Zannee’s Blog at BargainsLA.com

I know that Avant-Garde fashion is supposed to be outrageous art, cutting edge and not anything that someone would actually wear. But these fashion pieces just go totally overboard….

Get out your old set of Match Box cars, you can play with them on this.

Gumby and Barbie had some off spring:

John Galliano’s of Dior showed this at Paris Fashion Week. I think he is secretly is a 1960’s Star Trek fan

What the?

Be afraid, be very afraid!

Many of us make resolutions at the end of the year. Here are mine:

On My Behavior
In 2008 I resolve….
To be kinder to people who really deserve a good dressing down.
To exercise more patience
To be helpful more often
To go to out social events more often

On Business
In 2008 I resolve…
To be better organized
To keep my desk neat
To not form an opinion on a store or sale before going
To be more open to different ideas and approaches
To make less spelling errors on BargainsLA.com
To master my new Blackberry and finally learn Adobe Photoshop.

On Family
In 2008 I resolve….
To give out more hugs
To listen better
To not give in to my daughter’s “I want” so easily
To always try to do what’s right instead of what’s easy
To recognize when I am wrong faster

On Health 
In 2008 I resolve….
To eat less bread and pasta
To eat less sugar
To exercise more often
To take calcium more than once a week

On Shopping
In 2008 I resolve…
To make better choices and not make impulse buys
To not fear a purchase if it’s a perfect item in every way
To differentiate better “I need” from “I want”
To finally own a classic Chanel skirt suit
And as always to never ever pay retail!

If I can keep ¼ of these I will have succeeded. I think what makes us better people is the effort made in trying, even if we don’t succeed.

Have a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

I love the day after Thanksgiving….But not for shopping. I rarely shop on the Friday after Thanksgiving. I like to spend it visiting with friends or family.

My favorite thing to do is have a slice of pie (or two) for breakfast with a pot of tea and hanging around with relatives in my jammies. Usually we all take a long walk to work off the meal from the night before. Sometimes we window shop but usually we pop into a local coffee dive for a fresh cup of joe.

yummy

Shopping with the over zealous “Black Friday” crowds makes me nuts. I simply won’t do it. Waiting in line to get into a store at 5am to grab a door buster deal has the ring of insanity. If you shop my leads then you know Black Friday deals are not uncommon the rest of the year. I may hit the web to shop in the evening, but shop a mall or a big box store… not a chance.

I am sooo anti shopping on this day, I wouldn’t even go to the Ed Hardy sale. I’ll have to hit that later this weekend.

Crazy Behavior

I’d much rather hit a movie in the afternoon. This year I took the family to see my childhood favorite at the NuArt in WLA…. The Red Balloon. It played as a double feature along side another film “White Mane” by the same director. Neither one of the films have been available to the public in years. The Red Balloon was better than I remembered. It’s only here through 11/29. If you’ve got kids under the age of 13, take them.

But alas, I didn’t completely get away from shopping. While I was hanging out waiting to get in to see the film all of us cruised through a used book shop around the corner Alias Books. I walked away with a super cool book for a Christmas gift for hubby.

Alias Books,1650 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA - (310) 473-4442

Not sure how the days gonna end. Outside of stuffing ourselves with leftovers, hubby got a really nice bottle of merlot at Trader Joes. We’ll crack that open and see where it leads us.

Relax and enjoy your weekend. Holiday shopping is about to get serious… just check out the Hot Sales page! OY!