What better way to wrap up a great weekend at BlogHer than with a video blog?

Especially if it is a drunk* video blog with Jessica, Katelin and myself**.

There is talk of being classy, stealing babies***, meeting Tim Gunn and loving people.

BlogHer 09 from jamie lovely on Vimeo.

* Basically I won’t shut up when drunk if you haven’t caught on to that. But I very, very rarely get drunk.
** I promise my boob is where it should be. I’m not quite sure why it looks like I pulled a Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl. Boobs are in check.
*** For the record, we don’t really want to steal people’s cute babies. Just borrow them for a bit because they are adorable.

P.S. Our BlogHer08 video blog can be found here.

Sometime last week I got an email asking if I would like to review a copy of Jen Lancaster’s (of Jennsylvania fame) new book, Pretty in Plaid. My response was something like, “Duh, of course.” Then I seen the trailer she made for the book and knew this was probably the best idea ever.

Then I thought about you guys and asked for a second copy to giveaway to my readers. I know many of you are fans of her other books, Bitter is the New Black, Bright Lights, Big Ass and Such a Pretty Fat so I figured it would be a pretty sweet giveaway! Bitter is the New Black is probably one of my favorite books because Jen is just so ridiculously hilarious. Plus, she has two really cute puppies. AND is from Chicago!

Pretty in Plaid is all about Jen’s life through clothing and how your clothing defines you as a person. I just dug into it but I will be sure to write about my thoughts once I wrap it up!

Catch Jen Lancaster on her book tour where she is encouraging everyone to show up in their fiercest 80s garb. See the dates here and make sure you say hi to me at the Chicago stop on May 28th!

So like I said, I’m going to be giving one of copy of Pretty in Plaid away. How do you win, you ask?

Do you feel like how you dress defines who you are? Do you have that staple status piece in your wardrobe that makes you feel just awesome when you rock it?

(Mine is my Marc by Marc Jacobs bag. I adore it! It’s gorgeous and buttery soft and goes with everything. Plus, duh, it’s Marc Jacobs.)

How to enter:

• You must answer the above question in a comment.
• For an extra entry: twitter about this giveaway and link to your tweet in the comments. (You can follow me on Twitter here.)
• For another extra entry: post your own entry about this giveaway and link back to it in the comments here.
• Do it by 11:59PM on Monday May 11th.
• Winner will be announced Tuesday May 12th.

(Today’s guest post is from the always fabulous Alexa from Cleveland is a Plum. If for some ridiculous reason you don’t read her blog yet, you need to fix that ASAP.)

there are laws against drinking and driving, drinking and boating, drinking under the age of 21, and in some states there are even laws about drinking and bike riding.

but there is one drinking and _____________ law that is missing from the world.

drinking and internetting. 

internetting (it’s a word cause i just made it up), includes instant messaging, emailing, twittering, facebooking, blogging and the dreaded online shopping. this included smart phone internet as well kids. 

cruising the internet while intoxicated is an extremely dangerous act that needs to be regulated, controlled and basically stopped altogether.

i can’t explain how many times i’ve woken up in the morning after a drunken night and looked at my twitter  and seen this…

“omg drinks and shots boy don’t like me no more dance home”

or i got in a silly disagreement with a friends and i decide to post a blog about it from my blackberry at a bar only to wake up in the morning and quickly have to delete it.

hell, right now as i’m writing this? i’ve drank three glasses of wine – thank god jamie is so lovely and trusts me and my buzzed up thinking.

gchatting boys semi-dirty chats? been there.

bought the carpenters greatest hits album on itunes? done that. 

all i know is that something needs to be done to make me stop – maybe i’ll start a non-profit and call it bloggers against drunk internetting. it could happen.

maybe there’s some kind of test that i can set up to take when i log onto my computer after a certain hour. like a really hard algebra problem that only when answered correctly would i be able to access the internet.

who am i kidding? i can’t even do algebra sober!

oh well, until something prevents me from drunk internetting i’ll keep doing what i do best… making a fool out of myself.

I didn’t even know he was going to be on but he made an appearance and hi, I love him so here are his skits.

Oh yeah and Beyonce is in one. She is annoying as shit but the skit was good. Sorry Ben and Chris, don’t hate me. Paul Rudd too, but I don’t hate him. He is adorable.

Wait…what?

Yeah, I know that is a total contradiction or something. Nasty and lovely don’t mix…or do they?

Well, that’s besides the point!

Yesterday I got a comment that made me spit out the water I was drinking. Yes, it was that good.

Just Jinny November 2nd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I had a dream with you in it last night. Well, you didn’t look like your real self*..but everyone was calling you Jamie Lovely. You were doing an interview with Mr. Jay Manuel (yeah, THAT Mr. Jay) and I was there for some reason.

Anyway, Mr. Jay asked about your top beauty product picks and you were trying very hard to remember the name of a product. It was right there on the tip of your tongue, so I snapped my fingers to try and help you spit it out. I wasn’t trying to be rude, snapping my fingers always helps me when a thought is RIGHT THERE. I was very interested in your answer since I had JUST posted on my blog asking for these very suggestions (thank you for the tea tree oil suggestion, by the way). Anyway, Mr. Jay was very mad at me and told me that ‘People do not snap at Miss Lovely’.

Ha ha. I was properly chastised and didn’t say anything else during the interview.
Very strange. lol. I blame the guacamole I had last night.

Okay seriously? How funny is that? I love it! It was the inspiration for this post and brings me to pose this question:

Have you ever dreamt about a blog friend?

P.S. Obviously, Jinny dreamed of the future svelte 115 pound version of me.
P.P.S. I almost titled this ‘Dreaming of You’ but really how obvious and Selena-ish** would that be?
P.P.P.S. RE: ** – God, I’m so Mexican.