Unexpected delays

So I didn’t get to meet up with my bestie, Jenna in Toronto today. It just didn’t work out :( At least I made something of the day and ended up doing a bunch of errands to make up for it.

xmas-jenna

I also decided to wrap Jenna’s Christmas present and get it ready to mail out in the post since I didn’t get a chance to see her in person. Here is a sneak peak for you Jenna!! hee hee! Obviously I’m going to have it put on an envelope so she can at least unwrap the envelope and put this present under her tree. I plan on wrapping all my gifts in brown paper this year, with colorful ribbon.

Since I was craving sweets, I decided to go ahead and make my Mom’s famous Jube-Jube/Gumdrop cake. It sounds gross, but I promise you it’s delicious. I just literally put it in hte oven not even 4 minutes ago, and I totally forgot to spray the pan with non-stick stuff. Hopefully it doens’t come out in blobs :/ It takes an hour to an hour and a half to cook it. Isn’t that insane?

Stay tuned for photos of my yummy cake! My boyfriend isn’t nearly as excited as I am about this. In fact, he’s not a candy person at all, so it looks like I’ll be either eating this on my own or bringing it into my co-workers on Monday to share.

Now, off to read my bloggies on google reader.

Continue Reading

Jeans and tee kinda gal

jeans-and-teeJust doing an outfit of the day! Check it out — I’m wearing my Rimmel London foundation (which I will review when I get a chance!). Looks pretty flawless huh? That’s it, it’s officially my backup makeup when I don’t want to drop my dollars on MAC. Can’t go wrong with $7 foundation that will last, well I don’t know how long it’ll last because I’ve only been using it a few weeks and gives me the exact same coverage if not more, than the liquid skin finish. Ahh, skin perfection if I do say so myself.

Tee: Hollister $9.90 (available now!)
Jeans: Guess

That’s basically it. I’m bombin around the apartment with my comfy down filled slippers and takin’er easy today. Preeeeeeeeetyy exciting! You envy me, right? I may think of going to Toronto this afternoon. My BFF is there for the weekend and it’s about an hour away for me (6 hours for her, as she lives in Ottawa). YAY! We’ll see though, after the BF wakes up ;)

Continue Reading

Oh no! I want it all.

Someone needs to take me away from Etsy, or I’ll shop my credit card into major debt. I’m dead serious too. My Mom and Boyfriend aren’t online shoppers, and they’re the main people who usually buy presents for me (birthday and Christmas) so unfortunately ;) I’m left with trying to limit myself on what I should buy myself.

So, etsy. My new favorite website has helped me do some online Christmas shopping way in advance and I’m almost complete. Wanna see what I’m just oggling over for myself now? I shouldn’t be so selfish, but I can’t help but show you guys how awesome these things are. Alright, let’s go!

Ugh, I love colorful purses. I don’t even own a plain black, brown or white one. All of my purses are in vibrant shades. I love it that way. I think this purse is a bit huge though, so I don’t think I’d purchase it. Mmm blue. I want a nice slate/grey/blue purse. This color isn’t it, obviously. But that’s what I want.

This plum shade? Yeeees please. Again, too huge to be practical. I like them a few inches smaller than that.

Dead serious about considering buying this. Can you believe it’s handmade!!? Incredible.

Not so fond on this shade of green. But this would be nice in white, or charcoal grey.

Nice. But they’re made of vinyl. Bleh.

Onto the clothing. This looks so comfy. Minus the nip’s. Plz wear a bra.

I think I am seriously going to consider this sweater, too. Wouldn’t match the lime green saddle purse I listed above, but nice to wear on the weekend, none the less. I need some skinny jeans.

Also a must-have. Maybe a Christmas present to me, from my Mom, bought by me? Does that work? I think I’m liking grey sweaters lately.

You know “Enjoy Coca-Cola” how the lettering is all fanc’ed up like that? That’s where the designer got her idea from. I ENJOY it, as I’m a coke drinker myself (Representin” diet caffeine free!).

Since it’s getting chilly out there lately, you can’t forget the love for your hands! Aren’t these wicked? I think I’m sold on the color.

I’m a messy cook. Ok, not really. I just hate it when meat juice splatters on me, especially on my clothes. Or even spaghetti sauce. I HATE having to change in the middle of when I’m cooking. But then again, if I got this – I’d hate to spill anything on it. Contradictory, no?

So impractical. I think they’re slippers, which is more sensible. But I think these would look cute.

One word: Swoon.

I don’t have a purpose for a little journal book like this. But I want it anyway.

Since we have a hedgehog (I rarely mention him, because he hates me and I’m terrified of him) named Boris, I thought this was cute. I almost thought of purchasing it for my boyfriend for Christmas, but key chains are kinda girly, and then I thought I’d get it for myself. It’s still on my “favorited” list on etsy however. Just sitting there. Waiting to be bought.

I also picked out a thing or two for my readers. I know I mentioned this ages ago, that I’ll be having a giveaway. I haven’t forgotten about it yet, I just want a few awesome “nancy’s favorites” to give out, and it’s taking me a while to think of some things lol.

That’s it folks. Just oggling over on Etsy today. Help me?

Continue Reading