I♥Kit Pellow

This entry has nothing to do with dresses at all, but rather it has everything to do with my unnatural and obsessive love for former MLB utility player and current third basemen for the Tijuana Cimarrones, Kit Pellow.

I did wear a skirt (same one I wore to baseball game last month) and my new Iron Maiden shirt( um it has a sparkly skull and its wicked) from the concert the other night, but lets get back to Kit.....

Im not really a sports girl, but last summer, we went to see Calgary play. I knew nothing about any of their players or even the game but it was at that game where I discoverd the man, the myth, the legend that is Kit Pellow.. When I checked Calgary's roster this year, there was no mention of Mr. Pellow and I couldn't find much else on-line since no one really cares about this level of baseball. But I knew in my heart, I would see Kit again....So please indulge me.....

Tuesday night we went to the baseball game to see the Tijuana Cimarrones, but more importantly we went for $2 tacos (actually on $3.50 if you bought 2 at a time, which I did) and $4 beers. And then I heard the announcement...up next, batting for Tijuana, number 34 Kit Pellow.... I almost dropped said beer and taco I was so excited. (Actually, I think my friend Bob was more excited as he has a HUGE man-crush on Kit and he let out a little yelp of glee)

We started cheering for Pellow, even though he was playing against our home team. We sang "For he's a jolly good Pellow" and adapted other hits like the Doors classic "Pellow, I love you, wont you tell me your name" Yeah, we got some strange looks from the crowd, but we didn't care.... And then magic happened....

It was the 9th inning and Tijuana was down by 4 runs. Bases loaded. 2 outs. Kit Pellow stepped up to bat. I started shouting that Kit Pellow will hit a home run now and boasted to the crowd that they have to believe in the power of Pellow like I did. Bob was pledging his love for Pellow at the top of his lungs and overall Im sure people thought we were insane....that is until there was a CRACK and god damn if that ball didn't fly right over the fence for a full on GrandSlam!!!! If it happened in a movie, I wouldn't believe it.

Ultimately, the home team won, but that didn't stop us from having a ball (lame pun completely intended) And when Kit Pellow walked back to the dug out, he looked up at us crazies screaming his name... he gave us a big smile and a wave. He's so boss.

We will be going again on Friday night, as Kit and the Cimarrones are here all week. I plan to wear something pretty for Kit. Bob wants to meet him and hang out on the bus with his new bestie. See you at the ball game.

Cute Dresses. Cheap.

A friend of mine sent me a link to this site, Mod Cloth, that sells nothing but cute dresses with a retro flair........ I will take them all please.

Start Your Engines

Still riding this derby high and its already Tuesday. Photos still coming in from what turned out to be the game of the season. Hopefully this high will continue and get me through this day.

Im still sporting a pretty swollen ankle, which got a little more swollen from Saturdays game. I look down at my feet and I dont even recognize my right foot since its triple the size of the left. Im hiding it in this photo as much as possible, literally, putting my best foot foward.

Today, the dress Im wearing was purchased from a local consignment store here in Edmonton, Vespucci. Its where the rich ladies of Edmonton take the clothes they don't want anymore and so if you take a little time, this place is loaded with treasures, like this BCBG dress. Its a faux wrap with a built in next tie/scarf and an all over black and white print. Sometimes I feel a bit like a racing flag when I wear this dress.

Name Change

The Daily Dress just became Frockin' It. Word.

In the Closet

Guilty pleasure alert. This delicious little website takes us into the closets of the famous and not-so famous. I love it cuz it satisfies my need for both useless celebrity information and fabulous clothes. I can only dream of having some of these closets. I especially love when they peak inside the closet of US Figure Skater (and super Fancy Pants) Johnny Weir.

Better than a dress.

Clearly these pictures are not of dresses. They are, however, photos of my brand new jersey for the E-Ville Dead Travel Team. Last night I was given this jersey and played in the best game of my short derby life. I will wear this jersey with pride and attempt to live up to the reputation and skill of this incredible team.

E-Ville hosted the Rat City girls from Seattle and holy moly it was a hell of a bout. The dome was packed and the crowd was electric. We had cheering sections and booing sections. We even had Paul Lorieau, who took a break from singing for the Edmonton Oilers to sing both anthems last night. He will now be known as Paul "the Punisher" as we presented him with his own official E-Ville shirt. The game was hard fought and I learned so much from playing with our girls and smashing against Rat City. Those bitches kicked serious ass and not only were they fierce and fun to play with, they were even more fun to party with after.

Oh...and the best part, E-Ville totally won!

Second dress...the day after.

Here is the second dress I wore at the Canada Day Party. I dont have any pics of me from the party actually wearing this dress, so only thoses who attended can vouce for the wardrobe change. This dress is so damn comfortable that I actually fell asleep wearing it. And when I say fell asleep, I mean passed out. So this is me, the next morning with my post-party face....and the dress, still looks fab.

She started it.

This is Adrienne. Also known as Tigra Banks. She likes to wear pretty dresses. She is responsible for the "Wear a Dress Everyday in June" event/extravaganza. If it weren't for her, I would be wearing pants right now. She is adorable and wants to start a revolution in the most lady like way possible.

(Im shaking my fist in anger that we didn't get a photo together in our pretty blue dresses last night.)

She is my inspiration. At last count she had 38 dresses and already we are plotting our wardrobe for June 2011. Viva la Revolution!

Party for the Nation

front lawn fun ............. ooooh fireworks

Still nursing a bit of a hangover this morning, but unlike the movie, I have full memory of the fun I had last night. We gathered together to celebrate the birth of our nation by having many drinks, eating hotdogs and watching fireworks. Basically, a bunch of hooligans (aka my dear friends) get drunk on my front lawn and watch as the fireworks are set off over the river valley. There are thousands of people in the park just a block from where we sit, and the best part is when the fireworks end and all those people have to truck back to their suburban homes and we continue to sit on the front lawn. Good times indeed.

The biggest problem I had leading up to the party was deciding which dress to wear. Somehow, I managed to purchase two. (but they were both so cute and on summer clearance). So I did what any good party/award ceremony host would do.... costume change.

I started with this frothy blue floral full length beach dress. Strapless and full of colour, this was a dress a little out of my comfort zone and I almost didn't wear it. But when you are hosting a summer patio party, I really cant imagine a better choice. I kinda just wanted to run through a field of flowers in this dress. I had gone to the BCBG 50% sale and tried on some similar dresses, but I just couldn't justify the price (and believe me I almost did) but I decided to walk around the mall for a bit and think about it. That's when I saw this dress in another store window. I fell in love with the colour and the print and it wasn't another black dress....best part, it was only $22. It should be noted however, that on my way to pay for this dress, I spied dress number two on the clearance rack.....and yes its black. Can only stay out of the comfort zone for so long.

Big thanks to all the party people for a fabulous night. And if I can give a tip to any party hostess, make this dip. We call it crack dip cuz just one taste and you will be tapping a vein to get this cheesy spicy goodness.

DAY 30

So its official..... Its June 30th and today is the last day of "30 days of dresses" and as I have alluded to in previous blogs, Im not ready to let the fun stop. Im not ready to put on pants.

I declare this to be a pants free summer. (At least in my little corner of the planet). So this blog will continue (at least until it snows, which here could be mid August) as I continue to wear as many dresses as possible. It wont be a new one everyday, but I sitll have more to share. (plus I just bought a new one, Im hooked) So join me this summer as I have some frockin' good fun.

But here is my 30th dress to end the month and its the jewel of my closet. I promised myself while I worked at Neiman Marcus I would own a Diane VonFurstenburg wrap dress. I would look at her collections season after season and never could find the right print, and then finally I discovered this one....and it was on sale. I had no idea if it would even fit me when I ordered it, but I took a chance and two weeks later it arrived on my door step. (Best day ever) Its a peacock print. Its silk. It fits like a dream. And I am a superhero when I wear this dress. (despite having a giant bandage on my ankle)

Just some of the many beautiful dresses Ms. VonFurstenburg has created...... sigh.

So thank you for indulging me this month. Have a Happy Canada Day. See you in July for the start of the Summer of the Dress.

DAY 29

Second last day of June. Second last day of dresses. I wish I had flashier dresses for these final days, but I realized quite quickly how much black,white, and brown dominate my wardrobe. I want to change this and try to wear a little more colour. Im so jealous of Tigra's dresses this month. She's the one that started this wear a dress everyday thing, and judging by her dress selection I can understand why....she has a LOT of pretty dresses in all sorts of colours. No basic black for her. Instead she confidently rocks turquoise and corals and stripes and polk-a-dots. She even has a dress with fruits on it. She has inspired me to be a little more adventurous the next time I buy a dress.

But its black and white for me today. This was another purchase from Neiman Marcus back when I still worked for them. (my time spent at Neimans could be, and should be a whole other blog. Americans can be really, really scary when they dont get their Prada) I dont normally purchase linen, but this was too good of a deal to pass up. It also came with a matching jacket, but its a little too "old lady" so I dont think I have ever worn it with the dress. Today I wore a green chunky Wilma Flintstone necklace so at least there was a little bit of colour.

Time for a bath and figure out my last dress for tomorrow.

Boozy fashion

I will update you with today's dress a little later as I forgot to take a picture before leaving the house this morning.

So until then, enjoy this photo of our beer bottles wearing fancy clothes. I know they're shirts, but maybe on Vodka coolers they could pass as dresses.

DAY 28

This is it. The final days of June. Only 3 days left in the month. And the big question is......Will I put on pants come July 1. Well maybe not the BIG question, but a lot of people have been asking me this very thing. Well, maybe not a lot, but a couple people seemed really interested so this is for them. Frankly the answer is no. No way. First of all, I have Canada Day plans on the 1st of July and although I haven`t yet bought the dress, I know I will be wearing something pretty. That is a fact. (Yay new party dress!) And there is no second of all cuz I will wear a dress the day after June 30.... but after that, well, I will keep you posted.

But now for today`s dress.
This shirt dress came from H&M when I discoverd it all by itself on a sale rack. (mmmmm love sale racks). For 2 years it was in heavy work wear rotation, but then over time, as new clothes came in, this got pushed way back into the closet. Its probably the easiest dress one could ever wear. And for all the ladies who tell me they cant/wont/dont wear dresses, well if you can button a shirt, then you can wear this dress. Heck I wear it with pants and leggings too. I have worn sweaters over it in the winter with tights and a different belt. Boots, heels and flats all work with this dress. Yeah, this one is coming back into regular rotation.

*note the heels were only used for the photo. The injury/cankle is still preventing me from wearing anyhing other thank slipper-like flats. Not cute for photos. (Yes, sometimes I am that vain)

I like this blog. Its a pretty good blog.

I will be posting my dress pic soon. Just a busy Monday. But checkout the blog (The Sartorialist) in the meantime.... My cousin Bonnie (shes so cool) tipped me onto it and its pretty sweet.

Its a small glimpse of European fabulousness and street chic. I just love seeing pictures of real people with great style, rather than models and actresses with stylists. Im kinda inspired to take pics here locally as there are some super fabulous people right here in Edmonton. No. Really there are.

DAY 26. NIGHT 26. DAY 27.

So here I am enjoying a beautiful Sunday on what will be the final weekend of the Wear a Dress everyday in June experiment. And, frankly, Im a little sad. What started out to be a fun and pretty silly idea has turned into something much more and I dont really want it it end. The response I have gotten to my dresses have been overwhelming as friends/family/coworkers/ and even relative strangers have showed me incredible kindness and generosity with their comments. Can`t lie, its nice to hear compliments, I just have to learn to be better at accepting them graciously.

So heres a quick run down on the past 30 hours or so. Saturday morning I was up early and off to work in this adorable brown and white polk-a-dot dress. The lighting is bad, but trust me, there are polk-a-dots. Despite my better judgement I wore these heels. This would later come back to bite me as by the end of the night, by sore ankle trippled in size and turned into a full on CANKLE!

After work, it was a quick workout, shower and chill time on the patio, before heading to Iron Maiden bitches!!!! My first instinct for any rock show is jeans (or in this heat, shorts) but I fought against those feelings and selected a skirt. And not just any skirt. After a few false starts I went with this plaid skirt from Dickies. I bought this from Mars&Venus thinking it would be good for Roller Derby, however, I realized fairly quickly that it wasn`t short enough to play in. But, its the perfect length for a good ol fashioned metal show!!! Naturally, I wore my Judas Priest tank top with it, cuz Im such a headbanger.

(MAIDEN! MAIDEN!)

This morning it was off to brunch with my girls Amber, Kathleen and Jana. It was a bit like Sex and the City, with 4 Samanthas. Lots of crude talk and laughter and 11am ceasars. Yum. But it was bound to happen. I repeated a dress. Told you I would. So this black and white number first appeared way back on day 9. But I wore black tights that day, and today I didn`t. Oh and I added a giant flower so its completely different.

Time to grab an outdoor sunshine nap.

Friday night.....

When I last blogged I was headed to lunch with the girls and now here it is, Sunday afernoon and the whole weekend has been a bit of a blur. I will do my best to catch you up on what happened and what I wore.

First of all, on Friday night, I met up with the infamous Tron for some tasty drinks at the Empress. (I really do love that bar, thanks Sue for creating a great chill place to hang with friends) We rode our bikes across the river from Downtown to the southside and managed to avoid getting rained on. On the way home however, I go soaked as I was caught in a downpour halfway across the high level bridge.

Thankfully I didn`t ruin my dress. Altho, even if I had, I wouldn`t have cried too much as this grey jersey tank was only $12 from Urban Planet. Its one of those completely disposable dresses that probably wont last the season, but its super cute and it has my two favorite things. Pockes and sequins. Love it!

At the time I took the photo, I still hadn`t decided on shoes.... still nursing a pretty nasty ankle and sadly, high heels were not an option this weekend.

DAY 25

So I suffered a slight injury at last nights scrimmage.... nothing too serious but I dont think I will be able to wear these heels today. Its tragic when an injury sidelines you from wearing Prada. But these shoes are so pretty I at least had to wear them for the photo......I love Prada. I wish I could own a thousand pairs, but these are my only ones and I treasure these sweet Mary Janes. . As for this dress, this was another great find at C`est Sera. If you haven`t been to their stores you really should. Buy local. I love the embroidery, its so lady-like. I bought this almost 2 summers ago when my friend Jana got married. We all wore pretty dresses for her shower/staggette and although I hesitate to wear white to a bar, I managed to keep it stain free (huge accomplishment). And despite how lady-like we all look in the pic, we still got our drink on and acted like hooligans. I dont remember everything that happened that night (as with most nights with Kathleen and Jana) but I know I had fun in this dress!

(from the staggette. Kathleen, Jana and me)

Im off to meet the girls for lunch. Chicken for Lunch. Happy Friday folks

I made the Team!!

Just wanna share some good news. I again tried out for the E-Ville Dead travel team... and this time I made it. Its a pretty big deal, and I worked my ass off for this.

So you better come watch us play against Rat City on July 3. The ladies from Rat City are incredible, and if you haven`t seen Blood on the Flat Track, then you should, cuz its all about Seattle Roller Derby Girls and how awesome they are.

DAY 24 - Day off

I love having a day off in the middle of the week! Especially when I can share the day off with one of my bestest friends, Amber. She is so boss. She brought over the first two episodes of True Blood (mmmmmmmmmm) and I almost kissed her I was so happy. I needed to catch up before Sundays episode. And more importantly I needed to see the `scene` everyone has been talking (but not spoiling) about. Sweet lord, if you know the show, and you watched the season opener, then you know what scene Im talking about.... lets just say i haven`t been that turned on since HBO cancelled OZ.


After that, it was more hot man action as we went to see the A-Team movie. I had such low expectations, that i was actually pleased with the flick. I mean, granted, its total hollywood schlock, lots of action, some cheesy dialogue and dont think too hard about the plot.... instead just sit back and enjoy Liam Neeson chewing on a cigar and have fun...... and Bradley Cooper, well, he just should never wear a shirt. Two thumbs up!


And for all this fun, I wore another cute pleated skirt from Marc Jacobs. Its burgandy and has the cutest tulip print. The t-shirt is from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I`ve never been there, but my friends Jay and Bobbi have, and when they came back from snowboarding trip last year, they brought me this tee. Its pretty rad.

Oh, and the leg bruise..... courtesy of last nights practice. I love Roller Derby!!

Original Diva

This is Jean Nidetch. She is an awesome dame who started Weight Watchers from her living room. I have never met her but she changed my life. She also had fabulous style. She loved big hair and fishnets for daytime. I can respect that