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duke’s first day of kindergarten

xenia — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:50:55 +0000

duke is wearing a paul frank hoodie ($12.99 from tj maxx), lego batman t-shirt ($7 from walmart), H & M denim shorts ($9.99 from H&M) & vans ($23.99 from WSS) – the only thing new are his vans.

that’s our boy! this day was harder for C & i than it was for him. i’m proud of us though, we didn’t cry when he waved bye to us. in fact, it’s like he didn’t even want us there – i took out my camera to take pictures of him while waiting with his classmates and he gave me a look and kept waving me off. it was funny.

duke was in a private preschool 2 whole days a week for a year so he is somewhat used to school life. he’s a really picky eater so we packed him a lunch but when we picked him up he told us he ate the cafeteria lunch of nachos, a banana and milk – he was so proud and so were we!!! this is a huge step!

we had a set of rules & reminders that we kept going over with him:

don’t say “crap”
listen to your teacher
make sure you eat at lunch because there’s no snack time like in preschool
if you take off your hoodie, put it in your backpack
don’t forget your lunch bag – put it in your backpack
talk to your classmates, don’t do all the talking yourself
listen to your teacher!

it is going to take some getting used to for all of us. from what he told us, he likes his teacher and he had a good day… & so did we, C & i had a nice lunch out together. enjoy parenting & teach your kids to enjoy their little lives! r

disclosure: duke’s back to school outfit was purchased entirely with our own money.

lanvin for h&m

xenia — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:38:56 +0000

so this morning lanvin was released at H&M and i bet it was crazier than a wal-mart on black friday.

if you aren’t familiar with lanvin, it’s a high fashion house in paris. i’m not a huge fan of hoity toity designers but i love lanvin’s designs and choices of colors and florals. i’m especially fond of the lanvin for H&M commercials, so playful and i don’t think i’ve ever seen an H&M commercial until now. i believe most of the pieces run $99-299 and that’s a STEAL compared to $5000-10,000 for lanvin. i don’t consider myself a recessionista because even if we’re not in a recession, i spend my money wisely. i really like how the designer world is doing collaborations with companies like target and H&M – of course you get your snobs that complain about designers going rogue and servicing us po’ folks but who the fuck cares! i bring this up because i came across some drama made by someone who isn’t happy with today’s release… really lady, wow. you can buy reasonably priced, quality clothes but look/feel like a million bucks.

i might get some flack for this but i VERY lovingly describe H&M as the ikea of clothes. both are swedish companies so why not. i really really love the stuff they put out. if you haven’t been, shame on you. but just keep in mind that all stores are different, i’ve found stuff at the beverly center H&M earlier than the orange county locations. the only downside is that H&M isn’t available online or in most states.

follow H&M on twitter! @hmusa – most stores are SOLD OUT but they are recommending you check their stores after the weekend for returns!

also, check out the lanvin auctions! these are one of a kind pieces and sketches with all proceeds benefiting UNICEF.

i’m warning you, this will be all over the place.

xenia — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:23:34 +0000

this morning for the first time in, oh, 6 or so months i woke up feeling tony the tiger gRRRRReat. this could have been because of 2 reasons. one being that i came up on some excellent bed sheets at tj maxx yesterday for $20! this being after we spent a few minutes droppin’ our jaws at prices we saw at macy’s home store in south coast plaza. i figured macy’s would be pricey but never expected $300-800 sheet sets. um, hell to the no on that lol it’s not like egyptian ladies were sewing them together with their own saliva.

so back to what i was saying, the other reason being that my pops is finally back in texas! lol i adore my folks and would help them out with anything but it was time to go. my pops & C were driving me crazy with basketball talk. he was out here because of work and was able to transfer back. so yes, maybe a combo of those 2 things made me sleep like a baby.

let me go back to yesterday, we stopped at chevron and i noticed gas is at $1.93 again :( we’re driving down beach blvd. and i see a big naked lady wrapped with a blanket pushing a cart and think to myself, how sad. we get to mitsuwa, everyone is in their grab & go section, i grab myself a shrimp musubi & california maki, we pick up some snacks, pay. i want to check out the food court. we decide on getting some food but every place has the dreaded makeshift “CASH ONLY” taped to their registers. we walk away sulking. i stop at the japanese travel agency. no deals for april :( i walk away sulking even more. we peek in the japanese bookstore. i look at a few fashion magazines and get excited over the styling and photography. i take my 13/365 photo of a girl looking at the magazines.

C brings up going to h&m at south coast plaza. i tell him only if we can get in & out fast lol i really despise that mall and was feeling subpar without my mascara (spanish for mask aka face makeup). i call their mall info line (or did the site say concierge heh) and ask them where can i enter to get to h&m, the nice voice tells me there’s 2 h&m’s and which one did i want, i say kids, she says enter on bear street, park at macy’s home store and it’s on the 3rd floor. we do that and it’s just like she said, mall concierge = awesome. we walk in looking for some jeans for the kid and he sees a batman long sleeve, he throws it over his shoulder and walks away happy. this is not your usual 3 year old, i think we’re in trouble. i pass by some mirrors and make a mental note about how fuckin’ WHITE i am. sheesh it doesn’t help that i’m in shorts either. call me La Casper eh! we find him a pair of awesome jeans, it’s $19.99 and we’re out. we exit through macy’s home store and ohhh & ahhh at all the nice furniture. as we get down to the 1st floor i see that they have a restaurant, nice!

we head back home, strollin’ once again down beach blvd. and now we see the same homeless lady a couple blocks up and on the other side of the street sitting at a bus stop. she looks like she put a wheelchair in the shopping cart and a cop is talking to her. i start praying that she gets to take a shower, some clothes, some food and a place to sleep tonight. she’s still on my mind…

we get to target, there’s a cute car cart in the parking lot and we put the kid in, as we walk into the store i notice target associates making comments. then C and i realize that the cart probably doesn’t belong to target, oh well. we continue shopping, C goes to pay, i go to use the potty and as i’m heading towards him i hear an associate ask a security guard what he should do when we leave the cart in the parking lot. when we get outside i look around as to where it could’ve come from, nowhere i can see for at least 5 blocks, weird. poor abandoned cart.

we get to costco and i’m hoping to find a wii fit. nothing. C is hoping to get some samples but there isn’t any, weird. we pick up the usual, i get cash back and we have dinner there. my slice of combo pizza isn’t so good but the churro makes up for it. it’s barely 6pm and there isn’t even a breeze, it’s probably like 75 degrees still. winter come back.

we get home, put all our buys away and i put on our new sheets. they look sooo good. probably better since i got such a great deal on them. the kid immediately jumps on the bed, moves like he’s swimming and ohhhs & ahhhs. we wait till later to ohhh & ahhh at it.

so we made it out alive, didn’t have to pull out the macy’s card, it was a good day lol