The Better Splurge or Save

Recently I've been looking to purchase a floor lamp for my dorm room. Lighting makes all the difference in creating a great atmosphere, but I have no plans on running through my entire month's allowance. I was eyeing this Z-Gallerie floor lamp, but found this similar one from Target for a great price. I didn't believe the Target one could be any where near the same quality as the one in Z-Gallerie, and I went to Target to see for myself. I was pleasantly surprised that Target's version looked well made and had a nice sturdy weight to it. Depending how crafty I'm feeling, I might even spray paint my SAVE version, which I would never do the SPLURGE lamp just because I'd be too scared to ruin it.

What do you all think?

The Better Moments from My Week

1. I decided to put away my heat intensive hair tools for a while since my hair is getting so dry. One of my new favorite styles is the curl-hawk (as my sister so cleverly named it). 

2. Vintage silks and lace from a booth at the Pasadena flea market were stunning and so well priced!

3. I have mastered pizza dough (recipe to come later). Best of all it requires so little effort because I let my stand mixer do all the elbow work for me.

The Better Item of the Moment: A New Kind of Cookbook

I try to keep this blog as PG as possible, which sometimes proves difficult with my brand of humor. However, for this post I can't follow my self imposed remember-my-parents-read this-blog rule. In this book there are too many innuendos present to casually pretend they aren't there. I'm talking about 50 Shades of Chicken, the most genius parody to ever hit bookshelves.

I wonder how many more people would pick up cookbooks if all the chefs looked like that.

If you were able to keep a straight face when looking at the front cover, I dare you not to laugh when you read the recipe titles.

  

And of course there is a book trailer for this. 

Then Anderson Cooper solidified my love for him even more by reading it on his talk show... 

Here is the BUY link. You are welcome.