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After a couple years of writing this blog, I have hit 10,000 page views.

I don't care if half of them were myself.  10,000 is a number I never expected to hit.

Thanks you all out there that are reading.  MUCHOS GRACIAS!

Owned! A Nanette Lepore Ruffle Dream

The sun outside is an absolute dream!

I'm not trying to sound pretentious or anything but seriously, LOOK:

Immaculate and WARM.  It's beautiful!  I'm lucky enough to have this view every day.  It doesn't always look this amazing, but today it's so perfect that I just have to share it with everyone.

The sunshine was SO DAMN TEMPTING today.

I realize that most of you that read my blog probably already know me and know what I do, but for those of you who don't, I'm sure you've already figured out that I'm not a full time blog writer (girl's gotta eat!).  I work at an ad agency in midtown and my free time during the day is extremely scarce.  When I'm confronted with a day like today, where the sun just comes through my window begging me to bask it in, what do I do?

I scarf down my lunch at my desk in record time and scoot out the door for a quick romp!  And by quick romp, I mean shopping.  Duh.

I hightailed it over to The New York Look on 41st and Broadway.  I don't usually go in here just because I find the salespeople to be a little (a lot) aggressively salesy, but today, the sun had me in the mood to shop and I wasn't to be stopped!

Remember earlier in the year when I wrote about L'Wren Scott's Fall 2012 show?  Well, that clearly influenced my purchases today.  The ladylike jewel tones came over me.  Want to see what I walked out with?  Of course you do:

This adorable Nanette Lepore top.  And this Nanette Lepore skirt.  Ruffles and fluffles and color, oh my!

I'm not usually a Nanette Lepore girl because I find her stuff to be a little conservative, but styles evolve.  Maybe mine is going from loose fitting T shirts to lady-like skirts?  Doubtful, but whatever.  We'll see about that.

To Ogle, Obsess, or Own....That is the Question. Sale season part 2!

Yes, of course there's a part 2.  There are so many sales!  I couldn't possibly lay everything out in one post.  Plus, the thing with sales is that you have to wade through a lot of things that you don't like to find those gems of  things that you really do want.

When shopping a sale, there are always going to be things that are tempting because of how discounted they are.  The one essential question that I always ask myself when considering an item on sale is, "Would I buy this at full price?"

The answer should always be "YES" and a it should be a "YES" without hesitation.  As much as I try to hold to this, there are times that I have bought things that I have totally regretted buying.  You know where that happens most?  Sample sales.  Timed sales.  AUGH.  They've all gotten me.

Anyway, here are a few things that I would happily say yes to- sale or no sale.  Not saying that I can afford all these things...but whatever.

This Eddie Borgo necklace that I posted about a while ago is now on sale!  I loved it then and I love it now! At 60% it's a great deal and really hard to resist.  It may or may not be sitting in my cart right now...talk about Ownable!

Another awesome find from Net-a-Porter is this Jil Sander bag.  I've been looking for a replacement for my Alexander Wang bag from Fall 2010.  This one could be it...but for now, it will remain an Obsession.

If I hadn't just bought that awesome Zimmerman bikini, I would buy this awesome Mara Hoffman one.  How awesome!  Summer is in full swing!  Get thee into a bikini, pronto! OWN!

I left the Hervé Léger trend behind a little while ago, but that doesn't mean that the dresses don't still look amazing on people with the right body to wear them.  If you've been wanting one of these, this one is pretty close to Ownable.

Happy Shopping!

To Ogle, Obsess, or Own....That is the Question. Sale season part 1.

Summer sales have begun!

My inbox has been flooded over the last few days with email after email of pretty and wonderful things that have clouded my purchasing judgment.  I've looked at so many different sites and at so many different things that my head is spinning.  I need to throw it up somewhere so what better place to do that than on the web!

While most of these sales feature the spring collections, I tend to look at all sale items during this time.  You never know when that perfect winter coat will finally hit that 70% off mark.

When sales spring up, the first thing I usually go in for are the accessories.  I love looking at shoes and bags (what girl doesn't?).  Here are some of the amazing ones that I've seen on sale:

Madame Lanvin bag.  I'm not sure how I found this on the site but it's also 70% off!  Still pricey at $900, but it has moved from Ogle-only to Obsess-worthy.

Proenza Schouler Boots.  It's hot outside, I know, but good boots are good boots.  Just look at these!  And now they're 70% off...yes they are still $350, but so?!  I think these might be moving quickly through the Ogle, Obsess, and Own cycle...

Zimmerman Bikini.  No questions asked.  This is 60% off and perfect for the season.  I've already ordered it.  It's on its way.  Yay!

Have you seen any other good deals out there??