Housekeeping…
Posted by: rasilla on: November 24, 2008
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Smile ♪♫
Posted by: rasilla on: July 9, 2009
I actually came to know this song again, through Michael Bubles version of it, (which I tend to like a lot more than Josh Grobans, only because it seems to really fit the theme of the song lyrics more.)
Anyway then I realized, after it was mentioned in the memorial, that MJ’s version was the first every one I had heard, though at the time, didn’t even realize it was MJ (how sad is that? I blame the fact that I wasn’t really into music in my youth, thus was unable to recognise his voice. This must have been before my crazy ability to recognize voices…haha…)
Originally by Charlie Chaplin (at least the musical part)
Smile
tho’
your heart is aching,
Smile
Even though it’s breaking,
When there are clouds in the sky- You’ll get by,
If you
Smile through your fear and sorrow,
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the sun come shining through- For you.
Light up your face with gladness,
Hide ev’ry trace of sadness,
Altho’ a tear may be ever so near,
That’s the time you must keep on trying,
Smile- What’s the use of crying,
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile,
If you just smile.
I don’t mind waking up early…
Posted by: rasilla on: July 7, 2009
if its to answer the door and sign for a package :D
They arrived today, and was kinda excited to receive them.
Not sure if I’m going to keep the Powder brush, seeing as I rarely use them to start off with. But the Shader has already been stolen by my mom. LOL the least I could do, by letting it slide, seeing as she did raise me.
More on these guys eventually. They are my first Annabelle Brushes, and I hope that its a good experience, but we will see~
Have a lovely day all, its cold and supposed to be rainy in Toronto, but hey, at least its not like 35 degrees celcius! lol (Though I’m sure a lot of others would be wanting that right about now :p)
How do you define Thrifting?
Posted by: rasilla on: July 6, 2009
And I know (or at least I HOPE) that my readers do not make this mistake…but VINTAGE is not ABERCROMBIE or HOLLISTER! lol I was in the Soompi forum one day, and nearly chocked on my drink cause this girl said she went vintage shopping and bought a ton of Hollister shirts! lol It was cute to see her make her mistake…but then I wondered how many of us really know?
Anyway…
How do you define Thrifting?
Personally Wiki seems to sum it up well for me.
Thrifting refers to the act of shopping at a thrift store, flea market, garage sale, or a shop of a charitable organization, usually with the intent of finding interesting items at a cheap price.
A larger philosophy permeates the act of thrifting which celebrates the recycling of formerly-owned items, finding new use and new love for vintage material goods which had been thrown out, and the thrill of imagining what the former life of the item was like.
HERE is another fun discussion on the word…
I shared one thrifting find a few weeks/months back…and I thought I would share a bit more.
First off, it does unfortunately take time. Nothing is organized in the way it might be in an actual store in a mall, but sometimes, especially when you are with a friend, it can be fun. Though this is one of the main reasons why I also dislike shopping at Winners (because nothing is organized and its hard to find things), but when you do dig and search through, and find something great it is all worth it :)
Second, if you find a great shop, you should stick through with it for a bit, cause then you become accustomed to their sales, deals, habits, etc. It makes things easier for you in the long run :)
For those in Toronto/Mississauga I find that Goodwill and Value Village located @ Dundas&Dixie is a good one. As well as the Value Village @ Lansdowne Station. Blackmarket was somewhere that was fun when I was in highschool, but the merchandise doesn’t appeal to me anymore.
(For a list of vintage stores check out the list HERE)
I stick more to Goodwill than Value Village, mainly because the employees at GW are NOT allowed to buy merchandise from their store (not sure if its just when they are on the job…) but it also means that they can’t take something that might be of high value and sneak it for them selves.
Case in point…The two paintings that were donated to Goodwill sold at $134000. Had the worker been able to ‘keep/buy’ it for herself than this money couldn’t have been put into better use (not to say that she doesn’t deserve it. I mean wow, to notice that there was something special about these paintings…I looked at them in the photo and thought…meh…lol that coming from a non artistic eye!! )
Article HERE HERE and HERE
Though I can’t help wondering…Did the donator do it not knowing (therefore kicking themselves)? or knowing it and wanting to do something good??
Anyway one of the things I do like doing at Goodwill, is getting books. As my previous post shows, I love reading. But if I were to buy them all in a retail bookstore…I would be severely broke…actually I probably wouldn’t be able to feed my addiction after a few books :T So Goodwill is great for me, as Hardcovers are 3.49, Paperbacks around 2.75, and children’s books (which I also love collecting) is around 0.99-2.00. It gets better than they have their 50% day sales…and my arms are filled with books and I’m standing in a ridiculously long line! lol
Anyway because there is a few stores close to where I help out my mom, I always enjoy going to check it out on my self appointed breaks (seriously with the customers that we get, I’m surprised I haven’t run myself into a tree…) and take some time to wind down from all the stress.
So that in part answers why I thrift. I do it for fun, and as a stress reliever, as there is hardly anything else around the neighbourhood. But I also do it cause well I hate paying full price for clothes. Mainly cause though I do keep my stuff in good condition, I tend to have way too many accidents that make me regret paying full price. Plus with being a student still (and it looks to be forever…) it helps stretch out my moola while juggling textbook and public transit fees.
So here I am babbling on and on.
What have I got to show for it?
We’ve seen these…Love them despite being half a size too small~
Funny cause I wanted these a few years back when they were on sale at Winners. Love the weave in the front. But runs a tad big on me without foot petals.
Again a tad large cause its size 8.5. But I love it. So comfortable, and the height (is is desperately needed on my short height :P)
I’m pretty sure it isn’t real…but its real snakeskin (or so my Dad and my Mom say). I loved it because of the different sections inside. And its got a nice feel to it as a clutch :P (I love Clutches. I shouldn’t use small ones cause of my heavier frame…but…<3)
Puma Evisu’s. The zipper pull was broken, which is unfortunate cause I do like their pulls, but otherwise in great condition…and makes my slightly flat butt look pretty lol
And my greatest find?…
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These Babies. But at Size 35, I had to give them to my friend. I figured she could put them to better use at the office. (btw do Choo’s run large? she is 6-7, and yet these fit her perfecting) This is when I wished that we could control feet size like we do our weight…lol Anyway the individual had worn them a few times, but replaced the heel, the price tag (the see through type stickers that you see at Holts or Perhaps Macy’s) was still on the shoe…oh the love…This was the first and last time I get to be in posession of shoes so expensive.
Anyway I guess it depends on the type of person you are, whether you pick VV or GW (since GW is more just thrown into sections, and you search through, whereas VV is more organized into sizes and colours…)
But I find it somewhat fun, as are Garage sales~ Picked up a few vintagey looking necklaces and brooches for cheap around the place…so that’s always fun (I love chunky silver colour jewlery :P)
Anyway have you ever thrifted?
Any thoughts?
How do you measure up? (re:reading)
Posted by: rasilla on: July 2, 2009
EDIT:
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I wanted to pick up more Ecotools, but most are sold out :( but she still has a TON of other goodies available! Lashes, shadows, nailpolish GALORE! PLUS she started carrying ELF so for us Canadians, if you wanted something, like brushes or tweezers, she has them in stock so check it out. Over $20 is free shipping (and we all know how RARE that is for us Canadian.)
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I saw this on my friends FB as a note~
Thought it was kinda interesting…
A lot of the books were books we had to read in HS, though majority of others are just favourites of mine (Huge book nerd right here! lol :P)
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The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?
Instructions:
Copy into a new note Put an (X) next to the ones you’ve read. Include the number you have read in the headline and tag your friends! Only count the ones you have read all of!
My note…Cause we know that I have horrible memory, * are the ones I wasn’t sure of…and must look into to…
(x)1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
♥ one of my favourite books. Yes I’m THAT girl…lol
( )2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
I CANNOT for the life of me get though a book from the series…I just CANT
(x)3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
(x)4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
(x)5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
HS though I did like it.
(x)6 The Bible
( )7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
(x)8 1984 – George Orwell
Ugh…I read it cause of my cousin…not one of my favs…
(x)9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
I read it cause of the controversy that was linked to it…I enjoyed it, though was VERY disappointed by the movie.
(x)10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
(x)11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott
♥ Another one :)
( )12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
()13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
( )14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
I made it through most of the cause of HS…though…I think HS killed Shakespeare for me :T
( )15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
( )16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
( )17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulk
(x)18 Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
HS bro loves this book, but I just find it…meh…
(x)19 The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
♥ Recently read this, and LOVED IT! I couldn’t believe it took me that long to get around to reading it.
( )20 Middlemarch – George Eliot
(x)21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell
Oh Scarlett…
( )22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
I have this one…and haven’t gotten around to reading it.
( )23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens
( )24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
( ) 25 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Saw the movie, haven’t read the book…though worried to cause it is kind wacky
( )26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
( )27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Another one I keep reading and stopping…
( )28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
(x)29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
(x)30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
()31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
( )32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
(x)33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis
have the series
(x)34 Emma – Jane Austen
(x)35 Persuasion – Jane Austen
(x)36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
I guess they are counting the books separately?
(x)37 The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
Hard to read at times, but a book I currently have on yearly rotation
( )38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres
(x)39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
in HS EVERY girl seemed to have read it…and I got around to reading it in our final year…
(x)40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
kk…pooh~
(x)41 Animal Farm – George Orwell
Another Orwell *shakes head*
(*)43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
This sounds familiar. Not sure if I have read it, or if its sitting on one of my shelves…
( )44 A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
( )45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
(x)46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
♥ Another one of my fav’s oh come on the events leading up the the final union of Gilbert and Anne?! DAH!
( )47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
( )48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
(x)49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding
HS but I thought it was interesting…especially in Gr.9 haha…
( )50 Atonement – Ian McEwan
Was the movie based on this book?! I didn’t know…
( )51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel
ppl are going to hate me, but I CANNOT get passed the first 20 pages of this book. I have tried SO many times to complete it…and for me not to…is a rare thing…
( ) 52 Dune – Frank Herbert
My friend keeps telling me to read the series…I should ask to borrow them from him soon…
( ) 53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
(x)54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
( )55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
( ) 56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
( ) 57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
( ) 58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
(x) 59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
Yes and have it…
(x) 60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I think I read this one cause of Oprah…
(x) 61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
Another HS book…we even watched the movie…almost made me cry..
( )62 Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
( ) 63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt
(x) 64 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
and I was traumatized. Refuse to read the other new one by her.
(x)65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
(*)66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac
Was this the memoir? Cause I think I have read it…
( )67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
(x)68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
( )69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
( )70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville
(x)71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
I went through an Oliver Twist phase cause we did a musical on it…
(x)72 Dracula – Bram Stoker
(x)73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
Childhood read…
( ) 74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson
( )75 Ulysses – James Joyce
I need to get around to reading this eventually…
( ) 76 The Inferno – Dante
^ditto this one
( ) 77 Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
( ) 78 Germinal – Emile Zola
( )79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
( )80 Possession – AS Byatt
(x)81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
( ) 82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
(*)83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker
( )84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
( )85 Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
( )86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
(x)87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White
Wilbur!
(x) 88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
Got hooked starting from Tuesdays with Morrie~
(x)89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
( )90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton
( )91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
(x)92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
This I don’t get. I have read it, have two versions of it…but I don’t really get why it is so ridiculously famous. Maybe another several reads will enlighten me as it did others?
( )93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
( ) 94 Watership Down – Richard Adams
( ) 95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
( ) 96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
( )97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
(x)98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare
(x)99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
Another childhood classic
(x)100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
♥ Loved the musical…and its a book I try and read every few years…but its ridiculously thick >_<
Okay so I’ve established that I love reading…guess now my challenge is to prove them wrong and read them all??
Well its Thursday…and TGIF! well soon that is :)
Hope you all have a great weekend!
