Lindsay Lohan, who lost her lawyer mere moments after she was sentenced to spend 90 days in jail and 90 days in rehab for violating the terms of her probation from her 2007 DUI conviction, ventured out of her home for the first time since she appeared in public in court earlier this week. You may be surprised to learn that Lindsay did NOT leave her house to go to a party or a nightclub, instead she made her way to an art store here in LA in order to stock up on a few supplies:

With a 90 day jail sentence looming followed by a 90 day in-patient stint at a rehab facility Lindsay Lohan is about to find herself with a lot of time on her hands. Perhaps in an attempt to while away the hours in captivity, Lohan paid a visit to Blick art materials in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon to stock up on some supplies. In true starlet fahion, Lohan was flanked by a sizeable entourage, including her attorney and close friend, Mike Heller, her mother Dina, sister Ali and rumored new girlfriend, Eilat Anschel. Oh, and five dozen or so paparazzi. Lohan had plenty to chose from at the massive store which offers discounted materials for painting, drawing, scrapbooking, crafts, kids projects and ceramics. And for the first time in days the Mean Girls star was actually spotted with a smile on her face. Lohan had been holed up in her LA apartment since her court appearance on Tuesday. The notorious party girl even skipped out on her own birthday party Wednesday night at Hollywood club Las Palmas, chosing instead to spend a low key night in with friends Kim Kardashian, Lady Victoria Hervry and Anschel. Anschel, who recently completed mandatory service in the Israeli Army, has been a ‘shoulder to cry on’ for the actress in recent times, according to sources. In an interview with America’s Entertainment Tonight set to air tonight, Lohan’s mother, Dina says her 24-year-old daughter is ‘scared to death’ about going to jail. Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail after violating her probation, and a further 90 days in rehab. Dina says Lohan was ‘completely blindsided’ by the prison term. She said the actress believed she was in complete compliance with the terms of her parole and that the outcome of the day in court was to be the removal of her SCRAM bracelet. ‘It’s very difficult, we’re not sleeping well, we’re not functioning,’ she says. ‘We cry a lot and we hug a lot. She’s petrified, we all are. We’re angry. We’re disappointed in the system.’ Dina also said the star does not need rehab, adding: ‘I know my daughter is clean and sober today. I know that for a fact.’

Ugh, it is exactly this kind of enabling behavior on Dina Lohan‘s part that will ensure that Lindsay‘s downward spiral will continue unfettered. I can’t even convey how disgusted I am with the “parenting” that Dina hands down to her children. It it my humble opinion that if Dina truly loved her daughter, she would stop coddling her, would stop making excuses for her and would stop denying that her daughter is in dire need of drug and alcohol rehabilitation. While I absolutely believe Lindsay Lohan is responsible for her own actions, I can certainly see why she does the things that she does and why she turned out the way that she did.

As for this trip to the art supplies shop, I guess it’s possible that she was lookin’ for new art projects to keep her bizzy in the 2 weeks of freedom she has left before she has to report to jail. Or, maybe she’s planning to paint other messages on her fingernails?

So … I gotta know … what do you think of Dina‘s comments?

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