Baby’s got black

1Like my little take on black nail polish? I’ve given up on buying all sorts of expensive (OPI) nail polishes because quite frankly, ELF nail polishes work amazing for me. They’re a thicker consistency and never streak despite the reviews given on their website. I bought 16 polishes for $16 + shipping online the other day. Mostly neutral colors. I submitted an order about a year and a half ago getting all sorts of cheap makeup from ELF, but all of it ended up in the garbage because that’s exactly what it was. Total garb. The only things I kept were the polishes, so I thought I’d “invest” (ha ha!) in some more.

I rarely wear dark colors, but I thought I’d sport them with a bit of zebra paint to tone it down. Paint on some white lines and call it a day. Well, I had my Alpine White (OPI) polish out, and my hot pink (ELF) and decided on doing polk-a-dots with a toothpick instead.

Yes. I know I have scaly hands. Ex boyfriends nicknamed me lizard hands before :(  I blame it on the rock climbing!! I also have terrible cuticles. Also blaming that on my dry scaly hands. I can’t help it.

This is the end result. I dig it:

32Top it off with a coat or two of clear polish and you’re set for a week! NICE.

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Once again…

Once again an airline agency has pissed me off. That’d be Air Canada this time. Last year I didn’t even make it home for Christmas. I think our flights were booked for December 23, and ended up getting delayed. I didn’t make it home until midnight on the 25th (as in, the next morning would be boxing day, not Christmas day). I was so disappointed, I actually cried on the way back. We spent SO much money ($150 each way) to get the shuttle to the airport, only to be brought home in a snow storm, saying our flights are canceled.

At least I wasn’t alone. My boyfriend and I spent Christmas Day together. We ate a frozen pizza for our Christmas dinner, as I cleaned out the fridge, thinking we’d be gone for 2 weeks… that’s another story in itself.

This year, our flights are booked for December 24. Why did I leave it for so late you ask? I only have a few days leeway for vacation, plus the Christmas Eve flight was dirt cheap. I’m talking $160 taxes in cheap. So I booked it. Let’s pray there isn’t a f’in storm.

I’ve found a new way to book flights. Book one way only when you find a sale. Wait for another sale to book your return flight.

I booked my one way for home back in early October. I’m getting a bit worried I’m not going to make it back to Ontario. I search on the (only) two airline websites — Air Canada, and Westjet to see if there are any seat sales. Tonight, there was.

I tried booking it immediately and there was an error. We tried booking it under my boyfriends credit card. Error. We tried three more times under his credit card until I decided to call the 1-800 number for Air Canada’s reservations. I was on hold for 48 minutes only to be put on to a very bitchy sales agent. Pardon my language, but it just happened 5 minutes ago and I’m still cranky.

She asks me what I’d like. I say I want to book a flight. I give her my dates and say it’s a one way that I want. She then asks what flight I want. I told her the $219 one. She repeats herself and I repeated myself again. She asked once more in a snappy tone “Which flight is it you want” — so I’m like “What are you talking about!” Since I’ve been on hold for 48 minutes knowingly the website is having technical issues, I’m a tad bit anxious as I want to book my flight before it freaking disappears!

She said “I need the flight number” and I’m all “Well I have no idea what the flight number is! If you just give me a minute, I’ll search for it online… again.” I know, I probably was a bit bitchy myself. But couldja blame me? I hate snarky people, so I’m snarky back to them!

She couldn’t find my flight for $219, or anything remotely close in price. Only $868 one way, one person. She’s serious. See. This is when I started being nice when I should have flipped out on the agent. My boyfriend would have said “I see the flight is $219 online. I want it for that price.” Where as I, for some reason said “Oh.. well, I know the site must be down so all those flights are either sold out or just wrong, for some reason… nevermind i’ll try back later”.

And we hung up.

I don’t have a return flight home.

And I’m pissed. And one of my hugest pet peeves is starting a sentence with “and” but I don’t even care enough to edit it right now. I want ice cream.

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Blackberry addict to Blueberry eater

Title of the entry? Totally my boyfriend, not me.

Two weeks ago today, I made my first batch of muffins, ever. Can you believe it? I think I’m a natural when it comes to this stuff. Nothing I make turns out un-edible. (I may just be jinxing myself here) or it could be the fact that I’m following super duper easy recipes from BFF’s who bake like pro’s. (Hi Jenna!). I have since made another batch of blueberry muffins and some banana bread. What have I turned into!

blueberry-muffin

Doesn’t it look so gorg? Mmm. I want to make a 3rd batch, maybe banana next time. The top was nice and “pebbely” as the recipe said,  kinda crunchy and I made 12 … they were gone within two days. Seriously folks, and that was trying to limit myself too. I couldn’t help myself. What I don’t get is why my muffin’s don’t have MUFFIN TOPS. Maybe I just need to make less muffins, more batter in each cup. I dunno. We’ll see with if it progresses through my many tries.

I just may have to post this one in the recipe section you guyyyyyys.

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