eyeonyou

*via lollime blog*

 

it makes me smile.

It’s almost the New Year. So take whatever 2011 bullshit is still lingering and just…smile

*image from playing fashion mag via fashion gone rogue*

 

merrymerrychristmas

this just touched my sometimes still preppy soul. the cap and the plaid…

mimi on a jcrew day.

*image via jak&jil*

 

dayum

D$%#@!%&#*&%@$@?%$#@@$%&^#N

*image via the sartorialist*

 

Mimi’s Christmas Fab5

Holy mistletoe, Christmas is 4 days away! Well, basically 3 if you’re on East Coast time!

In preparation of family fun and gifts galore, I want to share my holiday wishlist with you. Too late for Christmas? Hey, New Years totally counts as a holiday too!

Remember how I was gonna post my second fab5 in a “couple of days”…well 20 counts as a couple, right?

Righttttttt???

• Please Look After Mom- Let me set the scene: settle into flight home for Christmas, crack open Shin’s international best-seller…2 different window seats and 237 pages later, I am a snotting, sobbing wreck. Literally one of the most moving books I have ever read…and I live for the tearfest shit. I’m not just saying this because I am a huuuuuuuge mama’s girl, but this novel will make you want to thank and hug and kiss your mom until you can’t breath.
• Art of Shaving Sandalwood Cologne- I have said it a ton, but I love spicy, powerful scents and this one by the shaving gurus is pitch-perfect. There are a couple women’s perfumes that are amazingly woodsy- Tom Ford’s White Patchouli…hubba, hubba. But to really get the job done, sometimes you gotta go with the guys. I was stopping in for a birthday present when I found this little gem. I’m suchhhh a tomboy.
• Christian Loubitin’s Pigalle- What a perfect MF’in shoe. Literally. Enough said. Oh, and size 38.
• St. Jude Children’s Hospital- Although it is sometimes hard to grasp amidst the parties and presents, Christmas is about faith in goodness, and what better way to demonstrate that than giving back. Despite being born and raised in Memphis, I have never visited St. Jude, the absolute beacon of hope for sick children and their families. This trip home I hope to change that.
• Vanessa Kandiyoti’s Evil Eye bracelet- I have been obsessing over the evil eye symbol for years, but have yet to get any jewelry because true to my indecisive Libra self, I can’t find the perfect piece. Well, mama, I think I got it! Now all I need is threestacks. This version is one of the most gorgeous I have seen- talk about some baaaaaad evil blockin’!  

Merry Christmas, my lovely HighEnders! Eat and drink and love family and act silly

 

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as you already know, stolen magazine questionnaires are my everything, and this one from house beautiful is one of the best.

now, instead of doing that thing where you don’t fill it out too, do that other thing where you do

1. most recent purchase… earrings for my mama, o and crunchy peanut butter from trader joe’s.
2. pet…always my jellybean muffin thompson- the most gorgeous human dog to live nearly 14 years.
3. favorite tv show…i don’t have any cable of any sort, but i still love tv. the good wife is fab and i could literally watch mad men on repeat. betty&don= constant chills.
4. fridge staple…lemons, mustard, seltzer, loads of veggies and vodka in the freezer.
5. favorite car…either my first car missy, a `92 black volvo. or my future car a matte black jeep wrangler with detachable doors- boss, baby.
6. last app downloaded…labelbox, so i can continue my career as a faux iphotog.
7. dream house…my second home in the country- then i’ll know that i’ve made it. big porch, loads of fireplaces, an enormous kitchen and a huge couch for watching movies.
8. signature accessories…david yurman cross, rosary ring and a notre dame watch.
9. nightstand staple…OMG, where to start? books/mags, water, lotion, rosie and candles.
10. favorite food…my own mac/cheese with loads of hot sauce. my salt/spice tooth is literally off the chain.

ok, now your turn…

 

myboogieshoes

one of my favorite holiday traditions is hitting the town with my cousins and dancing for hours at our most beloved funk club in memphis. if you don’t know raifords, then you don’t know nothin’. well in prep for hours of get-down with the girls, i have composed my wish-list of the hautest holiday heels!

1. “Oooooo, baby, do you know what that’s worth…” Yes, indeed snakeskin Loubitins make me certain that heaven is a place on earth.
2. Fuschia Jimmy Choos are a guaranteed dance floor killlllaaaaa.
3. ♥ these tres classy YSL Tribtoos. Rock them with the shortest mini for a business on bottom look.
4. Everybody will Wang-Chung in these delish A.Wang Leggo-chic creations.
5. Pointy, spikey goodness that only Valentino is capable of creating. Would wear these till they literally fell off of my shrouded-in-high-fashion goodness feet.
6. Marc Jacobs’ velvet mouse slippers are beyond perfect for the post-boogie wind-down.
7. All I want for Christmas are these beyondddddd CL strappy daddies. LOVE.WANT.NEED.
8. O, and all else I want are these lovely leopard ladies by Charlotte Olympia. ME.MF.OW.

Soooooo, HighEnders, what’s your fabulously fancy footwear for holiday?

*all images via net a porter*

 

say whaaaaaaa??

I am a total AbbyLee stan…like no shame.

Fluxin’ love this shot of her from April’s Vogue Russia.

So sexy, so sleek, so confused??

*image via fashion gone rogue*

 

FAB(more than)FIVE

I figured it’s the holiday season, so I’m gonna post five fab things now and then five more in like two days, rather than the standard few. “standard” meaning the once in a blue moon when i get around to blogging anything fab. believe me, the list is always racing through my mind- it literally just takes the strength of 1000 men to actually get it any farther than that.

well, n.e.ways, happy early holidays…and here goes my first cinque.

• Christmas candles: I’m not talking that cinammony, sugar plum fairy stuff. No sir, I mean the delicious scent of a fresh pine tree…in wax form. It doesn’t have to be some fancy-pants brand. Glade is definitely making my home seasonally scent-y- all for $2.50 a pop! But I must say Jonathan Adler’s Aspen candle is absolutely to die for- like literally smell and perish.
• Lady Shades: I am as faux hipster as any other 20-something around, but I have recently shunned all uber-cool sunglasses. My poor Wayfarers didn’t see it coming, and don’t even get me started on my aviators’ attitude! Something about my oversized Jackie-esque Marc Jacobs’ have been the perfect addition to every piece in my fall wardrobe. And I have a pair of bone-colored Bebe shades whose glory days have come again! These House of Harlow babies are some stunner sunners
• NittyGritty: I love to cook blahblahblah…you already know that…but I rocked my own damn world when I made an impromptu meal of shrimp over parmasean grits and kale. This is not hard, I swear, but you gotta know how to make grits like a Southerner aka save your runny Yankee bull$hit. Creammmmmy grits with lots of butter and milk and just a pinch of parm is what sets this combo off. I was inspired by this dish at Chicago’s The Gage, but made a few variations of my own, so make like Mimi and make this delta staple the background for a load of fun holiday meals!
• Dub-ble Time: I have no idea what Dubstep is, but I have a lot of ideas about how much I love James Blake, Dub’s reigning king. He is weirdly soulful and just weirdly wonderful. James Blake, his self-titled album, has literally been in my rotation for months- I mean if “The Wilhelm Scream” doesn’t grab your soul, you aint got one. And his cover of “Limit to Your Love” is the hit that started this love affair. I’m serious, either love him or leave me alone.
• Late is Great: Liz from Late Afternoon is amazing- literally blows my mind every time I check her personal style blog…which isn’t every 10 minutes or anything creepy like that. My roommate alternates between calling her the White Mimi and the White Nini, so I’ve been feelin’ myself harrrrdddd the past few weeks. No seriously, the short-shortness and overloaded with accessories and randomly coordinated looks is what I aim for every.single.day. and Liz is my new leader.

 

butter

folks are always talking about how fergie ferg is suchhhhhh a butterface. ya know:

“everything’s good but(her)face!”

well, jokes on folks because stacy proves with these two red carpet looks that she’s

straight butter, baby

i mean, her bod is beyond rockin’ and the unabashedly bold yellow makes her tan/blonde combo pop like none other. i will be replicating that mustard sweater on leather look ASAP. oh, and the running with my hunky hubs and waterbottlebelt…a work in progress

so, while you’re talking butterface bull, consider ferg’s career, man, style… and that actual butt.

so, what’s that make you? bitter.

*images via people and famous.tm*