NEW UNIFORM DAY!!

I didn't think there was anything better than a new dress.... until I got a new uniform for Roller Derby!!! And even better its a unform for E-Villes newest house team... THE BERZERKHERS!!!!

We will be looking boss in blue and silver with a viking flair. I already have a viking helmet, just need to paint it. And Im thinking I should get me a long blonde wig so I can have flowing braids while I skate. And I need fur (of course just the fake kind) lots of fur.

(this is the front)

So this is just a tease... a sneak peak if you will. If you wanna see me in the uniform, well you gotta come to our season opener on September 25 at the Kingsway Hangar!! Wear blue and silver and your best viking gear as we take on last years Champions, the Slice Girls.

Oh yeah, and check out our totally Berzerk blog....

(this is the back)

Pants!

I want to continue to wear dresses/and skirts as much as possible for the rest of the summer.. and despite the cold rainy weather, summer is still here for another week. But alas I have been forced to wear pants for the past couple of days. So lame. Perhaps I will try the pencil skirt experiment next week. And I hope to back in a dress tomorrow cuz these pants are not comfortable. I have not worn these particular grey slacks since last May and clearly my beer drinking summer got the best of me. Time to hit the gym, hard!

In the meantime here's another picture of Lady Gaga in her meat dress from the weekend. She is so totally rad.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

On Monday I wore my black pencil skirt. Then today, I wore it again. Im such a twit about things that I actually worried that people would make judgements about wearing the same skirt in the same week. And then I realized that I am a twit, and also a bit self centered to think that anyone actually A. notices and B. cares.

So Im thinking that next week, I will wear the same skirt everyday and just switch up the accessories and top. Again, Im pretty sure no one will notice or care, but Im still gonna do it.

Second Hand Dress.

One womans old dress, is another womans fabulous new work dress!

I bought this dress a couple of weeks ago from Value Village. I bought it the same day I purchased the long red cocktail dress (see previous post) for our play.

Its a brown and black checked shift dress originally from Club Monaco and its as cute as a button. Im not sure why someone would give it away, its in great condition and its not so trendy that its out of style. Maybe someone got really fat and couldn't wear it. Or maybe they lost a lot of weight and now Im wearing their old fat dress. Regardless, I really love this dress

THOR shirt

Ok. So this is still not a dress. But it may be the most awesome-est tee I have ever purchased.

Its a muthaf**kin Thor shirt people! And it kicks ass. And I didn't buy it cuz the movie is coming out next year (although I hope its gonna be good) I bought it cuz its totally Berzerk!!

You see this year, E-Ville Roller Derby will announce its newest house team.... The Berzerkhers!!! We're a little bit viking, a little bit metal and totally Berzerk! We were inspired by the real Berzerkers and will be going into our own killing trances this season to kick some serious ass. And on that note, the new season starts Saturday September 25

So until we get new team jerseys, this will be my favorite shirt. Expect to see it at most derby afterparties this season.

Holy Crap its August 30!

Holy crap its August 30! What the hell happened to the summer?? I swear to god we just celebrated Canada Day yesterday, not two months ago... I really hate how fast the months of July and August disappear... no effin way does January and February go by this quickly....

Quick recap:
We began (and ended) our 7 show run at the Fringe Festival* and had an absolute blast. We sold out almost every night and the feedback we heard was so positive that there's no way all those people could be lying, so I guess we put on a pretty decent show. Now to start thinking about next year...but how do you top a show that has this warning to its audience. (gunshots, nudity, salty language and cheese)



Big giant huge thanks to all our friends/families and total strangers that came to the show, ate some popcorn and had fun. Thank you for all your support!



The other week, I attended a Fight Fan Expo at the Shaw Conference centre as E-Ville Roller Derby had a booth set up to provide info about our sport and our league. It was a fun day spent chatting up strangers while wearing fishnets and booty shorts. God, I love roller derby. Normally, Im not a fan of the mixed martial arts, or fighting in general, but these two handsome boys might just make me change my mind. However the amount of Ed Hardy, wearing douchbags packed into the Conference Centre was too much for me to handle.




But there has been a lot in the past two weeks. A wedding, a trip to Jasper, out-of-town guests and lots of socializing. I will do my best to include everything, oh and there will be more dresses. I promise.

New Hair

This post has nothing to do with dresses. Its all about my hair. Its been over a year since I had it cut. I love my long hair, but last week I decided enough was enough, so this past weekend, I went to I-tonica, saw my girl Dana, and chopped the locks. Lost a good 6 inches too. And even though I had been thinking about this and was ready for a change I cried a little the next day when I woke up. Long hair is defintely a security blanket for me, and I admit, although this is totally lame, I feel sexier with longer hair. However, my hair was in bad shape and was looking rather scary not sexy. Now its so shiny and healthy and takes me half the time to do. And I guess its not really that short...meh, whatever, its only hair and it grows back.

Bad Blogger

Wow, I totally suck at this..... I have been neglecting this blog all month and I totally blame the Fringe. For the past few weeks we have been rehearsing like mad, stressing out, annoying each other as we worked all the kinks outta the show. It even started to feel like this show wasn't going to work at all as we rehearsed the funny out of it. Its like hearing the same joke over and over until eventually you don't care. But then like magic, something incredible happens when you put the show on in front of an audience. They laugh. They remind you where the funny is and all the pain and frustration of rehearsal is gone. All that is left is to give good show.

Only 4 more shows left to go. So if you in the Whyte Ave area, and looking for a fun show, come down to the Black Dog(10425 Whyte Ave) and check out Waiting for Judd Nelson. Dont be a Neo-Maxi-Zoom-Dweebie and come see the show cuz its totally boss!

But back to the dresses I wear. When we were shopping at Value Village for costumes, I found this floral retro style dress for $11 and figured I would give it a try. Glad I did, cuz it is super cute, and its Liz Claiborne. I don't wear a lot of her clothes, but it is good quality and definitely originally sold for more than $11. Good deals, I love em.

Shopping

So I need a new dress for a wedding and I couldn't possibly wear something I already own. I did a little shopping at lunch rather than eating. Didn't have any luck finding a new party dress (yet), but had a fun 30 minutes trying things on before heading back to work. Now I am really hungry.

On the Fringe....

I haven't been blogging cuz I have been trapped in the basement of a Whyte Avenue bar rehearsing for our play. Every year for the past decade, our little group (Hit&Run productions) puts on a show in the basement of the Black Dog during the Edmonton Fringe Festival. This year the show is called "Waiting for Judd Nelson" and we open on Sunday, August 15. Still so much to do. Things are a bit frantic right now.....


Last week we filmed some of the opening credits for the show which parodys a couple of movies. My intro rips on Pretty Woman. Hence the fancy red dress. But here's a little secret of this red dress....its not fancy at all. I found it last week (the day before shooting, sweet) at my favorite costume shop, Value Village for $14.


So if you are in Edmonton from August 15-August 21, come on down to the Black Dog. Our show runs everynight at 7:00. Its only an hour long. Its funny and you can drink beer while you watch. The best part? You don't need tickets cuz its pay what you can.

Taste of Edmonton

Sometimes Edmonton is refered to as Deadmonton by snooty out-of-towners who think that there is nothing to do in our city. Ok, granted, 6 months of the year we are locked in by cold nasty weather and sometimes it would seem that the whole town hibernates. But the thing is, that once the sun comes out there is a tonne of shit to do cuz we gotta pack in all the fun in a short amount of time.

This weekend there were at least 5 festivals in and around the city. I managed to attend my most favorite summer festival, "The Taste of Edmonton". This one is all about food as 50 or so local restaurants set up tents at Churchill Square. You buy some tickets and then proceed around the park eating all the way. Even better, a couple years ago, some genius added "A Taste of Wine" to this event.


I went out and bought a long summer dress for $15. This is the perfect dress for a day of eating as there are no zippers or elastic waist. As Margaret Cho once noted, "Im gonna go put on my eatin' dress, and eat the shit out of your town"

I may not have eaten the entire town, but I did manage to feast on Kung Pow Chicken, chcken tika, beef tenderloin wrapped in bacon, potatoes aoli, a chicken drumstick stuffed with sausage, penne pasta, chocolate strawberries ...so good.

A plethora of dresses... well, three.

Three workday outfits from the last week of July. Looking at these, it would appear that I really need more colour in my wardrobe.

I dont have much to say about these emsembles, as they are all repeats from previous weeks. Although, its clear to me that I need to go shopping and buy something new to wear, Im bored with all my clothes.

and now for something completely different

Im trying to catch up on some blogging today....its a little slow at work so I have a bit of time this morning. I work for Weight Watchers, and right now is not the most popular time for people to join a weight loss program. Shocking, we are most busy in January. (god bless the new years resolution). But we are also super busy in September as people start realizing how much weight they gained from bar-b-ques and beers over the summer. But right now..... it is SLOW.


I have spent most of the day retelling the same story about the naked man I saw running down Jasper Avenue the other day. I found a clip on Youtube and we have been watching and giggling all morning rather than working. I managed to time my walk home on Monday afternoon at the exact moment that this man decided to drop trou and run through the traffic downtown Edmonton. Good times, indeed.

Pink shoes and a pearl necklace....wut?

This summer is flying by at record speed. I swear when I was a kid, the two months off from school seemed like a lifetime. As an adult, it seems like summer maybe lasts a long weekend. But then again, as a kid I can remember waiting from 3:30-4:00 for my friend to finish piano lessons, and that 30 minutes was an eternity, but now, I can lose 30 minutes in the bathroom and not even notice.

This was me this weekend. Most of the weekend was spent in my shorties, but I did put on one dress to go for lunch.

This black&white number was another find at Value Village last summer. I needed a "party" dress for our (off)Fringe show Back in Black(Dog). This dress set me back a whole $4. Some days, like today, I wear pink shoes and pearls with this dress and feel super duper girly.

Parade Day!

This is our super awesome float from the Capital Ex Parade on Thursday (July 22). Its a giant rollerskate (if you couldn't tell) and it was totally bad ass. We skated around it, waved to the fans and gave rollin high-fives to the kids in the crowd. We were the media darlings too, getting love from both the Edmonton Sun and the Edmonton Journal. Here's some more parade photos...oh and I opted for the glitter booty shorts with white top and socks. (yeah, its the same thing I wore to the Pride Parade, but when else can you wear glitter booty shorts)

ghetto photo-op!

completely gratuitous.... who doesn't love men in uniform?

Too many choices?

Couldn't decide what to wear for the parade. My black E-Ville shirt, my green E-Ville shirt or my white E-Ville shirt. Green shorts or black. Mini skirt or glitter booty shorts? And what about the socks???

Workin it.

Got a little behind in the bloggin this week... there was a LOT going on. Parades, baseball games, etc....whats a girl to do.

But lets get up to speed. Here's a couple of dresses from earlier this week. Some standard work wear that I have worn previously. Im not that exciting when I dress for work, but I do what I can, and Im certainly doing more now that Im blogging about it.

This is me on Tuesday with my H&M shirt dress that I raved about back on the last week of June. However, this time I changed out the belt that came with it for this grey grosgrain ribbon. Voila! Totally different dress...okay not really, but I wore different shoes. Instead of the cherry Michael Kors, I opted for a grey and black peep toe I bought from the Shoe Warehouse. Sometimes I feel like a candy striper in this dress. And then I will wonder if candy sripers are really or just an invention of american televison and porn movies.

And this is me on Wednesday.... I wore my hair back two days in a row as Im really trying to avoid washing it for as long as possible. Not so long that I develop stinky dreads, but just long enough to try and make it healthier. Today was another perfect day for a black pencil skirt. (I have 3, but I did wear this one a couple of weeks ago with the pink top from Fridget) This time I chose another local designer for the top of my ensemble. This turquoise and black top is from Cinder+Smoke, and it was purchased at a sale held at the ARTery. (Best place in town to buy art, see live bands and get brunch, well the only place in town you can do all 3)

I dont see it

I hear it all the time... y'know you kinda look like Lindsay Lohan. Really? Thanks, I guess.... I mean this was okay a couple years ago when she had red hair, some curves and a career. She is 10 years younger and about 30 pounds lighter so I appreciated the compliment. But, now that she is a meth-face, tan-orexic jailbird, its not so flattering...

Me on Monday

I had so much weekend blogging yesterday that I completely forgot to post a pic of what I wore to work on Monday. So here's me from yesterday with a grumpy look on my face (waking up to rain is not a recipe for a cheery morning).


I am wearing a my Marc Jacob pleated skirt(refer day 23 ) with a blue button down shirt from Jacob (no relation)....and yes Im still wearing flats as this ankle seems determined to stay swollen and sore.


On the upside, Lindsay Lohan went to jail today. And she will be able to keep popping Adderall and Ambien....I wish I got to go to jail

Weekend events

The rest of the weekend went by in a blur. Not that it was particularily busy, but there was a lot of sunshine. After staying up waaaaay too late on Friday, Saturday was a slow start.

But here's the weekend events, (in no particular order) ... Did some housecleaning, went for a workout in the park with some derby ladies (known as Torture), ate a giant burger at Harveys (not as big as this one tho), went for a rollerskate, went to see the movie Inception (totally lived up to expectations), babysat my nieces and nephew for 4.5 hours, went for another skate, mowed the lawn, almost got in a fight with a hobo (true story), sat on my deck with a bottle of wine, watched a baaaaaad movie until 3 am, made pasta and shrimp with pesto sauce, played some Tetris with Bob. Overall, pretty quiet, but pretty good weekend.

This is what I wore. Denim skirt and blue top. The last time I wore this jean skirt (day 13) I wore the same top, only in yellow. And altho I did wear a giant flower in my hair this time, its clear I need to mix things up a bit.











I also wore this black sundress which I just purchased a couple of weeks ago from Winners. Its kinda like wearing a black tank top with a scarf as a skirt and it feels like Im not wearing anything. Easy breezy beautiful. Of course giant sunglasses are a must. Despite the haters, I will not be giving up oversized sunnies for anyone. Oh, and I did put on shoes at some point this weekend.

Gay Dancing

Friday night. Gay dancing night. For years, this was my routine.... but then all my gays moved away and I haven't been dancing in a long time. So when my friend Buffy asked me to go to Buddys (gayest name ever, but a great bar) on Friday night, I jumped at the chance.

Buffy's text to me was to wear something hilarious and/or awesome. (Buffy herself was wearing a retro 60's mod dress with her hot pink Coach sneakers) So, I figured it was about time to put on this sparkly shimmery dress I bought 3 weeks ago and haven't had the opportunity to wear yet. (It should be noted that the place I bought it from, 360• has since shut its doors, so sad.) I don't have a lot of occasion to wear a sequined mini, but dancing seemed appropriate....Its striped with black, silver and blue sequins and its ridiculously short. (booty shorts a must underneath, otherwise risking major Britney). When I hit the dance floor, I was a blur of sparkly light gyrating to GaGa....did I really dance in a cage??? It was a gay ol' time indeed.

Casual Fridays

I used to get excited about casual Fridays, cuz it meant that I could wear jeans and everything seemed ok in the world as the grumpy "suits"would cheer up in their denim and khaki. Now that I dont work on Fridays, I rarely wear pants at all.

This Friday morning I was woken up at 9:30am to a thundercrack so damn loud that it scared the bejesus outta me. It was raining so hard that I immediately rolled over and went back to sleep. When I woke up again around noon (love, love, love rainy morning sleep-ins) the rain was still coming down and it seemed even worse. I almost bailed out on meeting the girls for lunch, but Halen convinced me to get my lazy ass outta bed for Chinese food.

And then I did something that I haven't done in 7 weeks (since we started this whole dress thang)...... I put on jeans. It was weird. They felt tight and reminded me that I probably didn't need to be eating Chinese food. But they were my Rock&Republic jeans and they're sparkly, so it was okay.

Yesterday today

Let's play some catch up here....seems like the last couple of days, the only thing I have done on the computer is actual work, and listening to the Mel Gibson rage tapes. (holy crap the dude is insane, and clearly really likes blow jobs)

The weather has been shitty and rainy, so on Wednesday, I was forced to wear pants....lame, I know. But yesterday, Jon Bon Jovi was in town, and I have to wonder if it was just conicidence that yesterday was the only day we saw the sun. Could have just been the golden light that shines from his hair and bounces off his leather clad ass and not the sun at all. Sadly, I didn't go to see the concert, and I think I may have been the only 30 something woman in the city that wasn't at the show. Instead I went to see my friend Angie play her first gig with her band "No Knives"....they were cool and her ass is pretty sweet too.

But more importantly, what did I wear. Well in the daytime, I wore this short black skirt with a leopard print blouse from L.A.M.B. The skirt I bought from a huge discount store called Hangers, and I love that it has shorts built in. I originally purchased it for a Hallowe'en costume, but it works for real life too. The ankle is still sore, but I cheated and wore these hot pink kitten heels. By noon I changed to flats :(

In the evening I threw on my brown Esprit sundress (refer June 8 post for all the details) I changed up the accessories from last time I wore it to make it a little more interesting. The gold necklace came from my Granny, and the green flats came from Payless.

Today is another rainy day which is disappointing as I am supposed to go to The Street Performer Fest with the niece and nephew....but right now it doesn't seem very likely as its raining so hard its bouncing off the road. Just gonna wait it out....sigh.... Im so sick of the rain.

Everyone ♥'s Fridget

So looks like Im not the only one that thinks Fridget Apparel is the shiz! I meant to post this yesterday as Bridget Smatlan was featured in the STYLE section of todays Edmonton Journal. You should read the article then immediately go buy something from Fridget. Super Girly Awesome-ness!!

Gloomy

Today is so dreary and cold, that it almost feels like mid October and not mid-July. I just want to put on jammies and crawl back into bed. (A nap would be so choice right now)

Instead of reaching for colourful sundresses made of flimsy wispy material I am forced to wear this heavy courdoroy skirt and dark maroon top. Its a nice skirt, but its a winter skirt and should be at the back of my closet right now. Actually its an adorable navy pleated skirt from Marc Jacobs. I remember the first time I wore it, 3 Japanese girls complimented me on it. For some reason that made me feel even more stylish. (Is that racist?)

The only issue I have with this skirt is that its so high waisted, when I sit down I feel like Im a magicians assistant being cut in half in one of those magic boxes. That and the fact that its a WINTER skirt (have I mentioned that its effin cold here) and has no business being worn in July.

But check out the snazzy little ankle support/tensor bandage on my ankle now. In this photo, it actually looks kinda cool like its part of my shoe. Still, I have a cankle, and Im not happy about that. I really miss wearing high heels.

Feelin Fugly

Ugh.... I seemed to have gained 5 pounds this weekend (a little too much salt and liquor will do that) and so I am feeling kinda ugly this morning. To make it worse, I am forced to wear my glasses as I somehow forgot (again) to buy contact solution. And the rainy weather has made my hair frizzy.... Yeah, not feelin so pretty today.

But I am wearing a blue LnA tee with this white linen skirt that I wore a couple weeks ago with a different top. Added a waist cinching belt (lord know I need some cinching today) and my silver Marc Jacobs flats (aarrgh still no heels for a couple more weeks, stupid ankle injury).

Maybe tomorrow will be a prettier day.

Most Hardcore

Saturday afternoon was our year end E-Ville volunteer thank you bbq/picnic. We had lots of food and fun. Oh and there were awards too....and I totally won one! I was voted "Most Hardcore" which makes me seem like a complete bad ass. What wasn't so BA though, was the fact that I got all teary-eyed when accepting the award. Thankfully, they didn't take the award back.

Also, I received presents from my group of "torture" victims to thank me for kickin their butts every tuesday and saturday. They got me this faboosh"Ghettoblaster" t-shirt and signed a photo of the stairs we all run together ..... Awwwwww.

I immediately put the shirt on cuz it looked so cute with my black&white checkered shorts from L.A.M.B. (okay so no dress today, but these shorts are pretty sweet)

So big thanks to all the E-Ville ladies. I will try to live up to the title you have given me.

I want Sherbet

Sweet sassy m'lassie its a hot one out here today!! But I just got home, and I have parked myself on the deck with my lap top and a frosty beverage....aaahhhhhh perfect.

This is the second dress I bought last night and its another super summery sundress. I really couldn't have planned these purchases better as we are in the middle of a prairie heat wave. I kinda feel like Im eight years old in this dress though. With the sherbet colours and girly ruffles it makes me wanna eat ice cream.... I dont think I can ever be in a bad mood and wear this dress, its just too cheery.

I wore this dress to lunch today, and as I was waiting in the notoriously long line at "Chicken for Lunch" a woman tapped me on the shoulder. She looked at me and spoke very quietly "You are so beautiful. So beautiful. You look like Catherine Zeta-Jones". I thanked her for being so kind and then as she walked away she said "you take care of yourself pretty lady. She might have been a little bit slow cuz I certainly dont look anything like Zeta-Jones, but she was so sweetly sincere, that she totally made my day.

Divine Dress

I just bought this dress tonight. Its so damn hot outside (but Im not complaining) and this dress is perfect to survive the heat. I don't even have any swass, so its working at keeping me cool. I was down at Divine and checked out their vintage section tonight...and wouldn't you know it, they were having a sale. I was told by the perkiest sales associate ever, that if I bought 2 vintage pieces, the third one was free. She was so chipper and helped me sort through the racks of second hand dresses. She was actually a bit of fresh air as most retail staff are less than helpful and downright rude these days (or maybe I'm just getting old).

Divine is a bit of an Edmonton institution. Its just funny, cuz I can still remember the first time I went into Divine when I was 16. It was so unlike any of the stores at the mall and I was so intimidated by the goth/punk girls who worked there. I so badly wanted a pair of red Doc Martens (yeah I'm old) but I was too shy to ask for help. Those girls seemed so cool and I was the complete opposite of cool. The girl tonight was young enough that I probably could have been her babysitter, (hell had I been a sluttier teenager, she could have been my daughter)

But I bought this red sundress, made a quick stop at Megatunes for their closing out sale, (another independent store goes the way of the dinosaur) and headed home to watch the sunset.. and some Big Brother.