Parties and games

I was very busy this weekend....well Saturday and Sunday.  I spent Friday doing something even funner (i know, not a word but i like it)...i watched Shark Night 3D and then Piranha...it was a great don't swim in lakes because you will be get eaten by crazy fish night.  Kind of a long title for a night but accurate. 
Saturday, i met up with my mom and we went to celebrate Bay Days.....did you know they are working hard to pimp up the bay branded items...you know like the colour striped stuff, i priced it out and it is crazy expensive.  But there is one item i really want and i can't explain it...the bay candle.  It's $20 and i love it...i don't even know why.  Okay, back to shopping, me and mom wandered the expensive floor, and i strangely found a dress that was 39 but 25% off, so it only cost me $30.  and of course it is blue with white polka dots....blue is really happening right now and as much as i try to make green happen, it is just not working.  So i am embracing the blue only in nautical applications. 
Anyways....mom found 3 really nice dresses for business mom to wear to work.  I looked and saw nice dresses that business erin could wear but truthfully it was all a little out of my price.  Business erin is all about affordable.  Regular erin on the other hand, doesn't mind the expense....for example, i would love a pair of designer jeans.....a pair of jeans that are super comfortable and last forever.  When i was in high school it was all about Silver jeans...i had so many pairs and i love LOVED them.  I want to find my new brand of jeans....right now all my jeans have some how becomes, stretchy skinny jeans that i got for like $20.  I really think i should maybe invest some dollars and buy some amazing jeans...the type of jeans that are super comfy to wear but still make your butt look awesome.  I will start investigating this and keep you all posted.
Sunday i went to chuck e cheese to celebrate Brady's 5th birthday, it was awesome fun...i am so a giant kid.  I was excited to do skeet ball, but i am not as good as i thought i would be.  Seriously i had some sort of weird idea that i would be awesome at it but i was not.  It makes me wonder.....why did i ever think i would be awesome.  And why isn't there a giant fun type place that is like chuck e cheese but for adults...because i would like to go to there!

It's Time for another Fashion Blog

So, tomorrow night is the annual boot camp party.  Now dressing for this event shouldn't be such a big deal but let's review....these people normally see me all sweaty and gross....not looking my best.  So i want to at least look presentable.  I have recently bought a few nice tops and dresses.  Yup i spent a bit of money buying new clothes to celebrate the new job!  So i have worked it out to two options:
1.  now imagine it green with tiny black cats all over it.  It is very cute. but super short.  so i think it must be worn as a top with black pants.

or

2.  i love this dress but i have to address the boobie issue of the dress.  i love it but it needs a pin to hold the top together enough to not be out of control.  I also want to put a yellow belt on it.  But i am thinking this is more perfect for Bring it On, The Musical. 

I also have two tops that are casual but nice..i could wear them with jeans and keep it simple....but i have yet to decide..i guess i will decide based on what is the most comfortable.  I am leaning towards the cat dress that is super short....so short it must be worn as a top...because if it is worn as a dress and i bend over everyone gets to check out my underwear.

Quick everyone voice their opinion!

Sore Back and other adventures

Today they are announcing some exciting news at work.  I still haven't signed anything but i was the successful candidate for that job i interviewed with.  I will be permanent within a month.  After three years of uncertainty and unhappiness......i am in a place to be a permanent member of a workplace i love.  But is it strange that i am still a little apprehensive about it.  This is what i have been working towards for so long and now i am getting it.....it feels a little bitter sweet.  I am leaving the team i spent the last year with...the team that supports me and encourages me.  And going to an unknown team.

We just had a team meeting and i cried a bit when they announced i was changing jobs.....they are all sad to lose me but happy that i am staying with the organization.  It is so nice to be appreciated.  I mean, my last job on my last day, my three co-workers did something for me but no one else said anything.  i didn't even get a goodbye lunch from the department.  It is just such an amazing difference.  Yesterday was administrative professionals day and my team got me and my two admin partners gift cards...$30 each.  It is overwhelming how generous and supportive the team is!

I may be a tad over emotional today but i feel like i am finally in the right place at the right time.  What do i do now that i can stop worrying about work?  Well i still have that marathon to focus on.  and i am going to make some yoga supplies...my yoga teacher said if i can make nice yoga stuff, then she will buy them from me.  Yay new project. 

OMG

I just remembered, We have tickets to bring it on the musical in a few weeks....i am super excited.  I think we should all dress up nice and have a fun fancy girlie day.  Let me know what you guys think.  I also just heard today that mike is in rent on June 2nd.  I am going to go.  I try to never miss a mike play.

What else is new? I spent Friday and Saturday with my monkeys, ally and Brady....i love those kids.  Ally wakes up excited and perky...and she stood outside my door Saturday morning whispering 'are you awake, wake up, wake up, it's time to get up' and she stuck to it for like half an hour.  Brady wakes up much like Alex, 'go away go away' and sticks to single words until he has had enough time to wake up.  They are so funny that they are complete opposites.

I got a sore throat yesterday but it seems better today.  so hopefully it was a one day kind of thing.  Also my David's tea container is like the best thing ever. I made tea yesterday morning and i forgot it at home....so when i got home a good like 10 hours later...it was still warm...i mean it wasn't scalding or anything but it was warmer than room temperature. So that is kinda awesome!

This is weird

So....nothing changes for you, but the blogging site that i use updated their layouts and stuff.  It is weird..i am still attempting to get use to it....there are a lot more buttons and options.  I will have to play around with it but you may be impressed with my fancy stuff in the future...or i will have accidentally crashed the blog because i am a technology jinx. 

So it's Friday...i am feeling very positive...it is nice and sunny out and i feel like i was running behind my tasks all week but i finally feel like i am doing okay.  I am almost finished one of my biggest tasks of the week.  plus my friend is going to the nail polish place this weekend.  I really think i have a nail polish problem, i was like...i don't need any more nail polish..then she was like hey i am going to the nail polish place and i was like...i need the nail polish dotting tools, and since she is already buying me the dotting tools, she should bet me some new nail polish...so i am getting a hunger games polish (smoke and ashes) and now i am working on the others...currently i have a list of:
pool party
Celtic sun
in the lime light
black cherry chutney
vampsterdam
i don't give a rotterdan
gargantuan green grape
So i am attempting to limit myself to three colours...it is hard to decide what ones...as you know i like to pick based on the name. I think i have to eliminate Rotterdan...i am currently wearing a colour that is almost the same.  Black cherry chutney and vampsterdam are very similar so i will only go with one of them..i am leaning towards vampsterdam because it is more purple.  then in the lime light versus green grape...both names get major points but i think lime light may win because it is sparkly.  Then pool party or Celtic sun...both neon colours one yellow and one pink.  i don't have many yellows because they are like the one colour that i don't pull off well.  do i try again and maybe this time find a yellow that works or do i give up and go with the neon pink.  The elusive neon pink...i have many hot pinks but i don't have that neon pink...that one colour that i am always looking for...hot hot pink.  decisions will be made today people...big decisions.  to you it may just be nail polish...to me...it is a life choice......

I know...i know...i have a problem. 

Happy Friday everyone.

Do you really need make up that bad?

So i have seen this in my travels to work maybe once a week....women sitting on the subway doing their make up, eye shadow, mascara, eyeliner, bronzer....and all i can think is you are already out.  People have seen you without your make up.  Why do you need to risk poking out your eye for make up.  Are you really that worried about people at work seeing you without make up? you clearly don't care if regular people see you without it or you wouldn't be doing it on the subway.  I just don't get it.  I mean i like getting pretty as much as the next gal.  But i am not going to go out of my way to be pretty.  I guess i pick my moments.  I don't see work as a great opportunity to pretty up.  These guys see me every day...and it is not about how i look but it is about the work i produce.  But if i am going out socially...then i feel the need to pretty up.  Why? i guess it is because i see that as a more social interaction where my looks are more important. 

Alright...i don't have much blog time today...it is going to be a crazy day at work. 

Who knew

There is a cable god because i came home yesterday and it was just working.  Strange right.  I definitely need to call them though and complain.  I was not happy with the lack of service i have received.  I was really considering switching to bell but i just learned all the channels are different....and dude, i can't handle that kind of stress, how will i know where to find the food network.  I would have to create some sort of channel cheat sheet.

Okay but that isn't my main focus today.  Today, i am going to rock that interview.....today i am going to go into it confident and positive and sure of myself....i have prepped some answers to the usual interview questions, i have built my answers with the STAR method.  I am ready.........

Okay, who thought i sounded confident because secretly i am having a case of the nerves.  This is important to me, i love where i work and i want to be permanent, i want to build my career here.  They are supportive and welcoming and everything i am looking for in a company.  But i keep telling myself 'everything happens for a reason' 'if it is meant to be it will be'  I mean i have to work my hardest to make it be but all i can do is try my best and leave the rest up to the cable gods.  I now respect their powers most!

Not my Day

So yesterday were a few things that went wrong.  I went to the gym yesterday and i forgot to pack my sports bra and my hair elastic...so that made running impossible....I am not about to get onto a treadmill and bounce all over the place and then be blinded by hair flying in front of my face...so i decided...stationary bike that seems relatively safe.  So i went on the bike and rode for 40 minutes...it went well...no extreme bounce and hair stayed relatively in control. 
But then i get home and i have no cable......it's a black screen.  I can see the guide but there is no picture.  So i called rogers....went through the troubleshooting...and nope..it looks like i need a repair guy.  So we go to schedule the appointment and guess what...no appointments are available until the weekend.  So he had to put me on a high priority call list.  This means, i have no idea when my appointment will be.  I am at the mercy of the availability of the repair guy.  So he could call me any time and be like...i am available now.  This just does not work for me because well A: i work all day and don't really have any time off and B: i can't live without cable...that is like Stephanie going without Internet.  I am a Cox through and through...we can't live without cable.  There is cable at mom and dad's and both Alex and mom and dad said i could come there with my cat...but i really don't think max and daisy will be friendly to Remy. 
I am seriously considering switching to bell.  It should be cheaper and well i bet i could get it set up faster.  Whatever the outcome....rogers will be getting an angry call and i will either get discounts or switch my TV services.  I am not one to complain...i put up with a lot so i don't have to hurt or bother someone.  I am not a complainer....until you mess with my TV.  then i get angry.....well i would say i get more frustrated and annoyed.  I get angry when it can't be fixed right away.
I am also annoyed that i had to tidy my apartment because of the cable man coming in.  i don't want him to judge me for my mess.  All around this situation is not the best.  Plus i have my interview tomorrow and i haven't even prepped yet.  I need to prep.  I have to be ready and do great.  I want this job!

A fortune full of Platitudes

So i hadn't told my fortune in awhile and i had a great weekend.  I got my workouts in and i watched so many movies.  And had a great sleepover with Amy.  We made s'mores and toasted marshmallow milkshakes. 
But here's the fun....i was sitting at home on Sunday and saw my fortune cards and decided....hmmm i should read my fortune.  So you lay the cards out in three rows of three and they are just like colourful cards with simplistic pictures.  So mine looked like this
First Row: Heart, Polar Bear, Man
Second Row: Fish, Snake, Owl
Third Row: Dog, road, sky

Here's how it broke down
First Row: I will enter into a significant love affair with a physically tall and big man
Second Row: I will come into money but i must exercise caution and wisdom
Third Row: Me and a very dear friend will go on a journey that will be bumpy.

I find this very interesting...because it is so generic but specific at the same time. 

So this is a big week for me....My interview is on Wednesday.  I will need to spend the next two days prepping for my interview.  I think i shall wear my blue dress with red belt and sweater for my interview...professional and approachable.

Wish me luck!

Friday....thank YOU!

I am glad that it is Friday i think i shall treat myself to a Slurpee from 711.

Last night was class.....and every Thursday after our class Marv rents out the space to this weird 80's aerobics class which does not fit in at all at Marv's and everyone is so thrown off by it.  It is funny to watch.  Anyways, we have always been able to use any of the equipment in the gym.  So we are doing our work out and using the stability balls and halfway through the exercises...and woman comes up and takes the stability ball i am using because it is hers.  She is from the weird aerobics class and did not want me using her ball apparently but i say...you leave your ball in a gym facility...expect it to be used.
Oh well.  i don't know why but it bothered me slightly that she was not happy about me using her ball.

Anyways...today at lunch i went to a lunch and learn about eating away stress.  I learned a lot of interesting things but i knew the basics....don't eat processed food or refined sugar.  Eat lots of dark leafy greens, nuts, and drink lots of water.  But what i didn't know is that by eating badly we create an acidic environment in our body...and disease loves acid...so we should work towards a healthy alkaline body environment.  It was very interesting.  Anyways...she has a blog if you want to check it out.
http://kennedybakernutrition.com

Hope you all have a great weekend.  Me and Amy are having a fun sleepover tomorrow at my parent's house.  It should be fun.

This just in

I just took the Are you a hipster quiz.  Guess what...i am not a hipster....finally proof of what i have been saying all along.

here is the quiz: http://ca.quizrocket.com/hipster-quiz?srp=1

here are my results:
Not a HipsterYou are not a hipster and that is a-okay with you. Sure you may appreciate a good pair of skinny jeans, or a knit cap on a chilly day, but overall, you like being part of mainstream society and don't appreciate these stupid hipsters judging you for it!

Learning to work well with others

We had a seminar at work today....a few weeks ago we were asked to fill out these work place surveys.  Then our answers were compiled into a workplace profile.  Today we learned the results...i am sure you are all familiar with a DiSC profile.  Basically there are two axis people/task and action/stability.  Everyone gets plotted on this graph and you are given your type...there are 4 main types, Dominance, Influence, Conscientiousness, and Steadiness.  I found this session to be very interesting and i learned a lot about myself...you can probably already guess i got an Si and my priorities are Collaboration, Support, and Enthusiasm.  The main thing that stood out was my fear of letting people down...and i thought about this and it is true, i want to do a great job at my work because i want my co-workers to be proud of me and know they can rely on me and i don't ever want to let someone down.

So i came away with this very positive experience and with a few ideas on how to better myself.  But i am sitting here listening to people complain that they felt their category was seen as negative and did not feel the seminar to be helpful at all.  Is it weird that i wish i could find some way to cheer them up and make them happy.  I don't want anyone to be sad or feel bad about their work style because we need all types to work together.  Man i am a major people pleaser!

Half Marathon

Dudes...i am not tech savy but i would like you to all sponsor me....steph told me i should do a cute running link but i can't figure out how to change this link below...and i also don't know what to write....so please just sponsor me.  I will love you forever if you do!

http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=1386816&langPref=en-CA

Green Jeans

So i know i have been talking a lot about coloured jeans....especially green jeans and how much i need a pair.  How a green pair of jeans will totally change my life.  And guess what.  I bought a pair of green coloured jeans.
They aren't exactly what i planned to get...i had my eye on a pair of grey green skinnies from Joe for $19 and instead i got a more spring green and they are more straight leg than skinnies.  Also they are guys jeans.  It is strange....they are tight in a completely different area then i am use to.....ie..they are completely straight and no curves at the hips or waist so it is very tight in the hip area no i am use to it being tight in the butt and side hip but these are tight in the front across the hip.  Weird....i am hoping i can stretch them out a bit and have them fit me perfectly.  They also really need to be hemmed.  They are much too long....i don't think it will cost me too much to get it hemmed.

Next fashion wish.  A comfy maxi dress as well as some fun and comfy summer tops.  oh and maybe a pair of birks because i am trying to not wear flat shoes anymore...in hope of fixing my pronating arches.  Oh also i want to find purple jeans for Amy....and maybe an awesome leather motorcycle jacket...and i could use a few more pairs of sunglasses.

Classic Erin

So....my parents took off to Mexico for 3 weeks and while they are away, cat sit.  I enjoy this because i order take out and junk food and rent a bunch of movies off of their rogers on demand.  It is relaxing and enjoyable.  This Saturday, i woke up...at like 3am...i am not sure what woke me but when i opened my eyes....a gross creepy crawly bug was on my pillow...i had a mild freak out...killing it and then just could not get back to sleep without imagining myself being surrounded and attacked by bugs.  So off i trekked with my pillow and blanket to sleep on the couch.....why a not a different bed....it's 3am and i am clearly not thinking straight.  So to the couch i go....i am drift in and out of sleep....i am asleep for like less than 2 hours before i hear this rattling and banging.  Immediately i believe i am being robbed...and have a giant freak out...grab some scissors to defend myself and go in search of better weapons to defend myself and i find max on a table knocking at a picture.  Damn cat.  So i go back to the couch and try to get back to sleep, finally i start to drift off to sleep again and bam max starts whining and meowing.  He does this for what seems like an hour...i am sure it is probably closer to like 20 minutes....and then i bribe him with food to shut up.  And finally get back to sleep.  But dude i maybe got a total of 5 hours Saturday night.  That leads to a very tired Erin.

Today is discount Easter chocolate day.  Discount Easter chocolate is my favourite...followed closely by discount valentines day, and finally discount Christmas chocolate.  That comes last because dude you already get so much chocolate during that time you don't really need it.  I think Easter is my favourite because when i was young i got so much chocolate and now that i am an "adult" i don't get any chocolate...so i have to purchase my own...and everyone loves a sale!!

Long Weekend Ahead

Three day weekend, starting tomorrow.....i plan to take it easy and do some crocheting.  Right now i am working on a blanket and a grocery bag.  I am also going to force myself to do a run each day...it doesn't have to be a long run but at least 5km.
I am looking for a run training manual; you know i do better when i know the rules.
Marv is teaching boot camp tonight...oh ya, we aren't allowed to call it boot camp any more, he feels that it doesn't not fully encompass what we do...i am not sure what we are suppose to call it instead but i think i will just call it 'class'.  Anyways...with Marv teaching tonight...i know i am going to be in pain and hate it...he pushes us very hard....which will be good because i need the push but it will also be bad because i am very out of shape. 
I have stopped pushing myself.  I have just allowed myself to be passive and give up instead of re-focusing and try harder.  So you know before every yoga class you create an intention for your practice during the class.  Well i am now going to do this before every work out.  Enter the work out with an intention for that work out.  Tonight....i am going to try my best and not give up as easily. 

So what is everyone else planning for the long weekend?  I will be having a fun dinner tomorrow night, and then Saturday at my parents and then Sunday....who knows.  In truth i was feeling a little sorry for myself because everyone had family to have dinner with and i had no one....but that's not true.  I have all of you, and even if you aren't available in person...i will not be alone because i have you guys with me in spirit.

Okay enough sap and life affirming goals. 

RANDOM TOPIC CHANGE
I love candy.  Why do i love candy so much? I realized that i bet i love candy so much because it takes me back to a time when i was a kid and there was little complications in my life.  Steph had been talking about gobstoppers all last week and one of my strange but true talents is being able to find any candy in this city.  So i got her gobstoppers...but after i got her the gobstoppers, i realized that i wanted some of my own.  So Tuesday, i bought myself gobstoppers and i saw pop rocks.  When was the last time you enjoyed pop rocks?  Well i can tell you i enjoyed them on Tuesday.  I ate them and crackled and laughed my way through the afternoon.  Seriously i don't know if it was all the sugar i ingested or the memory of pop rocks but it was an awesome afternoon.  Everyone should go out and enjoy a candy from their childhood.  It really perks you right up! 

Coloured Jeans and Other fashion choices

So....i am going to go on a bit of a fashion adventure soon.  I got red jeans for Christmas and i loved them but i had a red winter jacket so i could not wear them all winter....now that it is warmer...welcome back red jeans.  And someone at work told me that i could get away with wearing them on a non-Friday which makes my day because they are like super comfortable.  So now i have decided i need more black skinny pants for work...comfortable pants that will be versatile. 
So i saw these green jeans at Joe and of course they didn't have my size so i want to run up to another Joe to check out to see if they have my size there.  I love these green jeans and i think they will complete me.  So i have been going through my summer tops and i have decided that i hate them all...they don't feel right to me.  I am going to have to re-imagine my summer look.....but i do love re-imagining things.
I have also really gotten back into crocheting....i am going to make myself this top...i am also working on this blanket....once i am finish, i will give it to whoever i like best at that moment.  As you know...it is very rare for me to finish a blanket, i am great at starting them and horrible at finishing them.  Be prepared people.  OoOOh maybe i will auction it off for fundraising for my half marathon.  Oh i can also auction of my fashion expertise and some of the other skills i have.  Starting now i have to raise 1600.  and listen, i don't expect you all to just give me money....but i hope you would be willing to pay for maybe an hour of fashion advice or my home made items. 
I bet i can auction off my cookies for donations at work. 

Good times

I really enjoyed my weekend, it was relaxing and fun...it had the right mix of social time and solitude.  Friday night was a very enjoyable birthday party for steph, Bannock had great food.  Yes it was very yuppie and expensive.  You actually had to pay for the bread at your table...they also had celery sticks on the menu that cost $10.  But the turkey burger was delicious....so was the mac and cheese.  I was completely satisfied with my meal.  Then 21 jump street.....so so so funny.  Although i was a little overwhelmed by the crowds at the movie theatre....people kept cutting me off in line and it was very unorganized. 
Good times were had.  And soon i believe me and Amy are going to get together and have a fun hair experimenting night.....actually i have a lot of plans for Amy...bike riding lessons and hair nights and thrift store shopping.  Be prepared Amy we are going to have some adventure.
Anyways...Saturday i took it nice and easy...i slept for a very long time and then i had to get up to go to the store...i didn't want to cook dinner and both light bulbs in the bathroom burnt out and apparently i was completely out of light bulbs.  I did not want to go to loblaws...especially on a Saturday...nothing is worse than a grocery store on the weekend.  So i went to shoppers...got distracted by discount shampoo and a crochet magazine and completely forgot about light bulbs.  So then i had to go to loblaws anyways.....BOO.

And this weather is driving me crazy...i have no idea what type of jacket to wear....i have been wearing my "leather" motorcycle jacket but that is sometimes not enough and sometimes it is too much.  Sometimes i pull out my vest but that is way too pooofy.  What i need is a transformer jacket that will breath when it gets too hot and keep me warm when it gets too cold.

Also new hair trends....i am going to wear headbands....i think i can really rock the head band now that i have longer hair.  Actually i am trying to stay ahead of the trends....i am over sock buns now onto headbands and overnight no heat curls.