<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420606980270987</id><updated>2012-02-16T06:38:08.995-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Candy Confections</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1420606980270987/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>candy confections</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05092605636080186380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420606980270987.post-2358869269958546993</id><published>2009-07-21T19:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T20:43:44.578-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lesson of the Day...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;For the Oxford adoring lassies,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;it's nearly time for back to school shopping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://madisonavenuecouture.com/images/MAC_652.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 347px; height: 264px;" src="http://madisonavenuecouture.com/images/MAC_652.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Preparation Time: 171 hours ($1200/ $7 per hr on min wage*)&lt;br /&gt;Yields: For one smart bitch&lt;br /&gt;Taste: Dominatrix with a Harvard JD MBA, not for the kind (or humble) at heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Rough estimate. excludes tax, both sales and income. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ouch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But as promised, a still savory solution for you unshakable financial dieters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WVLLaPDQ20o/SbkZQ6OLoSI/AAAAAAAAAIw/egBa4ZzITqE/s400/shoes2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 294px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WVLLaPDQ20o/SbkZQ6OLoSI/AAAAAAAAAIw/egBa4ZzITqE/s400/shoes2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preparation Time:  One shift @ the campus coffee shop for all us State School kids*&lt;br /&gt;Confectioner: &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5281350"&gt;Allen Company&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nutrition Facts: See residual feeling post Splenda binge (guilt free)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*6 hours @ approx $7 min wage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Class adjourned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1420606980270987-2358869269958546993?l=candy-confections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/feeds/2358869269958546993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/2009/07/oh-professor.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1420606980270987/posts/default/2358869269958546993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1420606980270987/posts/default/2358869269958546993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/2009/07/oh-professor.html' title='Lesson of the Day...'/><author><name>candy confections</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05092605636080186380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WVLLaPDQ20o/SbkZQ6OLoSI/AAAAAAAAAIw/egBa4ZzITqE/s72-c/shoes2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420606980270987.post-8774363640865162490</id><published>2009-07-19T17:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T18:34:17.782-07:00</updated><title type='text'>extra Dextras, please!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Artist &lt;a href="http://www.nicoledextras.com/about/index.html"&gt;Nicole Dextras,&lt;/a&gt; (featured on &lt;a href="http://www.notcot.org/"&gt;Notcot)&lt;/a&gt; has cast the &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;petrificus totalus&lt;/span&gt; spell over me. I dare you to look at this one piece from her &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;Weedrobes Summer &lt;/span&gt;collection and still be able to move:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BwTf--qDwQ/SmPF2M6gkWI/AAAAAAAAABM/OXopbxAQK8w/s400/blog2e.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360345516471259490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Her other pieces consisting of clothing entrapped in ice also froze me in my tracks:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2BwTf--qDwQ/SmPHsO6nXnI/AAAAAAAAABU/eDz483QsFFA/s400/blog2g.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360347544233139826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 154px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Why do I find sheer clothing photography particularly exquisite? Case in point, the J&lt;a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/45139"&gt;ust Cavalli sheer chiffon blouse&lt;/a&gt; found at net-a-porter. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BwTf--qDwQ/SmPH6f_rS1I/AAAAAAAAABc/5Lye5DgZeZA/s320/blog2.a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360347789335939922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Ok, so the pieces from Nicole Dextras was designed as art, and the Cavalli blouse was artistically designed, but put any sheer piece of clothing in front of a camera and I will feel as if I were slipped some &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Amortentia"&gt;Amortentia&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BwTf--qDwQ/SmPIXZYdNrI/AAAAAAAAABk/lU7dhqL7GsA/s400/blog2h.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360348285777032882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I even find myself lusting after torn apart clothing, as long as they're made of sheer material and entrapped in ice!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1420606980270987-8774363640865162490?l=candy-confections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/feeds/8774363640865162490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/2009/07/extra-dextras-please.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1420606980270987/posts/default/8774363640865162490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1420606980270987/posts/default/8774363640865162490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/2009/07/extra-dextras-please.html' title='extra Dextras, please!'/><author><name>candy confections</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05092605636080186380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2BwTf--qDwQ/SmPF2M6gkWI/AAAAAAAAABM/OXopbxAQK8w/s72-c/blog2e.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420606980270987.post-4594808746442562874</id><published>2009-07-16T16:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T17:10:23.668-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Introductions</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BwTf--qDwQ/Sl-9NT6FtNI/AAAAAAAAAA0/egnDBsawWtg/s1600-h/blog1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BwTf--qDwQ/Sl-9NT6FtNI/AAAAAAAAAA0/egnDBsawWtg/s320/blog1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359210117974045906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;We are &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;indy &amp;amp; s&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ANDY&lt;/span&gt;. Together we make &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;CANDY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;... confections! *hehe one of us is very amused at our name play. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;We would love to say that the picture above isn't an accurate portrayal of us, but in reality Sandy is quite hunchbacked, and Cindy is a wee bit mental. (please forgive me for saying that about you, Cindy!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BwTf--qDwQ/Sl-_HROQkZI/AAAAAAAAAA8/at4yg2lubQ0/s320/blog2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359212213197377938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 320px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here we are at the Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Cindy's not really looking at my &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(Sandy's)&lt;/span&gt; ass, but it kinda looks that way, doesn't it? Just for fun, we can all look at hers! (below)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2BwTf--qDwQ/Sl_BNjs7-kI/AAAAAAAAABE/D21pcXXGzzo/s320/IMG_0110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359214520260360770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1420606980270987-4594808746442562874?l=candy-confections.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/feeds/4594808746442562874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/2009/07/introductions.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1420606980270987/posts/default/4594808746442562874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1420606980270987/posts/default/4594808746442562874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://candy-confections.blogspot.com/2009/07/introductions.html' title='Introductions'/><author><name>candy confections</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05092605636080186380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2BwTf--qDwQ/Sl-9NT6FtNI/AAAAAAAAAA0/egnDBsawWtg/s72-c/blog1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
