I’ve been waiting for this for more than a year. It’s finally 50% off! Go shopping!

Wow…what is that sound? Turn it off turn it off! I’m sorry, I made the decision to let there be sound. I honestly don’t know what is playing at the moment you are reading this, unless it’s an RSS, which would mean NOTHING. But if you’re on my actual site, you can see I’ve posted the UNIQLOCK! Wow, so totally me.

At different times of the day there are different pieces of music and dancing clips. So quirky! The color changes every hour I think. Hm…maybe I should add the Taiwan widget. Anyhow, I thought this was worth posting about.

There are other quirky things they have…and an online store for…clothing? Is this all marking made by a clothing store? The style is very American Outfitters meets The GAP. I can’t say much about the men’s selection…pretty drab (aside from the ones in the stylebook), but the womens’ selections are pretty nice. I like the skinny jeans in multiple colors and this! Norika Fujiwara models the jeans…she’s pretty tall. Also, one of the kid models is the girl who sings the song from the Studio Ghibli movie, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea,

I have a thing for ties > <

And omg, baby leg warmers > <

Oh, to be a baby and kid in Japan! ^_^

It looks best when wearing dark colors. Like my black sweater. I look like I’m going incognito…but not so incognito. You know?

We are such a diligent family!

How much is that kitty in the window? These pets were up for adoption in the Macys windows. Sooo cute. All pets should get their own little scenic corner!

Awwwww…

These boots were super cute.

As were these Betsey Johnson’s. The bottom is hot pink with Marilyn Monroe’s eye and gold hardware detailing of a bow.

After shopping and eating (no pictures), we got some pear cider! It was soooooo good.

Where is Thelnie?

I like this! ^_^.

There wasn’t a real way to countdown to the end of the year because nobody really know the official time…but the fireworks went off and so I assume…that was the right time. ^_^.

Am I the only one that was almost floored when I saw these? I saw a guy wearing it at Disneyland and had to ask him where he got it, and his friend with him said that her friend worked at Macys so she told them when the jackets came in and they ordered it through her.

Whew…lots of work for a jacket. But ooh these are sooooo drools. I have a thing for storm troopers…their armor is…….@_@. But…as a jacket, the white and black is kind of boring compared to the Boba Fett one. Who knew those colors would work? Apparently him!

http://www.shopecko.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=3054996&siteID=.kD.YDErEtU-ehC.trVnaCeDBBUDoQbgDA

They are sold out…backorder available. Sigh…too cool.

But before that, a quick story. Macy’s (or is it Macy*s?) was having a shoe sale. 40% off retail price with an additional 30% off at the register. So these women…oh..I would say they are in their 30s to 40s were shopping around, and they said “oh yeah, and these are 70 percent off!” Being the eavesdropping fiend I am, I snickered. I suppose it’s a common mistake to add up the percentages, but that’s not how you shop.

40 percent off of $100 is $60. 30 percent off of $60 is $42! $42 is clearly not 70 percent off of $100…that would be $30. $42 is still a little more than $30. Anyway, I hope they weren’t counting too closely or they would be in for a surprise at the register. I’m definitely ingraining this into my students’ heads.

Betsey Johnsons. Her style is so kooky, I love it. I’m usually not a fan of wooden clogs, especially if they are weirdly shapen, but these are cute.

I believe these are Guess. Check out that heel! How much for the hour? *wink wink*

Betsey Johnson again. The platform is angled at the heel. These were actually kind of comfortable.

Guess. Walking around in these makes you feel like you could kick everyone’s butts. Or stick a heel in your forehead. I’ve seen that in a movie right?

I suppose this thread is for the foot fetish people out there.

The new Jawbones are pretty hot. They also have some neato noice cancelling system too. Droolz.

Apparently, if you get a ticket for using your cell-phone with your hands (which is against the law now starting July 1, 2008), then you can get $20 off a new Jawbone purchase. What’s this? Reward for breaking the law? How about the people that haven’t broken the law and want to buy one? Fun promotion but pretty backwards to me. Someone have a ticket they want to share with me?

So after shopping at many stores and department stores, I found nice ones but there were not perfect enough. Either too old style looking, or had something missing that I needed…had one good thing but a bad thing also…

I’m kind of picky because I want a nice wallet, not just some wallet I can use.

So…I decided I’m going to try to make my own. <: x

This is my mock-up. I have tons of ideas. You know what it’s almost like? It’s like adding on plug-ins to something that works great, but could use a little more.

The front. Not too big. I’ll add a clasp later on. I’m thinking envelope style!

You can see some notes here. The window will be a clear plastic. The sides of the credit card part are going to be large elastic cloth, not regular cloth. That way, the material will expand to the number of credit cards it contains. The base is also removable if I don’t need that many cards a certain night and I want to reduce the bulk.

This is something I’ve always wanted to make for myself. I’ve seen this in a few special wallets, and more recently in the Betsey Johnson wallets. So much space! The closure will be the button and string kind, like those kinds folders. You can see the drawing on the previous picture. Maybe fake button and string (with actual velcro or snap closure), depending how fastened it will stay. I’m going to have to experiment with it, but that detailing is going to be super cute. I haven’t seen it on any wallets (and maybe there is a reason for it @_@).

And the cash.

I’m so poor!

Yeah…I’ll probably keep looking at it…adding a strap here, attachable panel using zipper sounds interesting right? …or…usb thumb drive pocket…

Well…there is gas…and depreciation on my car. <: /

And it comes to no surprise that everyone was Indy crazy. There is a new little “show” they have that is Indiana Jones themed. It is on top of the shops in front of the Indy ride. A fake Indiana Jones does some fight scenes up there from time to time and I was lucky enough to catch the ending to one of the shows. I had no idea what was going on but everyone was cheering for him!

And…I got this hat > <. I really want to wear it on a regular basis! Do you think this is normal enough to wear… If I go hiking I will. Maybe I’ll wear it when I play Wii Fit! Wearing this hat makes me feel more adventurous.

Aliens in a temple?!?! Let’s do it!

I like it when Indy pulls his hat down when he tries to sleep.

See my pigtails? They mean business.

oOOoooo

Ahh…….

Eeeee…..

So I tried it on because it’s free to try it on! I’m usually a size 4, but this fit a little loosely on me. Models are lucky because they get the dress tailored to them before they walk. I don’t have a tailor in the dressing room…

The two lines on the bodice are actually 2 black elastic straps that you have to stretch to the back of the dress and clasp them together. It took me awhile to figure that one out. I was like “uh…why are these stretchy bands just hanging down the front…is this couture?”

And a couple days after I drooled over this dress, I saw it in a magazine! My tastes are in good company.

The price tag: $500.