A few quick notes on this and that

I have a couple things floating around in my head, none of which really deserve a post of their own, hence the bullets:

• I really hate when men wear dress shirts that have buttons holding the collar down. A few years ago, a very well-dressed male co-worker of mine pointed out how much this bugged him and in doing so, transferred the pet peeve on to me. A couple weeks ago, at the Golden Globe Awards, Michael C. Hall (Dexter) wore such a shirt and I was beyond offended. Where was his stylist or his wife or his wife’s stylist or the friggin suit-maker/seller/tailor? Geez.

• My birthday is next week, what what! We’re spending the evening in San Francisco and as usual, I must ask you all for your Where Should We Eat? recommendations.

• (Sort of) speaking of birthdays, an awesome Valentine’s Day gift-guide has been posted over at Style Lush. Although I LOATHE Valentine’s Day (it rudely cuts into Birthday Week, how dare it!), I’ve decided I’d like one of everything on the list, please and thank you. (Especially numbers 5, 6, 11, 12, 22, 23, and 25…Well, maybe two of number 25.)

• Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you for basically being my own personal stylist(s) and weighing in on all my fashion-mergencies recently. Because you all are so hip and rad and helpful, I’ve gone ahead and added Help Me Be Stylish as a new category here on the ol’ blog, so you can expect to help me out with my fashion conundrums whenever they arise (which will probably be, like, every other day. Hah. NOT KIDDING.)

• Related: I have basically become a walking trend, what with my leggings and my skinny jeans and my suede knee-high boots and my old man-ish cardigans. I’d hate myself a little bit for this, if everything listed above weren’t so CUTE! and COMFY! and CHEAP! (Dude, leggings are, like, five bucks. Five dollar pants that I can wear out? Sign. Me. Up.)

• Another thing that bugs me: When CEOs “star” in their own company’s television ads. I mean, I get it; it’s probably cheaper than hiring actors and maybe they think it lends more credibility to the product, but it just bugs me. Like I really want to see Mr. Papa John or Mr. Sargento Cheese or Mr. S.C. Johnson pimping out their products? Uhh, no.

• I’m toying with the idea of doing a FAQ page here, although to be honest, I would probably call it a RAQ page (just keeping it real.) If you all have any questions for me, then BRING IT ON and I’ll go ahead and make a FAQ/RAQ page. And hey, if no one asks anything, I’ll probably just make a NAQ page, wherein I answer my own, likely obscure, questions.