Unrelated Things Worth Discussion

In brief, things I have been meaning to discuss.

NuBra Review: I stuck those THINGS on at precisely 3:15 p.m. They are not meant to be worn more than 6 hours. For reals. By the end of BAS MISVAH night, they were slippin' & slidin' to the point of no return. Boobs get sweaty when they're covered in ADHESIVE. Bottom line: I'd wear them again. I just don't recommend them AT ALL for anyone who's even slightly larger chested than I am (B on most days, C on better days).

In Style Style 101 "Book": GO BUY THIS NOW. If you're even moderately interested in fashion & style, this is the ultimate. I zipped through this book quickly. Full of pointers ranging from jeans purchasing to what jewelry essentials your closet needs. It's totally phenomenal. No. I'm not lending it out. Stop being cheap and go buy it yourself!

Surplus Sunglasses Sale: I KNOW you've all seen it on Facebook. I'm sure some of you have driven by and said "UGHH. LIKE I'D GO THERE. I'M SURE IT'S CRAP." Listen to me, and listen to me HARD. It's good. It's amazing, in fact. All the brands they advertised that they'd have, THEY REALLY HAVE. And not just one or two pairs. DOZENS. Some prices are iffy. To successfully master this sale, you have to either know your prices or give yourself a limit of how much you want to spend. Or Both. I went in fully budgeted, and knew what my limits were. It also didn't hurt that I knew prices. Really well. Anyway, I ended up with a charming pair of Marc by Marc Jacobs sunglasses (black, big Jackie O) and AX aviators. Tres chic!

Bas Misvah: Truthfully, most of my night was a blur. I started at the bar at around 5 p.m. (precisely when cocktails began to be served) and continued straight until I left, at around midnight. I will, however, say a few things:

1. The baby/kiddo looked really pretty.
2. I looked absolutely spectacular.
3. Dressing your 11/12 year old like a 18 year old hooker is TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR BAS MISVAHS.
4. The baby/kiddo would NOT dance with her intoxicated sister.
5. I fed my mother straight vodka. HAH.
6. I missed the sweet table. BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IT EXISTED. BECAUSE I WAS BUSY AT THE BAR.
7. Over 40 women need to NOT pretend they're 25 and also need to dress appropriately for their age. And bodies. Let's not get into the amount of VPLs, okay?

Jello Bar/Quiet Roar: Last weekend, before the BAS MISVAH, I had the pleasure of seeing the city's BEST BAND perform TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW. Seriously? BEST BAND EVER. Not even kidding. That, and Jello Bar is so underrated. Maybe not underrated, but just an AMAZING place that I hardly ever go to. Full of HOT MEN & delish cocktails. My playthings and I really had a marvelous time. Because we're cool and such, we got to hang out with the BAND afterwards. We're just THAT amazing (it helps that we're friends with the bass player). Speaking of amazing, I think I should mention the skills that this certain Ditz has. Friday night, I was sure to be friendly with the Bouncer. He really adored me. God only knows why. Saturday, when I returned, the line was circling 5 corners (not really, but it was really long). Ditzes don't DO lines. Ditzes don't WAIT. Because the bouncer remembered me, I was inside within 5 minutes, without having to slip him money. Moral of the story: never underestimate the power of red lips.

Marimekko at H&M: I've been reading about this collection for ages. Marimekko prints are so 60s chic and colorful and playful and generally AMAZING. I remember reading an article and telling my mother that I'd never get to H&M fast enough to snag a few pieces. WAS I EVER WRONG. Thankfully, I always get the insider scoop. Turns out, this collection isn't like how the Cavalli collection was, a one-shot deal. The Marimekko collection gets restocked daily. It's really worth a gander. The shapes are very 60s (think maxi dresses, short shifts, tunic tops) and the colors/prints are just to die for. I really give 5 thumbs-ups for this collection, especially since I can go back and buy out the rest of the collection and not have to worry that it won't be there! I also got some more insider scoop. H&M downtown is opening soon. End of summer. I won't say when though! Also, their next big designer collection is Comme Des Garcons. I'm a little bit excited. Not AS excited as I was for Marimekko, but still plenty. I am extra curious as to what they'll come out with!

The Bachelor: I admittedly hate most reality TV outwardly, but secretly LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT. One of my top playthings forced me to watch a few episodes. I really love it. The bachelor this season, is a hunky Brit named Andrew. I think his name is really Adam or Michael or Matthew or something. Whatever. It's Andrew to me. It also helps that Lorenzo Lamas' daughter is one of the featured broads vying for Andrew's love. It's really hysterical. I can't decide which I want more: to be a contestant on the Bachelor, or to be a Bachelorette and have men swarming around me. Tough decisions.

So, precious kittens. This brings me slightly up to date with all I wanted to discuss. I still have to make my Spring/Summer 2008 NEED list, but that can wait until after my exams, i.e. next week. Let's review this post's lessons learned:

• NuBra: No more than 5 hours, not if you're Chesty LaRoo.
• In Style Style 101: Go get it.
• Surplus sunglasses sale: GO. They replenish stock daily.
• 12 year old girls don't need to dress like hookers.
• Quiet Roar = best band EVER.
• Marimekko @ H&M: must-haves for summer!
• The Bachelor: trashy fun!

Enjoy kittens! Go outside and play!
Stay stylish!
xoxo

Let's Talk

Also known as things that bother me, this instant.

Let's talk Facebook. Listen, I love Facebook obsessively. I think it's a great networking tool, and a great stalking tool. I originally did NOT love the overdose of applications, but I admittedly opened my heart to a pile of them, namely, the Britney Spears Status, LOLCats and, of course, my latest love, PIECES OF FLAIR. YES, LIKE FROM OFFICE SPACE. I love it. Here's what I don't like. PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW on my homepage. I just discussed this with a really MANLY plaything. He loves it. I disagree. I bet he adds EVERYONE OFF THERE. He claims it's a genius application. Great. Mark Zuckerberg clearly wants me to add more friends. I get it. Too bad my PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW box is full of 2 categories of people: people I legitimately DO NOT KNOW and people I DO know but have deleted. YES. THAT'S RIGHT. I DELETE. I go on rampages sometimes. It bothers me once in a blue moon when I have too many friends. Right now I'm at 593. I think that's a safe number. The MAN says it's full of awkward people. He's right, it is. In my case, it's REALLY AWKWARD PEOPLE. Which brings me to what else bothers me today about Facebook: awkward friend requests, resulting from PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW. Since this new fancy-poo function came out, I get friend requests. FROM PEOPLE I'VE DELETED and/or people I never wanted to add. I'm going to send the following to Facebook's creator.

Dear Mark Zuckerberg,
May I call you Marky? How about Precious Zucks? I think you're hunky. It's too bad you won't add me as a friend on Facebook. I mean hello? I'm a nice Jewish girl from Montreal. Anyway, I'll send you some headshots later. You won't be able to resist.
Look Mark. I think you've done an amazing job on this whole Facebook thing. You've let me stalk a bunch of ex boyfriends from the comfort of my bedroom! I can't get arrested this way! (Not that I ever have, that was a joke. Seriously. Good little Jewish girls don't get arrested.) Why is it you insist on making new ways to find friends? It was bad enough that you put the email thing in. People I've deleted shouldn't be allowed to see me. Ever. I don't like having a block list the size of my ass (which, by the way, is really lovely, if you ever cared to ADD ME). While I FULLY appreciate the new privacy format, with limiting specific people to specific things, it upsets me TO NO END that I cannot see a preview of what limited profile folks can see. Maybe I just didn't discover that yet. Either way, it is NOT USER FRIENDLY. Facebook is SUPPOSED to be FUN and EASY. It also really upsets me when I see that a couple has broken up on my news feed. Good thing I know how to bypass that!
Listen Marky, I really think you've done a great job. Just figure out a way to LIMIT DELETED FRIENDS FROM RE-ADDING ME. That, and add me please. I can show you what Montreal girls are made of!

With love, your pal,
Miss Ditz

Selfish/Unselfish Ditz

Selfish: For the first time ever, I slept in the middle of my bed, not curled up on the edge. I've had this bed since I was 16. Best sleep of my life. WITH 4 pillows. There is clearly no room in my bed for any visitors (male or stuffed elephant variety).

Unselfish: I got a terrible phone call just now. Informing me that my FAVORITE sample sale starts tonight and goes until Sunday. This is terrible news because I have 2 exams next week, holidays this weekend AND NO TIME TO SPEND SHOPPING. Why unselfish? In spite of my BITTERNESS, I will share the information with you, my favorite kittens, because if I can't benefit, I want you all to buy beautiful things. http://www.braderiedemodequebecoise.com/S08-edition-eng.htm
That's all the information you'll need. If I was selfish Ditz, I wouldn't tell ANYONE. I've done that before. I know it's not nice. Everyone should own a Mackage coat. Or 2. Or 3.

More later. I promise!
Stay stylish kittens!
xoxo

"Just because you post 3 entries in one day, doesn't mean you get to take a break"

And that is a direct quote from a friendly kitten reader!

I know I've been neglectful. I know it's TUESDAY, and I haven't posted since THURSDAY. THAT'S A LOT OF DAYS TO BE CHECKIN' WITHOUT UPDATES. I KNOW. It's like those days when Perez doesn't have a new post for HOURS. Those are usually the worst hours of my day. I sometimes take a nap. I'd rather be sleeping than have no new information.

I have much to discuss, precious pets. A TON OF STUFF. This might even become a multiple post evening. I hope you all cut me some slack. Bear in mind that this past weekend was the weekend to end all weekends, and that I have 2 final exams next week, AND IT'S PESACH THIS COMING WEEKEND. Too much going on. I love/hate springtime. Mostly love. I stopped wearing socks last week, big step for the Ditz. The instant it's MODERATELY warm enough, I nix the chaussettes (that, yes, my bubbs knit for me. It's a sad day when I've run out of bubby-socks. I hate those days). I might have worn flip flops once. SHHH. Mostly, I've been rocking fancy flats. I bought a GLORIOUS pair from Brown's last spring. I think that excursion was supposed to result in running shoes, but I ended up with a pair of delish round toe bronze fancy flats and a pair of lace-up ankle boots. Don't judge. If you saw my ankle boots, you'd be EXTRA jealous. They were really avant-garde last year. Now they're just, well, stylish.

Let me cover one importantish topic first: closet purge 2008 #1. I know I'd intended originally to post a list of everything I'd purged. I got lazy. Seriously. The pile was so large and out of control that I let my sister sift through it (she took a handful of items that I know she'd had her eye on), I let my mom take a few kitschy things for my 7 year old cousin (you read that right. 7 year old cousin gets - and FITS INTO - my hand-me-downs. Not because she's so large, but rather because I sometimes wear little small clothes. That fit little small kiddos. Don't judge my upper torso for being equivalent to a 7 year old with boobs.). The bulk of my discards are being given to my cleaning lady to send to her family in Jamaica. See? Even Ditzes can be good-hearted. Nice to know that my old Space FB tops & assorted pieces are being put to good use!

Purse purge wasn't as successful. I got rid of maybe 5 bags total. 1 was claimed by my sister. 1 was added to the Jamaica pile. 1 was given to a friendly plaything. I have 2 left: a silver flat clutch from Old Navy that has an attached bangle-handle, and a pink Parcel tote bag. Interested? Inquire within.

My closet purge/cleaning went really well. I rediscovered a FANTASTIC wardrobe stable that I FORGOT I OWNED. A black trench coat. So what if it's from The Gap? Still looks good! It's from that SJP campaign years ago following SATC's final season. I also made such intense use of kitschy organizing hangers. All my accessories have friendly living quarters now. Placing and replacing is going to be the bane of my existence.

I know that I have MORE things to document, i.e. my entire weekend - BAS MISVAH INCLUDED - and the Bas Misvah aftermath. That's going to be the next post. I promise it'll be up soon. Like within an hour or so.

Come back soon & stay stylish!
xoxo

Today Is Apparently THE Most Serious Day

Wow. Post #3 in one day. Sometimes, I wish every day was this exciting.

I just want to mention one quick thing. It's called "How to make a meeting more productive, and by more productive, I mean a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME".

Listen kittens. If you're going to go to a meeting that is on a very serious time frame, do yourself and everyone else there a favor: don't say something SUCKS if you have absolutely ZERO better ideas yourself.

I'm not saying that the meeting I went to was pointless and a complete waste of time. I am, however, saying that time constraint meetings are not the place to showcase your beautiful voice. You have an opinion? Cool. Go ahead and voice it. Just make sure you have a possible solution to your objection before you open your CAKE HOLE.

In addition, this afternoon/just now, I got a major present. Remember when I said that my mother & grandmother are finally figuring me out? I was serious. I just "inherited"/"acquired" 3 MORE amazing vintage purses and some beautiful yellow gold jewelry belonging to my beloved great-grandmother. Sometimes, I am really really mushy. Seriously, who needs Marc Jacobs when you have delicious purses that likely NOBODY ELSE HAS? (Okay, I still need Marc Jacobs. I'll always need Marc.) I've actually made some serious closet progress. Instead of watching the hockey game, I'm going to venture into the mysterious land of MESS, until The Office is on. That's right. The Office. Toby is the love of my life. Jim too. Heck, Andy also.

Big shoutouts to the kittens who actively read (I always acknowledge my special pets!), the ones who have me as their homepage (que je t'aime!) and the ones who choose to comment and respond! Next stop: a local synagogue magazine!

Stay stylish!
xoxo

WOW

Quick extra post.

I was just catching up on some Perez, as per usual, and came across this: http://perezhilton.com/2008-04-10-this-is-not-a-joke-26

UNCLE KARL IN GTA 4. WOW. I am totally speechless. This is like the best of both worlds. It's practically a rebirth of CHRIST. No, it's not. It's just a crazy joining of the video game world and the fashion world. I never thought that day would come.

Thank you, Fashion Gods. Thank you.

-Ditz xoxo

2 MUST-BUYS, FOR EVERY FASHIONISTA

Or at least every aspiring fashionista.

Male readers take warning: this is a really REALLY girly post (what? Like every other post is NOT really girly?).

2 must-buys, this week, from the Ditz herself.

1. A NuBra. I've always been DYING to try one of these doo-hickeys, but never had a legitimate occasion. They carry these THINGS at La Senza. I suggest you high-tail it over there and try one on. Totally surprised, because it is not what I expected at all. Seriously, say goodbye to pain-in-the-ass strapless bras, and garbage convertible straps: NuBra is the way to go. I was just glancing at the disclaimer on the box. Interesting, not meant to be worn more than 6 hours. Whatever. Makes sense. Admittedly pricey at $59.50 for a "pair", I think this a worthy purchase. I'll really let you all know Monday morning. For more information, investigate http://www.nubra.com/

2. In Style's Style 101 "magazine". It's a special edition larger magazine/book. It was $16 at Wal-Mart. I thought it was going to be like $6, but I got so excited that I decided I needed it anyways. For someone who shouldn't be spending money... Anyways! I've been leafing through it. This is honestly the Bible for any shopper or general diva. With sections on Beauty, Fasion, Home and Entertaining, I can't see how this is NOT the invention of the century. I feel like this special edition is ultimate. I don't think I can relay proper words as to how excited I am to plow through this. I also feel like I could have written this book myself. Seriously. I might have to write a formal review on it. Totally worth it!

Now, I have to skip off, but I have to make myself here a mini-list on upcoming posts that seem to need to happen:

• Spring/Summer 2008 NEED List (truth: I already started my research).
• Closet Purge Listing.
• In Style's Style 101 Review.

That seems about right, doesn't it?

Stay stylish kittens! Ditz loves you (& sunshine)!
xoxo