Fashion, NaBloPoMo, Photos

Oh no! I want it all.

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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?

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NaBloPoMo, Photos

Baby’s got black

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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…

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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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