You can't take a "not permitted" stance lying down.

first off, why does everything sound SO much snottier when spoken in a British accent? no matter what the words, you somehow feel like a naughty child when spoken to in a British accent.  secondly, i do not take kindly to being told i'm not permitted to do something....anything, even if i don't really want to do said thing, which in this case, i did.

i called Hunter Boots UK to track down a super cute pair of boots i saw on their website.  i couldn't complete the order, so i called and asked for a rep.  Hunter Boots rep Ellory oh-so-snottily told me, "you're not permitted to order boots from the UK website to the US."  i thought she must be mistaken, and told her i was willing to pay the extra shipping cost, etc., because i didn't see these boots for sale on the US website. she got extra special at this point, and told me that "there isn't that much demand for fashion-forward items in the US." really, Ellory?  this is the age of the internets, people.  we shop online globally, and expect to be reasonably accommodated.

cue total indignation and rage.  and a quick google search.  there just so happens to be a little thing called a parcel forwarding service.  they will provide you a UK address to their warehouse, where your package can be received, inspected, photographed, and shipped to anywhere you freaking want.

so take that, Ellory.  turns out i AM permitted....and my new boots are damn cute.


xoxo and all that sappy crap,


mrs. awesome

Is *NOT* wearing any pants the new black?

it has come to my attention that there are quite a few women walking around without pants.  in fact, i've noticed this phenomenon 5 times in the last 2 weeks.  i'm not mistaking leggings, or jeggings, or otherwise really-tight-pants-that-only-a-streetwalker-would-wear for no pants.  these women literally had NO PANTS.  

i can't imagine they're actually stupid enough to not know the difference between tights and pants, but tights CANNOT be worn as pants.  i don't care how "super opaque" they claim to be, or how thick they are.....honey, they ain't opaque enough.  in the most recent case, a young lady was wearing a very short dress; the problem is, she was about 6 feet tall, so the dress was actually like a long t-shirt.  it did not cover her butt, and ALL she had on underneath were black tights and underwear.  when i can see what kind of undies you prefer, that's NO PANTS.  when a passing little kid yells out, "Mommy, that lady's not wearing any pants!", that's NO PANTS.  when your camel toe is peeking out the front of your tunic/not-a-dress, that's NO PANTS.

i was at a loss for words.  you already know that i'm not a lover of yoga pants or leggings (unless you're under 18 or have the body of Heidi Klum), but apparently i've been ranting about the wrong folks.  these no pants folks, now THESE are the folks i need to be targeting.  stay warm, and know that you'll be warmer than all the ladies (i use that term loosely) with no pants.

xoxo and all that sappy crap,

mrs. awesome