Sunday, March 20, 2011

FASHION


(It's Sunday again and thus another post!)

Some people ask me why I love twitter. There are many reasons that I have become a bit of a twitter addict, from up to the minute political updates via Kady O'Malley, keeping up with friends in other places, or laughing reading the ridiculous posts of Texts from Last Night. Through twitter, I have met some super cool people in this fair town, and thanks to one of them in particular, I got to go to Fashion Week! (O-town style).

The fabulous Jes Lacasse, who is as cool in person as she seems on twitter (and who I really will get around to have come and help me deal with the madness that is my closet) had a contest on her blog for tickets to Fashion Week and through the power of random number selection I won!

One of my nearest and dearest and I got all gussied up (an exciting event for public servants) and trotted off in our heels to the National Gallery last night, which was a fabulous venue for the event. If you're ever wondering if people ever do get all gussied up in this government town, it does happen! There were many very snappy ensembles among the attendees.

With glasses of wine in hand and with VIP passes around our necks, we got into the second row so had a great view of all the shows. While some were a little... avant garde for our tastes, there were also some really cool designs. We didn't make too much fun of the craziest stuff or the really awkward models at times. Best of the night? Serendipity, beautiful vintage inspired clothes (I really want a wool skirt with an owl on it now). A few pics of the evening - thanks again Jes!


ElizBourk kicking things off

Gorgeous Serendipity dresses

Art being painted during the entertainment portion of the evening

Emily and Anastiya

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Sunday, Sunday

I seem to only be blogging on Sundays lately. It is the day of the week, unsurprisingly, that I have the most time and am most likely to be home for a long enough period of time to go 'Hey - I should blog!'.

By Sundays I am still feeling drained from the last week but have gotten enough sleep to feel capable of the week to come. This weekend has been relatively low key, attended a lovely birthday party on Friday night, yesterday went shopping with my mother, had dinner with my parents, and decided to decline the lovely offers I had to go out last night to get some quality couch time in. Today I've been doing a lot of laundry, cleaning, and had a brief sojourn to Welly West for some shopping with a friend. Am now back on the couch, with another load of laundry in and when its a bit closer to supper time will start on some delish soup to hopefully make dinner tonight, and a few lunches for through the week.

I have to admit to feeling a little fuzzy today thanks to the time change. (By the way - did you know it is actually, grammatically Daylight Saving(no s!) Time? Ken Jennings has a twitter and so informed me. Good lord I love twitter.) Spring is coming, I did buy some cute pieces to get my wardrobe started, but I think the new season is making me a little introspective and wondering what it will bring. There are some moderate scale changes going on at my work to deal with, while my social life is ramping back up with the return of Z (yay!) to town, perhaps getting a full time roomie in not too long, and with summer making everyone more inclined to get out and about (and play softball too!).

I really thought I had killed these orchids that I got at my housewarming last year, but they were sneaky and now have bloomed again. You never know what is around the corner, what life might be about to bring...