Regular Readers Know...

that I'm all about personalization. Of almost anything.

Why shouldn't you have exactly what you want? Whenever you want it? I know, that's what I said!

Here's another personalizable option: THE MEAL BAR. You know Luna Bars, Cliff Bars, Belly Bars (for your preggos), etc...Now there's the You Bar.

It actually sounds like a do-able idea! You choose a Base (peanut butter, duh), up to 3 Protein Powders, up to 2 Nuts and Seeds, up to 2 Dried Fruits and Berries, up to 2 Sweeteners, and finally Seasonings/Chocolate. At each point you can add "special instructions" like "crunchy" peanut butter, or extra nuts and seeds or less nuts and seeds or extra chocolate, etc...

You get the idea...not get your box of YOU bars!

oops, I stopped too soon at the chocolate...after that you can choose up to 2 grains and cereals (Lucky Charms for me!), and if desired one infusion. Then you name your bar and order however many boxes you want.

Ok, Here we go, FINALLY!

So you know that whole time I was MIA? I was saving stuff to post but then too much time went by and then, well ya know, time just get away from us. So I'm going to try to post some things today and clean out my yahoo mailbox!

Let's start with the grosses thing I've ever seen, besides that couchdress. Anyone that gets Daily Candy KIDS will have seen this, but ICK! Fine, I don't have kids yet and I'm sure my mom and my friends who are mom's picked plenty of boogers but this is just too gross:

Apparently there's a filter so you're not actually getting the boogers in your mouth, but really, is this what I have to look forward to? Many hours of torturous music? I've already said NO BARNEY or DORA. My kid can learn Spanish from Sesame Street or the bodega owner on the corner. I'll love my kid, but I'm not big on sing alongs. Note: see this blog in 1 year for a video of me and J.H.S. at our weekly Mommy and Me Sing Along Music Class.

YIPEE!

I see a stampy card from S-bucks in my future!!!!! I LOVE the stampy cards and then you get a free something.

Read this from NYMag: Starbucks to Cut Prices, Increase Odors.

Here's the part about my new stampy card. I can just picture a little green Starbucks cup stamp!

Chocolate and Spirits

It's a Cravings event.

Find all the details HERE and let me know how it is!

Nail Polish Pen

I tried the new Sally Hansen nail polish pen. It's great for touch-ups, but a little streaky in the light color I got. Although I was able to throw on polish and look like I had a decent mani in abt 7 min. So, for that alone it was worth it. I'd bet it's less streaky in the darker colors. I couldn't recall if it was Sally Hansen or Dior....glad it was the cheaper of the 2.

It says it's great for pedi's too, but I can't reach my feet, so I don't really know. I got Sheer Beige which doesn't appear on the website...

Seriously? Umm, there are no words...

Don't worry, though, I'm sure I'll come up with some...WHAT THE F? Couldn't they have at least gotten a model w/hot arms? Does that come in black? Dry clean only?

This is just TRAGICALLY BAD! Ok, this has got to be a joke bc the website says "Est 1950* Provisioners [which means crazy people] of America's Finest [?] Plural Clothing"

Hmm, OK, so maybe I've been reading too many preggo books, but do they mean multiples, like twins, triplets, etc? Or umm, what do they mean? Turns out a quick click on the "main page" leads one to this umm, sweatshirt. Ok, I'm honestly not knocking the plural clothing, and if I wasn't where I am right now I'd be HYSTERICALLY laughing so I want to thank whoever made this "stuff" for giving me one of the greatest laughs of my LIFE.

For the Siamese friends in your life:

Anyone ever wanted to dress their girls like they're characters in a horror movie? Anyone?

These are perfect my dad, who has serious issues with peoples' feet. They're just gross and I TOTALLY get it!

OK, I really must stop. It's too horrific/hysterical.

Disclaimer: I sincerely apologize if anyone reading this owns these items or created them or in any way wants to own them or wishes they created them. I blog because it enables me to judge other people in a public forum. I do not wish to offend, even tho I find these items offensive.

I totally understand being attached to your clothes (especially since I can't wear most of mine right now), but this is a whole different thing.

TGIF!

I don't recall looking forward to a Friday so much EVER BEFORE! Really. This has been the longest week EVER!

If only I cld go celebrate with a drink! I'll be just as happy to go home, wait for Freshdirect, have my 3rd string-cheese of the day, plop on the couch and watch Sliding Doors that I DVRd. A's going out w/a friend who was a casualty of all the recent layoffs. It's a scary scary place in NYC. Everywhere really but since I'm here that's all I can speak to.

A's safe (for now) but if he ends up at Sbucks maybe he can bring back the breakfast sandwiches! I'm pulling for you Cutes!!!

Tomorrow is an errand filled day, which means crossing things off my list, which means bliss for me! Really mostly returns but Old Navy is near City Bakery and I really cld use a marshmallow. Then A and I have date night. I tried to tell him we need to go to the movies A LOT now since we won't be able to for a while and then when we can it'll have to be horrific cartoons and sing along- torture flicks. So he said, what do you want to see, and without thinking, I said, Horton Hears a Who looks cute....SAVE ME FROM MYSELF!
And so it begins....

Remember those pencils that you'd push up into themselves?

You know what I mean? It was a pencil w/individual tips surrounded by plastic and you'd pop the top one out and push it up into the bottom for the next one to go to the top. They came in colors too.

I KNOW you know what I mean! It looked like this, but this is WAY cooler bc this is make-up too!

from NYMag

OHMIGOD, I FOUND THE REAL THING!!!! Branded in the 80's a brilliant blog I found after I googled "replaceable and removable tip pencils 80s."They always had a great eraser!!!

Hermes Sample Sale!!!

Scarf? Bag? watch? anyone? anything?



Hermes Sample Sale
(Wed) 3/19 10am-6pm
(Thurs) 3/20 10am-8pm
(Fri) 3/21 10am-6pm
(Sat) 3/22 10am-6pm
Metropolitan Pavilion's Gallery

123 West 18th Street4th FloorNew York, NY(Between 6th & 7th Avenues)

This just in!

From a friend (who already has the same most coolest stroller ever that I'm getting too):

"didn't know if your loyal readers would want to know, but I found out Shake Shack is opening in the old Jacque Emo's space on 77th and Columbus this summer. Woo hoo!"


Have fun this summer!!!

"Dreaded" really!?

This is from NYMagazine:

Pink Lady BY KENDALL HERBST In a grown-up season, even youthful Marc by Marc has shaped up, as evidenced by this beautiful, sharp blouse. Though there's an Empire waist (a red flag—it might create that dreaded pregnant look), the short-sleeved cotton shirt maintains a preppy, polished feel. The column of buttons and sharp collar give you a fitting, slim fit. The bright fuchsia color will brighten up a vacation tan while the looser midsection hides any leftover winter weight. (emphasis added)

Fine, I KNOW that before I was preggo I didn't EVER want to look like I was, but now that I'm some sort of protected class, this is offensive. Pregnant women can be preppy and polished! Plus, everyone should embrace a looser midsection! I'm pregnant and have leftover winter weight! I do get it tho....Plus, i never end up lovig any Marc clothes anyway.

In fact a friend last night (at a FAB expectant-mommy event) told me she hit the big 1*0 lbs mark(edited to protect the innocent). Cute adorable, friend, had no idea THAT IS WHAT I WEIGHED WHEN I GOT PREGNANT. Yeah, she's due in June, you do the math. We're not friends anymore and any fun memories we had have been erased. But then we both won things (her a bottle dryer (that I since added to my registry and me a baby carrier) so we're back to friends.

Such is life...

ps abt registry, NOT for public viewing yet since we really don't know what we're doing yet and I have 2 totally different high chairs and like a billion sheets sets since I can't decide esp since we don't know yet what we're having....Just didn't want everyone jumping on the gift buying train quite yet....I know I know, not everyone wants to buy me things, but the stuff is SO freaking cute!!!

The event last night was with Big City Moms. It was great and people won fabulous prizes and I took tons of notes so all of you non-preggo girls can have folders (yes they're already tabbed) of info! They have great events. I went to another one a few weeks ago through Baby Bites that was very similar. The topics change each month...

Spellcheck...

there is none when I send from my phone...sorry. I hate re-reading thing w/spelling errors.

What you'll need for Spring at Saks!

FUN NYC EVENT!!!

JES
http://eventsbyjes.blogspot.com/

Hmm, sorry the whole image won't post. Just go to Saks and buy whatever they tell you to buy!

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: New York Magazine <newyorkmag@e.newyorkmagazine.com>
To: jestillman@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:32:21 PM
Subject: Join us at Saks Fifth Avenue March 13th to celebrate spring's most vital trends

*OFFER GOOD ON CATALOG AND SAKS.COM PURCHASES MADE AT SAKS.COM ON MARCH 13, 2008 FROM 12:01AM TO 11:59PM (ET), AND IN SAKS FIFTH AVENUE STORES ON MARCH 13, 2008. EXCLUDES SOME LEASED COLLECTIONS, BEAUTY SALONS, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE OFF 5TH STORES, GIFT CARD AND SAKS EMPLOYEE PURCHASES. GIFT CARDS RECEIVED FROM THIS PROMOTION ARE VALID THROUGH MAY 31, 2008 AND ARE REDEEMABLE FOR SAKS FIFTH AVENUE AND SAKS.COM PURCHASES ONLY. CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER. NO ADJUSTMENTS TO PRIOR PURCHASES. ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE MADE TO THE GIFT CARD FOR RETURNS OF MERCHANDISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GIFT CARD. LIMIT ONE GIFT CARD PER CUSTOMER FOR THIS PROMOTION. SAKS FIFTH AVENUE GIFT CARD AMOUNT WILL BE CALCULATED ON TOTAL PURCHASES EXCLUDING GIFT WRAP, PURCHASES MADE WITH GIFT CARDS, ALL PRE-ORDER MERCHANDISE AT SAKS.COM, TAXES AND SHIPPING. TO RECEIVE YOUR GIFT CARD IN-STORE, SIMPLY TAKE YOUR TOTAL DAY'S RECEIPTS TO THE SERVICEFIRST DESK. RECEIPTS MUST BE PRESENTED ON MARCH 13, 2008 ONLY. TO RECEIVE YOUR SAKS FIFTH AVENUE GIFT CARD FOR SAKS.COM OR CATALOG PURCHASES, ENTER PROMOTIONAL CODE MARCH8A AT CHECKOUT. CODE VALID ONCE PER CUSTOMER. YOUR SAKS FIFTH AVENUE GIFT CARD WILL BE SENT SEPARATELY. PURCHASES MADE AT SAKS FIFTH AVENUE STORES, AT SAKS.COM AND IN THE CATALOGS CANNOT BE COMBINED. **MUST SPEND $250 OR MORE TO QUALIFY

I didn't forget!

I didn't mean to give you the news and dissapear again! Work has been
outofcontrol busy! I was speaking @ the Bar and then there have been people
in and out and I'm in charge of training, then we got a HUGE order and
everyone was working all weekend! So... I get home and just want to veg.

Saw The Other Boleyn Girl yesterday and LOVED the book but the movie lacked
heat and according to the boys I saw it w/ a more 'adult' rating...boys
will be boys!

started this on my way to work, finishing on my way home.

Truly one of the best parts of being preggo is not even thinking low-fat. I
mean, yeah, we're all so conditioned, I think it but then get to say no
....full-fat string cheese/yogurt/etc. Still can only drink skim...anything
else is too thick! Totally showing, even if other ppl think I look
bloated. Bloated ppl can wear normal pants.

Glad to be busy (and useful) at work, but wld love a little
downtime...guess that's what home is for...

more soon, JES
___
JESS- sent from phone

I'm Sorry, truly sorry, but I have SUCH a great excuse..

Yeah, excuses excuses, but really this one's great.

I've been wanting to write for so long, but I'm a terrible secret keeper...of my own secrets only, altho I must say I did very well with this one and I need to get used to being right all the time...at least for what? 10 years? 7? 18?

I wanted to write about Lipstick Jungle and all the STUPID MORONIC ANNOYING commercials in the taxis in NYC, but I've been too busy and I wanted to...WAIT: I can't let this one go. I HATE Chuck Hesakiah or however his name is spelled. If I hear "pump on a great mascara" one more time I'll freaking lose it! I HATE him. "Now you can have it all, just like Wendy" SHUT UP CHUCK! Just let us watch the horribly acted yet addicting show and stop bothering us. OK, been keeping that in since the 1st episode.

I've been drafting posts in my head...bc that's what I do....like the imaginary phone calls that never happened with people I pretend not to think about any more or like the hate letter I want to send to maybelline for hiring chuck. Alas, I've been avoid you. Or since it's my blog, have I been avoiding me?

Well I can't avoid me much longer. All I can say is THANK GOD FOR THE SECRET FIT BELLY. It really is revolutionary. My mom pointed out that I'm actually very fashionable...since highwaisted pants are kinda now. Since these go up to my underwires I'm thinking they qualify!

Wait, what am I talking about? Why do I need elastic pants? Well, since I stopped dieting in September (I was planning to hibernate, alas, they're redoing the hallways in our building so I'll have to wait until next year) I've put on a few lbs. Luckily all my Editor pants had some %age lycra or whatever spandex so I could make it a bit longer. Then I went to VT skiing with friends and worked off a few lbs, minus (or is it plus) a few waffles at the wafflehaus, then was NYE, then was Jan 4 when I was home alone (A had left for work already) and what do you know? THE TEST WORKED! It hadn't ever worked before! So, there I was, alone w/a pee stick and I called A. He declared the ERROR PROOF TEST broken. He's cute, but not a great at listening to marketing...We confirmed later that night that yes, (it was hard to tell my parents too but when I told work today I had no problem..), I'm pregnant! OHMIGOD! Now it's on the internet and anyone can find out! That makes it 100% real. Like once you've sent your wedding invites and you can't take it all back....Today is 12 weeks and 3 days. Yes we're DEF finding out what it is, no we're not telling names, but initials are J.H.S. and due date is Sept 14, 2008 which one day might be some's birthday!

There you have it. My BIG (and getting bigger) secret. I've been dying to add my 100s of bookmarks to the blog and start writing about my next chapter, but don't worry. Altho I'm not buying any real clothes this season, I'll still try to remember to post sales and other NYC events. Don't worry, you guys haven't missed much while I've been "away."

PS. there are TONS of expectant mom's events, even more than pre-wedding events. It's really insane and I'm trying to reign myself in. A few tidbits: I eat string cheese like it's my job, I haven't been to the gym in 3 mo, which works out well since I had JUST bought/rented a locker there, I needed new bras OVERNIGHT, I'm desperate to make brownies but scared because I know I can't lick the bowl (raw eggs), everything that happens reminds me of a TV show or movie: like when it was freezing out and my pants belly was rolling down I was afraid that the egg wld break like in Happy Feet and then at the 1st ultrasound when the whole thing looked like a smear or a smudge and I cldn't see anything I felt like Rachel in Friends when she and Ross were getting their ultrasound and she cldn't see her baby and got upset.