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Margaret Pilarski

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i'm a feminist, and if you're reading this then you are too, you just might not know it yet. i like to eat cheese and travel, but i'm usually broke and/or spending my money on shoes and cocktail rings. i love dogs, rain, and driving offensively (and putting the last comma in a listed series). i'm se...

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fyi: my bday list

it’s nikki and my birthday this week on thursday, the 25th. i don’t know what she would like for her birthday (okay i would bet her top ten includes something cashmere from jcrew, a good night’s sleep, and a tahiti vacay)

but in case you were wondering, here is my top ten:

1. a pair of extreme platform patent stella mccartney heels as worn by mary kate olsen on the september issue of uk elle mag. i am not lying, i am serious. i would do dark deeds for these shoes. (you could throw in the navy burberry coat too)

2. my car, cleaned and detailed. it looks like i live in it, which i do not.

3. donations made to planned parenthood in sarah palin’s name. read elizabeth’s blog and then go here.

4. gigantic cocktail rings like this one:

5. a weekend in chicago with a pile ‘o cash (while wearing stella heels and cocktail ring).

6. opera length leather gloves in a vibrant color, preferably, a violet-plum. i have no image because i don’t believe they exist in the universe yet. prove me wrong!! here’s the ideal pair (in the wrong color) as seen at jcrew:

7. pretty much anything by jennifer behr. (shout out to aleigh for introducing me to her magical hair works)

(why does she look so sullen? you’re wearing jennifer behr, freak out!) 

8. a macarthur genius grant, such as the one that charlestonian mary jackson won. $500,000 for SHOES! (i mean, genius-related things, yeah...)

9. a heart rate monitor. okay, i am a geek. but first and foremost, i am a geek who loathes breaking a sweat, and if i’m going to, i’d like to be sure i’m burning off at least one cupcake. i’ll probably just buy this for myself, that’s why it’s at the bottom of the list.

10. a new fragrance. like wine, flowers, and any foreign language, perfume is something i know a teeny bit about but wished i knew a whole hell of a lot more about. so i’d like someone to just find/make/create/blend me the perfect fragrance... nothing too cliche or sickly sweet, something fresh but not too light.