Tag: wellingtonista
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There is a whole ‘nother world that some people get to live in, and I don’t, and I’m really jealous of them. It’s a world where their developing breasts weren’t eyed up and measured every day by a population of boys who wouldn’t know what to do with them if they had the chance. It’s […]
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Happy Galentine’s Day
There’s no brunch, because it’s a work day, and honestly, frittata is just quiche, but I figure Galentine’s Day is a good day to shout out to my ladies. Because ladies are the best. #blatantmisandry In alphabetical order… Anna, catsitter and couch-cleaner extrodinaire, who upped her game by leaving me apricot pie AND picking me […]
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In which Good Friday is good
Kelly and I cleaned the house today – to the level of vacuuming UNDER the sofa pillows and rotating them, and while I was vacuuming I was dancing to Salt’n Pepa, so not only do I have the feeling of productivity, I also have the exhaustion of exercise, and I just feel so GOOD. This […]
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Living the smug life
I am going to catch you up on my life. But first, I am going to talk to you about Firmoo glasses, who emailed me waaay back in July offering me free glasses in exchange for blogging about them. Go ahead, click that link, because free glasses are awesome. What I like about Firmoo is […]
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This don’t even feel like falling
It turns out that I can throw a pretty good shindig. The Fourth Annual Wellingtonista Awards were last night, and it was a fantastic time. I’m so proud of all the work that I and others have put into that site, and it’s paid off in bucketfuls. I’ll no doubt do a proper post about […]
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Shacking up
It is astonishing how much difference a little bit of money has made in my life. Getting paid for the contract work that I’ve been doing meant I could pay my phone bill. It meant I could get my meds. It meant I could pay rent. It meant I could go see my counsellor and […]
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Stolen Moments
Last time I wrote, I was planning for Martha’s new Wanda Harland opening, and now that was a couple of weeks ago. I had a tremendous amount of fun. There was the most amazing cheese in the whole wide world there (one was called “OMG Triple Cream Brie” by Over The Moon) and because I […]
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2008 in review
40 questions I answer every year. 1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? Traveled internationally for work. Broke the two year rule (it was a pash, and the two year rulee was standing right next to me at the time, and she’s still cool with me, but I’m not sure […]
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