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Clearing out the closet and planning for the new
Now that school is out and the summer is in the air, it can be a great time for puttering about in the closet as you pull out your warm weather wear. On vacation, my husband and I took about an hour and a bit to go through our closets and see what could be taken out to make room for what really mattered. We [...]
Travelling with a carry on
Every year it’s the same thing…AICI Conference in May and every year, I think very carefully about what to pack and what I’ll be wearing to show who I am and even to enjoy the fashion parade (just a little). This year, I seriously considered bringing a larger suitcase. Then I remembered what I’d been saying every year since I’d been going to Conference. “We [...]
Themes in life and clothing
You’ve probably noticed over the years that everything evolves. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, things shift and change on you, putting you right back in that ‘seeking place’. Since I completed my image training in 2009, I’ve noticed a movement away from what I thought I ‘should’ be and more into a place of asking what would please me most in [...]
Top Five Tips for Choosing Glasses that Fit
Contacts and glasses and clothing, oh my! Did you know that contact lens technology has finally caught up with us high prescription, high astigmatism glasses wearing babes?!! I just found out a few weeks ago from my friendly optometrist, which means I too can become one of the ranks of soft contact lens wearers. Now, I’ve worn contacts before, the rigid gas permeable kind that [...]
Sometimes the tide is out…
Sometimes the tide is out. Take today for instance. I now have this lovely little office space, have just come back from my professional conference full of new ideas and connections and networking buddies in the industry, new clothes, new glasses frames on the way and new contact lenses too (shopping is always de rigeur at the AICI Conference, and did you know that lens [...]
Public grooming, yes or no?
I was travelling to my international conference on Tuesday and had a long layover in LAX. After observing that we are really lucky in Vancouver to have such terrific amenities at the airport and that other cities are not so lucky, I settled in to watch the ebb and flow of the crowd. From loads of people getting off the shuttle to the milling crowds and [...]