j'adore...

jeans & austen. or perhaps austen & jeans. it's difficult to rate them by lifestyle priority but i have really been spoiling myself these past few days. shopping loot from the other day includes a pair of cream&gold maryjane wedges from celine, navy and white pinstripe shorts, a navy t-shirt with puffed sleeves, and a pair of paperdenim&cloth jeans on sale, {45% off retail price}. i wanted to get a pair of zebra print heels as well but restrained myself just in time (and they were the last pair too!) which was a good choice because i was able to get the jeans afterward. i rejoice particularly about the jeans as they are the perfect worn-in texture and wash, and paperdenim&cloth makes their jeans without any flashy logos/embroidery that you have to worry about matching with your top and shoes! although they would probably look best with an oxford shirt and ballet flats. also, with such an unassuming pair, i don't have to worry about faux designer jeans flooding the market (*cough* true religion's joeys, rock&republic's crowns, the ubiquitous sevens *cough*) and my butt looking like every other girl's out there. pictures tomorrow, i swear on all that is holy.


and to my next great love... since i've condemned myself to abject poverty for the next week, i settled in my salmon scrubs to watch pride and prejudice and the jane austen book club this afternoon. both are wonderful films; they make any rainy day bearable. although pride and prejudice does tend to give me the sniffles in the end. i do wish a mr. darcy would come sweep me away with his intense abruptness and smoldering looks. i don't understand why the members of the jane austen book club despise him so, there's such an intensity in him. *sigh* it's rather the perfect way to end my sick leave.