misosouper, a shopping blog

Like the girls over at Lucky, I am enamored of everything about Bop Basics Sash Pants–except for the price. At $159 per pair, I can’t necessarily justify buying them for the everyday kid splatter that inevitably collects on my clothes. So I’d like to formally thank Victoria’s Secret for co-opting the style and fit of ShopBop’s pants for a fraction (literally, you could buy four for the price of one!) of the price. I knew you were good for more than fluorescent bras and those insufferable dog sweatpants.

Place this little bank next to your Das Kapital money box, and your shelf just might explode from the irony.

My mother-in-law is one of those genteel Southern ladies who actually starches and irons her sheets. So when I get rich on my IPO, I’ll buy her this: a fabulous Miele rotary iron, with foot pedals and variable speed. Go fast if you hate to iron, or slow if you savor the whole ironing experience.

Yes, Karl Marx, a Das Kapital bank is being sold at Target.

To quote Whipple: “Irony is an insult in the form of a compliment.” Or something like that.

While tiny socks and car seats are certainly welcome baby shower gifts, handmade presents are where it’s at; they’re actually the only baby objects parents will keep after pacifiers and playpens are in the rearview mirror. Which is why I love this quilt: super-soft and intricately detailed (I know because I have one in a different pattern), this gender-neutral spread will last long enough to be a backdrop for your kid’s college bong and bongo drums.