The In Crowd….

May 9, 2013 by · 26 Comments
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When I was younger and thinner I went into Abercrombie and tried on a pair of shorts in an 8. They were cute with bows (I’m a sucker for a bow) but they left little to the imagination for what kind of underwear I might be wearing. Not being comfortable having shorts at my underwear line I thought maybe if I size up they will sit lower on the hip. I asked the sales girl if they had that in a size 10 and I got this reply “oh we don't carry that item in a size 10...could you imagine how bad that would look. We don't cater to the obese. Besides those fit you fine". I promptly left. Recently the CEO of Abercrombie has come under fire for his comments: With such comments you would think that I would boycott Abercrombie. Nope just the opposite. Oh I’m not going to give them any more business but I do own some Abercrombie stuff. I own a few size 10 jeans that I can squeeze into. And I own quite a few men’s sweatshirts (the women’s are too tiny) that I wear to score keep in … [Read more...]

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Looking for a good time…

February 19, 2011 by · 21 Comments

There is rarely a good time to do anything. And yet people are always waiting for it, waiting for the right time. The right time to get married, travel, have kids, move to a foreign country, go back to school…you name it. This is no way to navigate through life. The hardest part of the divorce was getting up the nerve to talk about it. The elephant in the room that we chose to ignore week in and week out. I kept building in my mind how horrid the talk would go all the things that would go wrong, etc… And yet, once it was out there it was a huge weight lifted off. I think so many times people build up all the worst case scenarios in their head and instead of doing what’s best they wienie out instead. They don’t want to disrupt the status quo. Well to this I say put on your big girl (or boy) panties on and bite the bullet to whatever it is you’ve been needing to do. You will never find the right moment. This week one of my former students had to tell her son that her … [Read more...]

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Hunka, Hunka, Burning Cupcake…

January 26, 2011 by · 26 Comments

Back when I was in high school everyone had pins. I was a product of the 80’s so some of them said things like Gag Me with a Spoon, As If, and other cheesy 80’s sayings. Throughout the years certain ones rotated, except two. I had the same two on my backpack all throughout high school. One said: Lizards, they’re not just for breakfast anymore. Which is true, I find they make better appetizers than breakfast. And the second one: Elvis Lives. I think my little quirk about Elvis came from my uncle, Uncle G. He has a habit of trying to find the tackiest Elvis memorabilia he can find. Which of course my poor aunt has to endure and is soooo not a fan of. It kind of became a little treasure hunt of sort over the years for the rest of the family. The Elvis clock that has his hips swivel back and forth. The refrigerator dress Elvis magnets. The velvet paintings. Sadly, I found the best painting ever when I lived back in AZ. There at a street fair one time was a 6ft velvet painting … [Read more...]

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