Being too trendy would be a “don’t” at this job

December 14, 2006

At my part time job, we sell basic, casual clothing and for the longest time, for six of the seven years I’ve worked there and for years before that, we’ve always sold leggings. Good old tapered leg leggings.  Some years they’ve had ribbed ones, in a variety of colours, but in recent years they’ve only had the [...]

Now accepting ads of all kinds and in both official languages

December 13, 2006

For well over two years now, I have wondered how close my cell phone number is to that of a local french newspaper as I’m always receiving phone calls on Wednesdays and Thursdays concerning an ad that someone would like to put in this esteemed paper. Back when I didn’t get many phone calls, and I [...]

Christmas is coming, ready or not

December 12, 2006

I had some success with my shopping this weekend, coming across some perfect gifts for my mom.  Sadly, they were both in the wrong size but since they were on sale, I bought them and now I’ll have to go to another location of the store and find the right sizes, thus preserving my sale [...]

When you see the word “weekend” in an entry, do you go into skim mode?

December 10, 2006

Not writing every day is my way of protesting the fact that something about my domain name won’t let me sign up for the latest “write a post a day” challenge out there. So far, my weekend has been fairly busy.  I took Friday off from the day job and had a good time in [...]