The Shopperist: I Want It Now

I searched for quite a while on ModCloth to find a dress that I not only adored but also recognized as one that would be flattering on ME. Shopping for a cute dress when you’re what they called “pear-shaped” is weird and mostly disheartening. And aside from that “pear-shaped” makes me feel like a stay at home mom, for whatever reason.

Anyway, I finally stumbled upon this lovely little one and I am considering blowing my extra student loan money on it. After all, what good is being fiscally responsible if you haven’t got clothes to wear?

As an aside, my great friend welovejeff and some of our pals went to the recent tumblr meetup here in our grand city of Richmond, where tumblr has opened a new office. Jeff is pretty good at filming things with his iPhone 4 and then editing them into someone anyone would be jealous of. Take a look.

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It’s been way too long. And in my absence I’ve managed to do a whole lot of studying, papers, reading, and even more worrying and hardly any pining (ok, that’s a lie, I love things, so I’ve pined a fair amount).

Concurrent with my absence form Shopperist has been my absence from the gym (see the aforementioned onslaught of graduate school responsibilities). But I know for SURE that if I had this Marc Jacobs gym lock, I’d totally go back. Despite the fact that my gym has no use for locks…

Probably one of the most mundane, albeit most realistic things I’ve ever posted on Shopperist…

I desperately want these 1969 jeans from Gap. My short legs long for something fun on the inside of jean cuffs and some magical genius clothing designer has answered my call. Totally affordable and, to be quite honest, “back to school shopping” does in fact apply to first semester graduate students.

I just love Etsy so much. Literally, anything you want you can find there, handmade.

I always boast that I’m not a fan of anything nautical-themed, but I’ve been finding more and more that I guess…. I am? Anyway, this ring is adorable and I want it so badly!

I’m going to need the Alexander McQueen Cruise 2011 collection to find its way into my closet.

Specifically these two pieces.

My inability to walk gracefully in heels aside…

I need these pumps in my life.

Never had I imagined such gorgeous nude heels in my closet, but these by Jessica Simpson need to find their way in there.

As move in date with my partner in crime approaches (August 7th is so not far away!), I’ve been looking at more and more things to get to decorate!

Our second bedroom is going to be our computer room, and this precious little usb hub from Fred Flare would fit on my new desk, right next to my new iMac, so beautifully.

Once again, I’ve found something marvelous from ModCloth. And, once again, it’s sold out. That’s alright though because truthfully I don’t need another summer dress… I just want one.

Ok, so this is a bit of a cheating post because I already have a pair of these sandals.

But they are incredible and I want a million more pair.

Sanuk makes some of the most whimsical sandals (not shoes) and these are definitely awesome. They’re made out of the same material as a yoga mat, so it feels like you’re walking on air (or, I guess, a yoga mat). Either way, they’re insanely comfortable and feel amazing. The only problem I’ve found so far is that they do get your feet pretty warm, but that’s probably just your inner energy (any yoga-ers out there get me?).

Anyway, I got them at my local REI store for like $30, it looks like they’re selling to solids on the site for $26 and the Safari prints (of which I want both) for $32. Totally worth it. I want them all!

I will never stop loving ModCloth. Unless, of course, they continuously run out of the dresses I want in the sizes I want at the price I want to pay… before I get the chance to even know the item was created.