I enjoy: Newport News.com

Can’t help but to enjoy Newport News – for it’s great style and way affordable prices! Their clearance section even has some fab finds – and they are always having a great sale or offering free shipping (if you sign up for email alerts.) Yesterday they had a special going – certain items were marked down to $15 all day. Here are a few things I picked up:

In the pic they look sort of plain but I ordered them in pewter – I’m sure this shoe in my favorite metallic shade will be cute (and if not, it’s relatively simple to return/exchange).

 
This beaded necklace top in the picture. Here’s a closeup:

I can see this looking really good with a cute pencil skirt and some knee high boots.

I got this in black (couldn’t find the pic in black though). I think black lace is sexier and would work better under a blazer for work. White lace is nice but in this shirt looks a little bit old fashioned.

 

I couldn’t decide whether or not I wanted this shirt in black or red – think I went with the black because it’s a bit more versatile – I wouldn’t wear this shirt in red to work. I think the red is more fab though.

Talkin about red – look at what’s currently on my wishlist:

These are currently $19 – regularly $29. I really should have ordered these with everything else and I just might call Newport News later and add it to my order.  Then again – maybe I should wait until I get a coupon code for 15% off or something? I’m definitely not in great need of these shoes… but they are cute!

Now if I get the shoes I have to get the bag:

Soooooooooo pretty! It’s currently $25 – usually $35. I was trying to show restraint while shopping yesterday but I really should call them and add the shoes and the bag to my order!

Currently $29 – usually $39. I must get these for the spring!

Now, the only thing I don’t like about Newport News is that the stuff doesn’t always look the same in person as pictured.  I’ve been ordering stuff from their site and their catalog for like 7 years now – and I’d say that 90% of the time, what you see is what you get. I think that’s a pretty good track record – still that 10% has always been irritating! But that’s the chance you take ordering from websites and catalogs, I guess.

The next time there’s a sale I must share – I think I did pretty well with the stuff I picked up yesterday!

 

Reemergence!

Finally, I’ve reemerged from the deep dark hole that is final exams period. And to think, in about four months, I’ll be right back there, again… can’t think about that now though. What I do have to think about though is how absolutely BROKE I am as a result of final exams (b/c I couldn’t exactly work) and the holidays… blah.

So since finals ended, I’ve found lots of interesting stuff, like:

and it’s like half off – looks like it’d be fabulous on. Think I’ll get it and see…

The show Ugly Betty took off as an entire phenomenon while I sat in my Federal Income Taxation class every Thursday night. But I caught the Ugly Betty marathon a few nights ago and I’m hooked! When classes start I’m gonna have to set my VCR (remember those?) to tape it. (No TiVo for this girl. Can’t afford it!)

Is it just me or is Ugly Betty (the ABC version anyway) not so ugly? She could always be worse – and she even has a love scandal!!

Check part of the Ugly Betty phenomenon: Be Ugly in 2007. I’m all about being real – and not just in 2007 – but why must that be equated with ugly (especially when I think that Ugly Betty isn’t quite so “ugly!”) I get what the site is saying – but what’s so wrong with being cute? I’m pretty cute – and I manage to be real… Still, I like the whole “beauty is skin deep and it’s about what’s inside” thing they have going – now that’s real.

The Original Dreamgirls cast performance of the “And I Am Telling You” at The Tonys, 1982. 

I was able to catch Dreamgirls with my mom on Christmas day – and like everyone else has said, it’s fabulous. I came across this a few days later, and see that Jennifer Hudson truly did Jennifer Holliday justice. I did not realize though that Dreamgirls came out around the time I was born… And do you see how skinny Loretta Devine is there! Geez!! I think she’s a pretty woman now: but I mean – wow. I guess its hard to avoid as we get older…. I need to stop talking though – I’m probably gaining all kinds of weight as we speak from the last of the baked ziti I made for my New Years Eve celebration…which reminds me, here’s a good baked ziti recipe. Not quite how I made my baked ziti but it’s pretty close to it. I don’t use sour cream – I use a ricotta and egg mixture similar to what you’d use in lasagna. Tasty stuff.

Sigh. I can’t believe I have school related work to do! Law school is such a beast! Let me get to that…

 

Writing papers suck!

Well, in law school they do. In college it wasn’t so horrible – maybe because I wrote them all the time (I double majored in Journalism and English, minored in Political Science, so writing papers were a way of life!) But yea I’m way out of practice in law school. It’s rough.

Anywho — look what I picked up from OldNavy.com while procrastinating the other day:

and

and also for my friend’s christmas present I bought this:

and all (with the free s&h they offer for the holidays) I paid 54.50! Cheap – and nice! They came in the mail just yesterday. The dresses are tooo cute – particularly the fuschia one – it’s too hot on me! And I think the tunic is already one of my favorite pieces of clothing. The pics online don’t do any justice to how these things look in person. They really look good… Damn I love a good deal.

Gotta go back to this paper…

 

Hawt!!

This is actually an old picture but I just came across it doing my research for my paper and had to note it in my new blog (seriously – my paper is on a legal issues relating to the fashion world).  Anywho – this is a picture of Alicia Keys coming from an Oprah Winfrey shindig (actually I believe it was Legends Ball -which took place during my finals last sem. I actually missed it!) She is wearing a faaaaaaaaabulous jacket by JAK & RAE – actually the whole darn outfit is fab:

 (swiped from TMZ)

I would love it if I could find something similar for the upcoming spring… ah well… back to work