Jimmy Choo lame bag $1,350 less than a soy latte, ideeli.com

Unless sex counts, I don’t play sports.

But I may make exception for the competitive shopping at ideeli.com. An invite-only shopping community, at ideeli you compete for 50-90% off luxury goods, plus giveaways like this Jimmy Choo bag.

I’ve got 25 ideeli invites for you lovelies.

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XXXO,
K

Celestina mother of pearl clutch $1,160, Vivre.com

Lazy waves hum, cars chuckle over cobbled streets, and layered thick above this I hear tinny music piping through the hot air. I take The Boy’s hand and we walk deeper into Puerto Vallarta, the music growing fatter. Soon we intersect a parade swaying towards the chapel tower we’d heard ringing in the morning. I step in line with Mexican kids that barely hit the hem of my skirt, and a priest splashes holy water on the children, on me.

“Watch out that it doesn’t burn!” The Boy calls across the river of people.

I smile and nod, teetering into the church on vintage hooker heels. I stare up towards heaven, and see centuries-old paintings of Christ suffering, watching over a naive scene of natives singing his praise. I feel a presence focus on me, and I turn my eyes earthward: there’s a teenaged boy eying my legs.

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Celestina cracked mirror clutch $1,130, Vivre.com

Life can be a cracked mirror of meaning, people’s views get trapped in a little broken box of convention:

First date sex for men is a score, for a woman it’s a scarlet letter.

Playboys menage with a broad number of broads, the woman is just a dumb bunny.

A busy business man is ambitious, a boss lady is a bitch.

And though you could get trapped in false reflections, in points of views that shatter hit hard with logic, I figure it’s clear:

Life is short.

Your skirt should be, too.

Jimmy Choo studded platforms $1,100, Net-a-Porter

Being practical depends on what you want to practice.

And if you want to practice sex perfectly safe, these studded Jimmy Choo shoes are practically perfect.

Unless you’re wearing your Choos bare with a Jimmy.

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» Bottega Veneta snakeskin clutch $1,640, Net-a-Porter.com

You could play safe, loop your life around a comfortable circle: settle for a mate, for a nine-to-five, for what everyone supposes everyone else wants.

Or you could play passionately, build a life of real right angles: menage with men and women who inspire you, climb ambitious heights on a self-styled ladder, make your own world of unique beauty.

So pick: mom jeans and getting belted into boring, or this Missoni lattice belt barely caging your creativity.

One’s risque and risky.

One’s plain scary.

» Missoni lattice belt $1,486, Net-a-Porter

I hate pansies, wall flowers that only fall away from the wall when they see something stronger they want to cling to, to support them.

Boring blossoms like that get tossed away in a day.

The only flowers I like are like the black roses on these Alexander McQueen corsage sandals. So smartly shaped, so carefully structured, the little dark clouds of unique beauty make these Alexander McQueen shoes boss. Unlike copycats and catty housewives, the roses could easily stand on their own.

Eyes wide shut, imagine:

The roses would make great pasties, right?

» Alexander McQueen corsage sandals $1,124, Net-a-Porter.com