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Skater Skirt & Girl… Have You No Shame?

April 30, 2014 by suzanne carillo

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The other day my girlfriend and I were downtown to catch a Tango show. 

On our way to the show just across from the Sony Centre as we were crossing the street there was a young gal in front of us at the crosswalk waiting for the light to turn. It was a bit windy and kind of cool out. I noticed that her skater skirt was so short that her thigh high stocking lace was showing. You know…the lace at the very top of the stockings? Well it was showing by about 2 inches. That is how short the skirt was. 

I thought, "Wow, that is a bit daring!" 

1950's pink and red vintage dress

But is wasn't until we actually started to cross the street did I realize just to what extent this 20 something had taken it. 

As the wind picked up it swooshed up her barely there skirt and flash her naked (oh yeah) naked ass! And before you ask…no she definitely was not a hooker.

I imagine she was wearing some kind of a thong but I couldn't see from that angle.

My first thought was, "I do not want to sit where-ever she has been sitting!" (germophobe that I am)

My next thought was, "Good God! Isn't she cold?"

Freezing your ass off was taking on a whole new meaning.

Then I worried that maybe some of the cars turning would have an accident as the men cranked their necks around to see the butt flashing. She was a walking car accident waiting to happen.

She didn't even make any real effort to pull down the skirt either. A feeble slight hand gesture towards it was all we got. I mean she must have felt the wind whipping against her butt cheeks.

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I thought,  "Suzanne…don't be such a prude! She must be on her way to meet her beau and they are planning a super sexy rendezvous after an evening of erotically infused Tango dancing." 

I was shocked, shocked I tell you when I saw that in fact it was her parents she was meeting!

WTW?

We were inside by that time so I wouldn't be subjected to anymore cheek flashing unless someone walked by her too quickly. 

I will say this, I was very happy not to be sitting beside her. I imagine the whole show she would have been squirming and fidgeting around on that itchy wool seat cover.

{Cringe} 

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Dress & Handbag- 1950's vintage, Shoes – Miss L Fire Anthropologie, Jean blazer – Reitmans, Flower – handmade

Here I am doing my levitating trick without fear of a wardrobe malfuntion.

 

What do you think? Are younge women dressing too provocatively now?

 

Linking up with: Secondhand First  What I Wore, Get Your Pretty On

 

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10 Little Secrets About Me

April 29, 2014 by suzanne carillo

A big thank you to the brilliant warm & funny Shawna from The Director Of Awesome for nominating me for the Sunshine Award. I just discovered her blog recently and I'm enjoy it immensely. Especially Shawna's frank sense of humour. 

Since this isn't the first time I've been nominated for this type of award I'm going to cheat a bit and go straight to the blah blah about myself and skip all the other rules and regulations that came along with the award. These awards are wonderful but can be a bit like those chain letters when we were kids..they go on forever. 

Ten Tid-Bits of Information About Me:

Warning: adult content

1. I'm not easily swayed and like to follow my own path. My husband calls this being stubborn. 

Bad suzanne

I don't like having my photo taken while I'm eating either. That is just rude! Mexico 2008

2. I took a burlesque dance workshop a couple of weeks ago. It was lots of fun. Here is the instructor and a video she made at the class…FYI…I chose not to be in the video. I was petrified of seeing what I really looked like when I was trying to be sexy. I thought it might ruin the perception I have of myself for the rest of my life.

FYI I did perform some of the dance when I got home for hubby…he seemed to think it was quite sexy and that's what really counts.

 

3. I don't like the texture or taste of red meat nor am I a fan of sushi. Give me carbs, salads, veg, a tiny bit of fish, or chicken and don't leave out the dessert and I'm happy.

Best ever salade nicoise recipe

4. At one time I decorated cakes, was the director of a language school, managed a Fake & Bake (aka Fabutan tanning salon) and dealt out drugs (pharmacy technician) for a living.

Just a small sampling of the many jobs I've done in my life.

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December 1987

Anglian school of languages 1996
Language school Quebec City 1996

5. Once while in Tunisia a man offered my then boyfriend 3 donkeys, six sheep and a camel for me. Oh the life I could have had! 

Riding a camel tunisia 1987
Riding a camel Tunisia Oct/Nov 1987.

6. My best friend used to be my boss (at the pharmacy) but we didn't become close friends until I quit and moved far away. Now we finally live closer to each other after some 20 years of being long distance friends. It's the BEST!

Hazel and i 2012
Elora Ontario 2012

 7. I dropped university to live and travel overseas. It was a brilliant, challenging, life-altering experience that shaped the person I am today. 

Scotland picnic in a field

1987 Pait Lodge Northern Scotland – helpers day off, from right to left, Jayne (cook), Susanna (nanny), Suzanne (maid/cook)

8. I have rosecea and my face and ears turn beet red when I drink. It is embarrassing, but it'll take a hellavalot more to make me give up drinking altogether. Proof of my redness below…it was worth it though because that Sancerre was dee-lightful!

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Paris 2004

9. I decided to go to France on my own to learn French because it is the one subject I failed in my first year at university. I met my soon-to-be-husband while over there. This photo is from the first time he came to stay with me in Montpellier. He is from Nice.  I wrote on the back of this photo that I hated the photo because I looked fat.  I did have quite the chipmunk cheeks!

Suzanne and robert france 1991
Montpellier France, March 1991

10. I'm happiest when… I'm holding a pug puppy. 

Me and mitsou christmas

Quebec City 1994-ish?

But you probably already knew that.

Were you surprised by any of these "secrets" about my life?  

Or just bored?

 

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