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Ponderous – Daily Style

Ponderous – Daily Style
Carly Jacobs

Yesterday was so ridiculously busy that I didn’t even have time to take my photo! Although the day was busy I spent much of it pondering a few things…

* Is it better for your health to eat a Caramello Koala or a choc chip cookie? (Googled this one – don’t eat either. Both have waaaay more fat and calories than you can possibly imagine. If you have to choose go for the choc chip cookie. But only if it’s a teeny tiny one like the one Browny and I were comparing it to)

* If I could swap my whole body, face and all, with ANYONE in the world who would I choose? (The answer was no one. It’s really freaking hard. You have to take EVERYTHING. Legs, teeth, hair, lips EVERYTHING. And trust me when you face having to look like Angelina Jolie for the rest of your life you realise pretty quickly how much she looks like a heroin addicted fish)

* Does Mr Smaggle look more like Chris Martin from Coldplay or Tin Tin?

* Why can’t I ever sit still long enough after painting my nails so as not to smudge the crap out of them? I KNOW how long it takes for them to dry and I KNOW there is a difference between touch dry and totally dry. This does not stop me from picking my teeth, unnecessarily rummaging around in my bag and rubbing my hands all over the cat. Smooth nails shall never be mine.

Today’s outfit consisted of…

* Black skirt from Tree of Life

* Black lace top thrifted from St Vinnies (I bought this top new in cream and found  it in black second hand! Score!)

* Black strapless singlet from Supre

* Crochet vest thrifted at St Vinnies

* Brown braided belt from BCBG

* Wedges from Big W

* Bangles from Diva and thrifted

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

7 Comments

  1. Lady Smaggle 16 years ago

    Sam – Oh welcome to the wide world of Smaggle! Do not tell me you’re a Brad Pitt girl? Ew. I thought you had more class than that lady! And believe me I have tried to have manicures before but I always pick up my keys too enthusiastically and ding them on the way out. And they won’t let me get drunk at ProffesioNAIL. I already asked…

    Gervy – You would seriously swap with all of them? No way! Julia? Love her bod but her lips are just all over her face! Just pretend the next time you see a picture of one of them that it is actually a picture of you. You’ll find the flaws pretty quickly. I’ll do a head shot of Mr Smaggle one day. He is just a little shy…

  2. Sam 16 years ago

    Hee hee. Your comment about Angelina has enticed me to comment. It is such a perfect, accurate description of her weird-arse appearance.

    In response to your ponderings:

    1. It is better to eat both and follow with a couple of glasses of sav blanc. Then go for a vigorous walk.

    2. Agree, although if I was a man there is no question: Brad Pitt

    3. Chris Martin

    4. Because, like me, you were born to have little people do your nails for you. And as they dry those same little people serve you glasses of sav blanc.

    xxx

  3. Gervy 16 years ago

    Hello Lady Smaggle, what profound thoughts you think (no, not being facetious… I never think such ingenious things!) If I could swap my whole body + face with anyone in the world, my finalists would be:

    * Julia Roberts – I really do like her smile… but do I have to have Danny Moder + twins as well?

    * Catherine Zeta Jones – specifically, how she looked in Chicago – that was the ultimate hair for her

    * Robin Wright Penn – in Princess Bride days, before Sean Penn wore her out

    * Vanessa Paradis – I could handle the gappy teeth if I put my mind to it

    * Angelina – heroin-addicted fish is not so bad, methinks.

    Can’t help you with deciding who Mr Smaggle looks more like since you never publish a head shot of him!

    I feel your pain re the nailpolish situation. I am exactly the same. My toenails usually work out OK, but after I’ve just finished the second coat on my hands I inevitably wreck them and then give up and remove it all.

  4. Lady Smaggle 16 years ago

    Na – No one was supposed to be able to actually answer that question. Eva Green is very close to being mine though. But I think that has a lot to do with ‘The Dreamers’ and her smoking pink cigarettes and wearing a beret and frolicking naked in a French terrace house.

    I’m glad people are leaning more towards Chris Martin. Although I can swoosh his fringe into a Tin Tin curl pretty easily.

  5. princessnaea 16 years ago

    ok. I always just eat the damn caramello (tho in my case its the giant Freddo, plain) because the amount of will it would cost me to not eat it (and forget that I wanted it in the first place) is incommensurate to the amount that I actually give a shit about fat content. Also fat is good for your skin and keeps you looking young instead of old and haggard like Farrah Fawcett. think about that. it’s what keeps me warm at night.

    Easy. Rachael Weisz. No. 1 on my ‘turn’ list is the ideal in looks and sass (very important for me). at a pinch I’d go Eva Green or Thandie Newton, because I sometimes wish I had a tiny tiny body with massive boobs, or beautiful coffee-coloured skin. but Rachael Weisz easily because she’s gorgeous enough that I’d get way more play, but not so frighteningly beautiful (eg ANgelina) that she looks like a weirdo.
    I assume that this whole bodyswap thing does NOT include brain, “charming” personality and extensive knowledge of hangover cures and 1930s british satire?

    Chris Martin. Although when he has the camera out he does resemble TinTin. Just don’t get him a little white dog.

  6. Lady Smaggle 16 years ago

    Ivy – It’s true. Just look at a picture of any celebrity that you usually think is gorgeous and pretend it’s a picture of yourself. Mary Kate Olsen – melted Jim Henson puppet. Hilary Duff – electrocuted possum. Makes you feel SO MUCH BETTER…

  7. Ivy 16 years ago

    herion addicted fish – BAhahahaha!!!! i’ve literally been laughing my arse off at that one lol i still am!

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