The Barneys Warehouse Sale Part II and Phone Fail

After the Barneys Sale, I made my way home to get dolled up to meet my new friend Hannah for dinner and drinks. I, of course, had to wear my new Manolo's. I paired them with my new purple dress and felt like a real New Yorker.

Interesting decor at Tortilla Flats

I met Hannah at Tortilla Flats in Meat Packing. This is the "fancy" part of town - this is the place to be seen, or at least I think so. We were just going to have a few drinks and then head to some place else. Well, come 3AM, we finally left. That's of course after we did body shots off the bartender. Why not do body shots? He didn't really want to because he was hairy, but at the time, it still sounded like a good idea. Note: earlier in the evening, I told Hannah about the sale and we agreed we would meet there the next morning at 10AM. Sounded like a solid plan at 9PM.

After Tortilla Flats, we made our way to the Brass Monkey. I vaguely remember anything from this bar. I do remember getting in a cab though and telling him to take me home. He informed me that he was not going there, so I asked him where we were going. Once I figured out that he meant he was not taking me home, I jumped out and had to practically walk to the east side, or at least it felt that way at 4:30AM, to catch another cab.

At 9AM, my alarm goes off and I am still tipsy from the night before. I fall back asleep and wake up to my phone ringing. I thought "who the hell is calling me this early." Hannah - to confirm we are still going. I said "hell yes" and jumped out of bed. I brushed my teeth, threw on some clothes, put my hair in a pony tail, left my makeup on from the night before and walked out the door sans purse. I wanted both hands free to shop. I met Hannah there at 11AM. I headed to the shoes again. Thankfully, this pair that I was eyeing the day before was still there!! God wanted me to have these shoes...

Lovely...

This little gossip girl tried them on the previous day and I loved them. She had them on with black tights and they just worked. I was thrilled to see them there the next morning. There were yet another brand I have not heard of, Loeffler Randall. But again, they came with a duster bag so I knew they must be good. They were originally $595 and I got them for $115. I am telling you, this place is heaven.

My perfect fall flats

We grabbed what felt like 10 pairs of shoes. I loved them all - LOVED them. But I did exercise some sense (see Sam - I can be good). I put them all back but this cute pair of gray flats. They were Barneys New York and were originally $110 and I got them for $20. Again, another great steal. I did have the shoe rack problem, but then realized we were close to Bed Bath and Beyond, so I decided to go there and get a bigger shoe rack.

We then scanned the clothes rack and I found a cute vest and short sleeve cardigan, together totaling $25. I decided to get these and call it a day. I was way too hungover to fight anymore for clothes or scan the racks. We decided to leave and grab lunch. From then, we planned out the rest of the day - lunch, TJ Max and Mani/Pedi's. We were almost successful. I forget the place where we had lunch, but it was yummy. We went to TJ Max and looked around. That's when my friend Kalyn texted me about the beer garden. She texted me earlier but I was still in my drunken haze. They were all at a beer garden in Astoria and well, that sounded WAY better than mani/pedi's. We finished up shopping, I ran down to get my new shoe rack and we cabbed it over to Queens.

This beer garden is amazing - it's ginormous for the city. All my favorite New Yorkers were there: Kalyn, Joe, Andrew, Leigh, Maia and Chris. Andrew and I were together and he introduced me to this awesome bunch. You will never have a bad time with these people! We got our pitchers of beer and drank the afternoon away! We played screw the dealer. Whenever Kalyn was the dealer, well, she got screwed. It was effen hilarious! Andrew decided I needed to drink more, so we also played the gauntlet. I lost every time, every time. The following event, is my next big fail...

Fail. Absolute fail.

Well, remember how I ran out without my purse? I just threw everything in my pockets: phone, ID, debit card and keys - what else do you really need? I was sitting on the picnic bench and my phone dropped out of my back pocket. I had lost so many times at the gauntlet, that I didn't realize it and some nice stranger picked it up and gave it to me. Then, where do I put it? Back in the same stupid pocket. Not even 10 minutes later, it drops out again, only this time shattering the screen. UGH - FAIL. Miraculously, it still works. But I didn't have a protective cover on my screen and I could feel the glass. Thankfully, Joe is so super kind and takes his off his phone and puts it on mine. After this, I knew it was time to go home. I left, with my broken phone, and hopped on the subway back home.

All in all - the day was fantastic, minus the broken phone. The good news is that: 1) it still works and 2) I am eligible for an up-grade so iPhone 4, here I come! Another 2 years of hell with AT&T but at least I will have a pretty phone :)

My new shoe rack with my prized possessions