So as to what my friends refer to me, a beauty whore, I’ve really got more lip glosses then any girl knows what to do with…but I recently came across Cinnamint Lip Shine by C.O. Bigelow and now I’ve got a new favorite. Most lip glosses and chap sticks all boast the same claims (i.e. soothe lips and have shine, etc.) but this lip gloss is cinnamon and mint-infused for fresh breath PLUS glossy high shine. I’m not usually a cinnamon girl but with the mint mixed in, it’s actually a nice taste. (yes, I always lick my lip gloss).

So my roommate C, a sweet girl she is, has this little, tiny, ridiculously odd habit— chewing ice cubes. At first, I thought “hey, that’s kinda quirky and cute” and NOW I want to throw myself off the fire escape (aka- the balcony) at the first sign of ice coming out of the freezer. It’s bad enough that we have to keep four, yes count them- FOUR ice cube trays full at all times in our tiny freezer AND a bowl of readily available ice cubes…and now the sound of ice being scooped, sucked, crunched or moved in ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM makes me want to off myself. I’m urged to do what I usually do when I have a problem…research the hell out of it until I either A- figure out the problem/cause and try to fix it or B- get annoyed and just give up. All I can figure out so far is that C, “a sweet girl she is,”(I feel compelled to repeat this to myself in order to stop myself from wandering down the path toward hatred for her) has an oral fixation. What-the-f-ever. I just have to keep telling myself…having quirky roommates is PART of the 1/4 life crisis…but until then how ’bout I just prey that the heater breaks and melts all the ice while we’re at work??? No? ok, fine.

So I’m never one to scoff at trends (duh) but c’mon people…$58 for nail polish on ebay? Does it come with a shirt?! Yes, CHANEL Black Satin is fab and we all know I adore CHANEL and I love the whole cult classic nail polish thing that they somehow manage to pull off every 10 years or so (see Vamp back in the late 90’s) but I already think the retail value of CHANEL nail polish ($18) is a bit much…I happened to just buy the N.Y.C. “black lace creme” and I mean, it’s black nail polish. Nothing too complicated about that. Although, the N.Y.C. website says it retails for 99 cents and I definitely paid like $2.50- naturally, cause this is New York. Go figure…

So now that it’s winter, I’ve been noticing a lot of girls wearing summer-type dresses with black tights. I used to cringe at even the thought of wearing tights- even though I LIVED in them when I was little kid. Last week, I saw a very trendy beauty editor wearing a black baby doll dress, black tights and patent leather wedges and she looked AMAZING. Like straight off the runway…BUT she also probably weighs 115lbs. at like 5’8. So yeah…to wear tights or not to wear tights…that is the question. Here you have three very different celebs with very different body types all wearing the same dress but styled in three trendy variations. Lindsay Lohan, doing the pale, bare legged bootie look (I’m still convinced my legs would look like tree stumps in these shoes), Sienna Miller does the beauty editor look of black tights and shiny shoes (my pick for fave), and Nicky Hilton goes for the classically trendy bare (tanned) legs and pointy heels.

So Veronica Mars is just about the coolest chick on TV since Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in my humble opinion. I watched episodes off and on for the first 2 seasons and am now fully-blown obsessed. I actually bought Season 2 on DVD (which is pretty stupid considering I have a free 4-month Netflix subscription-gotta love PR). Anyway, the season premiere is on TUESDAY at 9pm on the CW or whatever that new station is that used to be UPN. I don’t care what the channels call themselves…just stop confusing me and don’t cancel my shows. That is all.

I am officially the worst blogger ever. So sorry for the lack of posts- I wasn’t aware of my loyal fanbase! Anyway, I promise that I’ll update more often! Please accept my apologies and this picture of TJ Lavin, professional BMX rider…as much of my summer was spent watching him host the Fresh Meat Challenge on MTV. It’s been quite the summer…

So a few Saturdays ago I ended up not doing anything. Sometimes this is by choice and sometimes it’s because my friends all have boyfriends and they get into “couple mode.” It’s then that I start feeling sorry for myself and the 1/4 life crisis kicks in. It was a really nice night and when I mope I usually tend to just stay in my apartment on the Upper East side but tonight, however, I decided I was going to at least walk around for a little. As I walked toward 3rd avenue, I saw only COUPLES. Couples everywhere. It was horrific and definitely didn’t help my mood at all. I made a bee-line into the 24 hour Duane Reade and immediately ran into the makeup section. I had been meaning to try Cover Girl’s new Lash Exact mascara (after Jean Godfrey-June raved about it in Lucky). So I bought the mascara, a 6-pack of Poland Spring and some cat food…truly making me pathetic.

note: the mascara DID cheer me up when I got home…it really is fantastic and the tube is very luxurious looking.