*This post was originally published a year ago however, with Halloween just around the corner I thought it would be fun to bring it back from the archives! (Also, Im still kind of proud of myself tha...
I feel like my last few posts have been very "touchy, feely, lets all go watch Oprah, hold hands and sing kumbaya" Writing about my feeeelings has left me craving a bit of snarky commentary. ...
Whenever life feels uncertain, I like to remind myself of the things I know are true. Here is a list of things that I know for certain about myself and life in general. (I realized once I started wri...
Its time for another installment of Things I would Tell my 20-year old Self. Doing the honor today is my friend Stef Woods of City Girl Blogs.Stef is one of my favorite people Ive "met" over ...
When I moved to Toronto 11 years ago, one of the things I missed most was the tight circle of girlfriends Id left behind. I discovered that meeting legitimate, close girlfriends can take time. Im luc...
Well, Skinny Dippers - this is the last regularly scheduled Flashback post for September. I hope you have enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Last Friday I had dinner with my friend Rachael who I hav...
My best friend and I always joke about our differing taste in men. Shes always liked the guys who were good at gym class (jocks) where I have always been more attracted to the guys who were smoking a...
As promised a giveaway!If you are female and write about relationships or sex, its inevitable that at some point someone will compare you to Carrie Bradshaw. This happens to me a lot. On the surface ...
Remember I mentioned that every September I go into an organizational frenzy? Last year was no exception. On Labor Day weekend, a week before my 30th birthday, I decided to clean out the contents of ...
(Warning: this post is about "First World Problems" of the most trivial kind)For ten days every September the city of Toronto turns into Hollywood North, as celebrities and film industry type...
To celebrate Skinny Dips two year anniversary, from now until the end of September, every Wednesday Ill be revisiting one of my favorite posts from the past two years. Todays post is probably one of ...
September 11th, 2001 was my 21st birthday.Yesterday I turned 31. Most peoples reaction after they discover my birth date is: "Wow that must be weird for you" .This happens whenever I meet som...
Here is another "get to know me" post courtesy of Teacher Girl Blogs and the Ten on Tuesday (which I am posting on a Thursday. Go figure). The theme today is music:1. Do you listen to the rad...
To celebrate Skinny Dips two year anniversary, from now until the end of September, every Wednesday Ill be revisiting one of my favorite posts from the past two years. I chose todays post (from Sprin...
Hello Skinny Dippers! Welcome to another installment Things I Would Tell my 20-Year old Self. I often wish I could go back in time and have a conversation with my younger self so I could tell her the...
To celebrate Skinny Dips two year anniversary, from now until the end of September, every Wednesday Ill be revisiting one of my favorite posts from the past two years. Here is my first flashback post...
...and Im a bad parent. On August 19th Skinny Dip turned two without me even noticing. I feel like this is the blogging equivalent of accidentally driving off and leaving your baby in the Wal-Mart pa...
It was a dark and stormy night in August and I was at home.....organizing my make-up drawer. I dont know about you guys but, as soon as the end of August approaches I seem to go into an organizationa...
My hair and the City of Toronto have always had a rocky relationship. When I lived on the West Coast, I took for granted that I never had to spend much time even thinking about my hair. The moist, co...
I have the day off from work today & although I had all these grand plans to answer a million emails & write my heart out this morning, Ive spent the majority of the morning lazing around rea...
Last week I was sitting at home doing some writing when the doorbell rang. I opened the door to a UPS guy wearing questionably short, shorts and reflective aviator sunglasses."Are you Simone?"...
A few months ago I wrote a review of J-Wowws book "The Rules". Not long after I published that post I was browsing around my favorite used bookstore and discovered a copy of Nicole "Snook...
Since I have some time off this week from work, one of my goals is to get "digitally organized" - this means cleaning up the files on my lap-top, creating folders for stuff & clearing out...
I love when Im able to do giveaways for you guys but Ive realized Im really bad at announcing the winners! I just wanted to take a moment to give a shout out to Teacher Girl (of Teacher Girl Blogs) w...
...when it comes to your lunch.In an effort to avoid spilling my lunch all over my bag again, yesterday morning I decided to pack my lunch -(leftover take-out from the Nicaraguan restaurant across th...
The past two weeks have been bad. Comically bad.It started two Mondays ago when I arrived at work, reached into my bag and discovered that my lunch (avocado salad) had spilled all over my LV tote, le...
When Eden Fantasys asked me if I would be interested in reviewing the Candy Cane G-spot vibrator, what popped into my head was: "It would be really funny if it actually looked like a Candy Cane...
Champagne. Chocolate. Books. Um, yes please!Two weeks ago I attended a party that managed to combine all three of these pleasures under one roof. On June 29th, I went to a launch for the new novel ...
On Saturday night my friend Lindsey and I had a long overdue girls night out. We headed down to Little Italy where we drank Sangria on a patio and then crossed the street to a slightly Jersey-Shore-e...
Last week will always be known as "that time my sister and I watched 11.25 hours of 90210 re-runs". Say what you will - It was not a waste of time because 90210 is full of little nuggets of w...
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