This is at once the funniest and one of the most fun Groups on TeamSugar...have rarely taken inventory of what's in my bag, so I myself am amused, and it's funny thinking that all of these people I don't know now know something about me that my best friends don't even know, and that you'd even care! So, my way of saying KUDOS to the member who created this Group......Here Goes:

1) To start with the bag itself, mine is made by the same designer as in the pic above. His name is Makowsky (Bruce? or Bill?) and his creations (clutches too) are simply fabulous. My own bag is a bit smaller than this, in medium to dark brown, and with lots more hardware. Makowsky used to design for NineWest, which is ironic when you take into account that almost all of NineWest are knock-offs of other designers, and Makowsky designs for the most part are true, original, non-derivative works of art! Celebs I can see really loving this line are Kate Hudson, Zooey Deschanel, Parker Posey, Lindsay Lohan, MK Olsen, Mischa Barton, Kate Moss, Sienna Miller, Helena Christensen, Agyness Deyn, Gisele Bundchen, I could explain why, but the point as I understand it is to reveal what's IN my bag, so feel free to private message me if you want to know the rationale underlying my celebrity choices above.

2) Makeup essentials that are mostly Chanel and Laura Mercier, including about 4 different shades of bright red lipstick (including for those of you who know me, Chanel's Coco Red -- a shade I've now decided is year-round! LOL.)

3) Extra bobby pins just in case.

4) Vitamin D-packed Calcium (good for women's bones!)

5) Reading material in case I get caught waiting: the latest People issue, W mag with Penelope on the cover, a book called, *The Tao of the Defiant Woman*, and another called, *Watching Television*...........Some short periodicals published by the non-profit, DC-based Center for Food Security...(And I already devoured this issue of USWeekly, Life&Style, InTouch, and Star Mag, or they'd be in there too!

6) My new Chloe 3123 Sunglasses (in Black...LOVE 'EM!...and if you want a pair buy it onlilne through a comparative shopping site. You can get them so much cheaper than the price they retail at stores).

7) My 12-year old black Marc Jacobs wallet that still looks brand new!

My cell phone and car/home keys. Still waiting to buy a new iPhone, and car is an old 2002 Saab that is like family to me, and my keys are to my relatively new sanctuary (what my friends and I have called each of our homes) on Hayes Street, the swankiest street in all of San Francisco (sorry, I'm admittedly biased...big time ).

9) iPod with favorites like "New Soul", "Piece of Me", "Love Song", "Devil's Town" (from the TV series, "Friday Night Lights"), "Step Up" (from the movie with the same name).

10) Necklace that my best friends collectively banded together to buy me for my last birthday....Awwww....Love 'em! Have travelled with many of them as far as Kilimanjaro (highest peak in Africa), the island of Zanzibar, Khatmandu, Switzerland (snowboarding heaven), and New Orleans (always was and always will be one of my favorite American cities)

11) Brown leather Folio with some social media property material...am interviewing and LOVE this space. Right now I have two business CEO clients in digiral (my word for digital and viral at the same time) media, but would SO, SO, SO, love to just leave the business end to others and transition to the creative side, since that's the right shaped hole for my specific-shaped peg....just SO much more a natural fit...

12) Great Comme de Garcons advertising (I just love it; most irreverent, artistic advertising I've seen; and luckily am still on the NY Store's mailing list)! Plus an old MJ look book.

13) Two bottles of water with peach Crystal light packs to drink throughout the day.

14) A picture of my dad at age 29 or so, and my best friend and me that is a cut-out from the photo booth pictures (you know what I mean, right?). It's from when she just said 'see you later' to her husband and two girls and flew to the States (I was living in NY at the time) to just hang out and make sure I pampered her and took her shopping for about 5 days..

15) A silver heart that's tiny and feels good both physically and spiritually when I just hold it in my hand.

16) Pens, Paper...Never know when some idea or phone number will come that you want to jot down!

17) Red Leather 2008 Nieman Marcus Pocket date book with bills I need to send (I know, I know: I'm a dinosaur).

18) Colorful, fun scarf if it gets cold.

I bet you are all asleep by now..that is, if you even got this far

xoxo,

VSug

"When you're alone
And life is making you lonely,
You can always go downtown
When you've got worries,
All the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown..."
-- Petula Clark

I don't wanna have to shout it out
I don't want my hair to fall out
I don't wanna be filled with doubt

I don't wanna be a good boy scout
I don't wanna have to learn to count
I don't wanna have the biggest amount
I don't wanna grow up

We’re very sad to report that this morning at 5:35 AM Golden Girl Estelle Getty passed away, just three days shy of her 85th birthday. The actress best known for her portrayal of the wise-cracking Sophia Petrillo of Sicily had been suffering for years with with Lewy Body Dementia. She died at her Los Angeles home surrounded by her family and caregivers. Find us this afternoon watching Golden Girls reruns on Lifetime over a slice of cheesecake. Rest in peace, Estelle, you will be missed.

R.I.P

From the Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1037433/Is-tight-shorted-Ro...

Cristiano Ronaldo has spent weeks working on his tan - and he couldn't be more eager to show if off.

The Manchester United star put his bronzed pins on display in a pair of tiny metallic shorts - his look reminiscent of George Michael in his Wham! heyday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1037489/Now-Jude-Laws-lush-...

Sometimes a chap needs a little help in the hair department.

And sometimes, as Jude Law found out, rather a lot.

In advertising campaigns for Dunhill and Dior, the actor's receding hairline has been airbrushed into a luxuriant crop.

Hey there,

There's an opening at TeamSugar for a "Celebrity Style Editor"...

I want that job so much I've been almost paralyzed to apply. And then I thought, who better to judge whether or not I should than YOU ALL: my Sug Buds, who collectively have been seeing and reading my editorial writing on bookmarks/listed looks/quizzes/comments/blogs for over a year now!

What do you think? Are my blogged lists for celebrities and the styles they wear good enough? Given all of the content you read from the TeamSugar folks themselves, how does my editorial compare? Am I even qualified?

YOU DECIDE!! ...

Though the actual decision is made by a staff member whose name I think is Danny

Thanks for any opinion and comment,

xoxo,

VSug
P.S. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS: 1) I do have two degrees from Stanford, just a heartbeat away from SF, where I do currently live; 2) Any career success I've had has hinged on my writing ability, and 3) Few things I love more than fashion....actually, it's tied with Celebrity Gossip!!

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b147603_new_improved_amy_winehouse_avail...

Reality TV villain Omarosa sparred with talk show host Wendy Williams on Monday in a spat that at one point turned physical.

She appeared on Fox's "The Wendy Williams Show" to promote her upcoming book but instead spent more time trading insults with the radio personality-turned-talk show host.

"I wanted to throw her off the set," Williams later told The Associated Press.