{"id":112,"date":"2005-09-14T20:25:44","date_gmt":"2005-09-15T00:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sweetpea\/2005\/09\/14\/the-state-of-my-closet\/"},"modified":"2006-06-24T19:21:23","modified_gmt":"2006-06-25T02:21:23","slug":"the-state-of-my-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sweetpea\/2005\/09\/14\/the-state-of-my-closet\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of My Closet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend ML has pointed out that I&#8217;ve been sadly remiss in updating everyone on my latest purchases and\/or coveted items. Apparently not knowing the state of my closet is causing her some consternation. =)\u00a0 Rest assured that, despite being super busy recently, I&#8217;ve taken some time out for selfish consumerism.\u00a0 In the past few weeks, I&#8217;ve managed to acquire a cute retro-y dress (cute but impractical as it&#8217;s too casual for work and too dressy for virtually everything else), a green blazer (am loving green recently), a belt, jeans and a light jacket (for my morning runs).\u00a0 Am looking for new black pumps, since coloring my old faded black ones with a permanent marker no longer seems to be cutting it (people are starting to talk), and a green and\/or cognac purse. Green because it&#8217;s a pretty, fall color and cognac because it would go well with some outfits I have.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been\u00a0eyeing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zappos.com\/n\/p\/dp\/7725894\/c\/2105.html\">this green bag<\/a> but it&#8217;s much more than I would ever spend on a purse.*\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sweetpea\/wp-admin\/PopUp('\/n\/multi_view.cgi',%20'7173826extra',%20'550',%20'540',%20'left',%20'&amp;view=multi');\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Rafe New York Handbags La Brea Michelle Medium Shoulder Tote\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zappos.com\/images\/717\/7173826\/2249-156126-d.jpg\" width=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I can only justify my crass consumerism to a certain extent.\u00a0 Besides, I&#8217;m not one of those people who carry the world in their purses.\u00a0 I think I&#8217;d feel silly carrying a wallet, blackberry and cell phone in that (gorgeous) monstrosity.\u00a0 I&#8217;d have to start making up things I need just so I could fill up the purse.\u00a0 Although, it might be kind of fun\u00a0to\u00a0carry random things in my purse so that\u00a0I can surprise people with them. (&#8220;What, you need ketchup? Why I happen to have a bottle in my purse!&#8221;)**<\/p>\n<p>*I also love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zappos.com\/n\/p\/dp\/8201104\/c\/396.html\">this green one<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zappos.com\/n\/p\/dp\/6499643\/c\/396.html\">this other one<\/a>, but they don&#8217;t work quite as well with business casual.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[Updated to add:\u00a0 I also love\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fengjunk.com\/product_info.php\/manufacturers_id\/26\/products_id\/91\">this purse<\/a>.]\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"popupWindow('http:\/\/www.fengjunk.com\/popup_image.php\/pID\/91\/image\/0?osCsid=058f194cc222c7ad9f94c279a40499b5')\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Saddle Bag, Tan\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fengjunk.com\/images\/AndreaBrueckner\/026-0001-b.jpg\" width=\"250\" vspace=\"5\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">**Sorry, ketchup was the funniest random thing I could think of at the moment.\u00a0 Give me a break.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve spent all day reading a very dry, very long contract!<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;ve also donated money to my firm&#8217;s Katrina fund so I&#8217;m not totally worthless.\u00a0 Cause money can ease one&#8217;s conscience and make everything okay, right?\u00a0 Not that I need to explain myself or anything.\u00a0 Ack!\u00a0 Stop judging me!)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend ML has pointed out that I&#8217;ve been sadly remiss in updating everyone on my latest purchases and\/or coveted items. 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