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potw: hilarious

i've posted about all kinds of different letterpress cards, colors and printing treatments over the years, but i've never tipped my hat to the more lighthearted ones.

and these are just a sampling of what's out there.

it's monday and if you're in the dc area, you're probably melting away, so i thought a little humor would be just the thing.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

those arrested development ones are killing me.

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looking for more letterpress goods? check out my press of the week series here. a new potw is posted (almost) every monday. but you can always find the latest by following me on twitter.

i leave you with this hilariously true (for me anyways) tweet i found in a roundup funny tweets on huffpo. or something like that. it was before the holidays and i kinda forgot about it until now. most of them were pretty meh, but this one cracked me up.

just eat it.

a huge mistake

lucille bluth is one of my all-time favorite characters.

i was introduced to arrested development by my little brother. i was home for the holidays one year during college and we were both up late. he mentioned the show to me and we started watching it. i loved it immediately.

it's one of those shows i can put on anytime, and i'm so pumped for its return next year.

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so as an homage to my girl lucille, i created some outfits inspired by the woman who loves gene parmesan so much.

this first look is from an episode called public relations, which has one of my all-time favorite lines of the whole series (if you don't get the klimpy's reference, watch it here).

classic lucille.

below on the left-hand side, we have a more affordable version of her look. on the right, we're going all out, using only items lucille herself would actually buy.

less expensive version: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
lucille's version: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

let's keep it going with the second look from another one of my favorite episodes: pier pressure. there are so many good lines from this episode, it's a goldmine of quotable moments.

this little zinger she throws out to her daughter lindsay is one of the best.

less expensive version: 1 | 2 | 3 (sold out) | 4 | 5
lucille's version: 1 | 2 (sold out) | 3 | 4 | 5

ah, motherboy. who wouldn't get excited for the prospect of dressing up in creepy mother-son getups? lucille's lovin it.

and i love her mood in this scene from the motherboy xxx episode. so unnaturally giddy.

less expensive version: 1 | 2 (sold out) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
lucille's version: 1 | 2 (sold out)| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

there you have it. an couple of outfits perfect for roaming around balboa towers or whatever else the day may bring.

and if you're obsessed with the show as much as i am, check out this awesome tumblr.

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i have a sad story to share with you guys today.

my all-time go-to, #1 seed mascara hasn't been sold in the united states. for years.

let's back up a bit. i'm somewhat of a crazy lady when it comes to mascara. every once in a while, you come across the "if you could only use one beauty product for the rest of your life" question in a magazine or as a tired poll online somewhere. for me, the answer is only and always mascara. loads of it.

my lashes are long. but they're very light blonde. and thin. and straight.

kinda the opposite of what you want in lashes, right? throughout my teens and into my early 20s, i was entrenched in The Ultimate Mascara Quest. i probably tried twenty tubes. drugstore, department store, sephora, i went through them all.

and then it happened. max factor 2000 calorie aqua lash in rich black. bam.

i don't remember exactly when i started my now decade-long love affair with this product. but once i found it, none of the other brands existed. this waterproof mascara was cheap ($5.99!), could stand up to even the steamiest humidity, and it went on my lashes like it was built for multiple coats.

and lord knows, i love my multiple coats.

other mascaras can claim some of those things too, but max did all of that without ever looking scary. even after three coats, my eyelashes still looked like they were made of hair. not some clumpy plastic fibers attached to my eye. i'm picky about my lashes and i have no time for this.

now, my memory is hazy here, but some time around 2005, the only place i could find my precious was at wal-mart. fine. so out to the suburbs i went, buying four or five tubes at a time. then wal-mart stopped carrying it. so off i went to the internet. the internet has everything, right?

and they did. drugstore.com was my dealer. and we had a great relationship while it lasted. until they stopped carrying it too. i started hearing all these scary rumors that max factor would no longer be sold in the u.s. at all. ever.

what?

i tried to live in denial. "that won't happen," i convinced myself. but it did. and it became harder and harder to find. i even bought some imposters on amazon once. that was fun. but now, it's come to this:

i'm the person buying their mascara from some guy in the vale of glamorgan (could that sound more british btw?) and i'll continue to do so until davids7566 runs out of his secret stash.

please tell me you stocked up, sir.

my lashes will thank you.

to do

all this week, the only thing i can think about is this.

my stupid to-do lists. i feel like i can almost hear it laughing at me.

but i'm always resistant to complaining about wedding stress because, well, people get married every day. and by making the choice to *have* a wedding (instead of eloping like smart people), i think a certain level of stress sorta comes with the package.

so i really really enjoyed this excerpt from mindy kaling's book that i read on heart of light.

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"a note about me: i do not think stress is a legitimate topic of conversation, in public anyway. no one wants to hear about how stressed out anyone else is, because most of the time everyone is stressed out. going on and on in detail about how stressed out i am isn't conversation. it'll never lead anywhere. no one is going to say "wow, mindy, you really have it especially bad. i have heard some stories of stress, but this just takes the cake."

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for me, it's a good reminder that when i feel like the pressure's on, to take some deep breaths and power through. everyone's got their own shit going on. so try to stay afloat and do what you can.

oh yeah. wine helps too.