AUBREEVISION - Observations from the far side of the dial

Surely the Cadbury Creme Egg is God's gift to the human palate. They're so dang good I can't believe they're legal. Mmmmm...legal nougat...

So I've neglected to report on the first few days at my new job. All's well so far. It's good to be back in the fitness jobsphere and the boss-folk and co-lackeys seem suitably pleasant. Since the gym only opened officially yesterday, it hasn't exactly been hopping - but that will come in time. In the meantime, I'm afraid that I will squander every penny of my wages on overpriced coffee. Four coffee chains are represented within two blocks of the gym - dangerous stuff when you've a weakness for hot & frothy concoctions.

It's good to be working with sarsar again, even if she has taken to calling me Starsky in reference to my 70s-chic winter jacket. You just watch your back, there, little lady...

Today I was reading Us Weekly and came across what is quite possibly the ugliest purse I've ever seen. Here's the evidence, toted by Sarah Jessica Parker:



And that's $14700 ($18000-ish Canadian!) worth of ugliness to you.

I couldn't find the Us Weekly close-up shot - the one above doesn't quite do the bag's hideousness justice, but it offers a glimpse. I remember when I first noticed the signature Louis Vuitton logo-pattern a few years back - except I didn't know it as Louis Vuitton, just as that hideous motif that suddenly figured in everyone's handbag collection. Then I found out that this was supposed to be the pinnacle of fashion - and was amazed at the crap people buy when you slap a designer label on it.