Today Wardrobe Oxygen posted a pix of a great white button down shirt on her blog. It reminded me of an ongoing frustration of mine.... finding a great button down shirt. I have several in my closet, none is exactly right. It has become like a legendary search for something mythical.... or a Monty Python [...]
Tomorrow is the Rock the Red Pump day for National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Every 47 minutes, a woman tests positive for HIV in the United States. And while this is a national US obsevance, and I am Canadian, I feel the issue is global. So I plan to show my support. This [...]
I've recently become frustrated with style media constantly telling women how to dress slimmer. There are so many articles with this as a main or underlying theme. So many of the fashion "rules" we see also come back to ensuring we appear as slim as possible. It seems to be a focus that in order [...]
Many of us are planning winter escapes during the upcoming Spring School break. I know the constant Vancouver grey and drizzle is starting to get me down. A trip to a warm sunny destination, even if spent chasing a 4 year old around, is a welcome escape from the everyday of chasing a 4 year [...]
Last night, along with about 50 other women, I attended a fun clothing exchange party. We all brought 8-10 items and got to go home with some new "to us" items. I took a friend of 28 years who I knew would tell me if something could work or be salvaged. With a glass of wine [...]
The last thing I remember it was early December and I was prepping for Holiday parties and finishing my Christmas shopping. Now I look at the calendar and it is February. Between the busy holidays, January family flu season, work deadlines and award season... time has flown right by! So I find myself on February 6, 2012, posting [...]
I spent last night scouring old 1990s photos looking for shots of me wearing my dark green Dr Martens. I didn't find any good photos, but I had a great trip down memory lane. Note, I said no good photos. I found a few shots from a vacation I took with a friend down to [...]
I spent some time playing with Polyvore today. Thinking about the different ways to wear some basic pieces and jazz it up with some fun accessories. Keeping with my rule of 3 theme I created an errand day, casual friday and work day outfit all centred around a grey shawl cardigan and white t-shirt. I [...]
Today my husband surprised me with his request to go to the mall. Apparently he is in desperate need of new pants and wanted to check the last of the sales. I can now report one of the best times to visit the mall is New Year's Day morning. Everyone else is at home recovering [...]
I have been in denial. For the past 30 years I have been a marathon shopper. My mom has always been a marathon shopper. She can skim sale racks in record time. I'm sure she could be blind folded in a mall and would still find her way to a sale. So I was groomed to be the same for [...]
