The polka-dot tights are from Joe - they have some great stuff right now, lots of basics and pieces that you can work with. They also have these sweater skirts that i am intrigued by. I am not sure how nice it will look with a sweater on the bum.
As for boys, i am completely bored with POF. And truth be told, it didn't work out at all like i expected. Maybe i expected miracles or maybe i didn't try hard enough. But there are two boys i like and both of them are awesome but i am just not sure if either of them are ideal. Work crush in particular is a very good fit for me....but in truth....i don't even have any idea if he has a girlfriend or not...and i am way to chicken to ask.
What is it with me and the unattainable guy. maybe i only ever like the guy that is unattainable because it will never happen...and that is safe to me. POF was suppose to break me out of my safe zone, but there were no guys that attracted me. Almost every single guy was all hey baby i like your curves. and all i could think was really dude...i have no desire to even talk to you if you can't talk to me about any but my boobs.
i would like someone to take me to a drive in movie and maybe make out with. I guess i am still waiting stupidly for someone to sweep me off my feet...yes that is right, i am full of unrealistic expectations.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Business Erin is Back
I got this new green dress from Joe only $39, great deal! It is one of those tailored pencil dresses in forest green. You know how well i pull off bold colours. So i paired the dress with black polka-dot tights (black with white polka dots) my motorcycle boots and a big black belt.
Oh and i am wearing a pearl cluster necklace. I am all business Erin up top and regular Erin on the bottom!
In other news....work is busy, lots of stuff to do, the next few weeks are going to be crazy with the banks all launching their campaigns. No one is dressing up for Halloween which makes me sad but we have given our work team a new name.
Had more to say...but got to go, work calls. I will try to write more tonight. Topics to be addressed - what else boys.
Oh and i am wearing a pearl cluster necklace. I am all business Erin up top and regular Erin on the bottom!
In other news....work is busy, lots of stuff to do, the next few weeks are going to be crazy with the banks all launching their campaigns. No one is dressing up for Halloween which makes me sad but we have given our work team a new name.
Had more to say...but got to go, work calls. I will try to write more tonight. Topics to be addressed - what else boys.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
How to be yourself
Knit a sweater.
no really....do something that you have always wanted to do and never tried.
Okay...let's take like 18 steps back and i will explain myself. I am a horrible knitter, i am impatient and get frustrated easily. I know only the basics of knitting and always want to knit things that are way to complicated. Then when i don't know what i am doing and get stuck, i get frustrated and give up. Which is so stupid...I have to keep trying.
So i bought a sweater kit, and i am going to finish it. I am going to make it and it will be wonderful.
Although some (Stephanie) don't think it will be wearable, i am not giving up. It will be a sweater that will last forever. I am super excited!
So how was everyone's weekend? I had great fun....well except for the time that i spent standing around helping sweaty people by directing them to a water station. Oh and the getting up at like 4:45am. None of that was on the top of my list of awesome things to do this weekend. But seeing Cathie and Ryan and Amy and Justin was great. I love seeing them! There was a jacket that i really wanted....and i have been thinking about it ever since....but i have finally made a decision...i am too short for the jacket. It's not completely perfect.
Today, i have a fun family day, minus dad. But me Andrea steph....anie (i just found out that she really hates being called steph but i call her steph all the time....d'oh...i am sure she told me before and i just didn't believe her) and mom went to the creative festival. That's where i got my sweater kit as well as a rainbow scarf that kind of reminds me of a keyboard and i have decided it is the new keyboard tie but way cooler. Although i think in the right circumstance a keyboard tie could be very fashionable. Fashion challenge - someone needs to try to work the keyboard tie and not in that ironic hipster way.
Okay....where was i....oh yah the family day - after the fair we had a wonderful lunch at the Irish Embassy.
I also did my nails...Halloween inspired - green with barbed wire and they glow in the dark.
no really....do something that you have always wanted to do and never tried.
Okay...let's take like 18 steps back and i will explain myself. I am a horrible knitter, i am impatient and get frustrated easily. I know only the basics of knitting and always want to knit things that are way to complicated. Then when i don't know what i am doing and get stuck, i get frustrated and give up. Which is so stupid...I have to keep trying.
So i bought a sweater kit, and i am going to finish it. I am going to make it and it will be wonderful.
Although some (Stephanie) don't think it will be wearable, i am not giving up. It will be a sweater that will last forever. I am super excited!
So how was everyone's weekend? I had great fun....well except for the time that i spent standing around helping sweaty people by directing them to a water station. Oh and the getting up at like 4:45am. None of that was on the top of my list of awesome things to do this weekend. But seeing Cathie and Ryan and Amy and Justin was great. I love seeing them! There was a jacket that i really wanted....and i have been thinking about it ever since....but i have finally made a decision...i am too short for the jacket. It's not completely perfect.
Today, i have a fun family day, minus dad. But me Andrea steph....anie (i just found out that she really hates being called steph but i call her steph all the time....d'oh...i am sure she told me before and i just didn't believe her) and mom went to the creative festival. That's where i got my sweater kit as well as a rainbow scarf that kind of reminds me of a keyboard and i have decided it is the new keyboard tie but way cooler. Although i think in the right circumstance a keyboard tie could be very fashionable. Fashion challenge - someone needs to try to work the keyboard tie and not in that ironic hipster way.
Okay....where was i....oh yah the family day - after the fair we had a wonderful lunch at the Irish Embassy.
I also did my nails...Halloween inspired - green with barbed wire and they glow in the dark.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Dangerous
Yesterday, i was walking with a co-worker to the CN Tower climb and we saw a lady get hit by a car. She was jaywalking and not looking where she is going. Luckily the driver saw her and she only got hit by the mirror of the van and didn't seem to be too seriously injured. But here is the thing. When crossing the street, look both ways and don't rush. I know a lot of people in Toronto are running for their train but seriously between catching your train and dying...i think it is an easy choice...don't get dead!
In other news, i finished my first shift of volunteering at the CN Tower climb, i am not the deliverer of bad news but i do have a very unglamorous job...when the climber finally reaches the top, we stand outside the door they come through, we cheer for them and then cut off their bracelet (not the timing one) but the other one so they can trade it in for water. Everyone is very sweaty....it's kind of a real gross job. it is great cheering for people but everyone is so disoriented when they reach the top, they don't even notice we are cheering for them. Also we had crowd control issues. It was so crowded because everyone that climbs up stays to hang out but then there is no room for the people that are coming up. So at one point i couldn't even move...it was crazy. Then at the end people were crazy pissed about being stuck at the top in the elevator line for so long they wanted to climb back down which is not allowed because it's a fire hazard.
So a word of advice for climbers, if you want to hang out at the top until the climb is over, go up one level from the glass floor level. people get stuck in a line and there is nowhere to move.
In other news, i finished my first shift of volunteering at the CN Tower climb, i am not the deliverer of bad news but i do have a very unglamorous job...when the climber finally reaches the top, we stand outside the door they come through, we cheer for them and then cut off their bracelet (not the timing one) but the other one so they can trade it in for water. Everyone is very sweaty....it's kind of a real gross job. it is great cheering for people but everyone is so disoriented when they reach the top, they don't even notice we are cheering for them. Also we had crowd control issues. It was so crowded because everyone that climbs up stays to hang out but then there is no room for the people that are coming up. So at one point i couldn't even move...it was crazy. Then at the end people were crazy pissed about being stuck at the top in the elevator line for so long they wanted to climb back down which is not allowed because it's a fire hazard.
So a word of advice for climbers, if you want to hang out at the top until the climb is over, go up one level from the glass floor level. people get stuck in a line and there is nowhere to move.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Wardrobe Malfunction
So i am wearing a wrap dress today, one i haven't worn in ages....and it is a really windy day. So i am wearing thick black tights and of course my motorcycle boots. So now i am feeling pretty cool because the wrap dress is silky and has this asian feel to it and then tragedy happened.
I get like 4 steps outside of my apartment building and the wind blows the from of my dress apart and bam...everyone can see my crotch...well luckily the tights i was wearing were thick.
Now i have been told the wind is really picking up....oh man...i have to walk around holding my dress down. I wonder if there is anywhere in the underground that sells safety pins and that way i can pin it together.
Also, i am volunteering this weekend at the CN Tower stair climb for united way. I picked the roll of cheerleader at the top of the tower...it seemed like a pretty good job for me, a free trip to the top and being perky for strangers.....okay now that i think about it more..it was the free trip to the top that did it for me. But now i am being told i have the job of cutting wrist bands off at the top of the climb and then giving them the bad news of 'you need to go up a few more flights of stairs to be at the glass floor level'. I have been informed that it is smelling, and gross, and not fun. But i am trying to be positive.
Also so very important people to me are coming into town to do the climb.....Ryan and Will. Yay! I am hoping that we will have some time to hang out plus a very yummy dinner and evening.
I get like 4 steps outside of my apartment building and the wind blows the from of my dress apart and bam...everyone can see my crotch...well luckily the tights i was wearing were thick.
Now i have been told the wind is really picking up....oh man...i have to walk around holding my dress down. I wonder if there is anywhere in the underground that sells safety pins and that way i can pin it together.
Also, i am volunteering this weekend at the CN Tower stair climb for united way. I picked the roll of cheerleader at the top of the tower...it seemed like a pretty good job for me, a free trip to the top and being perky for strangers.....okay now that i think about it more..it was the free trip to the top that did it for me. But now i am being told i have the job of cutting wrist bands off at the top of the climb and then giving them the bad news of 'you need to go up a few more flights of stairs to be at the glass floor level'. I have been informed that it is smelling, and gross, and not fun. But i am trying to be positive.
Also so very important people to me are coming into town to do the climb.....Ryan and Will. Yay! I am hoping that we will have some time to hang out plus a very yummy dinner and evening.
Monday, October 17, 2011
I have been thinking.....
You know how my brain is always like 20 steps ahead of where my actual life is.....well i have been working actively as you know to shut the brain down for a bit and just live in the moment and guess what. I noticed myself thinking and have been able to stop from over reacting about things.
For example, Friday night i went out with work people and work crush was in attendance. Now at the second place we went to, we were on these two couches facing each other. The one against the wall was under a very unstable looking speaker. WC was sitting under it....and he did this little switch-a-roo with the person sitting beside me and ended up sitting beside me where we talked pretty much to our own for like 30 minutes. Dude...you know how my date lacked the vibes...well they were all over the place on Friday...it was vibey like crazy. But old me would be all like 'oh my god we are meant to be, we soulmates' But new me is like 'just relax, be cool.....i don't know enough about him, don't get ahead of yourself'
Oh...and on Sunday, i went to the Waterfront marathon because a friend was running and we decided to go cheer for him. We were not great at the whole cheering thing...we almost missed him the first time and the second time, my friend ran out and hugged him. So we have decided to create a cheering brain trust...do some brainstorming for flashier ideas, and once the ideas have been voted on and approved we will do some dress rehearsals. It will go much smoother next time.
For example, Friday night i went out with work people and work crush was in attendance. Now at the second place we went to, we were on these two couches facing each other. The one against the wall was under a very unstable looking speaker. WC was sitting under it....and he did this little switch-a-roo with the person sitting beside me and ended up sitting beside me where we talked pretty much to our own for like 30 minutes. Dude...you know how my date lacked the vibes...well they were all over the place on Friday...it was vibey like crazy. But old me would be all like 'oh my god we are meant to be, we soulmates' But new me is like 'just relax, be cool.....i don't know enough about him, don't get ahead of yourself'
Oh...and on Sunday, i went to the Waterfront marathon because a friend was running and we decided to go cheer for him. We were not great at the whole cheering thing...we almost missed him the first time and the second time, my friend ran out and hugged him. So we have decided to create a cheering brain trust...do some brainstorming for flashier ideas, and once the ideas have been voted on and approved we will do some dress rehearsals. It will go much smoother next time.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Date
So....today at lunch i met up with my first POF boy. It was a good lunch, no awkward silences, conversation went well. We seemed to get along very well. But it was too short of a time to know if we are going to have any romantic chemistry.
I need more practice on this whole dating thing. Sometimes i wish i could just snap my fingers and bam perfect boy for me. I mean, i don't want to break down the whole date, we met, ate lunch, talked and then hugged and said we will talk soon. No firm plans made. Now here is where i lack the boy knowledge. What does that actually mean.
Here are the things i know about me - 1. i don't play games and 2. i am completely oblivious to the normal dating signals....like i never know if a guy is interested in me.
Also, i pulled out classic Erin on the weekend and sang and danced while in the shower. Man i love having my ipod speakers in the bathroom. I do this regularly but i realized mid shampoo while singing along to The Dog Days are Over (glee version) that i never blog about my dancing parties anymore. Rest assured that this weekend was dance party!
I need more practice on this whole dating thing. Sometimes i wish i could just snap my fingers and bam perfect boy for me. I mean, i don't want to break down the whole date, we met, ate lunch, talked and then hugged and said we will talk soon. No firm plans made. Now here is where i lack the boy knowledge. What does that actually mean.
Here are the things i know about me - 1. i don't play games and 2. i am completely oblivious to the normal dating signals....like i never know if a guy is interested in me.
Also, i pulled out classic Erin on the weekend and sang and danced while in the shower. Man i love having my ipod speakers in the bathroom. I do this regularly but i realized mid shampoo while singing along to The Dog Days are Over (glee version) that i never blog about my dancing parties anymore. Rest assured that this weekend was dance party!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Mental Case
So, i am officially a mental case. Just though i would let you all know. I am having a small freak out. Okay, let's look at the issue. I have declared to all of you i am tired of being single and i would like to find someone that fits with me....but at the same time, i am not going to settle for the first one just because he is the first that came along.
But here's the deal....i haven't even met this guy but he looks good on paper and the bbm'ing is going well. and now we are moving on to a lunch date. But here's what is freaking me out...yes the actual date...but we already know that.
I am making plans in my head...when i don't have the right....and then i start thinking how much do i like about this guy is because he is the first one that has shown interest and how much is because he is very compatible with me? Then i start over analysing everything and then i start a mental spin out which shouldn't be happening.
Remember that whole live in the now and stop putting so much pressure on yourself and relax and be happy. Well my brain doesn't remember those decisions in stressful situations. Nope....it likes to add to the stress by freaking me out more with weird worries.
I just have to laugh at myself...after reading all this....i haven't even gone on my first date and i have already found a way to sabotage it. Really Erin...what is wrong with you. why can't you just relax and be confident and have faith that everything happens for a reason.
I mean i have already seen it....with work. I hated work and was horribly unhappy but i wouldn't be in the job i am today without my previous work. Everything is connected. I mean i have it tattooed to my arm, everything is connected, an ending is really just a new beginning. So why am i all of a sudden freaking out about boys and life and finding the perfect guy for me. Because i am scared. It always comes back to fear. I know i say i have a lot of arch-nemisis' but in reality, i have 1 - fear. and it all comes down to i control it or it controls me.
But here's the deal....i haven't even met this guy but he looks good on paper and the bbm'ing is going well. and now we are moving on to a lunch date. But here's what is freaking me out...yes the actual date...but we already know that.
I am making plans in my head...when i don't have the right....and then i start thinking how much do i like about this guy is because he is the first one that has shown interest and how much is because he is very compatible with me? Then i start over analysing everything and then i start a mental spin out which shouldn't be happening.
Remember that whole live in the now and stop putting so much pressure on yourself and relax and be happy. Well my brain doesn't remember those decisions in stressful situations. Nope....it likes to add to the stress by freaking me out more with weird worries.
I just have to laugh at myself...after reading all this....i haven't even gone on my first date and i have already found a way to sabotage it. Really Erin...what is wrong with you. why can't you just relax and be confident and have faith that everything happens for a reason.
I mean i have already seen it....with work. I hated work and was horribly unhappy but i wouldn't be in the job i am today without my previous work. Everything is connected. I mean i have it tattooed to my arm, everything is connected, an ending is really just a new beginning. So why am i all of a sudden freaking out about boys and life and finding the perfect guy for me. Because i am scared. It always comes back to fear. I know i say i have a lot of arch-nemisis' but in reality, i have 1 - fear. and it all comes down to i control it or it controls me.
Friday, October 7, 2011
The Life of a Superstar
So, not to be all baller but dude...i am so awesome. I got a shirt on Wednesday that is cheetah print....yes that is how fashion forward i am. I also cut my own bangs last night and i did it much quicker than i normally do and i am worried i cut it too short. But i will make it work.
Also, there was this person on POF he messaged me a few times but i wasn't very interested in him because his profile seemed very angry and bitter. But i though he may need a friend so i responded to his message...and all he wanted was my bbm and i was not about to give it to him because i don't even know him at all and he was like...so what are you actually looking for and all i am going to get is one email a day? and he seemed quite confrontational and unhappy about that. So long story short...i am not messaging him anymore and i failed in my attempt to make him less angry and bitter. Lesson learned....be more selective with online people.
So this week is thanksgiving and do you know what i would love.....a family visit. So i will be planning to go down to Kingston soon for an Alex weekend. Also me and Amy want to plan a Christmas party...or while i am calling it "A party to launch the Christmas season" So i need to know what weekend the family is coming up, mike's play weekend or the race weekend or whatever...so me and Amy can plan appropriately. Also Amy wants to make it fancy dress! Super excited!
And finally....guess who has a new bbm friend that shares the same name as me and is a potential new boy in my life!!!
Also, there was this person on POF he messaged me a few times but i wasn't very interested in him because his profile seemed very angry and bitter. But i though he may need a friend so i responded to his message...and all he wanted was my bbm and i was not about to give it to him because i don't even know him at all and he was like...so what are you actually looking for and all i am going to get is one email a day? and he seemed quite confrontational and unhappy about that. So long story short...i am not messaging him anymore and i failed in my attempt to make him less angry and bitter. Lesson learned....be more selective with online people.
So this week is thanksgiving and do you know what i would love.....a family visit. So i will be planning to go down to Kingston soon for an Alex weekend. Also me and Amy want to plan a Christmas party...or while i am calling it "A party to launch the Christmas season" So i need to know what weekend the family is coming up, mike's play weekend or the race weekend or whatever...so me and Amy can plan appropriately. Also Amy wants to make it fancy dress! Super excited!
And finally....guess who has a new bbm friend that shares the same name as me and is a potential new boy in my life!!!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Call me Crazy
Hey, so remember when i was all, I am going to keep things chill and not obsess about anything. Well FAIL...i am obsessing about everything. My work crush is still crushy and although i try not to, i analyse everything we say to each other....that may seem like a lot of thinking but it is now just second nature. I sometimes don't even realize i am doing it.
Then there is same name POF, he seems cool....and here's the but.....i haven't even met him, only talked to him for the last week and i am already over thinking it. What if he is talking to someone cooler than me. What if....what if....what if. Shut up stupid voice!
I need to re-establish my casual coolness. because i have lost it some where in my over analysing.
In other news....i am going to attempt to get back to my love of making things. I have got my exercise back under control...soon with the help of some organization and will power, i will have my eating habits good. Now all that is left is to get back to craft town....i am going to start with crocheting myself a pair of slippers.
Then there is same name POF, he seems cool....and here's the but.....i haven't even met him, only talked to him for the last week and i am already over thinking it. What if he is talking to someone cooler than me. What if....what if....what if. Shut up stupid voice!
I need to re-establish my casual coolness. because i have lost it some where in my over analysing.
In other news....i am going to attempt to get back to my love of making things. I have got my exercise back under control...soon with the help of some organization and will power, i will have my eating habits good. Now all that is left is to get back to craft town....i am going to start with crocheting myself a pair of slippers.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
My Life
Okay people....my life is getting exciting. Or sort of exciting in the fact that i am getting lots of messages from people on pof but it seems like none of these messages are going anywhere. The one i like, i have been talking to for just over a week....and dude we seem to be meshing well via email messages but i am waiting for him to suggest meeting up. But i don't know how soon does meeting up happen? I am unaware of the rules or timelines.
Oh also...another excitingly awkward story of me, the guy i accidentally sent away from my desk on Friday...i tried to make amends on Monday and he stopped by my desk and we were chatting and he attempted to make a joke which went right over my head....then he said that he was being 'facisious' which dude...i don't even know how to spell let alone understand. So i have decided he isn't for me. I mean go a head an use that word or whatever...i am cool with that but the one two punch of a joke i didn't understand with a kind of snotty use of the word facisious.....it was too much.
Oh also...another excitingly awkward story of me, the guy i accidentally sent away from my desk on Friday...i tried to make amends on Monday and he stopped by my desk and we were chatting and he attempted to make a joke which went right over my head....then he said that he was being 'facisious' which dude...i don't even know how to spell let alone understand. So i have decided he isn't for me. I mean go a head an use that word or whatever...i am cool with that but the one two punch of a joke i didn't understand with a kind of snotty use of the word facisious.....it was too much.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Finally
I finally got propositioned on POF! yay me.
What else is new....it was a good weekend. Me and Amy had the best girls night Friday night. I got one of those peel off face masks and Amy got a mud mask. we looked quite funny. It was a night i needed more than i realized. it was a rough week but when i look at it from another perspective....it was a good week. Sure i got called for jury duty and it's true i was having some frustrations at work but besides that...i got free concert tickets, found someone i enjoy talking to on POF, and a bit of confidence.
Also....there is this guy at work, not work crush but a different guy, i don't really know him at all but he walks past my desk all the time and i say hi to him....and on Friday he stopped to talk but i was all distracted and in the middle of like 4 things and he seemed more twitchy and nervous than normal. I think he may have been trying to ask me out if i hadn't scared him off. Now i am feeling horrible at scaring him off. I plan to make amends this week.
What else is new on the guy front....well because this is how my life always works out...the guy i am starting to enjoy on POF...while he has the same name as me. Of course fate is mocking me. But at the rate guys are falling into my lap...i am defiantly going to have someone to kiss on new years....even it if is only temporary.
What else is new....it was a good weekend. Me and Amy had the best girls night Friday night. I got one of those peel off face masks and Amy got a mud mask. we looked quite funny. It was a night i needed more than i realized. it was a rough week but when i look at it from another perspective....it was a good week. Sure i got called for jury duty and it's true i was having some frustrations at work but besides that...i got free concert tickets, found someone i enjoy talking to on POF, and a bit of confidence.
Also....there is this guy at work, not work crush but a different guy, i don't really know him at all but he walks past my desk all the time and i say hi to him....and on Friday he stopped to talk but i was all distracted and in the middle of like 4 things and he seemed more twitchy and nervous than normal. I think he may have been trying to ask me out if i hadn't scared him off. Now i am feeling horrible at scaring him off. I plan to make amends this week.
What else is new on the guy front....well because this is how my life always works out...the guy i am starting to enjoy on POF...while he has the same name as me. Of course fate is mocking me. But at the rate guys are falling into my lap...i am defiantly going to have someone to kiss on new years....even it if is only temporary.
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