June 19, 2008

Old School Pick of the Week - AC/DC

Since I have not seen E3 since May 26 and will tonight, I thought this was appropriate.

Or not.

June 18, 2008

Sales to Love - Accessories Mark Downs at Mint Julep

Mint Julep marked down a bunch of purses and shoes yesterday. 50% I got the Starfish Clutch today for $89 instead of $178. Yay!

These lovely ladies are the same ones who helped me track down my latest ebay purchase from Lilly for $66, tags still on. Love them so much.

Also, they were kind enough to show me the Early Fall Catalog. And it is one of my favorite color combos, chocolate and pale pink.

June 17, 2008

Places to Support - Upper Chattahoochee River Keeper

Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 18, all seven Atlanta area Whole Foods Market and Harry’s Farmers Market stores will be donating 5% of that day’s sales to the Save the Hooch campaign.

And as we know, the Chattahoochee needs all the help it can get.

I have to say, I was in the Buckhead Whole Foods yesterday and there is a new product in the To Go Food Case. Vegan Crab Cakes. So yummy and tastes just like the real thing.

June 16, 2008

First Impressions Count

I was in Nashville from Thursday till Sunday. I had meetings on Friday and then a birthday party on Saturday to go too.

On Friday, I drove out to Brentwood to deliver submittals and meet with a PM at X Construction company.

I get to the large office park in Brentwood and realize I am going to have to make a run for it in the rain. This said, I was carrying a 30 lb box full of submittals. Come to find out, I had parked at the wrong building and had to run down the center of this giant office park in the pouring rain. Way to make a first impression.

I finally get into the waiting area of X Construction Company, lugging the box and dripping, and begin talking to the receptionist.

Hi, my name is Leslie R. with Y Company. I am here to see J.

Receptionist: Who are you with?

Y Company.

Receptionist: Gives me funny look and walks to the doorway and around the corner. At this point I can’t see her, but I can hear her. “J. THERE IS A LITTLE GIRL OUT FRONT TO SEE YOU!!!!!”

Personally, I did not know receptionists were supposed to yell your arrival. But only in Nashville would someone call me “a little girl”.

I am going to take it as that I can wait to make an appointment for Botox.

June 10, 2008

The Shopaholic has to, well, stop and step into Reality

I see the blogs out there showing everything under the sun that the writer wants or says they bought. And I read the fashion blogs with the latest and greatest this or that. But lets be realistic. With the world/economy the way it is, what are you really buying? What have you given up to fill up your tank?

I have never been a sale shopper myself. But you better believe I have a list going of things I need. Whether it is clothes, since all of mine are to big now, or stuff for our new home office for when E3 comes home next month. And when I say a list, I mean an Excel spread sheet with categories, names and prices. This is to track and plan and watch the online sites. Since I HATE the mall.

And as I told you previously, I went overboard with the shopping last year when my Dad died. I am still paying for it. So I came up with a budget to pay that spree off and a plan for the rest of new stuff I do need. I also felt a plan was necessary since my idea of shopping includes Tibi, Milly and Tory Burch.

Do other people keep track of their purchases and closets this way? Not just a budget, but an inventory of everything they own.

Thoughts?

June 8, 2008

The next movie I am looking forward too.

Now that we have all seen Sex and the City let’s move on to something a bit more of the historical nature.

On July 4, the movie, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, hits the theatres. AND I AM SO THRILLED ABOUT IT.

I grew up reading Thompson’s writing in Rolling Stone due to my Father’s recommendation. My husband is a huge fan too. Everyone thinks it’s kind of freaky when you hear E3 talk and compare it old video of Thompson because they sound very similar and have the same speach pattern. And they look somewhat similar too. Especially when E3 dresses up like him at Halloween.

Anyway, I love independent people. People who think outside the box and have something to add to society. Hunter was definitely one of those.

Check out the trailer below.

June 6, 2008

Christmas in June

Since I plan my life 6 months out and since E3 has come around and agreed to a pink and green Christmas card (hell has froze over), the outfits for our Christmas card have now been purchased. Thanks in part to the 30% off code to In The Pink online.

And we are taking the picture over the July 4 holiday at my in-laws. Possibly with a golf cart.

Now to get the discounted Crane cards when those come out in July.

June 3, 2008

Fall Applications for JLA

Fall applications to join the Junior League of Atlanta are due June 20. Click here to apply.

I will be a Provisional Advisor this year. Hope to see you there.

May 27, 2008

Sex and the City - What are you doing for the premiere?

A couple of months ago, I was not sure how I felt about the Sex and the City movie? I have been so worried that they were not going to do it justice and it would be another TV show ruined as movie. But when I saw the preview and Carrie says to Charlotte’s little girl that “not all fairy tales come true”, I knew I did want to see the movie. And it made me think about who I was then and now.

I was the first of my friends to watch Sex and the City. I introduced it to most of them. I was this wannabe-fashionista who thought I was to cool. I wore old-school, blue suede New Balances, Aberbrombie pants and Vivienne Tam mesh shirts with Prada nylon bags. And when the sales guys at Jeffrey who helped my mom told me how fab I looked it, I thought that was everything.

I taught my friends how to walk in high heels and desperately protected my Fendi baguette (somewhat affordable at the time) from getting beer spilled on it at Buckhead bars.

And I just knew I was leaving and somewhere, somehow I was going to have my own Carrie/Charlotte/Samantha/Miranda experience.

But I did not leave. I met and married a guy who was nothing like any of the guys on the show. But would watch the show with me and hugged me when I cried at the last episode.

And I don’t work in fashion despite planning to my entire life. And that is OK. I work in construction and usually wear pink polos when I walk onto a jobsite. But I still read every fashion magazine and own my fair share of Jimmy’s and Manolo’s.

I think, if anything, the show just proved that life is what you make of it.

For the premiere, a friend of mine is having a huge cocktail party, then going to see the movie, then everyone is going out to dinner. And they are all getting dressed up.

I am going on Saturday with the friend who I taught how to walk in heels. Then we are going for margaritas. It was always our thing over the last 10 years.

And I think that is final thought from the show. Sometimes certain moments are best shared with your girlfriends.

May 22, 2008

Good-Bye 20s! Hello 30s!

I turn 30 today. I told everyone that May was my birthday month and I was going to celebrate. Despite everything going on with work and my personal life.

In terms of presents, I raked it in. That’s true. (There is stuff I haven’t shown you.) And my friends gave me a wonderful party at Two Urban Licks. It was a nice way to start out a new decade.

My family and my friends really reminded me why I work so hard and do many of the things I do. So check out me and my friends joking around below. (It is hard to see them, so hopefully, they are ok with this.) They were the two ringleaders and I loved my birthday cake from Henri’s.

Untitled from Leslie Rodgers on Vimeo.