Little things that make me happy

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I've been a little down lately... So: some shopping is needed to lift my spirits!!!

Just some little things that made me happy today:

This GAP western denim shirt is such a classic! And in the summer you can even wear it as a jacket...
Gorge.

Some "spiky" fun from my friend Forever 21. I just love how the little black roses contrast with the spikes!

And finally , a gorgeous blue scarf costing the bank-breaking 7 bucks!!!

Yay...

I am a CELEBRITY NERD!!!! Now Lena Dunham from HBO's GIRLS!!!

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Yes, I am a celeb nerd.
When growing up in Brazil, all I could do was to see my fave celebs in a film, TV or magazine...

Now, that I live in NYC, I've been so lucky to see a lot of them in da flesh!!!! And especially now, with my inseparable smartphone, I can take pictures of them!!!

Today, July 16th, I was able to be really close to Lena Dunham from GIRLS!!! A series that I absolutely LOVE!!!

They were filming in NYC's Gramercy Park at Park Avenue South and 21st Street = really close to my apartment!!!

So cool to be able to see those film sets!!!

And believe it or not, I did meet another GIRL: Zosia Mamet last year on the Met Museum and she was grateful enough to pose with Lulu!!!!

Now I am just missing Allison Williams and Jemima Kirke to complete my GIRLS crush!!!!

OK, so enough of GIRLS!

Let's do a bit of a retrospective of celebs I've seen and documented!!!

The BEST one was meeting (and talking to) Christopher Plummer! My first crush and favorite actor!

I was going back home from work and he was walking around Gramercy Park!!! He was super gracious and let me take a picture with him!!!!

Lulu stalking following her idol!!!

 He was SO gracious to let me take a picture! So happy I've met him!!!

This was last year.

This year I did see Will Arnett and Megan Fox filming a movie about the Ninja Turtles... Kinda meh, but still a celeb sighting I guess...

And, coming back to work one day, I've seen Ethan Hawke and family - with his current wife - who was his nanny and broke up his marriage to Uma Thurman!!!

SO exciting! Just wonder who I will see next!!!!!

A (kinda) Sad Marc Jacobs Post :-(

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Well, this blog is devoted to my addiction to shopping and some other things that happen in my life wedged within...

Today I had to do a sad, but necessary thing...

I am super obsessed with Marc Jacobs bags, as you can see from my previous posts... I've been finding a lot of them, for WAY less in places like Buffalo Exchange and Crossroads...

Thing is, I did think that I've scored a major find this past week when I've spotted this beauty at Buffalo:

A HUGE (and I mean HUGE) golden distressed leather Marc by Marc Jacobs gorgeous bag!

Tons of pockets, amazing zippers : look at this detailing (below), the works!

I totally fell in love and HAD to have it...
The price was also so right: a mere 65 bucks... Not bad, huh?

So, what is the problem, then?

This bag is not only HUGE for my 5 feet 3 inches, but also extremely HEAVY.
It was already heavy by itself, so imagine what happened when I put my million of things inside...

A major back problem would develop for sure...

Soooo, back to the store it went... Sad :-(

What a disappointment! I was thinking I could think it over a couple of days more, but one of Buffalo Exchange's bad things is that you have only 5 days to return purchases and only for store credit... I am bummed, but at the same time excited for more hunting there since I have some store credit...

Maybe it could be a good thing... Who knows?

I will post my future purchases fo sho!

Marc Jacobs Heart Necklace!!!

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This weekend, we went walking all over Manhattan and decided to go to Greenwich Village...
There lies the danger: all of those cute Marc Jacobs stores...

I ALWAYS get some trinket there when I go to that area (my hubby rolls his eyes and waits patiently outside the store - kinda patiently).

This time I got this:

Great length - goes with everything!!!

I love layering these necklaces!!!

Take a look at Lulu with her 3 necklaces: my H.Stern gold star, my Victorian penny and the MJ heart pendant!

 

Mirror, Mirror : Joe Fresh saves the day AGAIN!!!

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I've been a fan of those crazy mirrored prints since they started showing up some time ago...

Cool for the summer, right?

I simply love Joe Fresh = things are cute and cheap!

Lookie what I just got for the NYC summer:

Will get some mileage on this skirt this summer!!!