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The Modern Materialist

This is Definitely the Fairest One of All

Posted by Steph Auteri

 

[$52, Urban Outfitters] 

A few months ago, back when I was supposed to be Christmas shopping for other people, I ordered this mirror from Urban Outfitters. For myself.

(Shopping for others always whets my appetite for self-gratification.)

When it finally arrived, I was ridiculously excited and, when I held it up to the wall in my bedroom, it looked totally awesome.

Except for the fact that the mirror glass had shattered into multiple pieces whilst in transit.

This time, I'm going to get off my butt and actually go to the store myself, and then carry that mirror home in my own steady and nurturing arms. You should too. The frame is made with coils of recycled magazine pages, so you're supporting recycling! And magazines!

I love magazines!


+ DIGG + DEL.ICIO.US + REDDIT
Posted Feb 22 2008, 03:00 PM
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Comments

erik said:

i thought it was a CD-storage...

that would have been truly awesome..

February 26, 2008 10:41 AM

nerve911 said:

the same exact thing happened to me! Except i called them & they sent me one that wasn't broken...then i had two! Only one had no mirror obviously....so i made my boyfriend take a knife and cut out the middle cardboard so i could hang it on the back of my door around my peep-hole (you know, Friends-style?)and he cut his finger open in the middle of it and passed out on the kitchen(ette) floor. Now it's in my closet gathering dust bunnies. Don't worry, my BF's fine now!

February 27, 2008 5:49 PM

Steph Auteri said:

@erik: that's actually a darn good idea; perhaps a trip to the patent office is in order...

@nerve911: your boyfriend is a brave, brave man. plus, i'm afraid to order a new one through the mail, because if the same exact thing happened again, i would be heartbroken. i should just suck it up, though.

February 28, 2008 10:18 AM

About Steph Auteri

Steph Auteri is a freelance just-about-everything, with a special fondness for home goods she can't afford. She has been published in Publishers Weekly, New York Press and Nerve. She runs the blog selfhelpme.net, and her work can be found at stephiswrite.com.

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    Steph Auteri is a freelance just-about-everything, with a special fondness for home goods she can't afford. She has been published in Publishers Weekly, New York Press and Nerve. She runs the blog selfhelpme.net, and her work can be found at stephiswrite.com.

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