Random Hearts: We heart Edward Cullen

Hmmm, Now this may seem super childish, or perhaps in a strange way senior citizen-ish... And sounding like a crazy stalker fan is not usually our thing, but, we just heart us some Edward Cullen. 

While I am the first to admit that I was late for this party, I am here now and trust me, I am inviting all my friends! Namely Miss t-w-h who has just started the 3rd book in the saga. (She is giving me daily updates on where she is in the story, so I get to relive 

it!) 

I think it is pretty safe to say, that once I started the first book, I had the others read and in some parts, re-read within about 3 weeks. They really are THAT good, try and put them down. Try. 

Ok, so maybe you have not one clue what Miss Me here is talking about, maybe you have been watching the Backyardigins too much or perhaps going out and leading a worry free kid-less life, either way, it is time to wake up and smell the coffee! (or in Edward's case, the blood)

I am talking about this little book series, consisting of 4 books, 

Twilight, New Moon, Breaking Dawn and Eclipse. 

My beautiful sister-in-law told me they were amazing... And oh, how they are! 

Edward Cullen & Bella Swan are the main characters, and really I would rate their love story in the charts way up among Romeo & Juliet, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy... Or even Brenda and Dylan! :) 

But truly, it is Edward that is stealing hearts left and right, young and old... The man is smoothness walking, just the right amount of danger, strength & sexiness mixed with devotion, dedication and softness all wrapped up in one delicious package that you should be scared to death of, but you kind of want to grab him and not let go. 

That Bella is a lucky lady. 

If by chance you are too ashamed to go buy them, you can do what a friend of mine did... Lie and say they are for your 11 year old niece, but watch out, you may end up in a conversation about wether this story is suitable for an 11 year old girl, who is imaginary anyway!

Reading the book we were already suckers for Edward C. but leave it to the casting gods to find the perfect fella to play Edward in the silver screen version... Robert Pattinson. 

Well, really that is enough said. 

We hope you will read all the books and that when you do you heart them as much as we do. 

XOXO- Things-We-Heart

Fashion Friday: These boots (and booties) were made for walking...

Besides the caramel, we have another reason we really heart the Fall.... 

Beautiful, breathtaking boots! 

Ohhh, to put the flip-flops away and be forced by Mother Nature to put on sensible footwear is not a pity but a joy! But lets show you what the Things-We-Heart girls think of as sensible, here are just a few of our fave-fall-footwear. 

(say that 5 times fast) 

Lets begin with the newest trend of the fall, over-the-knee boots!! Yes!! We really love them, although we are a little afraid to jump into the over-the-knee swimming pool, these Twelfth St. By Cynthia Vincent beauties look like the perfect way to get our feet wet.. 

The sturdy heel and taupe color of the Lindy Over-the-knee boot make them soft and wearable. Skinny-skinny jeans and a loose white T will keep you looking super casual and amazingly cool. 

Another style this Fall that we are hearting is the cut-out booties. 

This is a style we can really imagine wearing day and night! 

We are going gaga over these booties by Rosegold. 

They are like Miss Me's high school dream shoe... A mary Jane mixed with a Doc Martin, So perfect for the return of Grunge. 

Throw those on with some tights, a baby doll dress and a boyfriend cardigan and WOW. 

OK, now we can say it over and over again... And some people just may not get it... But THESE are the reason Marc Jacobs is still in the top 3 of of famous "Fake Boyfriend" list! (We will not give the order, but Jonathan Adler and Edward Cullen are also part of the club)

Seriously, did Marc really make a simple black suede boot... With a ruffle seam? 

In the words of Rachel Zoe... "I die, I die, I'm dying, I died" 

Seriously. 

God damn you Loeffler Randall, you do it to us everytime! 

This lovely Camilla boot is just another winner in Loeffler Randall's endless stream of deliciousness. 

Platform boot with a wooden heel and adorable rounded toe. 

You can get them in black or grey. 

Or if you are a lucky, lucky lady... Both! 

(If I were a rich girl, nah nah nah nah na na na....)

We kind of think that because these are brown it takes the "Street Walker" edge off of these boots. 

Although, rocking them with no tights is a pretty bold move. We would wear them with tights and a mini dress and a shrunken boy blazer. 

Thanks to Joie for these beautiful Twiggy boots. We think these may be the over-the-knee winners in our book. 

From the dynamic Duo of all things fashion, Mary-Kate and Ashley, 

Come these SUPER made to lust after booties, well truth be told, they are more of an oxford, but we heart them so much we couldn't resist! 

From the twins line Elizabeth and James come these really beautiful Venice booties. These would look so pretty with black tights a pretty white mini dress and a grey cardi... 

I guess you can tell that the Things-We-Heart girls have a uniform of sorts going on with our tights, mini-dress and cardigans... But trust us, it works every time! 

Every once in a while a bootie comes along that sort of tells all the other bootie to sit down and recognize. 

 

Readers, we would like to introduce you to the Belle by Sigerson Morrison tie back wedge in black suede. 

And yes, 

They have a bow detail on the back. Done and done, soooo delicate and lovely. 

On the other side of the boot spectrum are these not delicate, but super bad-ass Kors plaid Stream boots. 

Sort of like a super sexy and feminine mountain girl... Or perhaps a resident of Forks, Washington, who has a dreamy vampire for a boyfriend and has to spend her days in the grey cloud banks hiding from the sun... Hey we are just saying. 

Throw on your skinny jeans and a vintage T-shirt and you are ready for anything this Fall! 

You know those adorable paper-bag-waisted trousers you have been seeing around? Well take a look at these paper-bag-ankle booties from F.B.F (fake boy friend) Marc Jacobs! 

These boots would look amazing with any of your go-to Fall outfits. 

They are so classy but easy and the nice sturdy heel makes them super day to night! 

We know this is not a boot, or a bootie... But we so fell in heartsville with this head piece from Ann Demeulemeester that we had to put it up today... Plus wouldn't it look beautiful with some pretty boots? 

We hope you are as excited for Fall boots as we are! 

For lots of inspiration and super cuteness, check out this Video. 

XOXO- Things-We-Heart

Fashion Friday: We j'adore hardcore jewelry!

Well, well, well Miss Hardcore Jewelry... where have you been? 

Hiding in stores like Hot Topic (just kidding...wrong kind of hardcore..we aren't talking spikes on pleather...well we kinda are...huh, wow!) ?  Or being sooo out of reach for us mere mortals that we just have to hope and pray you will come to us...(instead of us slobbering in the windows of Needless Markup and Sux Fifth Ave)

We are sooo uber happy that hardcore jewelry is back...it's so back that when we put links to our fav pieces, you won't poop in your panties from the sticker shock. 

Not only has it trickled its way to us but all of the pieces are sooo cool,  sooo unique that you can probably wear them forever!

Hardcore jewelry is a walking contradiction, just like us t.w.h. gals... 

ummm, yeah...that's not us... almost ;)

It's a perfect mixture of girly pretty and stinky boy toughness,  it's mean yet at the same time friendly to the eye,  it looks equally chic with a white tee-shirt than it does with a l.b.d. (little black dress), and it's totally au courant but will out live trends.  

Each piece is like a fingerprint!  Some of our favorites are super hot and amazing yet we may not be able to pull them off..like they are not quite us.. but then there are others that are also just as amazing and hard and we could totally wear them and they look like they belong to us. (wow super long sentence... I may need to go back to English class)

that's erin wasson..she is the epitome of clash of the fashion in a perfect way

Let each piece find you and vice versa.  And with soooo many lines out there we did a wee bit if cherry picking for you recessionistas out there... hope you don't mind ;)  If you do mind we will be more than happy to show you some other lines that will be oh, so excited to take your moolah.

So enjoy the fruits o' the hardcore mavens.

Yummy yummy yuuummmm!  

Thank you Subversive for this amazing piece of art.  So delicate yet soo chunky. 

How rad would this look over a Alexander Wang tee or and amazing strapless dress? UUGGGHH we totally need this!  

Here's the soft version of Subversive's piece from Forever 21.  More dainty yet still wrong in the coolest kind of way. 

And how about these super rad chunky drop chain earrings from Urban Outfitters (we bow down to our temple of inexpensive pieces of art, fun and fashion).  

2 side braids, a slouchy tank, skinny jeans and you are RTG!  

Speaking of one of our fave stores, we found this necklace that is so sweet, so hard, so cute, so wrong that we stare at it every time we are there but never found the cajones to wear.  Why?

  

It's the perfect combo of hard and soft!  

And we all know how uber we heart pyramid studs!

Wanna feel a lil' Mr T vibe while still being cute and en vogue?  Try this hot ass necklace from F21.
Triple chain over a vintage tee and a blazer?  Hello cute girl... we hope you have a hot date... if not you will get one with that getup.

OOOHHHH Edward Cullen!!!!!!!!  This piece will forever remind us of you!  We heart you and this rad vampire charm.  YUMMM (hee hee oooppssieee...inappropriate!)

OK, the next 2 designers deserve their own post and are the reason for this one.  Thank you Bliss Lau and Leviticus Jewelry!  Thank you.

We lurve lurve lurve this chest necklace from Bliss Lau!  
So amazing!!  There are no words!  WOW!

And if that wasn't enough they give us the 1, 2 punch with this unbelievable piece of body jewelry.  These gorge sleeves are TDF!

Now if those 2 pieces are a wee bit too mucho but you still love the idea of body jewelry (ala Alexander Wang show) try these 2 harnesses. 

They would look amazing over a wife beater tank and under a tight leather jacket with denim cut offs and boots.  (oops our dream outfit...sorry to push on you!)

Here is Leviticus 5 strand halter necklace.  
So Cleopatra circa 2009!

Or the Blisslau more simple version.

Well that's all we got!  Hope you hardcore girly girls can find a piece to suit you and your mean, nice, cute, weird, fun, serious, boy, girl, clean, dirty self!

xoxo t.w.h.

Beauty IS the Beast...

Wax on... Wax off... Wax on... Wax off...

For centuries now... Ok, well at least since women got to stop wearing stockings with their swimsuits, women have been fighting the losing battle against body hair.

Why it is that women have to subject ourselves to numerous kinds of inhumane and humiliating rituals to rid our bodies of unwanted hair,

While dudes get to walk around like THIS...

Well, that is just another one of the mysteries of life.

Listen, we are not complaining... Well, maybe we are a little, but in all honesty we do it not just because the fellas like it, we do it because we like it.

We would bet a million dollars,

(*disclaimer we are not REALLY betting a million dollars maybe a million Doll-Hairs)

That every girl reading this thinks these legs are sexier then these legs.

We pluck and wax and shave and laser away at out selves, because it makes us feel good.

We are all for women's liberation and liberated women should feel powerful and sexy, so do what you gotta do to get there.

And sometimes the road to pretty is filled with a whole lot of ugly.

Your Va-jay-jay is a treasure, so please treat is as such.

You should NEVER fuck around with a cheap bikini wax, and please for the love of all that is sacred...

Do NOT let your friends give you a home-kit, unprofessional Honeypot wax while eating pretzels and drinking soda.

Better to have hair like this woman's spilling out the sides of your bikini then to mistakenly tear and wound your Coochie, you just can't put a bandaid on that girls... My goodness, teenagers these days!

Take your ass to one of the many number of professional and reputable salons in your area and take care of your business.

Now, we know that your Kitty isn't the only fur-ball you have to contend with.

It is very hard to keep up with the rapid growth of that annoying hair under your arms.

Sure you could just let it all fly free, but really.... No one is buying that "sexy in France" shit. Well, maybe some people are buying it but not us.

We love all of these women... But it says something that the photos taken of them with their hairy pits showing caused such a stir.

Exfoliate, shave.... Exfoliate, shave....It's true it's not that much fun.. But we know you can do it. We just know it.

Here is another double standard, and just another reason to put up a picture of Edward Cullen.... We know, that is not his real name, but it is to us.

On a man unruly, unkempt brows = Sexy mo'fo

On a girl... Not so much.

We are not calling names here either, lets put it this way, Miss Me's eyebrows will never have to join the hair club for men.

So, we gotta keep at it... Pluck, wax, thread, whatever you can do to keep those brows in shape.

We personally LOVE a good eyebrow wax. Leave it to the professionals. You will look better then you can even imagine. You just can't know how important your eyebrows are to your whole overall look.

Why spend a fortune on your hair and then skimp on your brows? They are right there smack in the middle of your face for the world to see... Make them good.

And finally, last but not at all least. Every women's arch enemy, leg stubble.

The painful memory still burns of a 13 year old Miss Me being teased by her older brother...

(*Sung in the tune of ZZ Tops "Legs")

She's got legs...

With Don Johnson stubble...

Ohhhhhh, She's got legs...

Wow, did I just age myself?

The battle against stubbly legs is waged in showers and bathtubs every single day... And it will be. Until the day that quality laser hair removal is affordable and available to every girl that dares to dream.

If you can afford Laser Hair Removal now... Do it!! It is by FAR the most effective and long lasting way to keep your skin silky smooth.

If you can't start saving and until then, keep on fighting the good fight ladies.

We will leave the body hair to the fellas.

XOXO- Things-We-Heart