Ali's Archive

I've wanted to do this pose-off for a long time because I found these really cool green gem earrings on sale for $20 that I wore to Fashion Week and got a lot of compliments on.  Unfortunately, I brought them on a recent trip and one of the gems fell out.  I guess that's why they were so cheap!  Long story short, today I was forced to wear another pair of ginormous earrings...

As I sit here with my pants unzipped (and thankfully no one has noticed), I am desperate for 2 things: 

1. A snack that is preferably a bowl of chocolate ice cream or a toaster waffle;

2. Internet television.  Me, wrapped in a blanket sitting with my laptop watching ideally something shallow and meaningless like Days of Our Lives or The Bachelor.  I'd even be willing to watch

Our friends over at Thyme Maternity got wind of our new Mom & Baby section and swiftly sent over cute little packages including what we have been calling 'boob cream' about the office.  Of course, their name is a little more tactful.

Uplift Breast Cream is designed to tone, regenerate and protect your poor Tatas from their impending expansion/explosion. 

To be honest, I had...

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This weekend, my Grandmother ("Oma") was in town for a visit.  By that statement, you may have guessed that she's German and by default, so am I.  It is a universal truth that Germans like a clean house; and by clean, I mean thoroughly, impeccably, eat off the ground clean. And if you're going to 'eat off the ground' it's crucial that the cleaning products...

I will not brag about my makeup stash today.  I'm tempted, but not today.  It's gloomy and raining in Toronto and I fear my going on about the 15 mascaras I'm currently testing or the entire collection of new CoverGirl lipsticks I've been rotating through, may make local members (especially those affected by S.A.D) more upset.  So I will leave my bragging to my...

You're reveling in the last mouthful of Tiramisu, a first date that has gone very well so far and then the bill arrives.  No, he doesn't push the check your way or suggest you "go halvsies"... he reaches into his pocket and produces a buy 1 get 1 free entree coupon. 


We recently read an article on Moneywatch that asks the question: Is this acceptable on a date?  Now before...