-
I'm a voracious thrifter, music aficionado, heathen, and owner of a 1984 Westfalia Vanagon. I'm a writer and a designer, but mostly just a secret cat lady. Vanagon Champion is about all of these things with a little bit of thrifty goodness and old-fashioned magic for good measure. Learn more about me here.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Category Archives: just because
I never thought it would happen…
But I've turned into a full-fledged pool rat.
Indeed. We spend most of our days at our condo's pool. Every day. After work. Find me here.
Today we will be celebrating the 4th with my favorite ladies--Jenny, Erin, and Laura from The Hungry Fashionista.
When it's 90+ degrees out for four months out of the year, you really have no other choice but to live in the pool.
Mmm hmmm.Happy 4th of July, everyone! Hope your day is full of parades, kicking back by the pool, and fireworks. Keep it real and wear your sunscreen!
PS--How are you surviving this summer? Is it ridiculously hot where you are like it is here? And do you love it or hate it? Because I'll be straight with you--I hate summer heat. Lots. But nothing a little pool time and limeade can't fix, right?
Warby Parker home try-on: Help me decide! Eep!
So here's the deal. Warby Parker is pretty amazing. Have you heard of them yet? All the frames cost $95 WITH prescriptions. That in and of itself is splendiferous, but they also donate a pair of glasses to someone in need with every pair purchased. Now that's what I'm talking about! Nobody really thinks about vision when it comes to poverty, and as a woman completely blind without glasses, I can definitely get behind a charity like that.
Anyway, they offer a free home try-on program where you can have 5 different sets of frames sent to your home for free for 5 days. Well, I jumped right on that and ordered my five. The only thing is, I need your help deciding! I know for a fact the pair I love, but I'm not going to say because I'm interested in your opinions. So...here they are!
All 5 pairs in all their magnificent glory. Let me know which one you like the best below!
Loading ...Thanks for your help in advance. And sorry for the shoddy pics. I got too excited and took these on my lunchbreak. Can you say nerd? Hmm...I really want to order them tonight, so I just had to hurry and do it! Weee!!
Go check out Warby Parker if you're a glasses lover. Their frames are fantastic! So vintage-inspired and lovely.
Amy's first vlog: an awkard lesson in how I say things
I think I'm a fan of vlogging. At least of other people's vlogs. Today I thought I'd be really cool and keep up with the cool kid bloggers and try one out for myself. The only thing is I think the cat is finally out of the bag that I'm a doof. And that I don't know how to properly set up a camera for vlogging seeing as my head is cut off for 99.9% of this video. It might even be 100% but who's counting.
Also, I seriously seriously regret posting this. Just throwing that out there. But I swore to Carly that I would do a vlog, and I did it, and I guess I need to just suck up the embarrassment and get it over with. The first one's always the worst, right?
Anyway, for my intro to vlogging I went with the dialect video that was popular a bit ago. I was too scared to talk back then, but now I'm busting out of my proverbial shell of blogging shyness and putting it all out there for my lovely readers.
(Do you like the face it pauses on here? Beautiful.)
My First Vlog: How I Speak and Stuff from Amy Morby on Vimeo.
If you want to play too here are the questions. And that list I skipped through because it was boring. But one time a guy yelled at me for saying coupon as "cyo-pawn" instead of "coo-pawn." He then asked if I was a high school graduate. You should have seen his reaction when I said I was not only a high school graduate, but a COLLEGE graduate with a degree in English. Old people are so snarky.
Say these words:
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught
Now answer these questions:
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
Thanks for watching! And if you decide to participate, link me! We'll share in our vlogging newness together.
Posted in just because
15 Comments
