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| Suzanne is puckering up to kiss my planet! The change room in this shop is an old bank vault. Sue and I decided not to lock Suzanne in. Lady Madonna Thrift Shop on Homer near Pender. |
We spent a whirlwind
afternoon/early evening of feasting, laughing, shopping, chatting, sipping, and
scheming, with me trying to hog the limelight the whole time, and guest
appearances by Miz Bagg. Overall I suppose I came across as Brenda Blethyn playing the obnoxious mother in the movie Little Voice, which would make
Suzanne the suave strip bar owner, Ray Say, played by Michael Caine, and Sue the schtar
herself, Little Voice, in the scenes of her belting out show tunes on the classed-up
stripper stage. I was in a snap happy mood, whipping my camera about like a rude gesture, each flash like a little slap.
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| Suzanne and I had to talk Sue out of this dress. We had to rip it from her hands. Poor dear. (You know I'm kidding, right? In fact, I ordered her to hold it up for the photo. ) See her polka-dot pants? Love. |
There was so much
eyeball-rolling and violent laughter I'm surprised we didn't sprain our heads,
although I certainly had a mighty social hangover the next day. Meeting a
blogger in person is like meeting a celebrity, as you may know, and I was
struck immediately when I met Sue how her face seemed to shine with light. When
I met Suzanne I was transfixed by her dramatic hair and contralto voice. And while
they were both dressed fabulously, their wit, smarts, and generous hearts reduced
their bodily wrappings to mere bits of fabric. The looks hook but the
personality sustains.
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| Check out those pearly whites, blue/green eyes, and those amazeballs eyelashes, not to mention the fiery hair. This is Community Thrift Store on Carrall St. I also took Jean of Dross into Gold here and Sheila of Ephemera and L. |
We exchanged prezzies,
which included a super-fun hand-made T-shirt, hand-made pin/clip, and card from
Suzanne. And, well, Sue, she gave me a brilliant card and the landing site for
the next deep space explorer mentioned earlier. I'll wear both your gifts with
pride and love long into the future. (To be fair, 10% of all Ass planet
certificate sales will go to Sue, okay 15%.)
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| I love this photo! Sue holding her gift from Suzanne and wearing a scarf I gave her. See what I mean about the light? |
We didn't have much luck thrifting – price and selection at the shops within walking distance in downtown Vancouver can
usually be beat elsewhere. I only manage what I get through perseverance and an
eagle eye on the sale racks. I did, however, snafu a beautiful greenie maxi
vest thing I'd had my eye on in Lady Madonna for two years now (yes, that kind
of determination). As we were leaving, the owner said, Make me an offer, and with Sue and Suzanne
enveloping the shop in a cloud of love and "you better give the dame a
deal if ya' knows what's good for ya'" vibe, it was mine for almost half price.
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| The gang! I was smiling for sure but my smiles always look forced in group photos. We shut down this cafe, last ones out. Jean, we came here during your visit too. |
I usually don't do
Christmas, but this year I had a hankering for a party, and I got one with
these two amazing women. I conveniently left my Cindy Lou Who self at home to
take full advantage. Thank you so much, Sue and Suzanne, for including me in
your plans.
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| T-shirt hand-made for me special by Suzanne, based on my earlier post, Do I dress to piss them off? Suzanne has lots of cool original stuff on Etsy HERE. Her wildly popular Badass Blogger T-shirt is HERE. |
I hope you're all well, taking care of yourselves and letting stuff that doesn't really matter float off to where it belongs, just not on my Ass. Mwah.
