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Wordless Wednesday: Week in photos

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Time for another Wordless Wednesday! Love these, they’re so easy and you guys get to have a little peek into photos/my life that I wouldn’t otherwise post about.

  1. 39ºC in my car. Roastin’
  2. Taking Alfie to work since it was too hot in our apartment. Look at him smile!
  3. Heading to CrossFit to get my workout on :)
  4. Nachos at L’s house!

Next set of photos? Girls night at L’s house!! I love doing these sort of things during the summer months. It’s what makes summer. L invited Julie and I over to her house one weeknight last week and we had drinks and made our own nachos. I think it was the most brilliant idea ever, for snacks. She purchased these tinfoil pans and we each had our own pan to build our layers and layers of nachos. All sorts of toppings were added, from chicken, bell peppers to all sorts of colored tomatoes and then of course cheese on top. Soo ooie gooie and then cooked on the BBQ! Amazing. My belly has never been happier (that evening). Ha!

  1. Oh you know, hanging out inside L’s kids SUPERHUGECOOL tree house.
  2. A better perspective at how large this thing is. Amazing right? L has quite the handy hubs.
  3. Delisous assembly line for the nachos.
  4. All the girls and our dishes. 
  5. Nahcos on the grill.
  6. Julie and I in love with our nachos.
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Contests, Photos, Reviews

Labeling everything in the house

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I may have gotten carried away this past weekend labeling everything there was to label. Gotta say, I’m feeling pretty organized as of late. Truthfully though, I’ve fallen off the organizational wagon.

For the past few months I’ve been pretty slack at keeping our home organized. Clean laundry has been piling up on the couches, junk mail left in the porch ready to be shredded, and tons of Tupperware strewn all over the cabinet underneath the sink.

It was time to get into beast mode. Pump up the music and get organized.

I’m not the most organized organizer….

I received the DYMO® LabelManager® 160 handheld label maker and literally went to town with it. Making labels to keep things organized is so fun and super easy, I can see how it could get out of hand if given to a child. Or a Nancy ;)

First I had to assemble the label maker. Easy peasy. It takes a lot of batteries.

So far so good!I have to say, I was even tempted to label Alfie’s food bowls.  In all seriousness this is what I ended up using the LabelManager for:

Labeling things in our pantry.

I purchased these small salad dressing cups to label. Perfect size for spices! You can get them at the dollar store.

A little trial and error. I didn’t realize at first that I could do different font sizes. I laughed when I first stuck this huge LEMON PEPPER on my tiny containers. You can also include symbols, bold, underline or italicize your fonts.It’s definitely a handy little device as I don’t need to keep my spices in the plastic baggies anymore. I’ve decided to keep the bulk spices in the containers I recently purchased. It’s a pitiful amount to start off with, but it’s just that. A starter spice kit for just the two of us.

One giveaway ends, and another begins. Aren’t you folks just lucky!?

One of you lucky readers will be also eligible to win a DYMO® LabelManager® 160. In addition you will receive the batteries you need to power the device and an additional label cartridge, bringing the total value of the package to $50. Please note that the contest is available to Canadian residents only.

Contest ends Saturday night at midnight. Get crack-a-lackin’!

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Fashion, Photos, Reviews

Bobbi Brown Cosmetics: Holiday 2012 Collection

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Let’s turn down this summer heat for a while and talk about something chilly. May I remind you that there are 161 days until Christmas?

I’m one organized girl when it comes to shopping in advance for Christmas presents. I honestly start mentally shopping for my loved ones the day after Christmas. It’s not as hard (or as insane)  as you may think it is. I simply have an e-mail draft saved in my gmail account. It goes a little something like this:

Christmas 2012

  • Mom: gift idea 1, gift idea 2
  • Dad: gift idea 1, gift idea 2

Birthdays 2012

  • January xx – Dad: gift idea 1, gift idea 2
  • February xx – SIL: gift idea, gift idea 2

If it’s already purchased it’s in black. If I have yet to buy, it’s in a bold red font. It’s been a convenient way to keep track of ideas and since it’s not on a piece of paper, I cannot misplace it.

Come to think of it, I should make a Christmas wish-list for myself. Ah-ah-ah (That’s me, laughing like The Count) 

I’ve had a chance to take a sneak peek at the holiday press release from Bobbi Brown cosmetics. I already am a huge fan of Bobbi Brown products as they’ve been featured a number of months ago in my skin care, and make up routine’s — which I’ve since added more Bobbi Brown products to. I need to do an updated version of that blog post.

Bobbi Brown Holiday 2012

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Bobbi Brown Holiday 2012

If Bobbi Brown’s eye shadows, lip glosses and brush sets are anything like her foundation or skin care, I’m all about it. The eye cream that I use is incredibly expensive, but it lasts such a long time if you use the appropriate amount. I purchased a new jar of the eye cream in February and I’m about half way through right now, and I use it morning and night. A little goes a long way. My skin is so dehydrated, it loves to be quenched with a thick eye cream like the one I linked above. My skin also looks heavenly when I use the luminous foundation. It’s not a dewy finish, but has a luminous healthy glow, as appropriately named, and lasts so well on the skin throughout the day. No wearing off in patches, on my skin at least!

Conveniently for me, Bobbi Brown cosmetics is now available through certain Sephora stores. The Eaton Centre carries Bobbi Brown, but unfortunately they do not carry my two favorite products by her; the luminous moisturizing foundation and the extra eye repair cream. Not a huge deal as my go-to place for Bobbi Brown is Holt Renfew on Bloor Street in Toronto, which carries a wide range of her products.

Will you be picking up anything from the Bobbi Brown holiday collection? I don’t think I can wait until Christmas to get a few items from this collection. As it happens, it comes out in October for all you beauty girls out there. We only have to wait… three months.  :)

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