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The funky style diva Annie Spandex is killing us with her love for 80%20 shoes and her sense of humor that’s always there when we need it.

I met Annie via the internet back in 2007 ( if i remember well ) and she has one of the dopest blogs around and her eBay shop is amazing.

No seriously you guys have to check her out for some really too cute shopping bargains!

We rarely get to see or know more than meets the eye with many of our internet friends – with the Good People Interviews I want to share just that – some good people I know you’ll love too.

So here’s my interview with Annie from Annie Spandex :

What’s your best Internet find?
I find a lot of great things on eBay. I recently found a waist cincher belt with black sequins for only $3.25!

What fashion trend are you craving this season?
Shoes with lots and lots of straps.

What’s playing on your iPod?

I don’t have an iPod! Gang Of Four is in my CD player, though.

I’m best known for my ……..?

Funky style and sense of humor.

I’d love to have dinner with ……..?
I’d probably be too nervous to actually eat with any of my idols, but I’d love to have drinks with Lady Gaga and Lady Starlight. I’d want them to dress me before we went out to the clubs, too.

Reading any Magazines right now?
I read celebrity gossip rags with an unhealthy amount of interest. Also, Vogue and Elle.

What inspires you?
Fearlessness in the sense of not caring what others think.

I just can’t live with out my …..?
Of course, I can live without them, but I wouldn’t want to be without my 80%20 shoe collection! I’ve considered getting a fire-proof trunk to store them. They’re very dear!

The last thing I bought was ……….?
A taco. Actually, three tacos.

My heroes in real life are ……
Diane von Furstenberg for this quote: “I didn’t really know what I wanted to do, but I knew the woman I wanted to become. Fashion was absolutely an accident in my life. As a result of that, I was becoming independent, and I was becoming more and more the woman that I wanted to be.”

I remember when I was little I used to ….
be a major tomboy. I despised wearing dresses! A lot has changed since then.

What’s your Sunday morning routine?
On Sunday mornings, I’m usually sleeping over at my boyfriend’s place until the afternoon. I’m a total night owl.

If you could recommend one good book to read, what would it be?
Naked by David Sedaris. He’s my favorite author–so hilarious.

Fulfilled any New Years Eve resolutions yet?
I never make New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s for me is a time of celebration, not for criticizing one’s self. Too often when people set goals for self-improvement they end up feeling ashamed and disappointed. I accept myself as I am and when I accomplish things I feel happy.

What do you want to do when you grow up?
I don’t want to grow up!

What’s your guilty pleasure?
Celebrity gossip.

Where’s your favorite place on earth?
Wherever I am, as long as I’m content to be there.

Thanks Annie for showing us that stylish confidence can resound with some color and funky pieces , it ups the game from being everyday ordinary to extraordinary

The Cheap Chica is one of my favorite fashion blogs, its chuck full of really cool savings and ways to grab celebrity styles on a working girl budget.

The Cheap Chica has done a great job over the years as one of the first fashion bloggers to bring us coupons, savings and fashionable wardrobe ideas in one place. If you think you were a shopaholic think again, The Cheap Chica makes no excuses about even shopping on her lunch break – but we love her for it! She’s real and with a no nonsense style and sense of humor we cant resist going back to her blog for more, more and more fashion tips and deals.

Like we say “ She’s good people”. Here’s our lil one on one interview Toocute magazine style.

 Enjoy, be inspired, be you.

TooCute: What’s your Sunday morning routine?
>> I wake up, fix a cup of coffee, work on my blog, do laundry, cook dinner. I may even do a little shopping if I feel like it, but I like to chill on Sundays.

TooCute: If you could recommend one good book to read, what would it be?
>>Sugar by Bernice McFadden. I finished that book and its sequel, This Bitter Earth in one weekend.

TooCute: Fulfilled any New Years Eve resolutions yet?
>>I’m shopping my closet more and more instead of actual shopping. Wait a minute, I just bought a sweater dress the other day, lol.

TooCute: What’s your best Internet find?
>>A Guess metallic python oversized clutch for $3 on Ebay

TooCute: What fashion trend are you craving this season?
>> Boho maxi dresses.

TooCute: What’s playing on your iPod?
>> house music and classic r&b

TooCute: Reading any Magazines right now?
>> the latest issues of Marie Claire, Glamour, and Lucky

TooCute: The last thing I bought was ……….?
>>A kimono sleeve sweater dress from Target

I swear I have a girly crush on Morgan from Mrs.Priss – she’s so freaking cool!

I still have her 101 things {that will consume my life in 1001} days saved on my computer – its amazingly witty, insightful and motivational. You can find it here on her blog.

I had the please of chatting to Mrs.Priss and it went a little something like this:

If you could recommend one good book to read, what would it be?

I stumbled upon this awesome book called Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me: Lessons in Grace and Elegance by Lucia van der Post (just realized what a freaking long title that is, wow)… I’m reading it right now and loving it. It’s all about style, class, grace and etiquette… I’m not usually into self-help type books (hello? Twilight? Yeahhh.), but this one is just plain fun.

What do you want to do when you grow up?

My friends will vouch that I’ve said this since I was about 13… I want to be a hot mom. Nice goal, right? Very deep. I am a mom now, so I guess I need to work on the hotness factor.

What’s your best Internet find?

I’ve totally been whoring this out lately, but the MadeByGirl online store is too amazing not to share. This girl designs the most drool-worthy cards and prints, and has a fabulous & inspiring blog I follow as well. Love it!

What fashion trend are you craving this season?

This whole hair accessory thing that’s been going on is just killing me. Those headbands with the humongous flowers and feathers are to die for.

What’s playing on your iPod?

You’d probably look at me and peg me as a Coldplay girl, but no ma’am. I prefer a genre I refer to as Angry White Boy music…Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, System of a Down, Korn (I’m sorry Mom. I do.), and Chevelle to name a few.

I know, I have very mature tastes.

I’m best known for my ……..?

…chin, oddly enough. It is very prominent (I’ve been compared to Drew Barrymore and Reese Witherspoon, to give you an idea). I’ve always had major issues with it and get annoyed at my own reflection frequently. The annoyance was heightened the other night when I was watching Family Guy and they used Reese’s chin to saw through a steel door. Yay for self esteem!

I’d love to have dinner with ……..?

Mr. Christian Bale. He can blast me with curse words all he wants, as long as I’m able to just sit and stare at him creepily.

Reading any Magazines right now?

I’m milking that last issue of Domino! It saddens me, so.

What’s your motto?

“Life’s too short to wear ugly shoes.”

I remember when I was little I used to …

… Oh Lord. I was absolutely in love with Jonathan Taylor Thomas. I watched Home Improvement RELIGIOUSLY, as well as Tom and Huck and Wild America. Pinocchio? Not so much… he was kind of a loser in that one.

Here is the first of many interview, of our favorite bloggers, writers, fashinonistas, budgetistas stylists, online friends that were sweet enough to answer to a list of my very random questions – in hopes of keeping the blogging spirit alive and as a way of highlighting some of the amazing people and their works on the internet.

For all the questions you’ve wanted answers to, but were just too out-of-place to ask, all the questions you never even thought of asking too; you’ll smile, you might even laugh, but I really hope that you’ll be inspired to do what makes you come alive.

Here’s the first in the TooCute Interviews our Favorites :

The Shiny Squirrel
by Jessica

1. What’s your Sunday morning routine?

It usually includes coffee with friends or brunch at my favorite spots like Dumont or Walter Foods in Brooklyn. I have a favorite coffee shop that my friend Dana and I always meet up at called El Beit. Their muffins and lattes are delicious.

2. If you could recommend one good book to read, what would it be?

I love anything by Tom Robbins, Murakami, or Bukowski. However one of my all time favorite books is Still Life with Woodpecker. I read it while traveling through Spain and sometimes just couldn’t put it down.

3. Fulfilled any New Years Eve resolutions yet?

I promised myself I would document my life more by taking photos of everything including new friends, my shows, and the places I hang out. So far I am trying to carry my camera everywhere.

4. What do you want to do when you grow up?

I want to run The Shiny Squirrel full time and freelance for magazines.

5. What’s your guilty pleasure?

Saltine Crackers

6. Where’s your favorite place on earth?

Parts of Brooklyn and my mom’s garden in New Jersey

7. What fashion trend are you craving this season?

Bow Ties
8. What’s playing on your iPod?

Candi Staton, Spencer Davis Group, Otis Redding

9. I’d love to have dinner with ……..?

Kurt Vonnegut

10. Reading any Magazines right now?

Russh, Foam, Nylon, Monocle, New York Magazine

11. What inspires you?

Blogs, Friends, Magazines, Traveling

12. I just can’t live with out my …..?

Black Mac Book, my pillow that I have had for 24 years

13. The last thing I bought was ……….?

a scarf from Zara, New Cacti

14. What’s your motto?

Live Life to the fullest and appreciate every moment

15. I remember when I was little I used to ….

played records in my basement while playing with legos

Thanks Jessica, I have never read any of those books and I’ve just added them to my wishlist on amazon! But ahhmm, how is it that you’ve had a pillow for 24 years? There must be another story here


about: The Shiny Squirrel is a platform for emerging artists and designers that features exclusive limited edition and/ or one a kind pieces. It seeks to showcase the growing market of young talent that need a voice and forum to display and sell their work.

The Shiny Squirrel merges a diverse field of fine and applied artists through its Online Gallery and Designer showcase. The website’s monthly shows will allow individual artists and designers the opportunity to create a cohesive statement about their work and their place in the art or fashion communities.

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