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Next Top Five Fall Fashions

Posted in Out and About, Uncategorized on 09/26/2011 09:00 am by Jenn

So last Thursday I participated in Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop and I listed the first 5 of my Top Ten Fall Fashions.  Here is the second half of my list.  To see the source of all these goodies, just click on the pictures.

6.  Chunky knit sweaters.  Considering how I wear cardigans in the summer, I rejoice when I can start layering chunkier sweaters so I can stay warm without looking like a dork. 

7.  I love a nice hat and I wish I had more money so I could invest in funky hats like the ones featured on the runways for the fall/winter season.  A hat can change your look from casual to dressy, vamp to vintage…really it’s all about evoking an attitude.  Who better to look to for trends in hat couture than the master Philip Treacy?  Once again purple is the colour du jour for his fall collection.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a picture of them online (you’ll have to go to his site), but I also found this wonderful Gucci hat that also does the trick.

 8.  Floral prints were big this past spring and summer, so it only makes sense that we carry it through to fall.  What was once Mad Hatter Tea Party is now a little more grown up and subdued for fall.  Wearing an all over floral can be a one way ticket to looking like your grandma’s sofa, so I like it as an accessory like this Salvatore Ferragamo scarf.  Preeeetty. 

9.  A bright coat.  Fall is so sad sometimes when the grey weather hits and it makes me long for the bright, warm days of summer.  Just because the sky is dreary doesn’t mean you have to be.  This jacket is perfect for fall: it’s warm, cute, basic, and will compliment the fall colours.

10.  For those of us lucky enough to wear glasses every day, we can switch it up a bit with the one accessory we wear every day.  Fall calls for a darker, heavier frame and my favourite of all time is a tortoiseshell frame.  They compliment lots of different skin tones and can help you pull off that sexy librarian look to perfection.  A classic colour in a funky shape makes these glasses perfect for fall.

So those are my Top Ten Favourite Fall Fashions.  What would you like to be wearing this season?

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Best. Weekend. Ever.

Posted in Books, Uncategorized on 09/30/2010 08:00 am by Jenn
Today’s post is courtesy of Kricket.  To catch up on what you have missed in The Week of Kricket  you can go here, here  aaaaand here.
  
I have just experienced one of the best weekends of my life. At several points during the “awesomeness” I knew that one day on my death bed, hopefully in the very distant future, this would still be one of my favourite memories. 
 
On Friday I was invited by an old friend Jodi to join her “Super Charged Bookclub”. It was so nice to be able to reconnect with such a great person, I haven’t seen her in a number of years, thanks to the magic of Facebook, we have reconnected. Over coffee beforehand, we talked about Synchronicity  and how people can be connected in the strangest of ways. An example of this would be if my childhood best friend was named Jane, and yours was also named Jane. Strange, little, kismety things. We headed over to her friend Sumba’s house, and instantly I decided that I wanted her to adopt me. Her house was warm and friendly, with three MASSIVE bookcases overflowing with every book known to mankind…all organized by author. This immediately came to mind…

 
 
I met some amazing, brilliant, funny new friends that night after we had a heated discussion regarding the chosen book, “The Slap” by Christos Tsiolkas. 

“The reverberations from the slap are far-reaching, affecting the marriages and friendships of all those who witness it. What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex, marriage, and the fury and intensity that family can arouse. In this remarkable novel, Christos Tsiolkas brilliantly weaves together a maze of complex relationships. Told through the eyes of eight different characters, the slap and the ensuing emotional maelstrom become catalysts for an unflinching and all-seeing journey into the modern family and domestic life. Children come of age, marriages teeter on the brink and midlife crises erupt against a backdrop of lust, jealousy, deception and inadequacy.

In its penetrating and incisive examination of the evergrowing middle class and its fears and aspirations, The Slap is a fiercely intelligent and provocative story about the nature of loyalty and happiness, compromise and truth.”

 Many of us were not impressed with this book, myself included. Parts of it were enjoyable, but it jumped around too much and was brash and gritty in the wrong way…bordering on being lewd. It was an interesting premise; at a neighbourhood barbecue, a man slaps a child that is not his own. This opened up a number of interesting topics ranging from, “should a teacher be able to hug a student?” to the extramarital affairs of celebrities…do they believe that sex does not equal love?

Saturday night I went to hear our friend Shaan DJ for his very first time. He did a fantastic job, I felt so proud…like a momma bear. He played a great mix that got our dancy group of people even dancier than normal. At one point we were in a huge circle, dancing around like crazed monkeys, and I thought, so many people I love are here right now. It was so great to be reunited with my friends, as we all age it can get increasingly difficult to see each other as we once did. 

 Today my aunt and cousin came to visit, which was lovely and not as long as I would have liked. We giggled and chatted and showed the “old ladies” (my mom and aunt) some popular YouTube videos. 

 I look forward to topping this weekend, but it will definitely be a tough to do. 

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Hoppy to See You!

Posted in Books, Uncategorized on 09/24/2010 02:25 pm by Jenn

 

Welcome to Book Blogger Hop hosted by Crazy For Books!  Woot!  This is my first time participating, so let me tell you what my blog is about.  My blog is eclectic.  I talk about all the silly stuff that happens, my family, and post book reviews.  Sometimes I will have a week or two of all reviews and sometimes it’s all other stuff, but it’s honest and true.  I also like giving credit where credit is due, so if I found a book recommendation on your blog and I review it here, I always link back to it.

This week Crazy For Books  asked: When you write reviews, do you write them as you are reading or wait until you have read the entire book?

Well, I’m glad you asked.  I always wait until I am finished because often my opinion changes as I read and I like having all the facts first.  I also read a lot of books and if I were to write my impressions as I go, I would be posting multiple times a day.  So, it’s just once and at the end.  How about you?

Also, next week is an exciting week because I collaborate with another blogger and we talk about two books, The Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing  and Sloppy Firsts  and she does a guest post!  You can check her out in the meantime @ Things I Don’t Want My Grandma To Know.  I am deeming next week A Week of  Kricket.

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