Beauty Tips for Ministers

Hey Sailor, Buy Me a Dwink?

Hey Sailor, Buy Me a Dwink?
Originally uploaded by Peacebang.

This fella on the right is apparently Someone Famous, but PeaceBang has no idea who he is.

All she knows is that gentlemen in the ministerial professions should not don stripes like this unless they’re prepared to also wear a little beret and dance around picturesque cafes with the likes of Miss Leslie Caron.

A second option would be to dance around lower Manhattan in a pair of tight, white pants and do an extra pirouette because you’re on shore leave for a WHOLE DAY and you get to go FIND A GAL.

Bad idea, stripes like those.

Rev. Gidget Does Goodwill

Pigeons of Heaven!

PeaceBang has one of those nasty flu bugs that, just last evening, had her resembling Linda Blair’s character in “The Exorcist” — you remember that pea soup scene, don’t you ?– and is happy and appreciative to feature this guest column by Rev. Gidget. Thanks so much for writing in, Gidgie!

“Rev. Gidget Does Goodwill”

Having just brought in a magnificent haul from my Goodwill store, I wondered if your gentle readers (esp. the students) might like some tips for thrift store shopping.

1. Don’t go in thinking you are going to find a specific item - you will be sorely frustrated. Instead, have several categories in mind, and be open to surprise. I once found a beautiful Liz Claiborne long black dress with a square neck and short sleeves that was perfect with a stole for leading summer worship in our blazing hot sanctuary. $10!

2. Use the Goodwill to supplement your wardrobe. I find blouses, pants, t-shirts, jackets, dresses, scarves and skirts, that all blend nicely with my new stuff. Also, buying used clothes when you need casual items gives you more money to spend on your professional wardrobe.

3. Be patient, go when you have a few hours to spend. I tried on four times as many things as I bought. The pleasure of the hunt is half the fun.

4. Be extremely picky. Yes, people WILL notice the tiny stain on that lovely shirt. Examine all items carefully in the light before purchasing. No, you probably WON’T lose the weight needed to make that dress look really good on you. I don’t care if it’s $5. I once bought anything that fit okay, looked all right, wasn’t too dowdy, etc. Alas, I found I had a closet full of such items, and I never wanted to wear them. Rule of thumb: If you wouldn’t buy it new, don’t buy it because it’s cheap.

5. Not really a tip, but an observation - people who will especially want to check out the Goodwill (and thrift stores in general) are (1) men who wear classic items like khaki pants, buttoned Lands End-type shirts, the occasional high-end label sportjacket, coat, and ties and (2) men or women who wear small sizes. I have sighed over itty-bitty items that are usually the cream of the used clothing crop. People do tend to get bigger more often than they get smaller, and you could be the lucky recipient of some very fabulous clothes.

Fondly, Rev. Gidget

SisterBang: Style Maven

KarenBday2007
Originally uploaded by Peacebang.

No matter what the fashion is, she always buys one kind of shoe: high clogs that make her look like a little circus pony. Sometimes even in faux fur.
She would get a manicure in Ballet Pink polish even when she’s unemployed, and skip food (she doesn’t cook, anyway, or even have a kitchen table and chairs).
She smells so good (”The Vanilla Bomb”)and her hair is so shiny that children always want to crawl into her lap.
She has dog hair all over her car but none of it ever ends up ON her, for some reason.
She wears babydoll dresses and braids because “I’m an art teacher!” She gives the same reason for having a purple streak in her hair.
She mixes necklaces from Tiffany with beaded rings made by 4th graders, and it all looks great.
She always has smooth feet.
Her constant and most beautiful accessory is Gordon, as seen in photo.
When you make a suggestion about something she should or shouldn’t wear, she cheerfully tells you to go to hell.

She has perfect eyebrows that look like anchovies.

She carries fantastic bags and she doesn’t walk, she strides. You might think this is because she’s confident, but it’s really because she’s kind of shy and doesn’t like to make too much eye contact with people. No dawdling. We have places to go.

She always has glamorous sunglasses.

She’s been wearing the same lipstick (some sheer, shimmery Clinique shade) because it looks good on her. Period. Who cares if some other shade is more au courant?

She despairs every winter that she’s getting “sallow” or “ashy,” but she never does because she’s a genius with subtle bronzer.

She just turned 43 and she is finally, finally starting to age a little bit (so we won’t have to kill her).

She is SisterBang, a True Original.

Love you, Seestren!

Good God, Water Bottles In the Pulpit???!??

I couldn’t agree more:

http://boyinthebands.com/archives/a-sip-of-water-in-the-pulpit/

Busy Bee

Hello dear readers,

Be back soon!

Meanwhile, Boston-area PeaceBangers, don’t forget to watch me on WBZ (CBS) this coming Sunday morning on the “Sunday Mornings With Liz Walker Show.”

But go to church first!

xoxo PB

TA DA…The NIGHTLINE Clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Ek8JCRAxA