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Oppaaa!

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Or, OPI in this case. I was looking in the mall  before my friend came to visit me and before I picked up my Sephora polish I posted two entries ago.  I went into one of the hair salons that sell OPI.  There was an abundance of colors to choose from. I loved them all, but couldn’t decide on one. But you know what? I didn’t buy them. I don’t think I was allowed to “test” them because I simply asked if I could, and the woman waved me over to her and she tested it out on a sheet of paper? Yeah, I’m not buying something that’s tested out on a sheet of paper, which resembles nothing like a fingernail. Frig that.

For my own finger nails I usually like something modest, and not too BLAM BLAM BAM “out there”. I reserve those colors for the tootsies. I was looking for a nice sheer pink. But not sheer enough that I need four coats for it to build up. I want a nice pink color where I can apply two coats and you can still KIND OF see the white tips of my finger nails, but not really. I don’t really like the Sephora color I have on my nails now, as it’s TOO pink. Not a nice shade of subtle pink/white/sheer. I have another polish from Sally Hansen, but you need 4 coats of the darn thing as it looks baby pink in the bottle, but comes out clear. It’s friggen garbage and it ‘crackles’ after a few days. I think it’s mainly because I apply so much bloody polish to try and make it a WEE bit opaque than it is. But I don’t want that. I want something that’s genuinely opaque and doesn’t require too much time or effort.

So, that being said — does anyone have any colors to suggest? (Reminder: light white–ish pinks, but not ugly light pinks. If that even make sense!) It doesn’t have to be OPI either. Just something that I can get in CANADA.

K thanks!

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Expensive taste, anyone?

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Clicking each shoe will bring you to the product page.

If I had all the money on the world to blow on colorful purses, and shoes I think I’d be the happiest girl in the world. I need to be on TLC’s — What Not To Wear, so I can blow five grand on fashionables.

L-R:

  1. ALDO — Stanaway, these gladiator style sandals are killer. What a steal at $40, now they look terrible in that color (in my opinion) but I’m going to try them on and pick up a pair in yellow (which unfortunately isn’t shown on their website) when they go on sale.
  2. Michael Kor’s — Westside Flats. Unfortunately, they don’t come in my size as they’re only $35.99. Guess I jumped on the train too late for these babies. I wear a lot of flats to work, usually. So this would definitely get a lot of wear, if they still had them in my size. Grr.
  3. Gucci — Pop Bamboo pumps. Who knew I liked Gucci shoes? I sure as heck don’t like their bags. I thought these shoes were super cute, especially for work as they’re not too high. But they have a little spunk to ’em, ya know with the pink AND black. So nice. I love them. I want them the most out of all of these shoes I think.
  4. Michael Kor’s — Romp flat. I guess I like an orange shoe designed by Michael Kors. Too bad Winners doesn’t sell these, har har. I like how it kinda looks like your average ballet flat, but it has a kick to it — I like the zipper thing. Normally, I don’t like a lot of ‘stuff’ on shoes. But this is well done.
  5. Pedro Garcia — Daimi pumps. I’ve never even heard of this designer before. I’d love to have these tan suede high heels for a night out somewhere. But you’d have to give me a piggy back if we’re outside anywhere. I wouldn’t be getting those shoes dirty, if I bought them!

Last but not least, this Linea Pelle — Dylan Patchwork clutch. Is that just not adorable? I found a $20 coupon code for this site with all of the shoes listed on it. I went to check out (because they DO ship to Canada, thankfully), however unfortunately the turquoise clutch is no longer in stock. Sigh. Guess it really is a wish list, huh!? I’ve actually had a lot of luck, purchasing shoes online. In fact these (good god those were hard to find on google when you forgot the name of the shoe) are a pair of shoes I purchased in 2007 online from Brown’s Store in Toronto. I practically wear them everyday during the summer, so they’re a bit raggedy now. A few months ago, I wanted another backup pair for when mine got too gross. So I took it upon myself to find the designer, emailed her about how much I loved them and told her I couldn’t find any more online in my size (8.5), and wondered if they still produced them. They were discontinued the year that I bought them. Ahhg.. anyway.

Moving along… It’s PANCAKE DAY!! We’re getting bacon, sausages, and pancakes at work today – then I’m heading to Boyfriend’s place and hopefully it will be warmer than our 41ºF house … I think our furnace broke (more on that later) and he’ll make moreeeeeeee pancakes!
Have a great day!
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Weekend Recap

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I was thrilled that the weather cooperated enough for my friend to be able to make it down after a 5 hour drive from Ottawa. It was snowing quite a bit on Saturday afternoon! We decided to go to a mall that I keep hearing everyone rave about. It really wasn’t that great! lol. wtf? Yesterday, we headed out bright and early (8:30!) to catch the earliest greyhound possible, to head into Toronto and do a bit of shopping. Unfortunately for both of us, mainly for my friend — it was uneventful. She came here to shop! There wasn’t much available at all. We went into a few of our favorite stores and at the back of the store most of the shelves were literally bare. I was all WTF. None of their spring stuff was out yet. (PS. Don’t we look cold, yet super stoked to shop? haha)

I knew I wanted a few things from Sephora, so we headed there after grabbing some lunch. I picked up Benefit Bronzer in Hoola for the first time ever. I’m not sure what I think of it yet as I’m used to the WHAM BAM Bare Minerals in Warmth (which seems like I get more for my money!), and I wanted NARS Laguna bronzer as well, but of course they were sold out. Instead I picked up some Sephora by OPI nail polish. I wanted a nice not–so–sheer, but sheer at the same time, whitish pink nailpolish. (shush). So I picked up some in the color Dear Diary. I’ve got it on my nails to the left (with & without the flash) nice huh? It’s not as sheer as I wanted, but I think I applied it too thick because I was impatient to do it slowly and correctly.

I’m super cold right now. I may pop in the kitchen and make myself a gourmet hot chocolate… oh yes. Too bad there aren’t any marshmallows! Drool.

Don’t forget to check out my recipe section! I added two new onesssss.

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