at home, main street ends at the pier-- it is quite a cool effect, one that has (i'm sure judging by the metal posts now put up at the start of the pier) as fooled a person or two into thinking he (because clearly a she wouldn't be so dense) can drive right out on it to the ruby's diner at the end. So the main (pun intended) part of the street is at the beach. during the summer, a good day was one spent surfing/bodysurfing, reading a book on the sand, lunch at wahoo's, ice cream at cold stone, and shopping at the local stores. and when there was a sidewalk sale going on, that was particular fun-- what can be better than shopping while getting a tan?
now don't judge. sure, the clothes were on sale because they were last season-- but this is southern california we are talking about, not new england. in so cal you can wear jeans to dinner, running shorts to class, and sandals all year long. we a a little more laid back on the west than our east-coast counterparts. in addition, the shops along main are primarily surf-shops, and i hate to say it, but surfer-fashion, while fashionable, doesn't make sweeping changes season-to-season (after all, we really only have 2: summer and autumn) .
this brings me to the sample sale. the elusive thing that all crave to get a pass to. for quicksilver you have to actually have an invite-- something that can be acquired from employees of the company (my sister never used her qs hookup, and to this day it drives me batty). for rvca it's a little easier, you just have to figure out the date/location and you can show up. and if you are really lucky you know someone whose brother works for billabong/nixon who can get you into the warehouse-- that is when you have struck gold. warehouses are the best. this season's clothes at a 60% discount- you just have to be willing to pick through the jackets with bleach stains and shorts with broken zippers.
a&f had their sample sale this past weekend. employees only (lame), but seeing as it was in ohio--whatever. now you may be thinking-- what is "California surfer prep sophisticate" doing shopping at a&f? well, besides hollister blatantly and shamelessly trading off of the good-hb name, and their loud music and strong smells that drive me crazy when i enter one of their stores, they have very warm jackets (key for a CA girl transported to winter) and when one has a hookup who can get her 40% off of all merchandise, the store suddenly seems less noisy and the cologne that permeates everything smells much more like brad pitt. in addition ruhle, ruehl, ruhel(?) has the most gorgeous bags ever. at least that is what i thought until i saw the one brought to me by m this weekend. lets suffice to say it looked like a peacock and a rooster exploded onto it. it was one of those bags you love or hate. it wasn't for me.
- as a side note: what is the strong attraction to feathers? this is something i have not yet been able to figure out. they really don't feel that nice, sure they are soft but with a weird spine up the middle that gives me the hebie-jeibies. feather-boas as a child always freaked me out. in addition they shed everywhere and make people sneeze-- then you have snot on you expensive feathers that are impossible to clean. no, the only way feathers should ever be worn is on a masquerade mask.
this week
- excited to have clean clothes to wear having done laundry
- headbands
- new bangs
- all the work i have been procrastinating on catching up with me
- erging
- it is officially fall
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