Jason Wu for Target

I need this bag:

it looks like miiiinka

So glad I can count on my boyfriend to watch say yes to the dress marathons with me.

Also, Minka has an adorable new habit.

When we stop playing with her, she brings her toy back to us to demand  more playing.

Jason Wu for Target

I knew I liked this collaboration.  Minka even made it into the advertisements.

Vail!

Hello everyone from Vail!  I'm here with one of my best friends, my boyfriend, and his best friend.  Everyone is taking hot baths post-skiing, so I have a little time to say hello.

I did not ski, I instead chose to do a spa day at the Park Hyatt in Beaver Creek.  I went and got myself a facial and a swedish massage.  All in all, a much better choice for me personally.  The water sanctuary was totally sweet... check it out:

The first hot tub.

There was also a sauna and a rain shower.  I've decided I have to have a rain shower in my future home.

I'll admit, I haven't been very stylish while in Colorado... I've been much too busy piling on layers to try and not freeze.  We are here for another two days.  :)

Sweet Headband: I forget the boutique, but it's veeery close to St. Mark's.

Shirt: F21

Scarf: Banana Republic

Under Armour

Ski Jacket stolen from BFF's sister

Ralph Lauren Sunglasses

Best Friend

Boots: 80's, stolen from mother, rabbit fur inside

Shirt: Jcrew

Coat: Banana Republic

Jeans: Rag & Bone (picked up at Loehman's)

Shoes: Michael Kor's Driving Moccasins

Shirt: Banana Republic

Horse courtesy of diamond star ranch.

And as a side note, Law managed to get the car stuck.

True.

While packing for vail, I found a suitcase for my boyfriend to borrow.

This suitcase was packed with random clothes I forgot I own.  I have two closets full of clothes, my entire apartment is covered in my clothes; they are just everywhere.

this is my life in a nutshell.

Also, quote of the day: 

Me: "God, we always have so many people to see and so much to do."

Him: "Yeah.  We're like Paris Hilton, but less glamorous."

On My Nose

I have long hated my nose.  As a result, I have long obsessed over side profiles.  I have long obsessed over the way my nose looks in pictures.  I always try to have the camera above me and have my nose be down lens.  My dad would tell me I should appreciate my nose because it gives me character.  My mom would insist it could be worse and I should see the noses that run in her extended family, oft citing the "Munyak Curse."

So I hated my nose.  I begged for a nose job.  Like most of the girls at my school.  My mom would say maybe when I turn 18.  That plastic surgery isn't good for girls under 18, they are still growing.

18 came and went and I was too busy for a nose job.

Then this year, the opportunity presented itself.  I had to get surgery to fix my deviated septum.  I could opt to combine it with a rhinoplasty, two birds- one stone.

My boyfriend was unconvinced.  He told me something about conforming to western ideals of beauty.  Blonde, ski-slope nose.  Besides, he loved my face.  And some other things.  I think the summary was getting a nose job wasn't going to make me happy, I was going to continue to find things to be dissatisfied with because I have other problems.

He was right in that sense.  Even if I did have the perfect nose, (it wasn't going to be a ski slope, that was for sure) I was going to find something else.

So I thought about it.  And I got scared.  What if I didn't look quite like me anymore?  Was I just trying to conform to some idea of beauty?  I had already gone back to brunette- I don't think I was fooling anyone into thinking I was some WASP from New England, even if I got my nose did.

So when it came time for my consultation, I opted out of the rhinoplasty.  I was going to fix my septum so I could breathe again and that was going to be it.  I was going to learn to accept it as my nose, and honestly it wasn't that bad of a nose.

Sometimes I see friends who did get a rhinoplasty, and think that they look amazing, and I feel a little jealous that I chose to retain my face the way it was given to me.

But I like to think that in profile, I look a bit like Audrey Hepburn.  She also had a little bump in her nose.

Think Positive, people.

Please Get Me These?

Gorg.