SAG Awards 2010

Okay so I have been so unforgiveably bored this weekend. Reading for school is like, hard yo. So instead of doing just that right now I've decided to just barf a post out about my favourite dresses from the SAG Awards. Get Ready! GO!

Pearl + Frankie: New Episode

Meet the new leading ladies on the hipster scene:
The Violutes

And check out the Newest Episode of Pearl and Frankie:

Episode 9: Pearl and Frankie decide to enroll in music lessons for the violin and flute respectively, with some lofty goals..

Go to New Episode Now!

Purge Plan Oh-10 Pt. 2

Clothes, clothes, clothes. I love clothes. This is probably why I have more than can safely fit in the one closet I have in my room. Fortunately for me there is a spare closet in the hall where I've kept overflow for the past 2 years. Now that I will be moving in a few months it's time to purge ... again. I say again because every year, usually more, I got through my clothes and choose which items to Donate or Ditch. I love the feeling of knowing exactly what I have to wear and where I can find it, but it's also very hard donating sentimental items or throwing them out altogether due to the fact that they are just too ratty. This time I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had done such a tremendous job of ditching and donating when I moved two years ago that I didn't have too many tough decisions to make!
After dumping out three bags of clothes from said extra closet this is what I had to sort through:

It looks like a lot less in this picture than it actually was (I guess it must be the angle)

The best place to start your clothing purge is with a ruthless attitude. If you know you're to weak to throw things out on your own, force a friend to sift through your stuff with you. When I moved 2 years ago this is exactly what I did and it ended up working out amazingly. As I went through my clothes I was able to give certain things to my friend instead of just donating it. My old closet (pictured below) was a dream come true! It took up a whole wall and had shelves and everything! It wasn't even the only closet I had in that room either! Currently however my closet is tiny so I had to make wardrobe adjustments accordingly. Today's Donate and Ditch was therefore much more manageable and I was able to do it all on my own.

So once again: I highly recommend employing a friend's ruthless judgment when cleaning out your closet. Unless that friend is Dorcas: ZZZZzzzzzz

My second tip is to know at the outset how many piles you want to sort things into and have a process that works in steps. Example:

Step 1 is sorting everything in to 5 piles:

1) Definitely Keeping (That's where my Rod Stewart Tour T-shirt went!)

2) Try On and Decide (I love this! - does it still fit?)

3) Check with Friends and Family (things i know i don't want but i know someone who might)

3) Definitely Donating (in good shape but haven't worn in 3 years)

4) Definitely Ditching. (ripped, torn, etc.)

Step 2 is trying things on and consulting friends to see if they want anything + reducing clothes to 4 piles:

When trying things on you should be honest with yourself. "Hey I can still fit into these acid wash jeans!" is not something you should hear yourself saying. Just because you can still fit into something and it's in decent condition does NOT mean you should keep it. If the item is so far gone out of style that it's coming back into style but in an updated way ditch it - unless you know how to sew or tailor clothes to update them.

Dresses. Oh Dresses. These are hard to part with because you never want to be caught without a dress and be forced last minute to buy something you may not even like. But if you haven't worn a dress in 3+ years, you probably won't need it again. I find dresses, skirts and dressier clothes harder to throw away than everyday stuff because I just don't wear them that much so it's hard to tell if it should be given away or not. BUT if, like me, you still have the dress you wore to graduation (Not prom, actual) graduation and you haven't worn it since first year of university ... you should probably let it go.

If friends don't want your clothes don't get all defensive: "I'm not going to let this piece of clothing go to someone i don't even KNOW!!!!" Just donate or ditch it and move on. I promise you won't miss it.

After this you should have 4 piles:

1) Definitely Keeping

3) Giving to Friends and Family

3) Donating

4) Ditching

Step 3 Donate, Ditch and Deliver

Step 3 is by far the most satisfying. Put away the clothes you are keeping. Give clothes to friends and family, deliver your donations to a charity of your choice (I donate to Salvation Army and The Canadian Diabetes Association) and ditch the rest.

le sigh. Now you can pat yourself on the back and try and be proactive by not buying so much in future. Heh.

KEEPING!

Giving to Friends and Family!









Donating!

Purge Plan Oh-10

At the end of this school year I will sadly be moving out of the wonderful apartment I share with my 2 roommates ... and I have so much crap everywhere! So I've decided to start a fortnightly cleanup plan aptly named: "Purge Plan oh-10". I realize that the 'oh' doesn't really work anymore because we've kissed the last decade of oh-number goodbye, but I liked the sound better and the 'oh' could also be short form for 'Oh Shiz I got a lot of Work to do!'. Moving on, I began the purge this past weekend with the fridge but only today did I have the idea to document it when I started riffling through my pantry. Here is how this weeks purge went down:

As you can see I had already started unpacking this cupboard when I got the idea to blog it... It doesn't look that full, I know. But you must also realize that I only feed myself and I also keep a lot of stuff in the fridge and freezer.

First off, I put my pod on shuffle while working and you never know what you're going to get....

in this case it was the theme from Arthur.

These are sprinkles from a Hallowe'en cupcake package (the orange box at the very back right of this photo) which I didn't even realized had spilled because I'm too short to see the second shelf)

I went grocery shopping with one of my housemates on Sunday and she said she was craving popcorn. I told her "No don't buy any! I have a huge box at home" ... I didn't realize that the box had expired 3 years ago ... I suppose I should have guessed - I've had this box since my first year of university in my dorm room. I also told her not to buy peanut butter because I had that too. It expired 2 years ago.

Always worrisome are the things that don't have any expiry date at all, like these chickpeas par exemple, which are probably so loaded with preservatives they'd survive a nuclear winter, no sweat. I bought these chickpeas at least a year ago in a frenzy. The downtown A&P was constantly out of them and when I saw that they had a few in stock I snapped them up.

Quick Game.

is the residue on this expired popcorn...:

(a) flour

(b) sugar

(c) coke

........

.............

........

It's (a) flour.

Oh! There's my Twinkle! I'd thought I'd lost it.

I bought all this stuff to make crab cakes. obviously I haven't gotten around to it yet. 1) because I'm lazy, 2) those aren't the right breadcrumbs.

et voila! Purge Plan oh-10 Kitchen complete!

Next I'm thinking I'll tackle the upstairs hall closet which has loads of clothes and boxes of random stuff - FUN!

The People of the Renaissance: They're Just Like Us!!

When Renaissance ladies go to their hair stylists:

"It's not quite what I meant by a youthful braided look ...."

"It's a little short ..."

"I'm telling you Giuliana, the bowl cut with fringe is going to happen. Just give it time."

"Well Fernando ... this hairdo is not exactly what I was thinking when I asked for something evening chic ..."

"Ugh... you're telling me."

"I've tried everything, but the only surefire way to cover grey is with this pillow case. le sigh."

Sleep Like an Egyptian

So I realized something a couple of nights ago as a lay shivering in bed, wearing socks (which I detest, but the temperature of my room required it). I sleep a little bit like an Egyptian wall painting. That is, waist down my body is on its side, I lay flat on my torso and my head is again on its side. I don't wake up this way obviously but the fact that I go to sleep like that every night is strange, no (or n'est-ce pas as the french or pretentious might say)?

Future Plans:

To be clear: not the naked part, the staying up all night and sleeping in all day ;)

Pearl + Frankie: New Year, New Episode

They're back from holidays a little more round and a lot more silly.

Check out the New Episode: HERE

Episode 7: Frankie is like, smart yo. 

I Ate, I Drank ...

...and I was too lazy/busy to blog about it. Here are some photos from Christmas dinner:

@ Midnight

I can't wait to go to sleep tonight so that I can wake up tomorrow and down a cup of java.

Oh yeah and by the way: Happy New Decade!