It's the most expensive time of the year!

I have said before that I really don't like gifts, but that's not entirely accurate. I really just don't like gifts that people have given me. It's like, if you're going to need to spend money on me, then at least get me something I like. Some Christmases I receive sleepwear. I would appreciate the thought, but I can't tell if you actually put any into it, because if you did, you'd realize that the only sleepwear you have seen me in are my 5 year old t-shirts from school. I am grateful that you at least thought of me and spent five dollars on this drugstore cologne and one dollar on this wrapper, but you shouldn't have. REALLY.

I sound extremely ungrateful, but I think if you're going to get me something I neither want nor need, then you've wasted your money and I would have preferred you just kept it. That's actually called being considerate in my book. Of course, I'll still act like I just LOVE that you gave me those 3 for 100 socks just to be polite, but then why do we have to feign enthusiasm when I could just tell you what I want and you tell me what you want! I want us to just mutually genuinely enjoy the gifts we have bestowed upon each other and contribute to the happiness of each other's holidays!

So to remedy this huge earth-shattering problem that I have, I decided I will make a "wishlist". I know I have made tons before, but this time it's for-realsies. Everything is affordable and realistic and should be easy enough to find.

But first, a few tips:
1. If you're unsure of what color to get, it's always BLACK
2. If you are doing rush shopping and have no time to look for the crap on this list, just go to a bookstore and buy me a book. I'm not picky, as long as it's good. Head to the classics or ask the lady what they'd recommend (Please not the Twilight Graphic Novel... because I already own it)
3. GCs are easy and I'd actually love them so I get to pick myself! Giving me the chance to shop is already a gift, really. So places I'd like: Topshop, Zara, any good salon (do they do GCs?), SM, Forever 21, a tattoo parlor (Maybe I'll finally get the nerve to do it) Those are just the recommended places!





Books
1. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
2. Compiled Works (Edgar Allan Poe)
3. The Idiot (Dostoevsky)
4. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
5. Ariel (Plath)
6. Dangerous Liaisons (De Laclos)
7. Mrs. Dalloway (Woolf)
8. As I Lay Dying (Faulkner)
9. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Kundera)
10. The Stranger (Camus)
11. Subscription to American Vogue/ Vogue UK/ Numero/ Dazed and Confused
12. The Blind Assassin (Atwood)
13. The Death of the Heart (Bowen)
14. Clarissa (Richardson)
15. Infinite Jest (Wallace)
16. Lucky Jim (Amis)
17. The Naked Lunch (Burroughs)
18. Neuromancer (Gibson)
19. Possession (Byatt)
20. The Sound and the Fury (Faulkner)

Makeup
1. Revlon Colorstay for Oily Skin in Buff
2. Dolly Wink Eyelash #8
3. Skin 79 VIP Gold Caviar BB Cream
4. Revlon ColorBurst Lipstick in 070 Soft Nude
5. NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Tokyo or Antwerp
6. MAC Lipstick in Myth or Creme d' Nude or Creme Cup or Ruby Woo
7. Maybelline Moisture Extreme Lipstick in Nude Blush
8. Maybelline HIP Ge Eyeliner in Black
9. Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in Black
10. Wet n Wild Mega Eyes Creme Liner in Black
11. Make Up Forever Face and Body Liquid Makeup in Alabaster Beige
12. NYX Lipstick in Tea Rose or Fig
13. Setting Powder
14. Face Primer
15. Lip Concealer
16. Lip Primer
17. Neutrogena Healthy Skin Liquid Make Up in Nude

Wearable
1. Dr. Martens 1460 Cherry Red Milled Smooth
2. Lightweight Sweater
3. Studded loafers
4. Black rain boots
5. Classy ballet flats in Nude or Black
6. Yellow Gold Watch
7. Statement jewelry
8. Satchels / Bags

Online Buys (size 38)
1. http://parisdreams.multiply.com/photos/photo/187/184
2. http://parisdreams.multiply.com/photos/album/187/Shoe_Indulgence_NEW_STYLES_Part_2#photo=181
3. http://parisdreams.multiply.com/photos/album/188#photo=61

Etc.
1. Something to clean my jank ass dirty laptop. A screen protector? One of those expensive ass cloths?
2. 2 packs of Palty in Sakura Creamy
3. Liese (aka Prettia) in Sugar Apricot

In case you win the lotto in the next month:
1. Plane ticket to New York City
2. A coupon for Belo
3. Front row ticket to see Beyonce's baby being born


Actually, I just made this list because I never know what to ask for when people ask what I want. I want a lot of things, and I think it's easier if you have to choose from a list of many. Also, I don't want people spending on me unless I REALLY want it, so if you're going to spend money, might as well be something that will be thoroughly appreciated, right?

Okay, enough talking for me and enough reading for you! More buying buying buying!!!!

See you around the holidays!

Halloweekend

This took a while to post because I always have to wait for my friends to upload photos on Facebook so I can steal them to put them on here. I really should buy a camera, but I don't know squat about photography and I'd be too lazy to lug it around. So, I posted about my Halloween costume ideas and I thought I would show you the fruit of my labors. I spent a whole day with Yua and Ana walking from SM to Glorietta to Landmark and back multiple times to find the perfect costume add-ons. I went home with socks and false lashes. Here's a photo of what I ended up wearing:

Can't figure it out? Yeah not a lot of people did. I'm not as clever as I thought, I guess. The big reveal plus more photos and stories of our shenanigans after the jump!

Term break

Greetings, losers who probably aren't even on their term break yet, sipping on pina coladas by the bomb ass beach and chillaxing every single day! Well, okay, I'm not at the beach and I've never tasted a pina colada in my life, but I am on term break and I am chillaxing! Awwww yeeeeeehhhhh! My break started with a bang! I got home to my house from the dorm, crashed on my bed and literally started crying from sleep deprivation and exhaustion. Yeeeee booiiiiii! Okay, give me a break! I had not slept in 36 hours then just studying for my Literature finals. But that's all behind me now! I am now dedicating my life (read: 3 weeks) to whatever the fuck I want. Nothing can stop me from consuming 10 donuts a day or drinking scotch at 8am or burning my required readings (all things I would never do, but I would if I could). Speaking of 10 donuts, I don't even feel the LEAST bit guilty when I eat excessive crap, because I DESERVE [need] THIS [to keep me sane].

Okay, so my break just started the other day, but I've already finished season 1 of Breaking Bad. It is so great and it's a bit dragging at the start, but I am so thrilled for my season 2 download to finish (which will be NEVER because something is up with our wi-fi connection). Right now, kids are playing and screaming outside my house and I haven't thrown rocks at them! I'm fighting the urge to lock them up in a basement, but I haven't done it yet! That's how good I feel about this break.

All these good feelings make me want to give back. You know I don't wear half of what's in my closet? I'm thinking of selling it and giving proceeds to charity or something, but it's so hard, because I don't trust anyone. My English professor's friend is heavily involved in one of our local non-government operated charities and she claims that a lot of the profit doesn't actually go into helping anyone. So, let it be known that right now, I am promising not to fuck up my life so that one day I will help people. And maybe you might be saying "grrrrrlll please the only things you talk about are thousand dollar shoes" but fuck you all I will succeed and make this world a better place!

I think that's a bit much for a blog post so I'm ending this now. I suck at this, I never have any pictures, but trust me, my photography skills are horrifying and my face is worse, so just enjoy these black marks on your screen!

Adios! Time for me to get back to relaxing!

Paris SS12

You know, I'm the kind of person who always saves the best for last, but man, after a month of catching up with countless new collections, it gets pretty exhausting. Fashion month has finally come to a close, and just in time for my finals! Paris is always my favorite and this season was no exception. I'll try to see if I can fit all of my favorites in one post.

See the photos and reviews after the jump!