Nov 30, 2011

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Casual Business Casual

Huzzah!

Express package #1 arrived yesterday, so obviously I wore something new today :)

The weather forecasted 10cm of snow overnight last night, so I went with sweater knit tights and a sweater tunic.

I must admit, I was a little disappointed that we only received just barely 3cm. Seriously. Weather warnings and everything – for 3cm?! Complete waste of time!

However, I certainly wasn’t going to change up my outfit :)

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Nov 27, 2011

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Condo Updates – Part 2: Living Room

Since we’re waiting on our couch, coffee table, TV and custom chairs to come in, we’ve done a few minor decorating updates to the living room.

The first order of business was finding a new home for the pictures we had hanging above our bed. We managed to find the perfect wall to hang them on!

See? Perfection! It’s like the wall was made for the pictures. Our new TV will be wall mounted instead of on a stand, so everything will fit a little better in the area once that comes in.

Moving to the left of the living room is my new desk that The Cowboy made for me.

Yes. MADE.

He’s a keeper!

The beautiful corbels The Cowboy made: from jig to stain. Absolutely beautiful. I <3 them!

The world’s most awesomest desk chair. Seriously. Awesome.

Not only does it look cool, but it’s also comfortable! This is huge for me as most chairs tend to hurt my back.

This chair? Winning!

And finally, some cute lights from Ikea to brighten up my desk.

My cord situation is a bit out of control right now, I need to get a handle on that :)

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I’m getting ready to sit down at watch the Grey Cup (go Lions!) with The Cowboy and some friends! The crazy wind we had today held them up for nearly an hour – downtown was closed – and winds were closed in at 149km/hr. Insanity!

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Nov 25, 2011

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Cupcake Friday

I was so excited to receive my Cupcake-o-Gram that I may have left my client’s office a tad bit early today…….Maybe.

I really, really needed this pick me up today.

I try not to talk about work too much on here. I love my job but some days it can become stressful and overwhelming and that really hit this week. I felt like I dropped the ball a little bit on my client (not to worry, it’s been cleaned up, but I shouldn’t have needed my manager to ask me to do a few things) and was feeling like I should be doing better because I’m capable of doing better.

So.

To get a “thank you” cupcake totally made my day. It put a HUGE smile on my face to see that I had received one (via email) and an even bigger smile when I picked it up.

Here’s the cupcake:

 

And here’s the message:

 Keep up the good work! You are a great instructor!

Awesomesauce.

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Nov 25, 2011

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Yesterday was Thursday……..

Did you know there aren’t a lot of Friday quotes? Basically, I’m stuck with Rebecca Black for today. Sorry.

But……

We we we we so excited! that it’s Friday! :)

Friday really is the only days I’m excited to get dressed for work. Mainly because of jeans. What is it about jeans that make everything better?!

(I just realized my last daily wears post was also on casual Friday, hmmmmm, Fridays rule for clothing I suppose)

Speaking of better, I am feeling a bit better than yesterday, but my stomach keeps wavering from okay to not okay and I am not enjoying it one bit. I’m really hoping this clears up by tomorrow because The Cowboy and I are going to Tova’s house for (American) Thanksgiving. I’m so excited! Due to traveling last year (Thanksgiving: half marathon and Christmas: Mexico) we didn’t get any turkey dinners, I’m definitely in need of some turkey (and pumpkin pie! YUM!)

Today my theme is brown. I’m not sure why, probably because this watch and leather jacket arrived in the mail this week and I knew they’d be perfect for Friday wear.

To make my Friday even better? Someone bought me a Cupcake-o-Gram. We sell them for about 2 weeks during our United Way campaign and someone bought one for me. I haven’t picked it up yet, but I have warm fuzzies inside just thinking about it.

You can also look forward to many (many!) more daily wears posts as I ordered a bunch of new items from Express yesterday (hooray for 40% off!). About 8 hours later I received a call from my bank saying that my credit card had been suspended, so here’s hoping that the purchase goes through! *crosses fingers*

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Nov 24, 2011

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Home Sick

Here I am, home sick.

Not quite as bad as being sick on a holiday if I lived in the US, but being sick when my client has a filing deadline isn’t stellar, either.

The Cowboy and I started the day by finishing off Season 2 of Modern Family. I don’t know how I went so long without watching, holy moly that show is crazy hilarious!

Right now I’m still in my pj’s catching up on Ringer. After a really, really slow start, it sure is starting to look up. Thank goodness, I do love me some SMG!

I’m also slamming back a ton of spearmint tea. Lots and lots to keep me hydrated. I made the mistake of trying to eat some breakfast, and while it tasted good, my stomach is none to happy about it.

It looks like I’ll be sticking with some of these to help me make it through:

Multiple mugs of herbal tea to hydrate and keep me happy.

Lamb’s Black Sheep Rum – if you don’t have any of this, go get some! The Cowboy and I are not big fans of any spiced rum, but this is amazing and perfect. Delicious in eggnog and right now, perfect for evening hot toddy’s before bed.

Tonic bath salts from Silk Road purchased on out trip to Victoria over (Canadian) Thanksgiving. The peppermint and lavender are perfect for soothing sore, sick muscles.

Tangent: I hope to post some Victoria pictures soon. They’re living on The Cowboy’s computer right now, I just need to pull them off and post ‘em. We had the most amazing trip and I can’t wait to tell y’all about it.

What makes you feel better when you’re sick?

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