Birthday Wishin'

My birthday was this past week! Making last week my birthday week. I am worth celebrating throughout seven days. I'm worth a whole month, if we're really being honest. Instead, in times that should have been spent laying in bed, I spent my birthday going to work and training the dog and sleeping way too little. I can't believe it took 23 years for the novelty of my birthday to wear off. Adulthood has been fucking amazing.

In an ideal birthday week, here's what I would have lounged around in if my sugar daddy were rich and I didn't have to work:

Bordelle's Angela Dress 

  

 Much like the rest of Bordelle's Signature line, or anything else from them, the Angela Dress pulls inside my gut and makes me gasp. I take two firm handfuls of blanket and close my eyes and wish three times that I were wearing this with Louboutins and black trench over it, grinding the heel of my shoe into the chests of men who may/may not worship me. In reality, I don't imagine this would look as good as I'd prefer on me. My shape from the front is kinda straight, with most of the curve showing in my profile. And mainly in the tum. Not to say that I would ever turn this piece down if I were afforded the opportunity. It would make for gorgeous motivation.

 

Danielle Wood Starlet Set

 I've gone through two winters not having saved enough to get this set yet, but it usually spends several weeks left open in a tab, tempting me. Velvet easily makes my top ten list of fabrics, but most of the stuff I come across is in the form of weird gowns at the thrift store. I've found a few exceptions, with a pair of velvet Mary Jane's that I recently broke, and a red long-sleeved velvet dress, with the latter leaving my closet rotation by February. It's a really toasty fabric.

Danielle Wood has taken basic cuts and made them look/feel more lustrous and cozy, and her color choices are perfect. The color above, "rust", is just one of a few rich colors this set comes in, along with more than one style option for the bra and panty. After poking around on her Etsy shop, and then ending up on her website in the lookbooks, it's clear she's got a real good eye for displaying her work in such a satisfying, crisp, and beautiful way. I'm not even trying to suck up. I would hang images from her lookbook in my home.

Edge O'Beyond Naomi set

The link only takes you to the bra, but is that not enough? Take my word for it on this one and don't go any further if you're not already in a place where you pay someone else to clean your house. This seemingly simple set tops out at above $200, and with good reason. Each piece of this set has 18 ct gold-plated rings, for attaching chains to, and the suspender clips are 24 ct gold-plated. Also, in case you didn't notice, the whole set is gold. Not metal, but more beautiful still. The combination of the lace and tulle scoops this set up and takes it about then steps past perfect. Edge O' Beyond is a young brand, but I'm praying hella hard that they last well beyond the mythical time when I start making six figures. This is honestly the set I've always dreamed of.

ID Sarrieri Boudoir Chemise

What's better than wearing nothing at all?? Wearing almost nothing at all!
I'm not usually a fan of chemises due to my lumpy-ish, shapeless-ish body. They tend to hang on me like they would on a hanger, piling on the wrong bits and hiding the good bits. I imagine the solution to that would be just to wear something that's 96% transparent, right? When the bunches collect, everything will show through to my figure except a few artful black lines at the folds, maybe looking whispy, easy, lucky, free. I wanna be buried in this thing. The lace is just too painfully delicate, teasing it's way around and framing the goodies.

What Katie Did Cabaret set in Peach

It's classic. It's partially sheer. It's like a more risque verson of children's clothes, or a retro bathing suit. This bra actually reminds me a lot of the Claudette Paramour bra, in shape and construction, besides the lack of bow. Sans bow, it looks a lot more clean, sophisticated, and makes me wanna bounce around in ruffled socks a little bit. Here's hoping!

Kris Soonik Kristel Polo Shirt

When I look at this work of art, I hear my stepmom's voice in the back of my head, clear as it was in that Kohl's dressing room in 8th grade, saying, "And when would you wear that?" And Val, the answer is, I don't care. I'll wear it with a tennis skirt. I'll wear it to a job interview. I'll wear it with a pair of stocks, and I will wear it as a foxxxxxxxx.
The classic polo, naturally neutral as clothing, gets blown out of the water with the feminine touch of the poufed sleeves, the curved bodice, and of course, the suspenders. I don't even like polo shirts nine times out of ten. That one out of ten is my partner, coming home from work with a good pair of khakis. But this polo is a major game changer. And honestly? It might change the way I look at a polo the next time I come across one (it won't).
This one I came across several years ago, as a baby undie junkie, just realizing how big the world was beyond Victoria's Secret. The impression it made on me has lasted. There is so much out there, and so many people working to design and share even more. I can't wait to see what the future holds.


My birthday may have ended, but this wishlist has barely just begun. Before it gets out of hand, I'll leave myself with something my brother used to say to me any chance he got:

"Patience is a virtue."

It's important.