luluving

fashion & home & booty.

I work for a major retailer in the U.S. which sells billions yearly in their 3 main stores. I have the rewarding job of working in the digital marketing department on 3 brands - 2 of the brands are fashion brands and 1 is a home brand, which is great because of the discount of the inspiration for my personal life!

it also makes it challenging to have a blog theme as I want to post outfits as well as home inspirations... #princessprobz #lesigh

here is an outfit I chose to wear this week & I am not shocked anymore (after seeing the pics) why 3 separate men hit on me that day... it is a bootylicious pencil skirt when caught from the right angle. play up your assets, girls!

 

 

skirt - boutique in allston 5 years ago (from either Pixi or Lola's... can't remember)

tank - gifted from bf xmas'11 from Nordstrom

Marc Fisher heels - bought for interview at said company in oct'11

Chanel Sunnies - gifted from bf for vday... love <3

bracelet - self-gifted in roatan, honduras in jan'06

ring - gifted from my talented mother, it is an amethyst on 16K gold from James Meyer Jewelry.

watch - gifted as a joke from Nick who bought it for the series 7(?) exam and specifically asked in kmart for the cheapest watch. yes. true story.

necklace - found in the trash room at old apartment, where there was an entire display of jewelry set out for trash. I am assuming an angry ex-bf dumped his gf's shiznit for the world to steal. thank you, messy breakups.

photoshopping - OMG thanks to Brittany for making me tan / my teeth gleam :D

a drastic turn in a domestic direction.

Yesterday Anna came over. And I was ironing. No. it gets worse. I was ironing Bobby's shirts. Have I become a hybrid of both of my grandmas? Well I wasn't using starch so I think I'm safe on that count. And to be fair, I was ironing his expensive linen shirts because I had haphazardly washed and dried them amongst the plebian clothing & as a result they were more wrinkled than my bulldog's smoosh face...

Aside from my imminent domestication, things are really great. And as much as I have no clue of what's going to happen in the future, I can look back on the last 3 years and distinctly see how I got to this exciting spot. Hard work, love, relationships, friends, not giving up & not accepting less than what I know is the best (from and for myself).

Now for the funnery to begin.

We are living in a new apartment in the South End & although it is beautiful, clean, organized to a T & full of love, the appearance is somewhat "clinical" (per Bobby's assessment). In order to warm it up we get to start with the fun of interior decorating. I started already at HomeGoods this weekend with 2 of one kind and 1 of another kind of pillows for the leather couch (in addition to many organizational solutions). We have 2 oil paintings in the living room & 2 pet portraits in the bedroom& the bathroom is for B&W shots.

Next up will be an odd number (3 or 5) of brown, black & gray vases & small sculptures for one of the window sills.

After that? Bobby's metal fabrication co. will step in with some epic metal gear (steel coffee table, steel shelves, steel bar cart & more!). Some shapes for steel shelving inspiration I found are the following, thoughts?

 

I also have a dedicated Pinterest board for the cause & someday hope to only feature images of the furniture Bobby has crafted - like this steel & black walnut table:

guess what's updated?! Download 10 year6-7-12