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J Crew cashmere cardy, what else?

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orangeToday was brutal outside. Last night the Boyfriend and I joined the gym that is in the same building as I work. Literally walk 15 steps in the atrium and the open doors for the gym are right there. I scored an amazing deal of $380 per year.

I ended up going on the wave machine that mimics skiing or snowboarding moves, and it was so difficult that I had to get off after pushing myself to make it to the 10 minute mark. My legs were jello, so I decided to walk down the stairs (it’s a 2 story gym. It’s huge, and so beautiful. But doesn’t make me like the gym anymore), to get on the sit down bike – like you’re on a couch almost, with a TV in front of you, peddling. I initially decided to go only for 30 minutes, but since my Boyfriend who was on the treadmill in front of me, didn’t look like he was going to stop at anytime, I decided to go for 45. My butt hurts. But fortunately, nothing hurts today.

It’s a blizzard out there today. My lunch room at work is on the top floor and we have windows over looking one of the round-abouts by work, and we car-gaze all through our lunch. It was interesting to see today, because since the roads are completely snow covered everyone was fish-tailing all around. But someone nearly clipped a light pole. They were clearly going around the round-about too quickly, and rammed right into a snow pile. He was stuck for all of 30 seconds, when the next car stopped to help – along with 3 other people!! I love good samaritans.

Get this: it was a Mazda 3 hatch too :( I hope I never get stuck around that darn thing. I have winter tires on my car, but I have to say — it’s SO different not driving with studded tires! I was sliding a bit too, this morning.

I’m still wearing clothes that I picked out ages ago on one lonely Friday night. Remember that post? I can’t link it because I can’t find it. But you know the one… where I was bored one Saturday night and I literally scrimmaged through my tops and bottoms and tried putting as many outfits for work as possible. Three weeks worth possible, until I wanted to give up and sleep.

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Where’s the flood?

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floodpantsFull of fail fashion all this week. My pants shrunk? Clearly, I need to go out and get some new winter pants. I love however, that I am wearing one of my top finds on etsy. This necklace is super gorgs, and I bought it here.

Do you ever get a nervous stomach for the unknown? Fear the unknown. That’s what I’m all about :(

When I go to a new Doctor and I’m waiting in the examining room and I don’t know if he’s young, old, grumpy… all of the above. I get nervous. I get so nervous, that I’m literally sick to my stomach. That is what my stomach is feeling like today — a jumble ball of mess. It doesn’t have to be because I’m going to a Doctor’s appointment, it could easily be something like: SIGNING UP FOR THE GYM. The gym that I used to attend (and quit, in May 2008 lol) is in the same building that I work. My boyfriend’s office is 300 meters way and we’re planning to head back home and pick up our gym stuff (because we conveniently forgot it this morning) heading back so we I can start losing some body fat % (he’s a triathlete, he has like 1% B.F!) . I don’t have anything to be scared of except for the fact that I’m extremely competitive with myself and I try and go further and harder than the last time. I feel like I plateau, but I really don’t because I never work out for more than 8 months at a time. I want to break that record. I want to make a life changing decision and have a life style change. I don’t want to be an unfit elderly person. Since I can’t play soccer anymore for a while, I need a new activity! Sitting on the couch all the time just won’t cut it. Stop. Being. Lazy. Your pants need to fit you, Nancy!

I had a dream the other night that I won my first Triathlon. I think that pushed me over the edge…

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Eczema has a mind of its own

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ootdThe face looks splotchy on the camera. I swear I know how to blend my makeup. Nobody cares.

As insane as this sounds, my eczema moves to a different place on my body each winter. I know! It sounds so bizarre but it’s true. My first year when I was experiencing weird dry flakey, sore red skin — I had no idea what it was until my neighbor back home in Newfoundland (Pharmacist by the way) introduced me to hydro cortisone cream.

The first year was on my eyelids, and temples. Second year it was on the insides of my elbows, where you’d definitely think it naturally would be. Third year was on my HIPS (so painful when you wore clothes all day lol). This year. Well, let’s not go there. Ok ok. It’s a bit lower than my belly button and is awkward to scratch. If I was a man, you’d think I was ‘adjusting’. It’s also migrating to my knuckles. Specifically on my right hand’s forth finger. What gives.

I don’t think the Victoria Secrets body lotion is going to cut it this year. I think I’ll probably nee to whip out the harsh stuff, either that or go to my dermatologist again.

I never had this problem while living in Newfoundland. However, Newfoundland does have quite a bit more water in the air which gives the feeling of damp cold winters, where you can never get warm. Bone chilling to be exact. Then I relocated to Ontario, dry, nose-hair-freezing type of cold. You can actually dress for the cold in Ontario. But then comes the dry skin issues with hard water, dry air, sucking every bit of moisture out of my already lizard skin.

I went and got the H1N1 flu shot last night at a local secondary school where they had the clinic set up. Gotta say, I wasn’t too thrilled about voluntarily having a needle stuck in me, but I did it for good cause. I’m going home to Newfoundland for Christmas and I cannot be sick around my father who is on chemo. My arm is sore and I want to be a huge baby and GO.HOME. (from work that is, not to Newfoundland just yet btw..)

Ooh! I also wanted to tell you all that you need to check out Megan’s new hair color! She dyed it a few nights ago and I’m kind of thinking we have the same coloring? Anyway, regardless of that I’ve been trying to not dye my hair for about a year now. I think I last colored it in August 2008, but I can’t be too positive. I want to see my natural color for a few years, before my whole head starts going grey, you know? Maybe that’s weird of me, but I’ve been dying my hair since the age of 14, and uh. That’s a long time. So I decided to give it a break and my hair grows sooo slow, so the roots are still at around my temples or a bit lower, it’s all brassy and gross now but I don’t care and trying to stick through it. But if and when I do start dying my hair again, I think I’ll go with what Megan used: Revlon Color Silk in Dark brown (30)!

P.S: You all need to get this color nail polish. It’s by OPI — You Don’t Know Jacques. Wonderful shade.

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