Today was a fairly laid back day. I met up with some relatives here and went to Applebee’s for dinner. It was pretty delicious. It was nice to see some familiar family faces….whoa, try saying THAT 5x fast ;) Just wanted to pop in and make a short post. And oh….
Dear Ottawa,
I’ll see you tomorrow morning!
Love,
Your Newfoundland Girl
SWEET! I finally found sometime to sit down, relax, and blog. Mmm, I have missed those simple moments.
So to briefly recap, I’ve been chillin outside of Toronto with the boyf for the last week. While it is nice to finally get out of Newfoundland and explore a new province (one with many M.A.C stores, hah), it is a little crazy-busy too. I mean, I am currently living out of two suitcases. I do have some stuff unpacked in a spare room, but I didn’t want to unpack everything since I am flying to Ottawa this Thursday. This is also the first time the boyf and I have spent every waking moment together and while it is nice to spend time with him (as always), it can get a little over whelming at times. Between that and the long list of chores and things to do and see while here, I have come to appreciate my alone time (ie: my blogging time, facebook creeping time, haha) a lot more.
So in the last week, the boyf and I went for several walks and made many stops into M.A.C, Forever 21, and H&M:
Then we went on our Wonderland adventure:
It was a pretty awesome time and YES, I went on all of the “big” rides, haha. Sunday, I spent some time at Wasaga Beach with the boyf and his family. I didn’t really want to go into the water (which is a big surprise), so I just laid out and tanned while there.
But it was a really nice (although, verrrry crowded) spot.
Amongst all of the fun, the boyf and I went furniture hunting online (Ikea and Kijiji baby!). We found a few things which is great but we have so many more things to get/look at it. The boyf’s mom took us to Wal-mart the other night and bought us enamel cookware for our kitchen, an iron, tea kettle, and some towels. It was really nice of her!
I must go shower though. It’s like nearly 40 degrees outside with the humidity and everything so I want to jump in the pool real soon :)
Heeeeey everyone!
I’m now outside of TORONTO! I flew in Wednesday past. I have been chillin at the boyf’s mom’s place ever since. I honestly have ZERO time to really do anything relaxing. The boyf and I have been on the go non-stop ever since. I did do some shopping (mmm, MAC and Forever21!) and we did go to a fancy restaurant to eat one night, but other than that, we have been running around non-stop. And yes, I am including our trip to Canada’s Wonderland into that non-stop category. I have tons of pictures to share! I’ll upload them to my FLICKR asap.
Thursday, we fly to Ottawa! I have a bunch of things to do as soon as we get in. We are going to rent a UHAUL as soon as we get there to pick up/buy all of our furniture for the apartment. I also need to stop by university to get some text books and a few things. Basically, we will need to do EVERYTHING but printing posters, haha. But I am sure I will be doing that too during the semester.
I really should go though. We’re going to Wasaga (sp?) Beach today and I still need to sync up my ipod ;) xox!
I indulged a lot today.
Instead of having one egg for lunch, I had two (along with the norm: two slices of toast w/pb):
I then lounged in my ever-so-comfortable pjs as I did my laundry like a good girl and creeped on facebook like a normal girl. After a hour or so of this, I decided to tackle day 15 of the 30 day shred. I felt on top of the worrrrld after. I was all sweaty and feeling accomplished but had the nicest, coolest, shower after. It was great!
I then got in the shopping mood (uh oh). So I took out some cash and headed out to the mall before work. I ended up buying a jean skirt and tee from AE, a purse from Spring, a red bra (ooh la la) and nightie from Le Senza, and Glamour magazine. Sadly, I do not have pictures at this time :P So um yes, I indulged. But it doesn’t stop there…
Once at work, I ate my late dinner: Chili with a whole wheat roll from Tim Hortons…
FOLLOWED BY…
YEAAAAH. Chocolate eruption cake!!! Ahhhh, so bad for me. I felt soooo guilty for eating it but it tasted soooo good. Failure :(
I just can’t wait for the morning! I get to cuddle the boyf and spend the day with him (work has been crazzay and I haven’t seen him in a few days). Don’t forget to keep checking out my FLICKR for frequent picture updates :)
Yes, yes, yes! I can now say 10 DAYS until I move!!!! So happy, so excited. After waking up this morning afternoon, the little exciting butterflies entered my stomach and I felt the need to start packing suitcase #2:
Then I giggled at the fact that I can soon change my “current location” on Facebook to…
!!!! So incredibly excited for that one! Sooo excited that I may have already changed my current location :P Hah, I get giddy quite easily.
I even browsed Ikea for furniture ideas. I think the boyf and I are going to go with…
This bed frame:
This drawer chest:
These lamps:
This TV bench:
This coffee table (but in the same colour as the TV bench):
Two side tables (again, in a dark colour like the ones above):
And this floor lamp for the living room:
We are thinking about buying a cheap futon (in black) at Wal-mart since they are only $150 or something. Then we need a kitchen table (I am hoping to get this off of Kijiji), a mattress, TV, and lastly, a KICK A$$ computer desk! It needs to be an AMAZiiiNG desk that is big enough for my laptop, books, and the boyf’s netbooks. And yes, I need a wide range of colourful highlights to go with it :) HEH!
It’s fun to brainstorm about these things! But I better hop on to day 14 of the 30 day shred, shower, then off to wark :[
I make MAGiiiiiC! Yus, you have read correctly. I make magic!
For instance, I can take this:
And turn it into thiiiis:
And yes, it was delicious. It was tonight’s dinner actually. I made this little magical dish after tackling day 13 of the 30 day shred and packing. YES, packing *giggles*
In a few hours, I can say that I only have 10 days left until I leave for TORONTO!!!!!! I’m super pumped. So is the bf! So yus, we are going to spend sometime in TO and then fly to Ottawa where our cozy little apartment will be waiting for us. Trip to Ikea? A must :) (Don’t forget H&M and M.A.C – harhar).
Speaking of blowing my money, I bought a new toy the other day:
PAUL MITCHELL FLAT IRON = $135 (taxes included!). What a deal huh? It works ammmmazzzingly. I love it! This week is going to be crazy! I’m practically working all week (last shift is next weekend, I believe) and have to make an appearance at the bf’s soccer games. Then I have a bunch of misc./but very important things to do: order new contact lenses, let my insurance know that I am leaving the province (Peeps from/locating to North Carolina: You may wanna check out bcbsnc for insurance. Luckily, I do not have to switch… just update my information. Yey!), change my cell phone number, and bring a book back to the library. Lots to do!
This post has been all over the place. Please forgive me. I’m going to blame it on Date Line. It’s on TV right now and I’m pretty captivated, haha. Must go watch!
As of today, 5th August 2010, I vow to blog regularly! I have all of this new exciting stuff happening in my life and I want to share it with you all :) After this post, I am actually going to figure out how to blog from my blackberry since I’m always on the go as of late. Anyway, on with the life updates…
A few weeks ago, the boyf and I took a little trip to my hometown. We visited grandma (who insisted that we stay the night, play cards, and tell stories regarding little Leanne. We sadly, declined. Had work the next day!), walked and walked, cuddled up on a blanket over looking this:
…The ocean. Beautiful!
Later that week, we took a little walk to this beautiful lake where we named all of the ducks that crossed our path:
See, there’s Christopher, Joanne, and Zachery riiiight there! Haha.
Oh btw, I was sporting NEW BANGS during this time:
Word from the wise: never wear uncomfortable flip flops/shoes when going on a lengthy walk. Especially when there is sand near. My experience? My flip flops ended up rubbing the side of my foot, making a small cut. It hurt, but whatevs, I’m a strong cookie. Two days later? I couldn’t walk on my foot. It killed! It was red but I was being stubborn and refused to go to the doctor. A day of waiting in an airport for 7 hours then a 4.5 hour car ride across the province with the boyf and his family? FOOT INFECTED. It was completely swollen, red, gross etc. and the boyf’s family actually had to take me to the emerg at 12:30am. UGH. Not fun.
On a lighter note, my time with the boyf and his family went very well. We had a campfire, went swimming, had drinks, watched a soccer game etc. I absolutely adore his family so I knew it was going to be a great time :) Regrettably, I did not take any pictures. My blackberry actually died on me while there (and I forgot my charger…d’oh!) so I had nothing to take pictures with :( Ah well!
After our across-the-province & emergency room adventures, the in-the-city adventures continued…
Hiking!
We seen wales!
We even had time to be fatties and make a wicked carrot cake ;)
That’s LOVE right there for ya :)
Amongst all of the hiking and cake making, I finally booked my plane tickets! In less than three weeks, I’ll be in TORONTO! In less than four weeks, i’ll be chilling in my NEW APARTMENT in OTTAWA! Ahhh, the thought of it is making me squeal uncontrollably, haha. I’m growing up! …Or something like that. I’m super excited to move and have my own place with the boyf, but I am also a little nervous about school. Starting my M.A scares me, especially in a new city. But I think I am ready for this…
BRING IT ON, OTTAWA… BRING IT ON ;)
After a nice walk around the pond last week, the boyf and I stopped into one of our favourite pubs. We grabbed a few drinks and some pub grub. During our dinner, he ripped a page off the little “Comments/Feedback” notepad that made its home in between the ketchup and vinegar. He began to doodle and then I began to write a list. What kind of list? Well, a summer 2010 “to do” list! See:
The list includes a few places in rural Newfoundland, a few historic (and very beautiful!) sites, and then we have the usual summer activities: swimming, golfing, parks, bbqs, walks around ponds, blueberry picking etc. We are actually getting through our list quite fast. I mean, we already walked around our favourite pond a few times, we already went mini golfing, and had numerous bbqs, went to the park etc.
See, he BBQ’ed for me (it was delicious!):
Then we went to one of my favourite parks (we fed the ducks, hehe):
Of course, my summer list automatically includes vodka & dancing with my faves! This was taken last weekend. I was at a wicked party with my bestie, Aaron:
This weekend, we are tackling another item on our list! We plan on visiting my family in my hometown. It should be fun, i’ll be sure to take some pictures and share them here :) But until then, I need to go and turn tonight’s dinner…
…into something lovely! And then I’ll scoot my way to work at 8PM!
XOX!
Pssst: I applied for something today. I paid for something today. Two months of something to be exact.
Pssst: I found the perfect apartment in Ottawa with the boyfriend!
Move in date: Sept 01!! Ahhhhhh.
Happiness. Pure happiness!
To be inlove :)
