I love getting good advice. I don’t mean like, don’t take any wooden nickels kind of advice, although it is pretty damned good advice when you think of it. I mean, I’d be living in a cardboard box if I did that, right? I am pretty gullible. And wooden nickels are pretty sweet. Good thing someone, at some point told me, “Ellen, be sure that you do not take any wooden nickels”. Here, in today’s blog, I am giving thanks for all the excellent advice I’ve been given over the years, from friends, family and strangers. These words of wisdom saved me many miseries, large and small.
1. “Don’t wear pleats. They make you look wide” - Peter Brown, my history professor at the U of Winnipeg in 1985.
2. Be sensible. Sheila is knowledgeable in all things sensible. She tells me how to be sensible.
3. “Plastic ruins the taste of soda. Drink soda only from cans or glass bottles.” - Wayne
4. “You don’t have to wear your bra overnight” - Mom
5. “Never underestimate the impact of a classy handbag”. - Sarah
6. “When being photographed, don’t hold your arms close to your body”. Makes them look like ham hocks. - Amber
7. Good manners count. “If you say please, you can have popcorn”. - Dad
8. I can pee whenever I want, I just have to say the word - Brad Roberts.
9. I tend to accessorize like Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.
Megan sets me straight.
10. Lipstick is not eyeshadow. It doesn’t matter what you see in Seventeen Magazine. - Karen.
11. Telling lies will NOT get you what you want.
"No one believes that the mini-fridge is calling to you, telling you to open it. You can’t have another chocolate." - Grandma Reid.
"No one believes that the mini-fridge is calling to you, telling you to open it. You can’t have another chocolate." - Grandma Reid.
12. “Save your money.” - my Accountant.
13. “You’ll know what to do when the time comes”. Cynthia.
14. I have questionable fashion sense. My friend Ryan is very diplomatic about telling me to rethink an outfit before I leave the house. His words of advice?
15. “You should do this thing. All wives do. It’s good for our marriage”. Brian.
I can't draw a picture of that one. It's too complicated. And I don't know how to draw certain things.
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I can't draw a picture of that one. It's too complicated. And I don't know how to draw certain things.
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I love giving advice, too. Here is my advice to you everyone. You’re welcome:
Skinny jeans are not flattering on anyone. No one on the face of the earth - other than supermodels. Everyone else looks like their legs have been stuffed in to denim tubes. And not in a pretty way. Sorry. It’s true.
