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CONFESSION: On our 5th consecutive day of blissful holiday PTO, M took me to see A Single Man (remember when I mentioned it here back in November?). Despite the dreariness of the day, we bravely set out on BART to catch it playing down by the water at the Embarcadero theater. I really, really enjoyed it. It was delicious. There’s an old L-Word actress cameo, model cameos, a Mad Men cameo, and one other that I cannot quite recall. It was a touch slow in places, but it’s so visually saturated that it really doesn’t matter, and it made me cry. On our way home we took these silly photos, and then it began to rain, so we hustled inside, made a big spaghetti dinner, opened a bottle of tasty red from Spain, and then FINALLY got around to the Johnnie Walker Black Label blending session we’ve been postponing forever. Dreamy.

Y’all can have special insider pics of the super elaborate scotch whisky blending set-up, because I love you like that:

GAH! I HAVEN’T POSTED IN DAYS AND DAYS! BAD FEMME! BAD! VERY BAD!

Here, I’ll make it up to you with no less than five sets of outfits all at once, from this week. SHAM-WOW that, kittens! I’m sorry to have kept you out in the cold while it’s been, well, so cold. Tomorrow, I promise to write another post with reviews of Burberry London for Men, Kenzo’s Flower and a few picks from the Victoria’s Secret Holiday Coffret collection.

What (for a cozy Italian dinner out with friends last night): Ralph Lauren black cords, Blanc Noir wool coat, black scarf, GB arm warmers, vintage red leather pumps.

What (same cozy Italian dinner, under the coat!): Same as above, sans coat, plus sheer blouse from modcloth.com and belt by Ralph Lauren.

What (for a Costco run on Wednesday – titillating, I know): James Jeans, Sylvie & Mado jersey cotton wrap, green sleeveless blouse by Libertine for Target. Belt by Elie Tahari and brown boots by Classified.

What (for a fancy SF job interview this morning): Blue Ann Taylor suit, ruffled plaid blouse from Gap, scarf by Gucci. Blue Mary Janes by Linea Paolo. Sexy glass by Valentino.

What (post-interview Friday errands outfit): James Jeans + Gap blouse + Blanc Noir coat + FCUK striped scarf. Same shoes as above.

SPECIAL HOLIDAY FFAF POST!

When: Saturday, Dec. 6th, 2008.

Femme What: Mask and boa courtesy of The Laugh Box in SF. (They are awesome.)

Femme Confession: This post is really all about the tomboy’s amazing Ralph Lauren reindeer jumper, pictured left, procured at a Salvation Army for $2.50 last weekend. She paired it, of course, with a pintuck tuxedo shirt, a black bowtie and black trousers.

Our lovely friends in the South Bay threw a fantastical themed holiday party, complete with unlimited use of the portable photo booth, endless bottles of champagne and a very delicious spread of savory and sweet nibbles. The theme? Everyone was asked to wear an especially unfortunate awesome holiday jumper; there was a prize, and we took it home! (We didn’t win, but we got the prize. Just go with it.)

Tomboy Confession: OK, look at the awesomeness that is my sweater. Excuse me, jumper. It is all sorts of what-the-fuck?? First, yellow and blue? For Christmas? Really? Second, yellow??? Baby blanket yellow?? Wow. It’s just so special. The same kind of special that makes Birdie special. (Birdie = Conor, natch. -Femme) Even though I didn’t win the most-hideous-holiday-jumper contest, most of the fags agreed that I at least deserved an honorable mention.

It’s one thing to wear that sweater to a holiday party, it certainly is quite another to wear it out the bar! Oh wait, I did that too. Very special of me.

Femme note: It’s true. Around a dozen of us ended up going to Hunters, a gay bar in San Jose, after the party died down. M chatted it up at the bar while I danced to Shakira and Lady Ga-Ga and too many Beyonce songs. She never once removed the jumper. Not once. And you know how hot-ass it gets in the gay club. I know you know.

I was very proud. A friend asked point-blank if M was embarassed! M, of course, said, “Um, no. I feel awesome!” and that was that. (That and far too many rounds of Jameson & coke!)

Just for funsies, the newest from Ralph Lauren (M needs it, obvs):