Happiness is...

This week has just been the pits. I am looking for a new job, and sending out resumes is just the most soul deadening thing. It's almost like looking at real estate: the line between what you want and what you can afford is frustrating. The one you want, is always just at your fingertips, out of reach.

I have been not much fun to be around. I know RC is being patient, but I need to get out of this mindset! So I decided today to make a list of things that make me really happy, whether they relate to fashion, beauty or not. Here goes:

1) A new manicure

2) The first ten minutes of a massage

3) My cat when she sits QUIETLY next to me while I write.

4) Getting a really unbelievable pair of shoes on sale. I have a pair of black suede YSL pumps, with teeny bows, that I got at a last call sale at Neiman's. They are so exquisite; if Nicole Kidman were a shoe she would be them.

5) Arrested Development, the TV show. If you haven't seen it, please go and get it now.

6) The way my apartment smells after my boyfriend gets out of the shower.

7) Landing at an airport. Especially on vacation.

8) Red lipstick. Even though I never wear it, I like to have it.

9) Guerlain tortoise shell compacts. Tres chic!

10) Shopping for fall clothes!

11) The smell of California on a sunny day after it rains.

12) The view of the Empire State Building from Tompkins Square Park at night