Red is Best

You wouldn’t know it from the weather today, but spring is in the air, and in our part of the world, that means a shit-ton of rain. Which means I want to brag about my spanking new rain boots!

I was tempted by plenty of cute floral designs that didn’t fit me properly before I found [...]

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Drowning in Hair Goop: At long last, love

Gentle readers, I realize I’ve been lax with posting for the past couple of months. Fortunately, the very capable Brook has been picking up my slack with her hilarious Project Runway Canada recaps (I’m pulling for Sunny too). Here’s why I haven’t been complaining about hair products lately – I’ve found one that I love [...]

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Scents and Sensibility: Yet another perfume by a lady named Annick

According to this perfume blog that sounds like she knows a hell of a lot more about smelly stuff than me, Grand Amour was composed not by but for Annick Goutal by the house’s expert nose Isabelle Doyen. It was apparently inspired by the passion Goutal had for her cello-playing husband, and if that is [...]

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Tag, I’m It: Six Things

What better way to kick off the new year than by listing six things that make me happy? Lolaberry Clementine tagged me and Brook last week, and now we have to make these lists. That’s what the internet means.
Six Things That Make Me Happy
1. New Year’s Day
After my birthday and that first day in the [...]

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6 things that make me happy

 
Ok, I decided to this thanks to the lovely Lolaberry Clementine   (and you can check out what makes her happy) spread the love.
6 things that make me happy;
Discovery Channel Commercial – I will stop everything I am doing and watch this, and I am learning the lyrics. It brings me too much joy. [...]

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Re-Mixing Me Up

Given my professed love for all things Art Deco, no one will be surprised to learn that I squealed with glee when I opened my e-mail just now to find the latest Trove newsletter announcing that the store will now be stocking Re-Mix vintage shoes (at right: The Savoy, my personal favourite if any of [...]

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Objets Prisés: The Hat

The latest addition to my hatrack, I fell for this delicious chocolate brown number on a recent trip into Trove. I was on the market for a new fall chapeau, and this happened to be precisely the shade I had in mind: the scalloped rim and the simple but sweet embroidery sealed the deal, and [...]

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