Smoothie Party

Steph's birthday, Vitamix Blender, lots of fruits and veggies.

Steph turned 30 on Saturday.  She ran a sub-30 minute 5 km, which is amazing for her first run post sophie. We all went to her place to celebrate and made a bunch of smoothies.  It was quite enjoyable.  I have become a big smoothie supporter ever since i learned it is an easy breakfast to do.

We tried all kinds of smoothies...surprisingly i really enjoyed the ones that featured veggies.  The carrot apple ginger was nice...but i LOVE ginger so it makes me happy anytime it is in something.  Then my other favourite was a variation of the one we make every day, cashew butter banana milk and spinach.  It was the best!  It was also green from the spinach...which made braydon like it. I believe andrea told him it was a hulk drink.

I also went on an Erin/Amy adventure on saturday.  We wanted to go shopping at the Toronto Premium Outlets, it is an outdoor mall near Milton.  I was very excited but the stores may have been just too high end for me.  I am a big supporter of high end stuff.  But here is the thing, my attention span is on par with maybe a toddler.  I get distracted very easily....and i know...i spend money on a big expensive piece of clothes...i am going to get bored of it just as quickly as i get bored of regular clothes.  So, i don't buy a lot of high end. It has always been my philosophy 'why by one expensive piece of clothing when you can buy many inexpensive pieces of clothing'.  Yes there are things that you need to spend more on...jeans for example are something you shouldn't cheap out on (learned that the hard way...although my favourite ever jeans were from this random store in the Niagara Outlets in the states and they cost me like $25.  But they were so comfortable....and they died so quickly).  Anyways....random tangent......Long Story Short....the Toronto Premium Outlets are cool...just not for me.  I don't need the latest designer thing.  I am fine with clothes from target.  Actually i prefer it sometimes because they blur the lines between tween and adult.

Funny story, i bought this cat wearing glasses sweater at target...and i was flipping channels yesterday....and a 12 year old on a family channel show was wearing the exact same sweater.  I now don't know if i can wear it in public any more.......who am i kidding...i most likely will.  After all...i am a giant tween.

Explosions.....A Million Explosions

That is how i feel today.

Everything is rushed.  I feel like i am running around accomplishing nothing.  9am meetings throw off my schedule so much.

I also don't know if i mentioned this earlier but something terrible happened to me this week.  You know how i feel about black skinnies....they make my getting ready for work amazing.  Because everything goes with black skinnies.  But tragedy struck on tuesday.  Tuesday is yoga at lunch.  It is offered through work and class is in one of our boardrooms.  So, i was changing into my yoga clothes at lunch, my foot got caught and i lost my balance.  Things damaged in the fall - my pants and my dignity!  So, i had to spend the day wearing yoga leggings....which is a dream (wearing pj's at work) but it wasn't as fun as i thought it was because i felt way under dressed all day.
So after trying to find acceptable pants the rest of the week..i decided i needed new black skinnies.  So i did some google research, found that these jeans - "Second Yoga Jeans".  They were black, had the short legs for my little legs, and they were high waisted.  They ticked all my boxes.  And they are available for purchase at Jean Machine.  One thing i don't like to buy online is jeans because they fit is so important.  If you  are familiar with the jeans and know they will fit you go for the online option.  But new brand, new rules.  I tried them on, and dude they are perfect.

Construction Update - it is tarped up and i feel they are dealing with it better.  All my concerns have been addressed.  Plus, we get to leave early today to avoid the painting smell!  So they have bought my happiness.

Construction

So we are doing some construction on our floor at work.  We were told the work was mainly going to be on the weekend and that they would tarp off the area.  Guess what.....all of that is not very true...well the tarping off the area.  The construction is literally beside my desk...and every time they pull up carpet they release horrible fumes.  So....monday HEADACHE from fumes...tuesday not so bad because they didn't do anything.  Now today...more carpet up...which means more fumes.  And guess what..they still haven't tarped it off.
I am sure they will and everything will work out all sunshine and rainbows.  I am just feeling a little annoyed.

In other news...I have been like crazy tired all week. I think that is adding to my grouch levels.  They are very high and rising.  I am definitely running at the gym today at lunch...i am going to need it to vent my frustrations of the gong show.

Survival

OMG.....kid's birthday parties are crazy.  It was Ally's on saturday....tea party themed.  Completely in my wheel house of things i enjoy.  EXCEPT...boys on sugar.....so much wrestling.  I don't understand the need to punch each other and wrestle with each other.  One kid in particular would start every fight and then cry because he got hurt.  He was very dramatic.  It was intense.
At one part...the cookie decorating part, i was left in charge and it was TRAMATIC.  I have never been the authority figure...i am the fun aunt.  i have often been made fun of because braydon thinks i am the same age as him.  So now...i am the grown up in the room...in charge of like a billion kids (okay it was more like 10 kids but they had the presence of a billion).  At one point, ever single one of the boys were hurt.  And i kept saying things like "no horesplay" "butts on seats"...there was a lot of craziness.

After it was over...i think it changed me.  I couldn't retain any knowledge on sunday...i was so spacetastic it was crazy.

Side note...the sock monkey was very popular, and now i have to make one for Sophie, both of Ally's best friends, and probably Declan.  I actually looked on Etsy, and not to brag or anything but mine looks much cuter than most of them on there, and looks sewn better!  And they are charging at least $30/monkey.  I could totally make a second career out of making things for a living......I want to make things and sell them on etsy.  What i need in reality is someone to handle the business side while i make things....i love making things, but i have a horrible habit of giving them all away....instead of charging.

I call him Loppy

So, i finished the Sock Monkey yesterday.  It turned out okay but i have noticed that everything i make is just slightly uneven.....leans to one side.

I know when you guys see it, all you will see is an adorable sock monkey but i see all the things i wish i could fix.  His ears are uneven, his stuffing is lumpy, one arm is bigger than the other, and you can see the stitches from the stuffing hole.

But it is what she wanted.  Hopefully now i can successfully retire from the sock monkey making business.

BIG DAY

Today is the bring your own cup day to 711.  I am crazy excited.  I am trying to figure out what cup i should bring.  I am bringing my novelty Thor cup.  And i will be hopped up on sugar all night.  Hopefully that will make the finishing of the sock monkey more successful and less lop-sided.

In other news....i am almost certain that i have gotten my exercise routine, i have successfully completed the third week of exercising at lunch.  I may survive this 10km yet!

I am so ready for the weekend.  It is Ally's Frozen birthday party this weekend.  I am giving her a Pink and Purple sock monkey, home made by ME.  This is a big deal...the last sock monkey i made was like 3 years ago, i gave it to braydon and he was so scared of it that i swore i would never traumatize another kid with a home made sock monkey.  But guess who made a come back.  That's right...Braydon now loves the sock monkey and Ally has been asking for a pink and purple sock monkey for a long while but i was hesitant to make another.  I have decided to cave...but it has been awhile since i have made a sock monkey and dude....it seemed easy in my memory but it is not going as well.  I will post a pick of the finished monkey soon.

Camel Day

Most people call today Hump day....i have decided we should call it camel day, why should humps get all the attention?

And that is not the only vocab change i am approving today.....My friend Jordan is giving me a hard time about not reading my comics quick enough....i told him i keep getting distracted and he said get Tracted.  

I LOVE IT....change approved.  instead of focused i am now going to get tracted.

So what else is happening.  This haircut...it is totally happening.  I am officially obsessed with it.  I can't stop thinking about this hair cut and how freeing it would be.

I am now convinced i need to find the perfect hair dresser.  It is countdown time people....my days of long hair are numbered.  

Unless i chicken out which is entirely possible because right now i am like 100% gung ho for the hair cut...then i flip flop to completely freaked and convinced it would look terrible

A weekend of STUFF

So....i tripped to Oakville on friday night for Veronica Mars which was my second viewing.  Also, i got to hang out with Steph and Carolyn.....and Sophie.  She is so adorable.  But it was a late night.

Then i met up with Amy for Brunch on saturday.  MMMMMM Brunch.  I love me some brunch.  We went to Buca.  It was delicious.  SERIOUSLY.  After brunch i headed out to mom and dad's and had a nap while i waited for everyone to show up.  Nana and Cathy were in town and we all descended on Mom and Dad's for dinner on Saturday.  It was also Ally's birthday so we got CAKE!

It didn't seem like much but dude after those two adventures, i was super tired and i spent sunday in my pj's...hanging out and have a super fun solo day.  I marathoned some Adventure time, i made a sock monkey.  It was a good day.

So, in other news, i am focusing this week....getting the exercise on.  I want to get my hair cut short but i am worried my face is too round.  So i am going to go hard core at the exercise and try to lose some face weight.  I know random and i don't know if that is possible but i really want this hair cut.  I know...i worry about the weirdest things.

Again with the Hair

So....after hair-megedon where i destroyed my hair in attempt to turn it blue.....me any my hair decided to try to co-exist.  Or that is what i like to say, because i got tired of fighting my hair...and left it alone which meant, the dye washed out super fast on the ends of my hair, but held on at the top....so now i have this weird sort of blue brown grey ombre hair....and that's not cool.  It really isn't.

So, i am thinking....i need to cut it.  I need to chop it and start fresh.

Originally, i wanted this hair:

It is fun and kind of funky and as you can see from below, it looks like it still pulls back nicely. which is important for workouts.

But, i saw the Veronica Mars movie last night and DUDE...i love Mac's new hair.  I think it is cool and funky and fun.  And i remember when i had my hair that short...how much fun it was.

But...draw back, i would most likely have to style it EVERY DAY!!!! and i am worried my face is too round for this kind of cut.  And for some strange reason, i always worry that i look too much like a boy with short hair....i know that is kind of ridiculous because i have very noticeable boobs.  But I never said my fears made sense.  Plus think of how much fun it would be to have short hair like that.

I want a drastic cut, but my last trip to the hair dresser was a DISASTER!  Seriously!!!  Plus, i haven't been to my old hair dresser for like two years and i don't want her to see the mess i made of my hair.  i feel like i will disappoint her.  

So....i guess while i am still processing the ideas, me and my blue/grey/ombre mess will just continue to tolerate each other.

I am willing to listen to suggestions.

VERONICA MARS DAY

So....today....i am going to see the Veronica Mars movie in the theatre.  SO EXCITED!!!!

I have loved the show since it originally aired and i am a kickstarter backer and now....kelly got us tickets to tonight's show.  Then i get my digital download tomorrow.  I am probably going to watch this movie so many times in the next 3 days....it will be insane!

I didn't wear my Vmars tshirt because i didn't want to be overly enthusiastic plus i love it best to sleep in (it is so comfy) that it has not become a pj shirt.  But we are going to line up early and we are going to stop at mary maxim to get crafts to do in line.  Everything is coming up ME!

In other news....i have like a month to get back into 10km running shape.  AND DUDE....i don't think i am going to make it.  I am cool with like 5 km...but 10....10 is so long and so much distance.  I am really afraid i am just going to stop running halfway through the race and just declare that i live here now.  Actually we even run past my street so i could just go home.  BUT i can't do that...it is my first come back race, and i am sharing it with my sisters.  We are going to survive together...well they will probably thrive and i will survive but...surviving the 10km is step one to IN YOUR FACING running.  When i finish i can then be like 'take that running you aren't the boss of me'

My True Superpower

So, i am obsessed with Buzzfeed quizzes.  I literally can't stop taking them.  I have taken so many!  I was very annoyed yesterday when i found out that if i was a bagel i would be a pumpernickel bagel....they aren't my favourite.

Anyways...i just did the BEST quiz.  It was What Super Power should you have?


My Results:

I think this is the best result ever...i always want things to explode!

Take the quiz and let me know your results: SUPER POWER QUIZ

Unlucky?

So the family spa day didn't go exactly as planned.  There were all sorts of problems walking up to the spa, first the subway wasn't running past St. Andrew, second, there were large parts of the underground roped off.  So we arrived later than planned.  And then when we got there...the line was basically out the door.  So when we finally get to the front of the line....there is a fun surprise.
The person checking us in asked if i was there.....i am the one who booked all the appointments for everyone.  There apparently is a note on the system saying that i called back a second time and cancelled just my services, that everyone else would be attending but my stuff is cancelled.  So...a packed spa, no actual services for me book....spelled trouble.  I didn't call in a second time, and the spa didn't accidentally cancel the wrong person because they checked to see if there were two of me in the system...there weren't.  So here is what i think happened.  An arch nemesis, has decided to announce their presence by causing me distress.
Everyone else thinks i am crazy and that it is just some unlucky coincidence but think back...didn't i get jerked around my St. Mike's.  Maybe they didn't screw up my appointment.  Maybe this unknown arch nemesis screwed around with my appointments then too!  I mean there have been a lot of problems lately....it would actually make me feel better to know i am not unlucky and that there is just some dick out there being uncool.  Because you can defeat a person....you can't really beat luck because it is random and uncontrollable.

Fashion Commentary

Last night i was talking to my friend and i realized i was really worked up about something.....and i was like....i need to blog about this.  I am hoping i can stop the trend.

So you all know the trend of sheer-ish blouses that people wear with just a bra underneath....and the top isn't completely sheer but you can make out the bra.  The type of shirt you should wear a camisole underneath.  Well...I think it can look very nice if done correctly and worn in more casual/social setting.  Where i have been seeing it lately is at work.  Two high level people have worn those shirts with just bras and i want to say...yes you look very nice but DUDE....let's think about this...is it really appropriate to wear in a work setting?  Should i be able to see a director's bra?  

I am not the most strict about dress code, i tend to dress in a more sloppy comfort dress (although if you look at this year's runways....comfort is the new fashion)....but i am having trouble re-adjusting to jeans and pants after wearing boho dresses and exercise pants for like 4 months.  Also, at ate my feeling so much during that time that, none of my nice clothes really fit any more and i didn't really want to buy new nice clothes...i really wanted to buy more comfy clothes.

So.....i know i shouldn't be throwing fashion shade at someone else when my main goal is to figure out how to wear pajama's at work without anyone realizing it.  But when i can see someone's bra and we are in a work setting...THERE is SOMETHING WRONG!  Seriously...i don't want to see your bra...wear a camisole at work...then go out there after work and show everyone your bra if you want to...just keep it covered up at work.

SIDE NOTE - my nail polish winnings were shipped yesterday via Purolator....which means i am going to get them today or i am going to have to go on a long journey to track them because purolator refuses to deliver to my apartment and won't leave any sort of delivery note.  I look forward to finding out what will happen.

Excitement Levels Rising

The other day, i was impressed by this guy's height...i guess it was because he is so tall and i am so not tall.
Earlier this week, someone sent me this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI

It is just a song about badgers....and I LOVE IT.  Then i learned there was this song about Llama's.  Why didn't i know that these songs exist?  They are basically just like the songs i write about remy.  Everyone loves a good nonsense song.  

I also just got an article from one of my friends.  This organization is looking for people to knit penguin pullovers because after penguins have been in oil spills they need sweaters to keep them warm and to stop them from trying to clean the toxic oil off them with their beaks.  They are asking knitters of the world to unite and start making these pullovers.  If i was an advanced knitter....i would be all over this stuff. Unfortunately my knitting skill is not at sweater level yet.  

Here's the article if you want to read it: http://ht.ly/uhEpg

Winner Winner!!!!!

So, you remember last week when i was talking about how my sisters keep entering contests and winning. Well, i got jealous and decided if they can win contests, so can i.

So i entered a bunch of contests...the one i really wanted to win was that nail polish one.  Guess What....I AM A WIENER!!!!!

So i now get the entire new brazillian collection from OPI...that is 12 awesome bottles of new nail polish available for my nail art pleasure.  I got the email on sunday and it said i had 48 hours to reply...i of course replied within minutes of getting the email because i was so excited...then i overshared like a weirdo in the email telling her that i was so excited i was dancing.  But let's get real for a moment.  I never win anything.  I think my last big win was that colouring contest when i was like 7.  So it was a long time coming and i couldn't have won a more perfect thing.

Nail polish is my jam!  now i have 12 new bottles headed my way.

But you know what this means....i need to enter more contests.  I think i may focus on beauty give aways. I love beauty products and free beauty products are my favourite.

What else is new with me besides me being a winner?

I went to brunch on sunday....Starving Artist.  It is a waffle place.  I had the waffle blt, you know i can't resist bacon sandwiches...it is like my cryptonite.  Although next time i think i want to try the waffle benny.

I am also experiencing thumb/hand pain on my right hand...i am worried it is from knitting too much but i keep stretching it out and hoping that it is not early signs of arthritis or something.  You know before ankle-gate, i would have just assumed i pulled a hand muscle or something and now i am convinced i have early onset arthritis.  But i can't have a craft injury this early in the year...i am on a craft roll right now...with that purse, and my log cabin, and all my home made christmas gifts.....i also just bought shrink paper, which i am going to have so much fun with...it is going to be awesome sauce.  So lots of stretches, i can't have a craft injury.