I returned to my apartment this afternoon for the first time since the storm, and as I had expected, there is no damage to speak of. Thank goodness. Although, with my place as messy and cluttered as it usually is, it only looks like I’ve been in the direct path of a hurricane.
Anyway. Some of you (okay, two of you) had asked for a photo when I mentioned I got my hair cut recently, and here it is. You ask. I deliver. Compared to my current “About” photo, which was taken a long while ago, this hair cut isn’t much of a change, but you should’ve seen me in the intervening months. I was getting kind of shaggy.
What else. Last weekend Thom and I did some shopping, and at Nordstrom I bought another Custo shirt (not bad at 30% off). I was also tempted to indulge in some Ben Sherman, but I didn’t find anything in my size on sale.
One item I must get this fall is a dark brown jacket, either in corduroy (a shorter version of one I have now), or if I’m feeling especially luxurious, something in suede. For someone who likes to think of himself as style-conscious, I’m actually rather blah when it comes to work clothes. My company’s dress code is really casual, and especially during the summer I get all lazy and just go with the minimum, for example, jeans and a polo shirt. I could use some variety–just because I can wear jeans everyday, doesn’t necessarily mean I should. My wardrobe is fall/winter-heavy, so thankfully once the weather cools down, I can bring out all the sweaters and such. I had fun cutting a dash at the Gap (Thom can attest to this), trying on all the jackets and scarves. Mmm.
Other interesting finds: Storehouse, aside from carrying cool furniture, also provides a huge selection of refreshments to enhance your browsing experience (at least the Pentagon City location does). Seriously, the spread looked like a movie-theater concession counter. Also, I found out that World Market–which reminded me of the old Cost Plus store back home, and whaddya know, it’s the same chain–carries one of my favorite (and up to now, unsuccessfully sought after) wines, Niebaum-Coppola Bianco, from the Francis Coppola Presents label. I’ll have to go back there to stock up on wine, along with Baci chocolates and all the other good stuff they have.
Okay, now I’m rambling. Time for some TiVo and then sleep.
3 replies on “Shopping up a storm”
1. Photo. I’ve also got a photo of the two of us at Busch Gardens last month, which I’ll plan to post this evening once I’m home.
2. Haircut. The short haircut is very adorable, but what he describes as “kind of shaggy” I also found really really sexy.
3. Damn but he looks good in the new Custo shirt. Even at 30% off, though, more than I’d want to spend. I really really love the Ben Sherman line, but all the ones we tried looked better on Jeff than on me. Sigh.
4. I almost hate going by a Gap with him; I rarely find anything in Gap I like, yet Jeff tries on /everything/. And that was the night that I was getting sick, so I was having a hard time concentrating by that time.
5. Storehouse. Great snacks, but they didn’t even have on display the four-poster bed that I’ve been looking at in their catalog, the primary reason Jeff and I had been trying (unsuccessfully) to visit Storehouse for several weeks.
6. World Market. I went /crazy/ in that place, and bought five bottles of wine and a bottle of caramel syrup. I thought the Bianco was pleasant enough, but it’s not something I’d personally seek out (except for muscats, rieslings, and sauternes, which are among my very favorite wines, I’m much more of a red wine drinker than white). I was very happy, though, to find a) a favorite moscato, b) a guilty pleasure, Chaucer’s Mead, c) the Cardinal Zin red zinfadel, and d) several of my favorite Ravenswood Merlots. I am so in love with that store. And their selection of loose teas and imported candies and delicacies… yum!
Jeffy! You look great! I’ve missed your face.
gee thanks, mom
Here’s a picture of Jeff and me at Busch Gardens last month, as promised in my comment to his blog entry earlier today. My mom’s response after seeing this picture (and after already having been told about the 15-year age…