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Toronto bound – it’s a long one!

June 1, 2010 2 Comments

I went shopping in Toronto on Sunday, and decided to venture out of my go-to spot: The Eaton Centre. Instead, when I got off the Greyhound I walked about 20 minutes towards Bay and Bloor and did some shopping in the “uppity” district. Stores like Chanel, Holt Renfrew, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Burberry, HermÃ¨s, Tiffany & Co. (which was impressive to see all “locked down”) and Gucci were all along the street. I didn’t bring my camera and my blackberry’s camera doesn’t always work anymore (in the process of getting a new bold!). But I did manage to do some damage on my credit card at Sephora, and Anthropologie! I even walked past the Blo (Blow Dry) Bar (wow their website sucks) that I heard about on the news a few months ago. I wish I were ungodly rich. They had EVERYTHING there. I’m surprised they didn’t have an incontinence products store. Or diddddd theyyyy… Jeesh. The things I talk about on this blog.

Alright, let’s get to’er.

I wikipedia’ed the location and this is what it came up with: Bloor Street commands an average rent of $300 per square foot, making it the third most expensive retail space in North America. Bloor was named in 2008 the seventh most expensive shopping street in the world by Fortune Magazine, claiming tenants can make $1,500 to $4,500 per square foot in sales. Yep. I can see that.

So I first headed into Anthropologie after a slow 20 minute walk up Bay Street. Remember when I blogged about a few items I was eying at Anthro? Little did I know, they had a sales room where I picked up this tee for $39. For some reason (even though it says otherwise online) I thought it was just made out of cotton. Anthro’s sizes are really big. Did you know that? The XS seemed a bit big on me. I also tried on the red and was about to buy it too until I noticed a hole in the back. I ended up getting the top in beige (they didn’t have the purple!). It’s nice. I love it. I can’t wait to wear it.

This brown striped sweater was so ugly and frail looking in person. I looked for this purse but couldn’t find it, not that I would have bought it because it would’ve been over $250. Trying on other tops,Â I nearly bought this pink cardy but it was a bit puffy at the hips and made me look semi-big, andÂ this tank in yellow â€” it looks GREAT on. Trust me!Â But I also wanted to save money for food this week so I could eat. :)

I picked up a cute bowl (I almost snagged them all. But then that would have cost me a ridiculous amount of moulah) and another top which I can’t find online thankfully because it was sort of expensive. TEEHEE. I’m definitely going back when I plan another trip to Toronto. That store is all sorts of wonderful.

They even gave me a little Anthro card! Yay e-mails, catalogs and other stuff!

Second stop? Sephora! After reading so much hype about the wonderful Laura Mercier makeup line, I decided to go and try it out.

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I was color matched (I love being color matched lol) and the SAÂ (sales associate) at Sephora mentioned that I’d be the color sand. I knew that would be too dark for me because Courtney is that shade and I’m pretty sure I’m lighter than her. The SA at another makeup counter said I look darker than what I am in a foundation color. That’s all bronzerÂ baby. Anyway I got matched and I picked up the starter kit, plus an awesome mascara that I had a free sample of last time I went to Toronto.

There are so many new foundations out (to me) that I want to try. I was color matched at the Chanel counter the other day and as I mentioned above one SA (which actually was the girl at Chanel) color matched me, and took 3 or 4 tries to get a shade. It was light! I’m light! I pile on the bronzer! Eventually, I want to try the Chanel Pro Lumiere foundation. When I win the lottery. I’m shade #10 which apparently looks like the lightest shade they have online. Wow, I didn’t think I was that pale. Either that or their color line isn’t very diverse.

While I was in Toronto (and after my shopping was done) I met up with some lovely ladies: Noreen, and Kaylee. Kaylee has the sweetest little baby girl, so here is Noreen and I holding her! LOL… awkward.

The three gals. I’m not a giant. They’re just short (I’m seriously almost 5’6″). It was a fun day for sure! We even got some free VH sauce on Yonge/Dundas square, see? :) Hope they taste good!

Daily, Wasting Time

Fireplaces and wonderful hot tubs

June 1, 2010 No Comments

Living in an apartment building in the summer? Completely fine, especially if you have your own air conditioner set up. But in the winter, well that’s another story all together. It makes me miss home. I grew up having a fireplace in the two out of the three houses that I have lived in my entire life. When I’m ready to buy my own home, there’s only a few things that are a must for me to want to purchase it 100%. It should very well have a fire place. I don’t want one of those built in / plug in one’s either. It has to be real, use real wood, and be a real hot fire. Nothing beats coming in on a cold winters day and set the fire place (doesn’t that make you want to eat a popsicle right now? It’s so hot out!) and seriously just sit and relax in front of it all night long. So nice. Of course you’ll have to have a gate put up in front of the fire, like a cast iron one like my parent have. Especially when my Irish nephews come to visit. Don’t want their little fingers in the way. Best way to keep kids safe!

Another great thing (but isn’t a huge must for me) is having a portable hot tub in the back yard. Well, it doesn’t have to be portable, because quite frankly I didn’t know that hot tubs could be portable. Aren’t those amazing to jump in any time of year? Have a little soak and a little drink. Feed me grapes!

Clearly, I’m in the mood for a little vacation. I’m dreaming up all sorts of fun little ideas. I want a house!

Fashion, Hair, Health, In the Kitchen, Photos

The weekend post

May 31, 2010 2 Comments

Saturday was pretty eventful. I woke up early to go on a morning run. A 6km run to be exact. I was melting and wanted to hurl towards the end, but I did it, and we didn’t stop. 8 minutes on 1 minute off. I honestly have a love/hate relationship with running. The only time I hate it though, is three quarters into the run, no matter if it’s 3k or 7k â€” if I can see the “finish line” I’m done. I want to stop. Weird, isn’t it? I feel like I hit a wall if I know I’m close to being done. But if I can’t see it… I’m cool. I’m still ready to run.

Came home and showered right away so I could get my tootsies painted. Cute designs huh? I’m not sure of the color I picked out. It’s an OPI shade (but it’s not “That’s Hot! Pink!” like my previous pedi).

OH!!!

I won a haircut, remember?

I booked my appointment as soon as I got the phone call. It was perfect timing, as I was about to get my hair cut on the 29th anyway. So, I went over the weekend and asked for not too much to be cut off. Thankfully she listened and didn’t touch a lot of length! Check it out, doesn’t even look cut, lol.

Click to enlarge to see the before and after pictures!

And of course, you can’t get a hair cut and not show the front, so here’s that as well.

Yay! I probably won’t be going back to her, mainly because I like going to the owners of salons, and they have to really know what they’re doing in order for me to trust them.Â Not that she didn’t know. Maybe I just like male hair dressers. Oh well.

She did a great job. I was happy. But I’m still going to keep heading back to my Dann0.

After our morning was over (it was a busy/long a.m.!) we went to the Farmers Market! SO hot out. Picked up some fresh salmon from my Boyf’s swim coach and ‘window-shopped’ my heart out. I saw this one ring at a booth that I wanted so bad. It was made of amber and had 3 stones in it and it was just really neat looking. Asking $34. I didn’t have cash, so I didn’t buy it. Lame! Maybe it’ll be there next week.