So there I was in Red Pony, friends, minding my own business -and asking people to show me how they organize their purse- when suddenly everything went sideways. This was *very* exciting at first because naturally I assumed that I had stepped into some sort of time-traveling vortex which would surely transport me to 18th century Scotland where I would meet an age-nebulous hot dude and have no problem fitting in with the locals from over 200 years ago because I am a REALIST. Sadly, this was not the case and I was only, like, fainting at work.
Was it because I suddenly realized how earrings play a disproportionately large role in my wardrobe and that it may be time for me to go on an earring diet? Maybe. Or was it because I finally faced the truth that Netflix is dumping Friends in the new year which will create a crater-sized hole in my life that nothing else can possibly fill? Could be. Or because I have been solely subsisting on a diet of leftover Halloween candy for the past month and am down to just licorice nibs and tootsie rolls, which are gross but I eat them anyways? Probably not. It’s more likely that it was some sort of time-travel sickness -a space-time continuum jet-lag, if you will- that happens when the people from the future try to pull you into the vortex to tell you something very important about the survival of the human race, but something went wrong.
ANYWAYS. [For the purposes of this yannicdote (see what I did there??) I refresh your memory that Rod is my spouse, and he works at the guitar shop just bellow Red Pony.] So, there I was, half sucked into the space-time anomaly/possibly just boring old fainting and I had just enough time to call Rod and tell him to come up to the Red Pony immediately, which he did. Before completely passing out I heard him say “Don’t worry, babe, I can work at Red Pony for you! If I can sell guitars, I can sell clothes!”, but it was lights out for me before the words “OMG FOR THE LOVE OF ROSS NOOOOOO” could pass my lips. And while the reason I went to grad school was so that I could one day find myself passed-out on a tile floor in the backroom of a store, part of my plan was not to have friends come into the shop and have to deal with a musician who’s idea of dressing up is “these aren’t my garage pants” and a triumphant “you can barely see that my shirt has a hole in it”.
Anyways, after all that it may not come as a surprise to you, friends, that I have been ill (or maybe I have traveling in what appears to be a phone both with the last Time Lord and a couple of high school students from the 80s researching their history paper!), so I couldn’t do a real blog for you this week. I know, I’m disappointed too! But instead, here’s a recap of some of our favourites that I know you loved and that are all still available in the shop right now!
Cinder+Smoke dress; Size 10, $52
Oak+Fort jacket; Size M, $62
Camper shoes; Size 7.5, $72
Earrings, $8
Soia & Kyo jacket; Size M, $62
Yumi top; Size M, $28
Danier pouch, $42
Club Monaco jacket; Size 10, $42
Odd Molly cardigan; Size M, $30
Heart shirt; Size M, $22
K-Way; Men’s size M, $48
Scarf, $20
Mix Juice shoes; Size 8, $30
Bike chain bracelet, $16
Stuart Weitzman boots; Size 8.5, $150
Fossil purse, $46
Preloved jacket; Size XL, $40
Nicola Fan skirt; Size L, $34
Banana Republic scarf, $30
This week I’ll be in the shop Thursday (closing at 6:00 this week, not 8:00), Friday and Saturday if you want to come by to make sure I’m still standing and check out all the great new stuff we have in like a Nokomis dress, Frye loafers and loads of new jewelry!
*Dedicated to Heidi who saw it all happen. Thanks for being cool!
Here’s what happened on the Red Pony Instagram this week!
