March 29, 2007
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Hey Sistahs.. I am JUICED to write today. It has absolutely nothing to do with cardmaking so if ya feel like reading about a card.. or a technique, I recommend you go to all of my talented Sistahs’ site.. you know the ones who are SO talented.. so resourceful, so AMAZING? Ya.. if that’s what you want today, I recommend you visit them PRONTO (look at my favorite blogs I read)… Ok, so this is the scoop. I am hoping that everyone who reads my blog (all 8 of you) will remember a few posts ago where I spoke about the frog and how he “ribbits”. I have decided to call this the “ribbit theory” as it applies to MANY situations.. not just a cardmaker’s lack of muse.
Several situations here… had a long convo with my friend Natanya.. she went clothes shopping today. It is beautiful out today and EVERYONE would probably be thrilled, right? Wrong! This nice weather means that I have to put away my SNOW SUIT and bring out the SHORT SLEEVES!!! OH MY. This is the time where I think.. why didn’t I start Weight Watchers 9 months ago???? So Natanya was so excited to go clothes shopping.. she had tons of money to spend for a summer wardrobe! So she goes into this store which is meant for the MINIS of this world (really Minis.. like mini in the sense that 95% of the population don’t fit in their clothes).. brings a WHOLE bunch of clothes into the dressing room (this is the figurative part where the frog is SINGING “hello my lady, hello my darling… ) , starts trying on the goodies with her body reflected in a 4 way mirror and….. RIBBBBBBBBIIIIIITTTTTTTT… nothing fits the way she wanted and things she never noticed before were noticed… WHAT’S up wit DAT? Why do stores INSIST that you must see yourself at every angle? I dont care WHAT size you are.. everyone has a little sum’n sum’n (pronounced like ‘somethin somethin’) that they don’t want peeking right back at them.. You know what I am sayin, sistahs? I will never forget, I was telling Natanya this today that I once went to a warehouse sale and wanted to try something on… I went to this COMMUNAL changing room where a million boobs and tushes were staring at me… I was MORTIFIED.. the fact that I HAD TO UNDRESS in front of all these people? I did do it.. that tells me I musta been a little slimmer.. but I will never forget this experience…
Here’s yet another question.. why is it that you can put on a full face of makeup, go to the hairdresser and when your hair is wet, you look in their sparkling mirror in front of you and you look like a wet drowned rat who is as white as casper the friendly ghost? Actually at that point I am more like Casper the PISSED OFF white ghost! Do they do something to the mirrors? DO they want you to feel like that? LIke the dressing room mirrors.. do they NOT want you to buy the clothes? I recommend they remove ALL mirrors. That will ensure increased sales.. me thinks… no?
Ok, last.. what about those videocameras.. they should be banned for ALL PURPOSES aside from our children.. My DH decided to candidly videotape me in the kitchen with a mouth full of food no less… shall I say more? I am going into hiding in my SNOWSUIT.. pronto. This is why, sistahs, the holy one invented ACCESSORIES. First of all, they ALWAYS FIT and second of all, if a pair of shoes don’t fit, we DON”T CARE that we need a bigger size… LOL! GOTTA LOVE SHOES AND PURSES.
Another little fun anecdote.. I LOVED THIS.. I called one of my suppliers in the U.S. tracing a shipment… The lady in customer care asked for my company name.. I told her “stamping bella”… she says to me ” I LOVE YOUR STAMPS”.. I say to her… Ummm how do you know about my stamps????? She says to me, I am a ‘sistah’ you know… OMG I freaked out!! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED!!!! I want to be connected to people all over the world!! I was SOOOOO happy! That should be our code word… “sistah”.. LOL . Is that the cutest thing you ever heard?
OK, I need to go out and buy the SMALLEST purse ever made… cuz I KNOW it’ll fit.
MWAH!!
Em
RIIIIIIBIIIIIITTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!
Thank the one above for Bellas as they always make us feel good and they always look good. Me thinks four way mirrors should be shattered with seven years of good luck for every shard of glass.
I love it!! Oh, we need to form a new club… mirrors in the dressing room be banned club!! Didn’t I submit a sentiment that went something like “the jewelry always fits” – I think it would apply now! LOL
Were you perhaps tracing my sister’s package. My sister and fellow sistah! How cool is that that you reached a fellow sistah to help you trace the package! You’re getting to be well known Em!!
Em you are too funny! I have pretty much banned going into dressing rooms for the unforseen future. I mean, that’s why stores have return policies, right???? I take it home and in the privacy of my own closet can decide if it’s a keeper or not. And then I ask my daughters (5 & 3) – they always tell me it looks beautiful – don’t you just love them! 🙂
Em, you are too funny!!! I am with the rest…down with the mirrors!!! I try to aviod them as much as possible. I trust my teenage daughters will not let me leave the house if I look too bad. LOL There was only one thing missing from your post…word on the new Bella and her Fella!?!?!
Mirrors, what are they? I don’t have any in my house. I just brush my hair until it “feels” right! I can see the clothes I put on when I take them out of the drawer so I’m always colour coordinated. If it “feels” good when I put it on, I keep it on. So, who needs mirrors!
BTW, check out my blog today, Bellas’ are the focus. And why am I not on your favourite blogs list? http://www.barbscardcreations.blogspot.com Okay, I know you can only read so many, but you really don’t want to miss mine, do?
Miss Em, you are such a hoot and give me such a giggle when you allow us Lurkers, into your **World** 🙂
My own, personal PET-PEEVE and recommended ban, is on all the clothing manufacturers (especially jeans) who have this notion that we no longer have hips, beyond a Size 2, and we enjoy pants where the zipper & button closure barely covers our ….. ummm … c’mon, help me out here Sistah’s~!!! Hmmm … Jeans that don’t even cover the crack of your bum (aka Plumber’s Butt) nor the front parts either. I mean c’mon, aren’t the Baby Boomers and Late Baby Boomers (40+ yrs. old) suppose to be the dominant shoppers/spenders at the present moment? Then please explain to me how anyone who’s ever had a baby, or dog, or cat, hamster, rabbit, guinea pig, etc.etc. can get their ~hips~ and/or bum into these jeans ?*?!?!? 🙂
PHEW~~ I feel much better now that I got that off my chest ~ and don’t get me started on blouse sizes these days either ! HA !
Ah…if only we lived in a place where sweatpants were considered sexy and mirrors actually made you look thinner…that would be the life!
Linz
Oh I so needed a laugh tonight and as usual I came to the right place. Thanks Emily for your wonderful sense of humor. Although you are correct about the mirrors and the clothes not fitting anyone unless they are a mini, mini size I still had to laugh. I’m so glad that you ran into a Sistah.
Mary
Em I have totally decided that you are one nutty sistah!!!!!!!!!! Ribbetttttt
I have to totally agree with the who communal changing thing its enough to traumatise anybody for life, I did it once and never everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr again. bruuuhhhhhh gives me shivvers just thinking of it now, yuk
On a very plus side, my Bellas arrived today, how fabulous is that, all the way from Canada in less than a week, cause my last email from your very good self said you would ship on Monday!!!!! and its now Friday, so hurrray for the postal system
So query, are your new bella fellas going to be called Ryafella after your hubster?????? great name by the way, he he he
Good morning sistah Em!! I can always count on you for some fun! I have NEVah seen a communal dressing room…OMG I would never dress in front of someone else!! The horror!!! I agree, get rid of the mirrors, higher sales!!!! I agree with Melissa, a new sentiment!!!
“the jewelry always fits”
Oh Em, you are such a wonderful story teller, and just now, when I needed a pick-me-up (last day at my job today, going into the scary world of unemployment now…) you were there with your stories that I think every sistah can relate to :D! I love the fact that I have tiny feet and can buy the cutest shoes, and my most fave accessories in the whole world (stamps stamps stamps!) luckily always fit too :D! So put on your biggest pair of sunglasses, throw the snowsuit away and enjoy the sun, it never judges you 😉
Oh….I feel a rant coming on…….
What’s up with sizing….one store a size 12 is too big…..the next I’m squeezin up a size 16!!! Can’t the manufactures get it together and have universal sizing?
I’m always taking at least 3 different sizes of the same top/pant into the dressing room. And then the clerk says “Excuse me Mamme” (she lost points right there with the Mamme thing…ugg…Am I really that old…hell no)…yes I said it….I’m ranting…..anyway….back to the clerk….”you are only allowed 4 items at a time” Heck…what if I have 3 sizes of one item and 3 sizes of another item…shouldn’t that only count for 2 items????
Now, don’t get me started on the shoe thing…again another rant….
I have always been a size 5, little feet…big boobs…somedays I think I’m going to topple over….anyway…. lately I have not been able to find shoes to fit…the size 5’s are too big!! Either I’m shrinking (too young for that yet, only 40) or shoemakers are changing sizing again. Where on earth does one find “pretty girl” shoes without going into the childrens department!!!! HELP!
Yup, jewelry is the way to go! Note to self….be extra kind to DH.
Thanks for reading my rant ladies, you just saved me a trip to the therapist!! 🙂
Lovin all the Sistah’s, no matter what the size.
i THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT AS AN ADDICTABELLA WHEN YOU THREATEN A NEW BELA AND THEN I HAVE TO WAIT I MUST CHECK YOUR BLOG EVERY 5 MINUTES.
Okay. so I am crying laughing at the blog from yesterday, and the comments. I am of course late to the party reading this, and the whole time I am thinking… where are you shopping. I am unfortunate enough to find a place that only has the one, silly clown mirrors… You know the ones that you look in and think wow this really looks better than it feels, or Wow… did my hips really get that big during the pregnancy!!! So you either buy it or run out of the store crying… only to find out that the next store you go in, something just like the one you were crying over looks great! So you buy it, get home and look in a real mirror. OMG… what was I thinking… What is different today from yesterday in the store!!! See I would rather have the 360 mirrors and not buy and make a fool of myself… come home eat some chocolate and chase the boys around the house playing… instead of looking at a flat clown mirror, buying it, and coming home, putting it on, and getting ready for the day or to go out and think… what the HE** was I thinking buying this!!! 🙂
Ribbiitt…..Ribbbbiiiittttt….
I am so there with you girl!
You are sooooo stinkin funny!