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CONFESSION: Check-out at Hotel Vertigo. Super dreamy lobby. You can read more about it here, if you’d like. We are up and at ‘em on approximately 4-5 hrs. of sleep and absolutely pining for donuts and coffee. We weren’t sure how nightmarish the Love Parade malarkey would be, so we just dashed out of there right before noon and headed to our favorite Noe Valley donut shop. They have Peerless coffee there! A plus. Let’s see if you can guess what I’m thinking as I gaze fondly down upon that polished, gorgeous hunk of wood.

CONFESSION: It was so Fall on this day! Monday, to be exact. I used to loathe the grey + ivory combination, but I am for it this season, especially if you swap the predictable dash of mustard with a nice, predictable and lush rose instead. Ideally, in some sort of ridiculously lavish, ruffled suede. Mm. I guess I’m sort of a moron for not throwing on my pink posie Tulle coat on over this. Next time!

CONFESSION: We discovered that M hates shooting at night and Halloween today. I know, right? OK, so night shooting is HARD and a pain in the ass, but hating Halloween? I think I should remind her about candy corn and slutty costumes bonding with loved ones in a creepy way. In any case, I can’t let her hate Halloween until we’ve dressed up as Moroccan Tranny Patsy and Edina first. It’s our dream! I had fun on the night shoot; we explored the creepy alley across the street and I pretended to be scary and chased kittens around.

NOTE: I gave y’all a three-for-one because even though they were different pairs of jeans, they were still jeans. Never fear (esp. not you, H), I had heels on in both of the above and a brand spankin’ new pair of hella fierce Betsey Johnson tights that are dying to debut themselves.

QUERY: An extremely lovely and devoted reader recently wondered if I might do a Q & A here at FFAF, and you know what I thought? I thought I would, if you’d like. Feel free to send burning questions to fitforafemme@gmail.com and I’ll answer enthusiastically and in bulk to the best of my ability!

When: Monday, September 8th, 2008.

What: Black trousers from Express, ruffled cotton blouse with black scalloped trim from Forever 21 (but purchased gently worn, so screw those bloody zealots!). Black vest and ribbon headband from H&M. Bangle, red patent belt both thrifted. Red and black patent flats by Linea Paolo. Lace & pearl necklace from Spoiled! on Broadway in Oakland, CA.

Inspired by our dining room? Perhaps a little:

Yes, the little skeleton couple is a painting that M made for me one winter day. It says “To My Future Bride” at the bottom and they are obviously still super-happily-married in their festive, bony death. Tendercome, y’all!

Confession: I swore that Fall had finally arrived this morning. I really did. I sat outside of a cafe and enjoyed a delicious mocha and fresh-from-the-oven cinnamon morning bun and read my book and shivered in a big, black scarf and it was Fall. Fast-forward to disgusting midday, mid-eighties heat and I was in a funk over prolonged summer days, and thusly consoled myself with a spritz of Dermalogica’s Antioxidant Hydramist, which is so cool and refreshing, smelling just faintly of roses. Yum.

Maybe a place near my workplace has a 75% off sale on all their Cargo make-up. Maybe I bought appx. $130 in pretty, pretty shades of coral, poppy, nautical blues and coppered greens for less than $30, after an additional $10 discount. Maybe so. All I’m saying is that these are a DREAM:

(If anyone local wants the deets, or if you girls want me to pick you up something, HOLLA. It’s all about giving back to your community.)