Filling in the Blanks on my Last Friday at Work..

Today is my last day at this job.. and part of me is a bit sad to be leaving.. but another part of me is super excited to NOT HAVE WORK!! Wooohooo!! Sleeping in and pottering around the house.. hoorah!! 

Tho there is no rest for the wicked, as I pretty much have to toddler-proof the flat (in anticipation of the mister's nephew's visit as I won't be here at the time), do laundry and unpack from London and repack to go to CANADA on Wednesday!!

1.   I am a (morning, evening, middle of the day person)       night person.. I've said it before and I'll say it again.. I'm an owl not a fowl!! I would be delighted to start my day around midday and stay up till the wee hours..  .

2.  My favorite Pandora stations are    I don't have satellite radio! I don't often listen to the radio and I don't think I've updated my ipod in about a year if that gives any indication of my music tastes..   .

3.  3 of my "must-have" songs for a road trip playlist are     Hotel California, Schools Out for Summer & Eye of the Tiger.. all songs that everyone (most people) know the tune and the chorus but no one knows all the actual words.. = hilarity!    .

4.  My favorite pattern is   bright! blocks, stripes, dots, chevrons.. as long as it's colourful! .

5.  My favorite perfume is     currently, Orla Kiely Eau de Parfum - I'm not usually into floral scents, I quite often buy men's perfume because I prefer their citrus tones... but I got a free sample of the Orla Kiely and the floral is delicate and not too sweet or over powering.. Otherwise my current other perfumes are Paul Smith Sunshine for Men and Clarins Eau de Jardins  .

6.  Rules are      just rules. I'm not a rule breaker, but I'm not a super strict rule follower all the time. Some rules were meant to be broken, but mostly they're there for a reason - I'm going to go with Lauren's answer on this one.. tho sometimes I'm a bit of a rule breaker.. but for the most part.. I use my own judgement to make a final decision..  .

7.  My most overused phrase or punctuation is       "just sayin" and dots (ellipses)... I use too many and I don't use them properly, and for someone who is slightly anal retentive about spelling and grammar, it's pretty poor form.. but oh well! what can ya do eh??!!  . 

As always, head long to Lauren's if you want to play along!

Happy Friday!!

London Weekend

Morning lovelies!! The office is super quiet and I came to work in jeans on a Thursday, the sun is shining brightly in the sky and I am feeling light and airy!! (A vast improvement from yesterday when I left work feeling like I was a) going to cry and b) going to hit someone) Anywhos! I had such a lovely weekend in London last weekend that I just want to share it with you all! 

@Edinburgh Waverley Station, Waiting for the train:

Saturday morning, we walked through Kensington Park to Harrods:
(in case you missed out on why I needed to frequent Harrods... click here - it's the last convo if you're low on patience!)

 We wondered what this fruit was... Sok says hazelnut.. anyone know??!!

After lunch we came across this gallery in SoHo, they had amazingly fun things inside:
(I wasn't daring enough to take photos of them tho...)

Saturday night I ate at Yodita, an Eritrean Restaurant in Cricklewood... (yea I hadn't heard of it either until Saturday!..)
The food was good and unlike anything I'd really eaten before.. kind of like Indian meets Middle Eastern??
Lots of meat and sauces and you eat it with your hands.. as you can see in the photo! You get a crepe roll (middle plate) unroll it, tear pieces off and use it to grab the food on the big platters...

All in celebration of this guy's 30th..
(oops.. excuse the slightly bleary eyes.. I totally forgot to take photos until I was leaving to go home!)

Sunday after brunch & markets in Marylebone (post to come soon).. We went to Selfridges and the ever so loverly Sok treated us to macaroons from Pierre Herme! Thank you Sok!! (I figured out, it's not our 20th anniversary until NEXT year! - We will have to plan travels properly!! - We did a fairly poor job this year..)

Pink with glitter dust = Rose; Green = Asparagus & Pistachio??; Yellow = Lemon; Brown = Hazelnut & ??; Yellow with brown spots = Passionfruit! Wow, I could never be a food critic/writer eh?? Can't even remember 5 flavours!.. shoulda taken notes & written it down!! (Sok - HELP!!)

Regardless of the fact that I have a terrible memory and don't remember the exact flavours we ate.. they were ALL delicious!! Our favourites were the Lemon & Passionfruit (which was saved until last!)

If you are in London and passing by Selfridges, stop in and get yourself some macaroons.. they're not the cheapest treats you'll find, but they're definitely worth it!! Our 5 macaroons were just over £8.. not exactly budget breaking either! ; )


Stay tuned for posts about our lunch at PingPong & brunch at Providores as well as Marylebone Farmer's Market!! And maybe our hilarious impromptu photo shoot on Sok's balcony! HAHA

Spoon Cafe & Bistro, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh

Our table for dinner:

I loved the water jug!

Yamaha Paper Crafts

You could make this card!!

Or this one!!

Or even this one!!

I just found this website through a freebies email I get and thought I would share because they seem to have some pretty cool things to make! They have all sorts of scenes, animals, motorcycles etc. Looks like all you need is a printer, some paper and a little bit of craftiness!! Each card comes with the pattern and instructions and looks fairly easy to follow and straightforward.. I'm definitely going to try making that monkey one!!


Happy Hump Day!!

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Just so you know, I am in no way affiliated with Yamaha.. and I am not getting anything for sending you to their website yada yada yada...

Tell Me More Tuesday

I had a great weekend in London, only wish I had more time to try and catch up with more people..

I kept it pretty much on the DL.. I will try and get photos up ASAP!

Playing along with Crystal @ Crafty Crystal

1. What was your favorite subject in school?

I used to love Maths & Social Studies when I was young

Photography & English when I was in High School

Photography & Screen printing when I was at Uni.. 

2. What's your favorite board game?

Clue/Cluedo, Cranium

3. Are you into sports?

I used to row, road race and play hockey at school.. 

I played basketball and cricket for a season each.. 

I wish I still rowed.. 

I love to wakeboard and snowboard.. so I guess I'd have to say yes!

4. What came first - the chicken or the egg?

Who cares? They're both tasty!?!

5. Do you enjoy getting manicure and pedicures?

Yup huh!

6. How old were you when you had your first kiss?

15..?

7. Do you believe in love at first sight?

Erm... not love.. lust maybe!

8. If you could marry a movie star, who would it be?

Dunno.. I don't really have movie star crushes... 

9. What's your favorite thing to do in your free time?

Waste time on the internet.. 

Sit and read in the sun..

10. How would you describe your style?

Laid back.. 

Depends on my mood really..

Naked on a Calorific Friday!

So, along with the aforementioned bacon & egg roll this morning... We have also been treated to sweet treats because one of my colleagues is going on holiday for two weeks... (we seriously take/make any excuse to get people to bring/buy cakes/sweet at any opportunity!) birthdays - cakes!, going on holiday - cakes!, just because the bossmans feels like it - CAKES! or one time we had ice lollies... It's no wonder I don't fit any of my old trousers anymore!!!

Anywhos... I was running late this morning and in my rush to get to work on time.. I left ALL my jewellery AT HOME!!! GAHHHHHH!! I had even packed a necklace and some earrings in little ziplock bags ready to go in my toiletries bag.. but I have a feeling I left them on my dresser... along with the rings I always wear and the earrings I'd planned on wearing... the nakedness really stems from not having my rings on... and it's making me not feel very well to know that I won't have them all weekend.. as I'm leaving early from work straight to the train station... gah... am I being a big weirdo??  I think I'm going to go to the charity shop at lunchtime to see if I can at least pick up a necklace and maybe some cheapo rings.. because my hands seriously feel so N.A.K.E.D and just... n.o.t... r.i.g.h.t.

Do you get this?? Do you have jewellery you feel naked without?? At least I have my watch on I suppose...I think I'd really feel out of sorts if I had no watch AND no jewellery!

Filling in some blanks about Summer...

If you are a return visitor from last week, you'll be glad to know I had my bacon & egg roll this morning and am thus in a FAR better mood than last Friday... our printer is still not fixed, but we've managed to divert the printing to the other printer (there was a programme that was set to only print to the now broken printer).. and as half the office are on holiday.. things have been relatively quiet! hoorah!! I am also leaving work early today to go catch a train to head to Londontown!! Yipee!!

1.   My plans this summer include       Laura & JB's wedding, roadtrip across the States, KV & JH's wedding, roadtrip around BC & AB.. just general Canada/North America shenanigans!!  .

2.  The best summer I ever had was    erm.. last summer was pretty amazing! Momo's wedding, Wil & Kos' wedding.. weeks at the Great Lakes - boating, ski-doo'ing & ATV'ing, cottage time with some amazing girlies.. getting to see my Canadian peeps.. made my heart sing!  .

3.  Summer is     BBQ's, jandals (flipflops), barefeet, lazy days and time on the water...  .

4.  My favorite summer food is   fruit! fresh fruit bursting with flavour and juice dribbling down your chin.. YUMMM!! watermelon.. pineapple.. mmmmmmmm...  .

5.  The best way to quench a summer thirst is with     a ceasar! or an ice cold beer.. mmmm... only 2 more weeks until ceasar time!! cannnnnot wait!! non alcoholic wise... WATER!  .

6.  My summer uniform consists of       skirts & tank tops or dresses.. or skirts that are also dresses!! I like shorts but I find it hard to find shorts that I like, so I just end up wearing skirts & dresses.. and jandals.. love my jandals!!   .

7.  The best thing about summer is       long days & late nights.. time spent outside with friends & time out on the water.. LOVE!  . 

Happy Friday!! 

As always, head along to Lauren's if you want to join~

ps. for some reason my chrome seems to think I'm in Japan and now all my little blogger headings come up in Japanese.... does anyone know how I change this??!!