What is a best friend?

Top 5 Movie Best Friends.

They're that character you've got to love but you just don't pay as much attention to because that pesky main character steals the spotlight.

The "best friend" character plays an undeniably important part in so many chick flicks but we hardly ever give them the nod they deserve.

Alas this is true in real life. I am lucky enough to have three best friends. And they can't be any different from one another. But one best friend merits the title of BFF. The best FEMALE friend is someone you share your life with, giggle about boys with, talk endlessly about fashion and shop till you drop together. A true girl friend.

So here's a blog dedicated to five of my favourite movie best friends that remind me oh so much of mine!

1. Samantha Jones, Sex and the City.

If your best friend is like Samantha, then lucky you. She's crazy and not afraid to reveal it. She talks openly about anything and has that unbelievable confidence that you hope one day you will find. What's great about the CRAZY best friend is that you can do equally loony things (in Carrie's case cheat on the perfection that was Aidan) and your insane best friend won't ever judge you. Being around her is an inspiration because she's all class. And her strong exterior is pricelessly coupled with a sweet, caring interior that only the lucky ones (including you) get to see.

2. Suze Cleath-Stuart, Confessions of a Shopaholic.

She's the type of bestie that puts aside all your selfish actions (e.g. selling your bridesmaids dress for her wedding for a new outfit) which seems to scream out "I don't give a s#*t about you" because they know you are truly good person under all that hair, makeup and Prada. She'll stand by you through all your addictions - including your retail habits - she's definetly someone worth keeping around, for sure.

3. Michelle, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

Sometimes the roles are reversed in the cycle that is friendship and you're the lucky one that must help your BFF through drama and neurotic behaviour. But hey, what else is a best friend for but to handle all that BS no one else will? Michelle is Andie Anderson's best friend in this classic chick flick.

Michelle: Mike and I had such a connection. The first time that we had sex, it was so beautiful I cried.

Jeannie: You cried?

Michelle: Yeah.

Andie: You mean one glistening tear on your cheek, right?

Michelle: No, I was really emotional. I even told him that I loved him.

Andie: After how many days?

Michelle: Five... two.

The best bit about the role reversal is you learn to be compassionate, trustworthy and kind in the face of such utter stupidity. You know your best friend is being psycho/needy/dumb but you have no need to judge it, you just a want to help them through this crazy phase in their life.

4. Lillian Donovan, Bridesmaids.

Why? When the happiest aspects of life are bestowed upon our best friend, it's only common for us to turn into insecure *ssholes as we look at the sh*thole that is our own life. The measure of a true best friend? Copping all the unfair punches believing one day you'll stop being an *sshole. This is what Lillian Donovan did for Annie Walker in Bridesmaids.

5. Hillary Whitney, Beaches. 

Sometimes there's clear roles set in friendships that are proven time and time again. There's the one who's an attention seeker, bright and outspoken in garments and life choices alike. The other is sensible, practical and timeless about all their choices. But together they make the perfect team. Beaches is a classic example of this combination as it follows a life-long friendship between two best friends who couldn't be any more different. Sensible Hillary was the perfect friend to the loudmouth that was Cecilia (Bette Midler) and although the rest of the world thought Cecilia was an absolute toss, Hillary knew the type of person her best friend really was. Hillary leaves her daughter in Cecilia's care after she dies of a cardiac illness. While admitting her selfishness, Cecilia proves Hillary right by taking her new responsibilities with open arms. Just like her best friend had hoped.

Are pointy shoes back in fashion?

FOR the past few years, shoe lovers the world over banished their poined toe heels to their work wear piles or the back of their closets.

But quite suddenly the classic pointed shoe has appeared on the runways and wrapped around the feet of our favourite celebrities.

Rihanna

Beyonce

Camilla Belle

They've also hit the blogosphere:

Ashley Madekwe

Chiara Ferragni

Olivia Lopez

These wonderous pointy examples were spotted on runways in 2012.

Louis Vuitton

Antonio Marras

Sophie Theallet

I personally welcome back the pointy shoe with open arms! It seems like it was only yesterday they were the favoured choice and the thought of a round toe evoked visions of old ladies with kitten heeled T-strap round toe leather numbers. *shivers*

Granted it's not time to say goodbye to the round toe just yet, BUT here's some affordable pointed heels if you want to get the most out of this trend (which will hopefully be around to stay just to mix things up a bit).

Classy white @ ASOS.

Nude patent @ ASOS:

Flowery and cap toe @ ASOS:

Two tone at ASOS:

Yellow @ Aldo:

Classic black @ Aldo:

Tony Bianco does leopard:

And some blue to make things interesting @ Tony Bianco:

So sorry to share these lust worthy pieces with you, I hope I haven't set you on a shopping frenzy but if I have, ENJOY and share your purchases with me!

Searching for novelty items on Ebay

So I've decided that my new hobby is trolling Ebay for funny novelty gift ideas. Here's some of my latest faves:

Alan and baby from The Hangover bobble head.

Who can say no to a bobble head from one of the funniest movies of all time?

via here.

Hamburger Phone.

There's nothing more to say, asides from AWESOME!!!

via here.

Non-offensive desk accessories like:

Mini wheelie bin stationary holder.

via here.

mini shopping cart stationary holder.

via here.

or Offensive desk accessories like:

Syringe-shaped pens.

via here.

Gun-shaped pens.

via here.

Gun-shaped mug.

via here.

Potty stationary holder.

via here.

Mac-book mirror.

The question is why are there man hands holding the mirror?

via here. (The mirror, not the man hands).

BOTTLED BLOOD, True Blood style.

via here.

Mini troll dolls.

What happened to these babies, they used to be all the rage?

So there you go. The next time you are at a loss for what to get the bff. Have a squiz through E-bay. Yay!

All girls love guys fighting over them, including supernatural ones

ARE YOU A VAMPIRE FAN? I'm a self-confessed fan of fang-crazy hits Vampire Diaries, True Blood and (yes, I am sorry) Twilight.

But under those lusty/romantic/suspenseful storylines, there’s a reoccurring theme that's annoyed me for quite some time.

I wasn’t able to put my finger on it at first but once I realised it, I was totally like – “You’re such a genius”.

Well actually I should say, the writers behind these hit franchises are geniuses because they’re all toying with an all-time favourite female fantasy of TWO GUYS FIGHTING OVER YOU.

AND it’s even better when two HOT guys are fighting over you.

Let’s look at this case by case.

"Oh you know, my usual Saturday night"

I don’t have to tell you the plot of Twilight but you'd probably agree with me when I say the gist is: The vampire and the werewolf, both dashing lads in their own right, constantly fight over Bella Swan – the new “strangely desirable although we can’t exactly come up with a reason why” girl in town.

Mine are so much hotter Bella!

 

THEN there’s Sookie and her two vampires. First, Vampire Bill who she’s fallen in love with and who in return swears to do anything for her. And then there’s Eric, the “evil” vampire(/nighclub owner?) who is just so damn sexy she can’t help but have sexual dreams about. Both are attracted to Sookie and her mysterious “powers” (again, he he) and fight for her attention.

Elena: "I win ladies."

Finally, Vampire Diaries... Elena Gilbert is an ordinary high school student who has two hot vampire BROTHERS fighting over her. She gets the best of both worlds: Stefan; who provides that sappy undying love devotion crap and Damon; who gives off the dangerous bad-boy but so totally in love with you vibes.

SEE? This is most definitely the formula for a hit Vampire novel/tv series/movie. Because at the end of the day guys fighting over us makes us girls feel special.


No Pamela?

No comment.

Ms Pamela Anderson is a real life example. She shifted between Tommy Lee and Kid Rock a number of times and in 2007 the two main men had a reported scuffle at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Witnesses said the confrontation started when Lee unleashed a snide remark as he passed Rock’s table. Rock allegedly responded by slapping Lee, then punching him in the face.

"I was minding myself, and then he goes and punches me on the cheek," Lee told "The Insider" after the event.

"I was trying to be the bigger man, but he was acting childish. ... [I] was ready to go in the alley and kick his ass."

Anderson must have loved having two famous dirt bags fighting over her.

If you haven't watched or don't remember Pammy's visit in Borat, I'm sorry.

Developmental psychology expert Cooper Lawrence told the NY Daily News that women like the idea of men fighting for her honor.


“It’s the concept that he’s willing to do whatever it takes and that she’s that important to him,” he explained.

So there you have it, if you’re female and you’ve watched all three Vampire dramas – that’s what you find appealing about. Hot men fighting over one girl.


Now that's settled lets all agree that Elena Gilbert deserves a medal for getting one goody-goody vampire and his bad-ass fanged brother to love her. Vampire Diaries fans alike champion the brunette beauty for getting the bad-boy Damon so love-struck he begins to turn good.

Bella also deserves some merit for using her mysterious appeal which causes BOTH a VAMPIRE and a WEREWOLF to fight over her “hand in marriage” (hold back the puke).

Please fellas one at a time...

But good-old southern belle Sookie deserves a crown for simultaneously having Vampire Bill on an invisible leash, the impossibly evil Eric obsessively intrigued with her and now (if you’ve watched the later seasons) a muscled werewolf to ditch his skanky girlfriend and fall for her instead. This isn’t including that weird guy who owns the town tavern and turns into animals who was also obsessed with her in the first season.



AND what keeps everyone  (in this case me) hooked is watching the incredibly stupid female lead run back to the lesser man time and time again. Having us form this hideous facial expression:

As Bella chooses the schmo on the right over the obviously better life choice on the left.

Jacob: "You're not that dumb are you?" Edward: "Yes she is."

And as Sookie chooses this:

Hi ladies, I'm Bill. . . .

OVER THIS -

Could I be MORE sexual?

Or even THIS.

Sookie I told you, stop looking at my guns.

And as Elena chooses this thing:

It's class photo day and I'm practicing my smile Elena, geez!

Over the perfection that is Damon:

I rest my case.


Note: sorry to all the Edward, Bill and Stefan fans for any insults this may have caused, but c'mon really?