My new favourite maternity store is Sirens. This outfit cost about $25 and the sweater has pockets (ps- I don't care if tights aren't pants. Where am I gonna get $5 pants that fit my belly?)


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So I started a bubble quilt. I'm using this tutorial with some modifications- I am sewing the squares into strips before I stuff them, and I am pressing the seams. I wasn't originally intending to press the seams, but the thought of not doing it makes me really uncomfortable ( Read more... )

So, this article was floating around facebook. In short: women are less successful in men in the workplace because of social conditioning which results in them not trying hard enough ( Read more... )

Further to yesterday's post, I was thinking about street harassment and why it happens and the best way to react, and I remembered this story:

This isn't about me (I wasn't even there), but rather my boyfriend, AKA Austin, AKA the Sign Guy. While he was in university, he took to carrying a sign that said something different everyday, and it was ( Read more... )

So, I’ve had a fair amount of spare time at work lately and we all know what that means! Feminist reading time! This time around I’ve been really getting into Captain Awkward, and I love, love, love the commenters. Sometimes I’ll spend the whole day (on and off) browsing the comments for a single post. I read most of the comments for the Creepy Guy ( Read more... )

I used to do these mini reviews all the time. I think I should start again ( Read more... )

I keep Laughing Cow cheese in the fridge at work, and crackers in my desk for when I get hungry and want something more substantial than the chocolates and gummies I often snack on. Last week I wanted some cheese and went to the fridge, only to discover the empty container. Upon reflection, I think the cheese dissapeared much faster than it should ( Read more... )

I suppose I should do a recap of this, since I have every other year.

This year was... not as awesome as previous years. I think it’s partly to do with the overwhelming anxiety from work, as well as general disorganization. No one seemed to know what was going on until practically the day of the event. I also humiliated myself in front of everyone, ( Read more... )

So, my new Brilliant Idea of the Week is to do a triathlon. During my last wikipedia bender I ended up reading up on triathlons and discovered there are different distances. Distances I could conceivably do! Then I started looking at races and found there are quite a few nearby, but one that takes place in Banff really caught my attention.

Swim: ( Read more... )

But what's more exciting, MEC now sells a water bottle that mounts under your bike seat! It has a long tube, camelback style, so you can drink while you're riding with no backpack and no stopping for water bottles! Yay! Austin was doing this and that around town, so he stopped in at MEC got one for each of us, as well as my watch. He came by during ( Read more... )