thrift star of the day: “change happen”

change happen
photo taken by me from Grant Park in Chicago on a momentous Election Night 2008

i heart bad grammar.

today we are all winners. i Hope.

Election Day. Obviously. Vote. Just goddamn do it. No excuses. Learn where to go here. Ok done.

NOW for the really important decision (Kidding. Obviously.)! This was an onerous task, but here are my 3 picks from the Lucky Style Spotter Denim Transformation Contest! You three win a $250 gift bag from Lucky Magazine!

(By the way,
Lucky Brand Jeans
are offering $35 off purchases of $100 or more!
This offer is good on Election Day only, so if you need amazing jeans, today is the day to CHOOSE.)

Here are the winners in no particular order. Thanks so much to everyone for their entries!

postlapsaria
Postlapsaria!

midwestjess
Jessica!


Christina!

And the runners up (I dunno if this is cold comfort – SO CLOSE – but these were just too awesome not to post!):

EmilyisRad
Emily!

punky
Punky!

Voting today should be much easier because the choice is CLEAR.
I love you guys. On my knees, please do the right thing.


OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!

obama

obama tee

handshake obama

Slip on your hottest jeans and get Lucky

Everybody loves contest time!

Do you ever wear jeans? Or maybe go out on the town? Do you ever do those two things simultaneously?
Then you TOTALLY QUALIFY to enter to win.
Win what, you ask? Oh nothing… just the chance to be featured in Lucky effing Magazine AND maybe even style a photoshoot for Lucky Brand Jeans!

I know, RIGHT?

If that prize isn’t good enough for you, Ms. Fancypants, then the deal’s about to get sweeter. Take your insulin shots now, because if you enter the contest at Lucky Style Spotter and then paste the URL of your entry into the comments of this post, voila, you are also entered to win this lavish cornucopia of goodies worth $250!
Click to zoom.

Holy hell, are those TIC TACS??


TAKE NOTE: This part of the contest is only for the legion of the Painfully Hip (US residents only), and after we vote on Tuesday November 4th, we’re going to feel empowered enough to choose the 3 best outfits! Each one will win $250 worth of awesome, so your chances to win are seriously colossal.

To Enter:

    1. Sign up for Lucky Style Spotter.
    2. While there, upload a photo of your sweet self wearing a pair of jeans styled for a night out.
    3. Paste the URL of your entry into the comments of this post.

Easy Peasy.

Remember, you must paste the URL of your Lucky Style Spotter “My Denim Transformation” contest entry into the comments of this post to be entered to win the gift bag from Painfully Hip!

So hurry up and show us yer denim. Make us proud. Blow those previous entrants out of the proverbial water. They wouldn’t know hip if they broke one. Oh wait, I’m totally one of those entrants (you expect me to pass this up??). I take it back.

Good Lucky to you.

Winners will be announced on Election Day Tuesday, November 4th 2008!

EDIT: Ok, its been 24 hours and only two entries?? We have THREE PRIZES to give away. C’mon guys, I know you have a photo of yourself wearing some futhermucking jeans! Git ‘er dun.


Lucky Brand Jeans

only a coupla spots left at Forkably Hip, Chicago!

Here’s the final menu for to tempt your soon-to-be-tantalized tastebuds.


YUM.
Bring your favorite cheap wine! Wear your best cheap semi-formalwear! The best outfit as deemed by the judges (yours truly and the fashion editor of Time Out Chicago) will win awesome prizes, including LadyLanguage gift certificates totalling $200.

If you want to join us Sunday at 6, make sure you RSVP by 6pm Saturday to forkable.blog@gmail.com.

Forkably Hip!

So I’m in Chicago and two of my best friends in the whole world are putting me up (putting up with me?) for a whole month. So Andrea, of the mouth-watering Forkable Blog, is going to collaborate with me on an fashionably forkable event for highly-hip Midwesterners. Forkable really is sort of the food-centric version of Painfully Hip in that it’s all about creating captivating concoctions on the cheap. Oh man, you have no idea what you’re in for with Andrea’s droolicious cooking.

If you’re in Chicago and you’re painfully hip, you best be up in there! Any excuse to don your favorite cocktail dress, right?

forkably hip
(click for more info)

RSVP or request more info here!