Hello out there to all you fashion savvy seductresses! Please allow me to introduce myself. I am one of the now hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who have been forced (thanks to the lovely spa vacationers of AIG and genius masterminds of Lehman Brothers) to sign on to the New York State Department of Labor website each week to receive a paycheck. Yes, I am a member of Club 405 -- and although membership to this club wasn't exactly one that I actively sought out, membership certainly has its privileges...
Since there are only so many employment websites that one can hit in a day before going cross-eyed, I thought I'd dedicate part of my (now pretty wide-open) day to blogging about something I truly love. I'll admit that my former gainful employment with a "white shoe" law firm allowed me to purchase things that made me smile each morning as I opened my closet doors, but it certainly didn't keep that smile on my face throughout the day. Maybe it's time I allowed myself to smile all day.
Some people dream of sugar plum fairies at this time of the year. Me? I dream of soft silk Diane von Furstenberg wrap dresses in a distinctive and amazingly fresh print, fiery red-soled 5" heeled satin Louboutins, and the shiny brass hardware on a Marc Jacobs bag surrounded by brightly hued buttery soft leather. There's only one problem -- I've got a pretty hefty mortgage on my upper west side co-op to consider and only four hundred and five smackers coming in each week from the state. How the hell am I going to make this work?
Do I suffer silently and wander the streets of Fifth Avenue, vowing only to window shop? Do I load up a virtual shopping cart on Saks.com and stare and my computer screen, only to quickly hit the little "x" on the upper right hand corner of the page? No way! I'm not letting Mr. AIG and Ms. Lehman win. I'm taking fashion back!
Stay tuned!
