Roxy/Quiksilver and CB2.

I saw a sale sign at the Quiksilver store. I don't see many girls/ladies wearing Roxy in New York City, but I've loved it for a long time so I do- Even though I've clearly read articles stating that they expect my age group to grow up and start buying the Quiksilver Womens line, but they don't seem to have that at the Quiksilver stores in the city.

I got this Roxy Nick of Time coat for much cheaper than they have it online. I paid $40.  I already have so many coats but I'm able to retire two coats because of what this one does. This one is a CHAMPION Dime Piece because it's going to provide major visibility when I ride my bicycle! I swear I notice drivers being nicer, less aggressive, and more polite when they can clearly see that I'm a girl.

On the Roxy website, the color is called Rose and looks like a demure pink online, but this thing is bright and its going to have me feeling extra safe on the bike.

This awesome GUESS Jeans Sweatshirt marked 1990 is an Arkansas Thrifted/Goodwill piece, that I got on my last/December trip to Arkansas. I'm so happy I did such a great job cutting the neck out of it to make it more girly-sexy style. It's little kids size.

All day through my movie, galleries and shopping I almost always had on all my coat, scarf, etc., so I almost forgot what I had on under there.

I also wore my Sugarbunnies McDonald's Happy Meal watch to show that I'm serious.

Hot Tamale Nail Polish Doesn't Make it Warmer Outside

No bicycles. Just can't. Too WiCKED COLD.

My outfit is - Walmart glasses $3 to protect my eyes from the grit that flies around on the city streets - H&M Scarf - Work sample jacket - Roxy Shirt - L.A.M.B. jeans & sneakers - F21 Beanie in my hand.




This polish is Revlon Red Hot Tamale. I want my nails & lips to be ORANGE RED right now.
And that's my My Melody Sanrio for McDonald's Happy Meals watch. Love her.
I also love painting my nails on the Gossip Bench. It's a sweet set-up.

This is my outdoor look for today, after work this evening, in a dressing room at the Gap - Had to hit that clearance again.
I got this L.A.M.B. Torsten Crossbody around Christmas for cheaper than the price at this link, but I like these photos. It's light weight and cross-body is very nice in NYC for hands-free living.

First Commute of 2011!

I can't believe I'm riding in January. This wasn't in the plan. Luckily I'm super tough and awesome!

When I rode up to my parking spot (a sign post) these workers who had ladders & scaffolding were on my post and one of them recognized me and had the post cleared so I could lock up my bike there. He said I was tough for riding in this. It's DRY and it's in the 30's-ish. It was 28º on the CNN clock I see from Central Park.

I finally found a cute ear-warmer band to wear under my helmet- thrifted, of course.


I got a new L.A.M.B. bag on super-clearance... the green, leopardy-camo. It's a lightweight cross-body.




Little organizational bit- I've been home alone and had girl bombs all over the apartment. That means little areas where I dumped out baskets of jewelry or switched purses and left serious evidence behind.

The landing pad in the entryway BEFORE:


AFTER about 20 minutes of take it all out, put it all back and throw a little bit away or just put it in a better place elsewhere in the apartment-




And here's where all my McDonald's Sanrio 50th Anniversary watches are chilling:

I collected them all! (With a little help from some friends!)