Stuff I Was Able to Catch up On (SPOILER ALERT!)

The other thing about a DVR is I actually have no idea when shows are regularly aired so the timing on these are all over the place but I call 'em when I see 'em:

UGLY BETTY is back for it's fourth season and it's such a guilty pleasure.  I only started watching it last year but I'm so hooked...it has all the right ingredients:  kitsch, New York City, heart, fashion, diabolical divas and fabulousness!  While 2 hours of most shows is a little much, it's nice to see Betty moving on up in the world.

PROJECT RUNWAY for me this season is a big yawn.  Heidi's still there with her tallness and Tim Gunn's still got his deadpan wit and charm but the contestants are boring and so are their designs!  I have to say I'm routing for Ohioan Althea who's from Dayton...besides being a hometown girl she's been the most consistent and one of the freshest.  The designers' portfolios over at Lifetime are actually kinda cool:  http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/shows/project-runway/project-runway-designers/althea-harper/portfolio.  And while not exactly right because they landed him in the bottom two, Christopher had my favorite soundbyte, "With a bustier and sparkle panties you can't go wrong." 

Because my cable is on the fritz and digitally tiling my screen at random I got annoyed and put a chick flick in (from my Netflix queue, another one of my favorite inventions of the last few years!) 'Confessions of a Shopaholic'.  I had high hopes. I loved Sophie Kinsella's first two novels and sped through them over a long weekend once.  'The Devil Wears Prada' was probably even better than Lauren Weisberger's fabulous book.  This movie was NOT T'he Devil Wears Prada' as much as it wanted to be.  I probably shouldn't spend too much time dissecting something clearly meant to be so frivolous but I was disappointed.  The best thing about it was Patricia Field's amazing outfits (I miss Sex and the City!) and Isla Fisher's cuteness and the worst thing about it was the slapstick at every turn.  Boo!

I have about 10 more shows from this week on my DVR so there'll be more to come.