I try to invite a level of seduction into everything I do and believe that life is meant to be flirted with. Claire’s Coquetry is a blog that highlights different things that will help you sex up your wardrobe, spice up your life and let your inner vixen claw her way out.
Someone once said “I don’t do sexy, I am sexy.” I agree with that, but let’s face it, being this fabulous is exhausting. I usually take one day a week to stay in bed until 4, wear an oversized men’s sweater, and watch all the bbc series I can before it’s time to emerge for dinner. What I’m saying is that everyone deserves a break to simply be and Thanksgiving is the perfect time for that. Sure there’s family gatherings, but that only cuts into what? a day or two of your break? So sit back, put on your cashmere socks, and recharge your sexy battery with these suggestions from your campus coquette.
Camp, the latest album by Childish Gambino or Donald Glover, has nothing to do with Thanksgiving, but it’s delightful. I’ve always been a fan of Glovers; sometimes I even catch myself daydreaming whether I’d rather marry him or his character from Community. This album, like his previous mix tapes, is filled with nerdy verses to badass beats. My favorite song so far is Bonfire, the first single, with video below, but Heartbeat is a close second.
When you’re done listening to Camp catch up on Community. This has been my favorite of it’s three season run. If you’re not watching you should start, so you can be angry like the rest of us.
My favorite Thanksgiving-esque films are Home for The Holidays and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Jodie Foster directed Home for the Holidays in 1995 and I love it. Not only does it star two sexy men, American Horror Story’s Dylan McDermott and the ever-gorgeous Robert Downey Jr, but Holly Hunter is super sassy and cute as well. Her tiny tiny waist should have it’s own credit, it’s envious. It’ll make you wish it was the 90s again and it’s a great Thanksgiving time film.
Fantastic Mr. Fox is not technically a Thanksgiving movie, but it’s about family and filled with Autumn colors. I love this movie and Wes Anderson (the director) is the love of my life. It’s adorable and the perfect movie to watch with little siblings or grandparents and still enjoy as a darling indie film.
So what should you do on actual Thanksgiving? Wake up (relatively) early and watch the Macy’s Day parade. Yea it’s silly, but nostalgia is nice this time of year and maybe some one will fall or you can laugh at Avril Lavigne trying to be relevant. There’s also one big new part of the parade that has peaked my interest. Tim Burton is the latest artist to get a balloon featured in the parade’s Blue Sky Gallery, which features brilliant artists like Jeff Koon. Burton’s creation is named B. Boy who is “obsessed with flight and has the scars to prove it.” By the sketches and mock up alone I can tell he’s absolutely adorable and can’t wait to see what he looks like in balloon form.
While you watch you can compile your black Friday shopping list. No, I don’t think you should go get trampled at the sales, just shop from your bed on your laptop! duh Various websites will announce their sales closer to Friday or even “Cyber Monday.” I, for one, will be on PatriciaField.com who has 20% off her entire store including this bedazzled lips phone that I absolutely need.
Have a happy Thanksgiving!