Been too long

I've put blogging on hiatus lately... Which sucks cause I love to write in here. I'm either lazy or busy. Referring mostly to the former. But a lot has happened in the long time I have been absent here. Finishing up school, graduating, job-hunting. But hey, I'm a pseud0-working girl now. And I certainly plan to document what I wear to work, at least to the professional one. That's right, I am currently holding down three positions. One is an internship, another is a volunteership, and another is a foldingbitchship. All are unpaid, unfortch. Even the third one that actually pays. I made myself pretty available and they still give me like 4 hours a week. Fuck that entire tyrannical entity. This is not so blind of an item, but at work my duties involve folding all the live long day, wearing their overpriced, homogenous clothing, and greeting people with a dumb tagline. And we're required to conform to some sort of look while we're out on the floor, and I suppose this season, boring grey and navy blue boytanks and denim is the "look" du jour. The smell of the store is abhorrent - we have to spray perfume that is basically the female version of Axe body spray all over the merchandise. And a tagline? Oy. If I walk into a store, and there are two or three rooms to explore, I really don't need each sales associate greeting me with the same obligatory tagline such as "Hey! What's up!?" I dunno whose idea this was, but customer service does not involve hearing the same, unnatural, rehearsed greeting each moment I even dare to go further into a store.

But, I digress. I will also be volunteering at my school's marketing research center for internet retailing - yes , my area of expertise. I couldn't be any more excited! We'll be using Second Life as our main platform, interacting with other avatars and researching consumer behavior in virtual shopping environments and how they can translate into real life. Sounds dorky, but pretty awesome at the same time. My actual internship position involves assistance in market research as well, so hopefully this will turn into a real full-time job for me. Future's so bright, I gotta wear shades ;)

While I'm on a roll writing in here, I am going to post a shopping list here for my own personal reference. Since I don't really get paid, most of these things will have to wait. Sad story ;(

e.l.f. Cosmetics
I have been wanting to try this brand forever. And at a spankin' cheap price of $1-$5 per item, it wouldn't be that risky to try it. They have a higher-end studio line that looks more professional, in the likeness of Bobbi Brown or MAC, and their products cost a couple bucks more each, with a price-point of $3-5, which is still dirt cheap. I also found a sweet coupon code that knocks 50% off any Studio Line product, so I plan to save $13, which is a pretty amazing deal. Will update if any of them are keepers.

Rebecca Minkoff Benjamins Pouch
Cuteness overload. I love the cheekiness of this pouch. It's the perfect size for your "Benjamins" (in my case, Hamiltons and Washingtons), and there are 5 card slots as well. Since it's a zip pouch, and not a conventional wallet, you can fit some change in there too, so it's pretty nifty. I've really been wanting a wallet to go with my Peacock Rebecca Minkoff MAB Mini, and a black wallet would be a cute neutral that could go with any of my purses. But $125 is still pretty pricey but it's so rare to find these days that I might have to do some rationalizing, more popularly known as "investment" spending.



Lamixx on Etsy
I am slightly obsessed with this designer. When it comes to clothes, I'm a lover of all things simple and open-ended, much like a basic tee or cotton dress, cause I usually go bolder with accessories anyway. These both appease my interests, but they cost some serious cash ($40+). I expressed my interest to the seller and she's willing to give me a discount, but I'm putting these at the very bottom of my priority of frivolous shopping.



More to add later. I really need rehab when it comes to spending. Getting a job that pays next to nothing sort of makes it less realistic to spend, but dammit it's so tempting to pluck that forbidden fruit...