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Let It Be Sunday

January 25, 2015 by Joy the Baker 22 Comments

January in New Orleans

Hello friends and Happy Sunday!

I hope you’re entering the end of January feeling happy and productive, still in your January intentions and resolutions.  These days feel filled with challenges and beauty, sunshine and chill.  

I don’t even know how I’m feeling this week?  That’s got to be ok to say… sometimes just the day to day is enough feeling.  Right?  

Here’s some of the superficial Internet.  I didn’t make it, I just listed it for you.  

•  I distinctly remember saving up my paycheck from my ice cream scooping job in high school so I could buy myself an outfit to wear after prom from Abercrombie and Fitch.  I bought a pair of forest green parachute pants with orange details and a navy linen kinda boho embroidered shirt.  I dunno.  It was the Abercrombie & Fitch hay-day.  We all went nuts for that mess, remember?  Well… their CEO is now 70 years old.  So there’s that:  The Aging of Abercrombie & Fitch

•  They’re giving all of our traffic secrets away:  New Traffic Apps May Be Pushing Cars Into Residential Areas 

•  The last thing you need:  Twitter While You Were Away.  Isn’t it all happening while we are away anyway?  

•  Inventing A Better Cat Call. I’ll take a sonnet or an edible arrangement, please and thank you.  

•  Would I come off as too defensive if I said that noooo, I don’t have a Tinder profile but still find the whole madness fascinating?  Reasons Why Your Tinder Profile Is Horrible.

•  12 Historical Women Who Gave No F*cks.  Go read this.  I’ll wait here, slow-blinking… and we can discuss when you return.  

•  Grab a cake or grab a spoon:  Chocolate Frosting.

•  It’s really inspiring to look through a different lens (and hold pictures in your hand).  Un-Instagram: Fujimax Instax Camera 

•  I’m going to see the movie American Sniper tonight.  People have thoughts about it.  Here are some:  I Served In Iraq and American Sniper Gets It Right.  But It’s Still Not The Warm Film We Need.  

•  RIP:  An Ode To SkyMall As It Files For Bankruptcy.   

•  I could legit use the Bracelet Assistant and I want a Jumping Hot Dog just for fun.  Here are 12 of SkyMalls Weirdest Products.  

Have more coffee.  Have a great day.  The two are inextricably linked.

xo Joy

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  1. sue b

    January 28, 2015 at 12:31 pm

    You don’t need a Bracelet Assistant, you can accomplish the same thing by using a roach clip on a stick!

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  2. The Queen of Dreaming

    January 28, 2015 at 4:13 am

    Great post! ;)

    https://justsem.wordpress.com/

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  3. JoAnn Perkins

    January 27, 2015 at 7:29 pm

    So proud of women who have the guts to step out of the box,

    Reply
  4. cakespy

    January 27, 2015 at 6:25 pm

    Nice links, girl!! Hope you’re not reading this because you’re living your life instead of reading comments. :-)

    Reply
  5. Julie

    January 26, 2015 at 11:59 pm

    All those SkyMall items were always so innovative and interesting.

    Reply
  6. Chrystina Noel (@ChrystinaNoel)

    January 26, 2015 at 9:36 pm

    Once when I was in college in Philadelphia a young kid passed by my group of 4 females downtown. He paused, looked at us and said, “excuse me ladies, you all look very pretty today” – then he biked away. I was both shocked and impressed.

    Reply
  7. Rebecca @ DisplacedHousewife

    January 26, 2015 at 10:06 am

    Love.

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