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The Scene
St. JudE and M&M have been on the board of a USC booster club for over five years now. Like good little Trojans, they throw an annual fundraiser with a fun theme and fab silent auction. All proceeds benefit student scholarships - a cause near and dear to my cardinal and gold heart.




The theme of this year's event: Caddy Shack. Best. party. theme. ever.









Especially since the "par-tee" was held at the Cota de Caza golf club.





Very Housewives of Orange County fabulous.









Had lots of fun boozing and talking fashion with this saint and this devil - per usual




Especially WONDERFUL catching up with M&M. She recently ventured out to a Hollywood club for the first time since last year's accident. It was her little sister's bachelorette party so she couldn't miss it. But she was worried about how people in a club might treat her, how self conscious she might feel.

Glad to report she had nothing to worry about - the people were cool and she had a blast. Wheelchair or no wheelchair, M&M is a rockstar. Glad to see she is starting to remember that.







Lovely lovely night. Always feels so good to support the ole alma mater. After all it's the place where I met some of the dearest people in my life.












The Outfit
Thrifted dress and jacket

The Accessories
Faux Van Cleef and Arpels earrings
Me&Ro necklace
Marc Jacobs shoes
Forever 21 headband
Gucci bag and scarf
Juicy Couture charm bracelet

The Grade
Third Place in the costume competition



The Commentary


Seriously I want to shake the hand of the person who came up with tonight's theme. It was the PURRFECT play on the event's location and the OC/USC crowd in attendance.





Plus every guy who doesn't love theme parties DOES love golf. Or the movie Caddyshack. Or owns a polo. I find getting boys into the theme of a costume party is critical.








Our boys definitely got into the theme. Polos, khakis, white shoes. Mr. D takes the cake with the plaid pants he picked up today at a thrift store.


EVERYONE was getting their prepster on tonight.







Lots of argyle and shorts








Hats and white pants











Thankfully I already had the perfect outfit in my closet. Bought this dress at Aardvark's two years ago for Mr. Roboto's tennis-themed 30th birthday party.








Tonight I added the little blue bow Marc shoes





and the Alice in Wonderland headband to match. Oh and I snapped on my trusty pony wig cuz I didn't feel like doing my hair.











The jacket I found in pristine condition at a Goodwill in grad school like 10 years ago. AH-MAZING RIGHT??? The "Newport Cheer" on the back and "Taylor" embroidered on the chest sealed the deal.




Tonight I wore it with Gucci and Juicy.











My friends were calling me Miss TayTay all night.






HILARIOUS.










I came in - drum roll - third in the evening's costume competition. This guy nabbed second. A crest on a blazer always trumps an embroidered cheerleader jacket - duh!



And a yellow jumpsuit on an old wine-guzzling guy should always win first place. In ANY costume competition. At ANY party. Seriously, it should be the law of the land.











p.s. Current sporty spice crush: Maria Sherapova.







DYING over every detail of this outfit.













Wishing I was lithe enough to pull this one off too. Love all the neutrals with her tan and simple hair/makeup. Perfection!


p.p.s She certainly has a thing for dem der white pants, no? Remember what she wore to the Armani trunk show when my knee sat next to her butt? Ah the memories...