Monday, March 21, 2011

blog anniversary giveaway!


Scathingly Brilliant is officially one year old today! :D Yay!! Granted, I didn't really start to blog regularly here until December, but I'm still pretty excited that it's been a whole year! It's sort of like a baby... at first it just sort of laid there and didn't do much, but after 8-9 months it's walking, talking, eating on its own and holding its head up. And by the first birthday it's stuffing cake in its face and clapping with excitement (I obviously don't really know when real babies do these things, so my blog is either kind of slow or really gifted..)

Anyway, to celebrate my first anniversary, I decided to do a little giveaway! I wasn't sure at first what to give, so I just thought to myself, "If I could win anything in a blog giveaway, what would I want to win?" And the answer was pretty simple.. money to spend at Modcloth, of course!! Looking through their new arrivals is a daily ritual (okay, more than daily.. hourly perhaps?) and I'd be pretty darn excited to get free stuff from their site! So I'm tickled pink to announce, I'm giving away a $50 gift certificate to ModCloth!! Whee!!


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GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! Click here to see who won! :)

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Modcloth has so many dresses under $50, that's definitely what I'd spend the money on if I could enter and win my own giveaway (I wish!) ;-D Here are just four of the dresses I'm drooling over:



ps. Since there are so many sponsored giveaways nowadays, I just thought I should disclose that this is not sponsored by Modcloth. I am buying the $50 gift certificate with my own money.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

sunday funnies


Just discovered funtweets.com, which compiles a bunch of funny tweets from twitter. Some humor accounts can be really stupid (I was following this one guy who made jokes about the Japan earthquake... seriously not cool, instant unfollow!) but some of them are absolutely hilarious! For the most part I follow friends and other bloggers on twitter, but it's nice to pepper my timeline with one-liners to brighten up the day! :)

psst! make sure you check back here tomorrow, it's my one year blog anniversary and I've got a super giveaway in store! :D

Saturday, March 19, 2011

outfit photo, circa 1991


My mom found a bunch of old photos today, and I couldn't help but post this one! The dress I'm wearing was my favorite when I was little... my mom saved it for special occasions like pre-school graduation, Easter and birthdays. She called it my "posh frock" which is where I got the name for posh frock fridays :) My parents took so many photos of me modeling my clothes, I'm tempted to do a bunch of old outfit posts. Some of my dresses were so cute I wish they still fit me! ;-D

Friday, March 18, 2011

posh frock friday


dress - modcloth
sweater - forever 21
eye mask - fred flare
tissues & medicine - grocery store
tigger socks (out of view) - gift

Still incredibly under the weather, so this was the best I could muster for posh frock friday. I wasn't about to let PFF pass without getting dressed up! Unfortunately, my determination can only take me so far. Put on a dress? Sure. Hair, makeup and heels? Not quite. Trying to look remotely healthy? Impossible.

Hopefully some of you have much more glamourous Posh Frock Friday pictures this week! If you do, you can leave the links below! :)