Sweatpants Have Evolved Since Rocky
Let’s call a spade a spade. Yoga pant is just a fancy word for sweatpant. It’s like calling a vase a vahz. Same thing, one just sounds more sophisticated. (Tip: never use the word vahz around witty...
View ArticleAlways Wear Your Underpants
When I was a little girl, my mother one time told me to always wear underpants because if I ever got into a car accident, I would want to have them on. This has stuck with me. The entire time I have...
View ArticleThe Grown Up Security Blanket
I have a security blanket. Actually, I have 2. I have a perfectly acceptable adult one, and I have a red, white, and blue one that sits on my bed and has for my entire life. Pat finds it creepy, but I...
View ArticleToday’s Denim, a Fit Experiment
Katie: I’m sorry. I know this is serious. I am listening to you, but I just need a moment to process the fact that I need to gain weight. That is the nicest thing anyone has ever told me. What I...
View ArticleMan luxuries
It all started out with an innocent debate as to whether Wes was on the Real World Austin or Sydney. Pat and I both felt strongly and decided to put a wager on our answer. The loser had to sprint to...
View ArticleBaby Gut
“Come on Baby Gut, get going!” This was the inspirational phrase my Pilates teacher chose to use mid class after I had shared with her my concern over my lack of hard abs 2 months post T’s delivery....
View ArticleLazy Days
I am unbelievably lazy in certain aspects of my life. Lying to myself, I say that I’m impulsive, carefree, or too busy, but really, I’m just lazy. (The OCD side of my personality would like to...
View ArticleI Stole Out of an Easter Basket
I am on videotape stealing out of my brother’s Easter basket. I was not 2 or 3 stealing out of my teenage brother’s basket; that would have been cute. I was in the 7-9 range, stealing out of my 2-3...
View ArticleThe Dress That Launched 1000 Ships
There are two things my husband regularly requests of me: Please wear something short and tight. Please consider dyeing my hair so black that it has purple undertones. In reference to the latter, I...
View ArticleDancing “Cheek” to “Cheek” at Trina Turk
I found myself packed into a sweaty tent with roughly 100 other women, all scouring the racks for a designer bargain. My pulse was racing, my eyes were narrow and evil looking, and I guarded my 4...
View ArticlePersonal Comfort Counts
I moved to Los Angeles to attend the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. I was determined to make the most of my education and my first order of business was to get an internship for...
View ArticleStocking Stuffer Musts–If Santa Is Not A Sure Thing
I am incapable of shutting my mouth and smiling kindly when backed into a corner. It is a glaring flaw in my personality. Just today I was telling my mom about a conversation where my inner common...
View ArticleThe Best Pant/Leggings to Look Like Sandy “at the end”
I have mentioned this before, but I saw Grease for the first time with my best and first friend, Kristen, when we were little. Before she started the movie she had raved about SO much that I had become...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Leave the House
I have worn the same pair of joggers for the past 13 months, roughly 5 days out of the week. I figure the other 2 days of the week have averaged “jammies” with a loose pant thrown into the mix very...
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