critique : blog roll

I know it’s been too long since I last updated here…but since, according to P, there is actual traffic at this site (!), I thought I should try to make a new habit (hoepfully easier than breaking a habit?) of actually following through with my blogging promises.

- and yes, I did specify that I haven’t updated here in a while…The truth is that I’ve been pretty trader-iffic in migrating over to Tumblr.   For some reason, my work computer dislikes the WordPress system, thereby trying my patience more than I’m comfortable with.

Hopefully ChicCritique will be heading from the .net realm to .com soon though, which P has been using as a reason to get me up and running over here, although I am still awaiting my customized layout from him, husband/developer^max.

With that said, I thought I’d let you know how I’m blowing my time (besides on the iPhone Boggle app) while I’m decidedly *not* here.

If we’re being honest, I read many more times the “normal” amount of blogs, I’m pretty sure.  Here are the most delicious of my regulars:

• Each morning, I start out with a little bit of Young House Love.  The cuties over there put my home decor, imagination, and willingness to undergo manual labor in the name of the former to SHAME.  The nursery they’re working on currently (and the baby so inspiring them) are my latest items of jealousy-fotter.
• Next, I hop on over to Bryn Alexandra.  I won’t lie, there’s something in her…tone, maybe…that irks me sometimes…?  But, she has a decent eye, and I appreciate that she’s a real person, following her dreams (kind of corny, but par for the site?).
• Miss Ruby, a local boutique that I adore, and whose owner has been infinitely more successful than me in keeping her promise to blog more regularly for ’10, makes my next pick.  Although my wedding is long over with, I have a few more years of bridesmaid-duty left in me, and I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to dreaming of moonlighting as an event planner.  Miss Ruby is as on-trend with her editting as once could hope to find in the midwest.
• Ms. Lilien has got to be Kate Spade’s big sister, by the looks of her poppy blog.  I eat this up each day, along with the cheeky blurbs.
• I save Ms. Emily over at Cupcakes and Cashmere for near the end of my list, as it’s something to look forward to each day.  I’m pretty sure I dream of being her, complete with envy-inducing legs…and hair…and eyebrows…(this is turning creepy, I know) – and her edgy style.  I love that she doesn’t take herself too seriously, as many fashion bloggers do once they get a whiff of their own awesome.
• And finally, I go back to The Cut frequently throughout the day.  The best source of fashion news everyday (except during Fashion Week, during which WWD, is THE. Source for show coverage.) 

On that note, I *hope to* be back tomorrow, to relive a few of my personal best fashion days.