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The excitement continues...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:56:00 -0500

If you’re not obsessed with the chorus of this song already.. get ready to have it running through your head for a few weeks at least. In a good way.

You will have to click here to see and hear it.. because the band is kinda lame like that.

This week.

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:31:13 -0500

Alright.. so I’m not off to a super exciting start here on the “fun” front.. but work went really well this week… I know, I know!!

I witnessed my first Bunko party, right here in Utah. If you aren’t catching my drift here… it might be appropriate to ask your favorite Mormon girl. Even though my roomie isn’t Mormon.. but still.

Downtime was spent reading this:

Here.

True story.. so good. Saw it years ago in a NY Times Review, bought it, saw it again in an amazing DC bookstore (which I’ll definitely post pictures of wedding weekend), and here I am, having deprived myself for too long!

!Happy Birthday Miniskirt Murder!

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:51:17 -0500

I love that picture below. Not for everybody.. such an easy, open-minded viewpoint.

Anyway, today this blog is one year old. Here are some vegan cupcakes to celebrate:

Fatty fat fat. Delish.

So more important than cupcakes:

Today this blog is a year old. Amazing how the time flies by; it feels like just yesterday when I had to get over-the-counter-cracked-out for a week straight to build this dang thing. And sooo many things have happened in my personal and work lives in the last year. S recently asked me whether this has been worth it. Good question.. I had been wondering the same thing.

It has been fun, for sure.

I like to look back at the posts.

But, side note, I was playing around on facebook a few weeks ago, and I noticed that lots of my friends have hundreds of photos of friends, fun, parties, and life in general. I have next to none.. for several reasons.. a couple of which I’ll bore you with here.

First, while I do have a very lucky, very enjoyable life, I simply don’t go out for the typical “fun” that others do.. and definitely don’t bring a camera when I do. Hating alcohol realllllyy puts a damper on wanting to have fun people, you would be surprised. There are lots of reasons why I don’t do this, but let’s lump it in the category of “work.” I am serious for work, too serious, and so I’m committing to going out and about more often, especially because my new work is f-ing awesome and allows me to do that.

Second, and this one brings me to the problem with this blog, is that I am a very… driven… person, let’s call it. I have this picture in my head of what life “looks like.” Until my daily viewpoint matches that vision, it’s like I’m.. paralyzed. Work work work until it looks like my vision, and then I can play, play, play accordingly. This blog has really fed into “when I have this outfit.. I’ll do this.” Stupid example, but part of my overall mania definitely :) The point is, today is my life, not some future time, and I have to make my work and my play and my damned blog reflect that.

Long story short, I am changing MM.com into more of a current, personal story (with some fashion wishes still thrown in for good measure), than the current “I want this/that’s pretty” style that it has been previously. This (hopefully) means that (assuming I can figure out my broken camera) I am going to post more about my travels, what I am actually doing today (once I force myself to go out and have fun), and about things I’m reading, people I’m talking to, and stuff I’m trying (hello vegan cookbook). I think this should work out to more often posts as well.

So.. maybe that isn’t a big deal, but that change is going to be what keeps the blog alive. After all.. even I get worn out with shopping!

chanelfierosiacouture: (via yourfilthyimgorgeous)

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:37:12 -0500

chanelfierosiacouture:

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And just when:

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:57:49 -0500

a clean-out of my house put a cold-turkey stop to my shopping desires, I come across the new Spring 2010 Essie nail polish collection.

Do you see those three on the left, and the one on the far right? Damn. Is that a lavender-ey gray on the left?!? Aka me in a bottle of nail polish.

From here, which contains hilarious quote, “Some hooker had already bought Lilacism, so I wasn’t able to see it. Disappointment abounded!”

I still have 900 bottles of you don’t know jacques to contend with people. This is a cosmetic disaster.

Forgot to say:

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:47:56 -0500

I also got this dress with the bra and bikini shopping. It’s like Hillary’s super cute skirt. I’m thinking no belt, red shoes, or red belt, black shoes. Works with my long black cardigan from H&M (thanks for the tip Sab!) or a lighter jacket if necessary. Seems like a staple I will have for-eva, so long as the non-matching pattern in the back doesn’t kill me first.

Mark your f-ing calendars, and I mean it!!

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:52:00 -0500

That’s you: Amanda, Aundrea, Brie, Hillary, Kerry, Sabra, Valentina, Valerie L, and all you lovely ladies who are not stationed in Las Vegas!

Saturday April 3, 2010. Yes, the day before Easter, which I thought was always in March, but anyway, we are going to the Fashion District in LA.

Don’t bother RSVP-ing, because you’re coming. Kthxbye.

Don't buy this.

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:41:00 -0500

Because I already did. Or at least don’t wear it to the same bonfire party that I am imagining in my silly head. And you know where I got this: the BEST place to get swimsuits since eighth grade. Yeah, you know where I’m talking about. ps- bathing suit and bra shopping on the same (Friday) night. Hell. Let me tell you. I should have tried on a deliberately-too small pair of skinny jeans just to take it all the way. Bleh.

Oh, and if you’re saying “but wait, that’s not the black, pink, or girly ones below!” you’re right. I know I gave that whole song and dance about how long it took me to decide, but I swear! I saved a magazine cover with this really cute dandelion-yellow and white striped one from ages ago, and this reminded me of it. Ta da! (?)

Saying goodbye is so hard to do

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:31:47 -0500

With people.. it is of course far, far worse that what I am about to apply it to here.. my old shoes. I know, ridiculous. But yesterday I dug out every pair of shoes I own and put them in the front entry of the house. My poor brother was here.. and I felt embarrassed by the sheer number. Anyway, I told him I was sad to see them go, because I can remember how much I loved (and for many, still love) them, and all the places I had gone in them. He said, “That’s why it is bad to have a good memory.” I suppose so :)

So this is a little tribute to some of the shoes whose soles have worn almost completely through, the heels whose little protector things have worn completely off, etc.

Just a teeny sample. There are such cuter ones, but I threw away the pictures when I emptied my 6 billion pictures collection. Oh well. And, for the consumerist masses, please be advised that this is maybe..maybe.. a quarter of the shoes I have torn to shreds. This does not count the never-worn-give-aways, lightly-worn-donations, didn’t-know-I-had-these-but-would-definitely-wear, forgot-I-had-these-let-me-wear-right-now, always-wear, should-wear-more, etc. Yikes.

Just a few notes: wore the d’orsays on the bottom to A’s Christmas party, wore the bottom left ones as my new-lawyer staple at first job, bought the bottom right ones when I decided I was not a tomboy anymore (although I definitely still was by the looks of those), top left to my first real Las Vegas club outing (and my last one), top middle to last day of law school party night with The Garment from H&M. Sigh.

And:

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:12:00 -0500

here.

Oh. em. gee.

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:09:44 -0500

You simply must click here.

Victoria's Secret, I hate you.

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:01:00 -0500

Long story short, I have taken years to come to certain conclusions: 1. I need two to three bikinis, 2. only. 3. that’s it. 4. this is the year, 5. that I am going to purchase these, 6. as well as the year that I am going to actually wear them, 7. not under clothes.

So: a classic black string bikini (to match my ridiculous, yet classic, straw hat.. see below somewhere), and some other cut in a color similar to the lavender dress below.. but not quite. Syrup Swimwear used to sell it , but I am having a hard time finding a pic… And a girly one.

I was thinking these three (I’ll be ordering the supermodel suit you wear underneath too):

Not quite the color, but you get it.

Cute.. appearing for about the tenth season of VS this year (see the indecision?!).

So today, the day I was ready to commit, was catalog day at my damned mail box apparently, and now I am back to indecision on the swimsuit front.

Look at this!!

WHAT would I even do with those chains!?! Go here to see the scary front of this though.. I would never wear it… too small.

Or this, though?

How will I ever decide between this one and the plain black one… arrgggggh.

And who knows. Maybe I’ll become a rock start and need this:

Well.. hmmm.. actually I guess there aren’t really reasons to stray from my initial choices now that I see these together. I do like the top of that black one with the gold on the bottom, but I don’t like the bottom. phhhbbb… months before summer.. so we’ll see. Oooh and suddenly I hear the gym calling my name.

A dress.

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:25:18 -0500

Remember long, long ago, when I posted this fabulous dress from shopbop?

Still gives me the chills. Modest but still showy cut, the color, the color, the color. Oh right, I didn’t buy it. Damn.

Well, in a quest to give up my slouchy clothing, which has made me too shy to even show my upper arms, I bought this today:

Similar color, adventurous in the shoulder region, but still knee length. And 10% of the price of the other one.. eh but I still think the other one is worth it. Also, I was realllly getting over satiny, ruched dresses, but I never really see this color. By the time I have anywhere to wear it, maybe they’ll be back in.

Hmm.. this post turned out a little depressing, because I just hhhaad to go find that old picture. :)

Nail polish.

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:15:26 -0500

I’m always looking for awesome reds, because some are just too orange, too purple, etc. I thought I was happy with OPI… hmmm.. can’t find the name, although I did see that Polish Addict is also a lawyer, but anyway. I came across this picture a while ago, and I cut off the heads of that ridiculous-plastic-surgery-addict and her reality star husband, because I just can’t have their pictures be the only thing I post this week.

Holy hell.. look at that red! Not too bright, not too.. red! But still red. Like a teacher’s apple.

Ok so I was on a plane the other day, and the most annoying woman in the universe was wearing an amazing red. I dared speak to her because I had to know. And in a kind act, she told me OPI Kennbunkport.

So there you have it. HM’s nail polish in the flesh on the airplane.. and soon to be mailed to my casa.

Hello, goodbye.

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:19:19 -0500

Stole this pic from thelook4less.blogspot.com, which I highly recommend! Anyway, this is one of Mary-Kate’s more mainstream looks, and you can be sure you’ll be seeing me wear this.. somewhere, sometime.

Which brings me to the title of this post… As of February 28, 2010, there are going to be some changes to Miniskirt Murder.. for the better, I think! Anyway, I will probably only be posting a couple more times until then, but I’ll announce the return via facebook. I’m suuuuure you’ll be anxiously awaiting that ;)

Oh and ps

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:46:54 -0500

So the Cup of Jo blog I posted about the other day? Yeah, it totally worked and now I’m all obsessive over glamour magazine. Weird, I know. I do miss totally light magazine reading. So… go get this, because Miss VB look aaaa-mazing in this issue, which is good because my crush was starting to wane (I can’t believe I admitted it), and also because she represents tattooed wrists everywhere in such a lovely way. Aaannd her denim line is back in full effect, just saying.

Baby you can drive my car...

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:13:54 -0500

yes I’m gonna be a star.. Listening to the Beatles, thinking about the fate of miniskirtmurder.com. For now, a few more things I purchased.. compulsively, yes. Love it. Super skinny studded belt. Woo woo.

More stuff I want.. oooh actually I own now.

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:03:00 -0500

I have a wool one for winter, and now I’m prepared for summer. The sun is not my friend.

Is that not me as a sweater? Lovvvve.

Different, but I’m giving it a shot. For when my black skinny pants are operational again.

From urban. <3

Cuter in person, and the buttons work. Slouchy and black.. a must for me. This is the back view by the way.

Lots of new stuff, but I can’t find pictures of all of it. I’m wearing my hat right now, with no plans to take it off.

Ummm… SJP has the most amazing and distinctive presence....

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:57:37 -0500

Ummm… SJP has the most amazing and distinctive presence. Love it.

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That was a lie.

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:07:19 -0500

I own these, and I love them. Even though I am trying to incorporate flats and kitten heels into my shoe diet (and my short self has been doing a damned good job of it), there are heels that still get me excited. In gray, though hard to tell from the picture.

sigh. Reminds me of the famous Gucci corset shoe, which is, of course, way more amazing and unavailable than these.