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baking, boyfriend, cooking, Dates, family, friends, frugality, home, moving, sisters, the struggle, Travels, Uncategorized, violet inviolate

What Do You Buy A Man For His Non-Milestone Birthday?

Author Violet Date November 27, 2014
“Because love is taking that dive then getting really comfortable and peeing in the...
Tagged arrested development gif, battle of 1812, bo burnham love is, chinese zodiac cycle, costco toilets, dabian, famous military battles, genteel georgians, george bluth, intelliseat bidet, kaffir lime leaf, katy perry bad blood, napoleon's invasion of russia, parents surprise kids, pistachio espresso coconut, princess day, sicilian bronte pistachios, star anise, talk shit, taylor swift bad blood, thai beef noodle stew, that's why you always leave a note, toto washlet e350, tricolore gelati, young coconut | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, frugality, home, Invoking the Muse, sisters, the struggle, Uncategorized

People Who Tell You to Stop Writing Are Monsters — So Defy Them!

Author Violet Date October 24, 2014
I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re...
Tagged 2009 amelia, amelia earhart, amelia movie, andrew marvell, campbell's soup leggings, campbell's soup warhol, delayed wedding, drugstore halloween display, famous for 15 minutes, following your dreams, hilary swank, how to make it as a writer advice, hungover babble, keep writing till they close the lid, long-term goals, lookin' at my gucci it's about that time, marshall mcluhan, mitch hedberg, national honor society brunch, newspaper jumble, nylon soup, playing cards, playing hearts, quit your day job, rigor mortis, schoolly d, sharp elbows, terrible but well-meaning advice, to his coy mistress, what happens to a dream deferred?, writers on writing, zorro pumpkin | Leave a comment |
baking, boyfriend, cooking, family, friends, frugality, home, Invoking the Muse, Orange Drive, recipes, sisters, the struggle, Uncategorized

Oh My Gourd, Becky! Pumpkin Spice Is NOT The Enemy.

Author Violet Date October 15, 2014
Fall is here! This is my second fall of Violet on Orange. So let...
Tagged carve a gourd, chinese parents, cooler ranch doritos, critical chrissy, daily show alums, donald faison gif, jebediah atkinson, john oliver, john oliver rant, jon stewart, keeping it real, last week tonight, look at her glut, lupita nyong'o, mean girls burn book, meryl streep, midnight madness, murray in clueless, music snobs, nurse jackie dvd, oh my gourd becky, peeps, peeps cocktail, pollyanna, pumpkin granola, pumpkin o's, pumpkin pecan oatmeal, pumpkin pie mochi ice cream, pumpkin spice backlash, pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin spice sea salt caramels, rabbit food, sondheim, statler and waldorf, taran killam, theater review, tiger parenting, tonsure, trader joe's pumpkin products, wannabe eugene ionesco, word nerds, yale cabaret, yale daily news, yale school of drama | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, fitness, friends, frugality, Hollywood, Invoking the Muse, the struggle, Uncategorized, wedding

Wedding Venue Review #1 Part 2: “Factitious” Carondelet House

Author Violet Date October 10, 2014
I just described how I found out about The Carondelet House in Westlake, Los...
Tagged #carondelet, 1928 italian villa los angeles, adam levine, animals maroon 5, beachy waves are the devil's handiwork, betes noires, capri il faro beach, carondelet house, elements of style, exposed brick, factitious, fireplace wedding venue, hangry, hardwood floors, high beam ceilings, home liberated community, italianate architecture, lanvin alber elbaz party, meat hooks, oil paintings, one hour photo movie, orange drive, pinterest-bait, robin williams, rococo furnishings, social media presence, tree trunks, uniqueness, vase shaped like head, westlake los angeles, writing your own vows wedding, yelp-approved | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, family, friends, home, Invoking the Muse, sisters, the struggle, Uncategorized, yale

Grammar Faux Pas Worse Than The Word Crimes in Weird Al’s “Word Crimes”

Author Violet Date October 4, 2014
In the criminal justice system*, grammatical errors are considered especially heinous. *By “criminal justice...
Tagged ariana grande, break free, chai tea, chaise longue, chaise lounge, cool as balls, criminal justice system, culture junkies, espresso, expresso, freshman 15, freshmanitis, get your i's checked, grammar faux pas, grammar peccadillos, hot as balls, joan osborne, katy perry, keri hilson, law & order, offensive autocorrect, one of us, personal transporter, segue, segway, senioritis, seniorosis, song scansion, subjunctive mood, the way i are, timbaland, unconditionally, weird al yankovic, word crimes | Leave a comment |
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Network Fall TV Ads: My Hits & Misses

Author Violet Date October 1, 2014
Every year when the pumpkin spice lattes and the premature Xmas decorations come out,...
Tagged alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale, ariana grande's asymmetrical dimple, ariana grande's bad side, bad judge photoshopped ad, BAD JUDGE School of Inexplicably Untamed Auburn Locks, bad typography, ben feldman, casey wilson david caspe, claire's 10 for $5 sale, color me mine font, cristela, delicious duality, dexter magazine cover ads, dexter showtime, early christmas decoration, endometrial typhoons, ethnic twinsies, everyone will be obscured by a flame-hued ingénue for 15 minutes, fall tv network premiere week, garnier olia hair color, george clooney beard, george clooney political aspirations, george clooney wedding, gracepoint, gummy bracelets, happy endings abc, john cho, judge mathis, judge reinhold, karen gillan, kate walsh, kotex commercial analogies, liz phair, maggie q ethnicity, marry me nbc, nbc bad judge, needs to be thrown in the fire, polyester bride, print ads, pronoun-antecedent disagreement, pumpkin spice latte, right hand ring, roth or traditional ira, selfie abc, splash page, stalker cbs, starbucks, the blacklist, the blacklist magazine cover ads, the icing 10 for $5 sale, tv billboard, tv premiere season | Leave a comment |
friends, home, Invoking the Muse, sisters, the struggle, Uncategorized, wedding

What Blogs Do You NEED to Read? Here Are The Ones I Can’t Stop Visiting

Author Violet Date September 26, 2014
Cherished Readers, I ask you now: Where are the rest of my Cherished Readers?...
Tagged aimee song, audrey ooi tiah, blog count, blog tyrant, bong qiu qiu, cartier love bracelet, cheeserland, cherished readers, chriselle factor, chriselle lim, clickbait, crawfish boil, dani song, dolce & gabbana, elin kling, filing jointly finally, fourfeetnine, gallivanting and grass, get off my internets, gizmodo, houston, lauren rae gallagher, leandra medine, lorde, lorde dancing gif, lyrics video, man repeller, marissa a. ross, meme proposal video, mindy kaling assistant, ramsay taplin, rookie mag, rumi neely, saturated blog market, seaofshoes, shorty and fatty, sicily, songofstyle, spiaggia dellasino, style by kling, style fashion blogs, tavi gevinson, tennis courts, texas, timothy tiah, wine all the time, xiaxue, yale daily themes | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, Dates, family, friends, home, Invoking the Muse, the struggle, Uncategorized, wedding

People Are Judging You Based on the Length of Your Engagement

Author Violet Date September 2, 2014
I’ve always hoped to chart a graceful course between the Charybdis of the premature...
Tagged all'antico vinaio, charybdis and scylla, cute reception ideas, domestic desires, engagement ring shopping, florence, four tetrarchs, georgia transplant, halo ring, interminable affiancement, lost in naples, marquise cut divorce rate, never play baseball till he furnishes the diamond, pave diamond, premature pinboarding, roman empire, south cackalacky, spectre of death be creepin', st. mark's basilica, star alliance, united miles devaluation, venice, wedding dress diet, wedding pinterest | Leave a comment |
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The Slings and Arrows of Inexpensive Razors

Author Violet Date October 9, 2013
*Commercial-ish message to follow* Before I return to my regularly scheduled V on O*...
Tagged 15% off, cheap razors, deals, dorco, frugality, referral fee, shakespeare, slings and arrows | 2 Comments |
boyfriend, home, sisters, the struggle

Cut my Leg Into Pieces. This is my Last Razor.

Author Violet Date October 4, 2013
As I determine a daily blog post schedule, I’ve been tracking readership patterns across...
Tagged $h*! My Dad Says, a midsummer night's dream, cardamom price, dollar shave club, dorco, frugality, money saving, quin woodward pu, razors, shit my dad says, south asian spice, spice price, the tell tale heart | Leave a comment |
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