Writing is my life job..."Fashion is those pretty little blue pieces of paper on my desk"

Pretty Little Blue Pieces of Paper, I Love Karen Walker
By CoutureJive


ABOUT THE TITLE OF THIS POST: Karen (Megan Mullally), a millionaire, worked for her friend Grace as a personal assistant.  She paid for Grace's health insurance and Christmas Bonus.  Although Karen hardly worked, she never cashed any of the paychecks she was given because, being rich, she didn't need to; also, Karen and Grace had made a deal that, in exchange for not cashing the checks, Karen was not required to actually do any work. Instead, she kept them in a shoebox on her desk because she thought they were "pretty little blue pieces of paper".


I was walking earlier this afternoon to my usual coffee shop spot ready to enjoy an icy drink.  I noticed the woman serving me the coffee (at this prominent and quite well known coffee venue) was wearing big, floppy, black and white men's sports sandals with a pair of socks who have probably never experienced the joy of a good laundry day in their lives.  Immediately, I called her attention and kindly said: "Oh honey, you should think about wearing shoes".  She was taken aback by such a gutsy comment, and proceeded to say: "yeah, I just didn't feel like wearing shoes".  I just smiled and said: "Oh well, hope the health department doesn't find out".

I walked back to my office (aka: my $50K a year university), eyeing the ridiculous amount of fashion blunders in this town.  I stopped to buy a bottle of water at an outdoor market and saw a woman in her early thirties with her jean's zipper down, they were down because the jeans did not fit her, and I had to be the good samaritan that hopes to prevent a grown woman from embarrassing herself.  So I told her: "zip up".

...And that's when I realized that I have an eye for fashion blunders, and a mouth, that is so keenly nice about the person's grave sin against the god of style, I don't think it will ever be controlled to keep it quiet.

I was thinking this afternoon, who or what in the world made me develop into this sharp eye scanner and cataloguer of trends for fabulous fashion.  Not my peace and love California mother.  I blame it on my red lipstick model grandmother (RIP), and my uber high couture godmother who from years running a Saks Fifth Avenue, the woman can spot a fake bag and can tell what season your shoes are from by standing a mile away...they remind me of that woman on the Will & Grace show, and I realized friends I am also turning out to be Karen Walker.

Enjoy the video, think of your closet and become aware of your style tonight.  More new thoughts to follow tomorrow, much to say after an adventure filled summer.  If you can't see the video, please...watch it on YouTube.