Brilliant

My boyfriend always ends up making too much spaghetti for the both of us and we always end up having leftovers for three lunches. It’s a bit ridiculous and since neither of us like wasting food, we eat it. Blegh! I hate leftovers to be honest but it’s better than not cooking a whole new dish and getting all of my kitchen supplies all ruined by the box cutter frantically finding my pots and pans to open up my packed up boxes.

So while I was browsing the web I came across a spaghetti measurer. Of course the best finds are always in the states and never available to us Canadians, but I thought I’d post this neat invention. I’ve seen others but this one definitely tops them all.

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It also comes in a variety of colors. But I think I like the grey one the best. Or maybe the white! Wouldn’t that be a neat thing to have?

Okay. Back to unpacking. It needs to be done. Boy, do I hate moving.

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Ebay genius

After packing up my apartment I thought to myself, instead of giving my articles of clothing to good will — I should have sold them on ebay! I never got involved with ebay before and I decided to just randomly sign up a few days ago, and search for a few of my favorite things like the Lululemon brand. I’m a huge fan of this store and I’ve got headbands, pants, sweaters and even hair elastics from the store. But what I found on ebay was something incredibly odd and I will explain why in a moment.

When I went to purchase my hair ties from the Lululemon store in Toronto, they came in a 6 pack for maybe $10? I’m not sure because I bought them forever ago — but on ebay this one girl is selling her ONE hair tie and it’s up to four bucks already. Like holy cow, are you serious? People are willing to buy these hair ties for four bucks a pop? They don’t even fit in everyone’s hair properly, because I gave one to my soccer team mate during the winter and her hair is thicker than mine and it busted on her.

Maybe I should start selling some things that I don’t use/want. I wonder if people would actually buy them?

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Wednesday ramble shamble

Another trip to the dentist, another filling replaced. I’m starting to like this white toothy smile! After I had a couple of teeth pulled on the top pre-braces, my teeth have shifted and now all you can used too  see, was silver fillings on my molars. Now they’re all white! Hooray for new inventions with fillings. I was told once by my family dentist back home that silver ones actually last longer. Well, it didn’t seem that way for me — and I actually had to have one of my silver ones replaced since it was “leaking”. Scary!

I’m moving out this weekend. A lot sooner than I had hoped. Primarily because it’s a one-man moving show out here. The boyfriend (mainly) and I.  He wants to help me move a while before the trip to B.C just so he doesn’t re-injure his shoulder so close to our big Ironman Canada trip to BC. I have everything mostly packed up, I just need to buy another rubbermaid container and I’m set. I gotta tell ya. Moving 7 times in 3 years definitely makes you purge a lot of your belongings each time you move to a new place. There’s just too much stuff. I remember when I first moved up here, I had 3 suit cases with all of my belongings and that was it. When I went home for Christmas, I brought back more stuff to Ontario. After a few moves, I’ve thrown stuff out / recycled it / gave it to good will. I’m almost back down to my 3 suit cases where I started off three years ago. It’s a good feeling. I actually have one suitcase that is filled with stuff that I haven’t used since I was in my apartment when I moved in, in January. 8 months! I say, if you don’t use it within 6-12 months, chuck it. But certain things have sentimental value that I really can’t come to part with, and some of it’s useful — like thank you cards from etsy, and pens!! I love pens. And stationary. And paper clips.

Pardon the random brain thoughts today.

Also. What’s with cranking the A/C so I have goosebumps? That’s one of the most annoying things in the world to me. You want to be cooled off, but not feel as if you’re actually stepping into a deep freeze. Wtf. I am COLD.

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