Music Monday #65 - Phantogram

You guys remember how obsessed I was with Phantogram back in early 2012, right? Well, last week I won tickets to their sold out show at Showbox at the Market by way of a giveaway through their record label. I was so freaking ecstatic! So last Thursday I rounded up my friend Trevor and we proceeded to get drunk in various... interesting bars in Post Alley and then stumbled up to the Showbox for a fucking badass show. It was so amazing. I can't even begin to tell you. Wish I had more money at the time to have purchased their new EP on vinyl, but oh well. I'll be checking Ebay for it ;)

HEELS.COM WITCHING HOUR 25% OFF FLASH SALE!

1. Iron Fist "Skull It Out" in Black ($79.99 $59.99)
2. Betsey Johnson "Leana" in Pewter Metal ($109.99 $82.49)
3. ZiGiny "Suspend" in Black ($274.99 $206.24)
4. Penny Loves Kenny "Andrea" in Olive Micro ($114.99 $86.24)
5. Report "Aydin" in Brown ($79.99 $59.99)
6. MIA "Spikke" in Bronze Metal ($69.99 $52.49)

HURRY! Heels is having an insane flash sale TODAY ONLY from 8-2pm PST (11-5pm EST). Use code BREW at checkout for 25% off! I've included a few of my favorite new arrivals above so you can see why this is such a huge deal! GOGOGO!!!

Happy shoe shopping!

Knockoff Ninja #53 - London Trash "Ceres"

London Trash "Ceres" in Pink Pony available at Runway Shoetique ($74.99), Heels ($139.99), Bakers ($142.99)

Qupid "Ravish-08" in Raspberry available at Make Me Chic ($33.10), Go Jane ($34.80)

These are okay. I'm not terribly excited about them, but the knockoff well is a bit dry right now. The heel isn't as high, nor the platform, and the color is off. What bugged me in the first place about the Ceres was the lack of a concealed platform in such a pricey shoe, which is also the case with the Ravish-08 (minus the price). Hmmmm.

What do you think? Grab it, or skip it?

Music Monday #64 - Lorde

Bre's Week In Links/Instagrams 10-4-13

"Heeelllppp meeeee!" -Walmart shoe rack's last words

Dang. It's been a while. Not a lot of new things, but I am feeling a lot better than the last time I posted. And hey! I decided to round up some linkage! Woooo!

Here's a fascinating article about the 10 things this transgender blogger wished she had known prior to transitioning.

I set up a fancy new blog for Josie! Go take a look, her posts are pretty addictive!

Sinead O'Connor's open letter to Miley Cyrus.

I've moved some of my stuff from Etsy to Storenvy! Go buy up some hats!

Metalocalypse is coming back on October 27th for an hour-long special! I AM SO PSYCHED!

These people didn't know that the ACA and Obamacare are the SAME THING *headdesk*

Jeffrey Campbell has officially lost it.

 "Everyone needs to calm the eff down about Pumpkin Spice" (guilty!)

 Awesome interview with Molly McIsaac on the Fangasm experience. If you haven't watched the show yet, please do! It's on every Tuesday at 10pm PST on Syfy, and I adore it <3

 Iron Fist is almost to 100k likes on Facebook, and I'm pretty sure they're gonna have a flash sale to celebrate! Go like their page if you haven't already!

Haley's handpainted album art rings are so freaking awesome! Totally gonna get one when I can decide which one I want!

My birthday bar-hoppage around Capitol Hill!

Jade

Derpin'.

That's all for this week! Stay tuned! <3

Knockoff Ninja #52 - Privileged "Denmark"

Now, this Knockoff Ninja is weird, because I have no idea which one of these came first, and this has happened before with Privileged's "Drama" and Steve Madden's "Dubstep". I saw a preview of the black pair on Privileged's Instagram and immediately after, a picture of the green ones on Steve Madden's IG. So it's not a "Knockoff Ninja" per se, but a post giving you a ton of options! Enjoy!

Privileged "Denmark" in Teal available at Shiekh Shoes ($97.99), Make Me Chic ($98.00), Zooshoo ($98.00), Dr. Jay's ($98.00), UrbanOG ($98.00), Go Jane ($98.80), Shopakira ($98.90), Heels ($99.99)

Steve Madden "Shana" in Green Multi available at Steve Madden ($129.95)

IDENTICAL. Anyone know what the deal is, here? Literally, the only difference is the zipper color. I feel like there's some sort of double agent designer in the shoe world right now, lol. Is Jennifer Chou moonlighting at Steve Madden? The Privileged version can't be considered a dupe because the price point is so similar. In any case, I'm having a real issue not buying these right now. RIGHT NOW. I just might. They are literally my perfect shoe; tall as f*$%, strappy, corseted and full of mermaid-y goodness. (P.S. The Denmark runs a half size small!)

Are these the best shoes you've ever seen, or are they not? If not, come here so I can slap you :P

Happy shoe shopping!

EDIT: Aaaaaannnnndddd, I bought 'em. 20% off with RED20 at Go Jane! Expect a review next week :D

Things & Stuff...

Wow, I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted...

I'm finally starting to come to grips with the fact that I'm going through some shit, internally. It took a bad dream Saturday night (the first dream I'd had in weeks) about my Grandma Judy literally telling me, "You're depressed, honey," and giving me a huge hug while I cried. Ugh. I can't even figure it out for myself? Lol.

As some of you know, I started taking a generic of Celexa for major depression and anxiety almost a year ago, with a TON of success. About ten months later, and 30 mg more per day, it's starting to fail me. I knew this would happen. I didn't expect this stuff to change my life forever, but it's easy to fall into that kind of thinking when it's worked so well for so long. I started to notice extreme fatigue (more than usual, for those of you who know me IRL), my trichotillomania is out of control and I'm drinking about 5 out of every 7 nights. I eat past the point of being full. My housecleaning is falling behind. I'm normally super obsessive about that. These are all deadringers for depression and anxiety for me. The weirdest part? I don't feel depressed. I know it's the medication, but I am so afraid to come off of it. I missed a few days last month due to my refills running out and my regular nurse practitioner moving away. The withdrawal symptoms were terrifying, to say the least.

I know I need to go back to counseling. It just started to get so expensive, because I really feel that I need it at least twice monthly to get any kind of result. So I'm in a pickle. Ughhhh. I don't want to go crazy, but I don't want to run us into debt, either. I feel pretty lost at the moment :c

So yeah, that's where I'm at right now. Haven't been doing too much in the way of shoe-scouting or anything like that. Just kinda trying to hold it together.

I don't wanna be a downer, either, I just don't want to leave everybody hanging. I love you guys, and I hope you stick around for when stuff gets better <3