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Dressing to kill: How and why Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ continues to encourage a goth resurrection
Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams in “Wednesday.” Credit: Vlad Cioplea/Netflix via TNS In addition to being creepy and kooky, Wednesday Addams is now undeniably a la mode. “Wednesday,” which premiered on Netflix in November 2022, is an eight-episode “Addams Family” spinoff series directed by Tim Burton. The show follows a teenage Wednesday (Jenna Ortega), still as gruesome as ever. Forcibly enrolled in Nevermore Academy, the boarding school where her parents met, Wednesday is swiftly embroiled in mystery and interpersonal conflict. The show was met with a positive reception, watched for over 341 million hours on its opening week, according to...
Loblaws Ontario PC Optimum Offers January 19th – 25th: 10,000 Points For Every $50 Spent on Pampers + More!
Loblaws Ontario give you plenty of opportunity to rack up the PC Optimum points each week with many in-store offers. There are all kinds of offers that start tomorrow in the flyer that is valid from January the 19th to the 25th. If you haven’t yet done so, you can save four of your current personal PC Optimum offers for next week and you have until midnight to do this. If any of your offers match up with any in-store offers, you will receive both sets of points. Here are some of the advertised PC Optimum offers for the upcoming...
Why are Teens and Tweens so Bad at Getting Organized? How to Help Them
I got the cry for help when I was in the middle of getting my hair cut. My 7th grader had forgotten to take his middle school choir concert apparel to school. It was an outfit I had gone to great lengths to secure at the last minute — black shirt/black pants/blue tie aren’t typically in most middle school boy wardrobes. Just last night, we discussed what he had to do to get organized so he’d be ready with everything he needed in the morning, and I had recommended he set his outfit by the door. Did he do that?...
Thrift Store Finds: Decorating and Styling a Hutch
Do you love to decorate with thrift store finds? Here’s one of my favorite thrift store finds and how I styled it in my entryway. It’s easy to make thrift store finds look like high end pieces with a little styling and some decorating tips. A while back I was visiting my friend and we were laughing and telling each other that we forgot how much we loved stirrup pants and that Saved By the Bell was the best show in the universe and that we couldn’t believe scrunchies are even a thing again. And mid-hair accessory conversation, I noticed...
Love List; Geezer Happy Hour and Go-to-Gray
In this week’s Love List, the SweetPhi team has found two great tunic tops to add to your wardrobe, a feel-good story about a fun happy hour and much more! My kids LOVE this OMY giant poster and stickers – there’s a bunch of different themes. They work on it together and are talking about who gets to hang it in their room when they’re done. I could listen to this song on repeat, and am in fact, doing so. Beautiful. Giant sticker sheet | Tunic sweater Beautiful op-ed piece – “Stay-At-Home Parents And Working Parents Have So Much More In Common...