Thanksgiving Is Almost Here!

In honor of Turkey Day, I was just attempting to come up with a list of 25 things I'm grateful for. It was torture and I only came up with 5. Some of them were really dumb too, like hair products. I couldn't possibly publish that crap. Maybe for New Year's I'll try to be less of a pessimist. (Now, if I had attempted to list 25 complaints, I'd have it done in under a minute. I love to bitch about stuff. This must stop.)

Anyfreakinway, if (and this is a BIG if) I'm not in a carb/ champagne hangover on Friday, I will attempt to blog about my Thanksgiving. My family's pretty crazy and the Mamma goes WAY over board with the food (her record is 21 side dishes) so something worth writing about should occur.

Follow me on Twitter for live T-Day updates. I'm hoping to have pictures of food and memorable quotes posted up throughout the night. (twitter.com/Lauren_Vanessa)

Anticipation. . . of Bedazzling

Here's a little story for anyone not versed in Bedazzling and its history:

Sometime in the 1970's someone thought, "Hey, let's mass market a tool to fasten giant plastic gemstones onto clothing." The Bedazzler was born and flourished during the 1970's and 80's, because well, it was the 70's and 80's.



Enter the nineties and the world rebounded against the Bedazzler, mainly because of looks like this one:

Now, we all know that the Bedazzled sweater is clearly not the only thing wrong with this hot mess. The giant glasses, the weird poofy hair, the gold lame leggings, the ill-fitting (or non-existent) brassiere, and the sour expression all combine to create more of an eyesore than anyone could dream up. Maybe the Bedazzler takes the heat for this kind of thing because it really elevated bad fashion to a kitsch art form for a while.

But there's hope for the redemption of the Bedazzler. Just like a bad news boyfriend or the smell of Tequila, I think that enough time has passed that we can revisit the offender without anyone getting hurt. This rekindling of the Bedazzler love will be a modified version, however. Modified how, you ask? Well, for one, by ditching the gemstones altogether in favor of studs. Yes, STUDS!

Check out the fierceness the addition of studs lends to this Nanetter Lepore coat. Beyond wicked cute, this coat is almost to die for. Would I pay the $548 that Bloomie's is asking for it? Hell to the no! Will I acquire a Bedazzler at some point this week and attempt to work some magic on a coat I already own? Um, yeah! No brainer. (If you still aren't with me on this whole "studding" thing, just check out this dress, or this one, or these jeans. All intensely perfect but heinously overpriced, no?)

So, the procrastination special over the next couple of weeks is obvs going to be centered around me revamping my wardrobe with some mayjah studdage. Hopefully this will distract me away from shopping. I think I have a problem. Anywho, if I feel ambitious enough, I will attempt to videotape some of the Bedazzling tomfoolery and vlog it. That's right, people, I said vlog. Wish me luck.