From the monthly archives: November 2011

nablopomo: done like dinner

By On November 30, 2011 · 13 Comments · In NaBloPoMo

Well, here it is.  The end.  The end of National Blog Posting Month (yup, that was 30 posts in 30 days) and also coincidentally, the end of Movember.  And I have to say, I’m glad to see the end of both of them!  Although NaBloPoMo technically ends on (what could be) a Wordless Wednesday, somehow [...]

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please please tell me now…

By On November 29, 2011 · 18 Comments · In NaBloPoMo, Random Musings

National Blog Posting Month:  It keeps going (and going, and going…)

Gentle Readers.  This is the part of NaBloPoMo (ridiculous) where I turn things over to you.  Yup, I require your specialized expertise in a few areas for which I know you are totally qualified:  a beauty product consult, a wardrobe consult and [...]

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’tis the season to be sherry

By On November 28, 2011 · 8 Comments · In NaBloPoMo, Random Musings

Oh, god.  SO sorry about that bad substitution in the Christmas Carol there.  Whoah.  I can’t even believe that just happened!  I regret that I made reference to the impending holiday ‘season’ ahead of us, but if you’re like me, and have been lulled into a state of dreamy denial, I hate to be the [...]

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holiday punch for your holiday party

By On November 27, 2011 · 4 Comments · In NaBloPoMo, The Mix

I’m doing National Blog Posting Month:  Party.  Party.  Party.

Great.  So the Globe and Mail decides to run their  ‘Working the Office Party‘ (aka how to dress for it) story/pictorial on the day after my own ‘holiday’ office get-together chez moi.  Granted, we got things started a bit earlier this year with long December [...]

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never listen to music alone again

By On November 26, 2011 · 10 Comments · In NaBloPoMo, The Mix, What's in Jen's iPod?

National Blog Posting Month:  Every damn day.

‘Never listen to music alone again‘ is the tagline for a fun website called Drinkify.  At least three separate people (including the Jock) passed this link on to me, so I figured that I should share it with all of you music-loving, cocktail-craving, blog-reading people!

The concept is simple:  [...]

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