Anthropologie needs to get out of my head! My favorite animal is the Octopus, my favorite color is purple, I've been searching high and low for a good cocktail ring, and SOMEHOW one of my favorite companies has TOTALLY READ MY MIND and made a PURPLE OCTOPUS RING.

Why am I taking Anthro's name in vain? Simply put - its $178 bucks. FOR.A.RING. Yes, I'd probably wear the shit out of it, I'd love it for ever, and its totally a splurge item I can justify due to its just-too-perfect customization to myself. Sigh. But I'll wait it out, because Mash might murder me if I spend that much money without at least discussing it with him first.

CURSE YOU ANTHROPOLOGIE FOR KNOWING YOUR CONSUMER TOO WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!

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When I see things like this, it makes me wish I was a kid again. I remember the days when I would crawl into an old box a la Snoopy and pretend to be a fighter pilot taking on the Red Baron! Now for a mere $50 duckets you can get your very own customizable trip down memory lane.

Here in our house we're planning on purchasing this for our nephew for his 4th birthday later this year. We're going to paint it his favorite color and write his name on the side. When we give it to him, our plan is to let him do the rest of the decorative painting himself. It certainly looks to be hours of fun for an active, imaginative kid!

If only we all had been so lucky to have our cardboard boxes match what our imagination dreams them to be! Kids today...

You can purchase the cardboard airplane or other cardboard imagination stations at Cardboardesign.

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So I must confess, I've been searching for a pair of respectable suspendered pants (a la Ms. Bradshaw circa season 6 w/Berger) at an affordable cost for a while now, and I may have stumbled upon the winner. No, they're not high waisted. No, they're not black, but they're pretty versitile and on sale at Chickdowntown.com for $93.50 (AND I got an email coupon for an extra 20% off!). But the real question is wearability...what shoes would you pair with this?

Another pair of affordable suspendered pants to choose from (in black!) and some accessorizing speculation...


Here's another respectively priced pair o' pantelones-con-suspenders from Victorias Secret. These clock in at $78 bucks (on sale too...). Hrmm...which would you pick?

As for shoes...wedges? Heels? I'm all about tucking in a slightly oversized blouse and carrying a simple clutch, but I'm stuck on the shoes question!

We shall see if I give into my suspendered desires...

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