Rant of the Week

I have gone through some sort of mind-bogglery tonight. Or something.

I was prepared to spit out all this great gossip – something about Anne Hathaway’s scumbag (barely) ex-boyfriend, something about Olivia Thirlby ... Then the Bloomingdale’s free shipping promotion took over my life.

So I’ve had my eye on both the Terra Cotta and Royal Blue Longchamp Le Pliage tote bag for some while now. I’ve visited Saks, Bloomie’s and countless other retailers and have not been able to locate either color for some time. Bloomie’s remains the only trustworthy online retailer which carries both colors (idiot that I am, I missed the official Longchamp sale by a hair ... a hair!). The free shipping (usually $13 for a bag as the one I was hungry for) was for purchases of $150 and over. The bag in question is $135.

What to get for $15, what to get for $15? NOTHING. This is Bloomingdale’s we’re talking about, and nothing – save for mesh panties and winter sock-shoes, are anywhere close to $15. So I turned to the relatively standard category of beauty products.

After over an hour of pleading with my mother to please restock her moisturizer early (and failing), I realized that Beauty was not included in free shipping.

Bastards.

Wanting not to go the way of Spanx or mesh undies (seriously!?), I finally decided to order two Longchamp bags: one in Terra Cotta and one in Royal Blue in case either one is unsatisfactory, and to return the other when I’ve decided.

Here’s to hoping I’ll be able to part with one of them.

Not to let the night go completely to waste, I did salvage one bit of celebrity gossip – mumblemumblemumble Guitar Hero mumblemumble rockumentary mumble 70s. I have no idea why the American Idols are dressed up this way – it has something to do with a rockumentary promotion for Guitar Hero that will air someplace, sometime during the tour this summer, but I thought the photograph was priceless:


[Photo courtesy of MJs Big Blog]
Naturally, the two Davids just so happen to look the worst of the bunch, with David Cook looking like a gigolo or pimp or retired porn star, and David Archuleta ... Fez? My real question is why are Jason Castro and DArchuleta wearing girls’ clothes!?