snow!

so really it's been snowing for the last few days, and there's already been a few days of the crunchy white stuff under foot but i'm lazy and don't take my camera out often enough... but today i did because it snowed on our way home from the gym, like big fat white fluffy flakes. it was kinda "romantic" *puke away from keyboard*, our first outside snow fall together.

so we took early poo out for a play in the powder and he totally enjoys it... chasing after balls and bringing them back. just like a man :|. LOL i crack myself up. neway. here's the images i captured before my battery died *again* and my hands froze.
as freakin cold as it is, i'm actually enjoying the snow. it's nice to have more than one season... or at least a definitive line between seasons instead of one continuous blob of a season. we haven't built any snow men or anything yet. we'd probably look really retarded and get teased out of the village. also, there isn't enough snow. does it ever snow really deep in the city? i feel like there's too much... *life* out here for it to get too deep... constant movement and heat...

in other, more interesting and pertinent news, i am two pounds away from my mini goal weight, very exciting people. very exciting. from there, it's only 15 more perilous pounds to my actual goal. i'm trying to get my fat bumpy into the gym more often and thankfully, my wonderful trainer, we'll call her,jennylee, not that she is jennylee but she really looks like her. sorta... anyway. the point is, now that our sessions are over, she's workin out with me, which is cool because she really knows what she's doing and it really pushes me. which i what i need. and i totally said which way too many times.

*UPDATE* i still enjoy snow, however i thoroughly dislike the bitter cold wind that it brings with it that makes the snot freeze solid to my tender face. i don't like that at all...

unsolicited commentary

i have just seen a movie that changed my life. well... maybe not in so many words changed my life but made me laugh, cry, hate, love, fear and confidant all in the space it took to get from the opening credits to the closing.

little miss sunshine

i guess i was biased from the beginning because i love steve carell and greg kinnear. they're both absolutely amazing actors, especially carrell who i absolutely love in the office as the without-a-clue boss. he's endearing and sometimes makes me embarrassed for him.

but this movie, with that adorable little girl, abigail breslin, was so adorable and heartfelt... i wanted to squish her to bits.

anyway. if you haven't seen it, you have to see it, because it was just so amazing.

now pictures of napoleon.

hmm... where'd the fish go.

are you contemplating myself as i am?


i eat you fish. your resistance is futile.

somethings make me laugh

and one of those things is earl in booties...

laugh with me people... i know i died. just. died.

in the elevator going outside.
earl doesn't much like being held when he could be walking so he made it difficult to take a decent picture... first shot of the booties. see me in the reflection of the mirror. i got a new sweater yesterday and i love it. it's under my now ugly green jacket.
earl making a new friend.
we live in the village and it's a very animal friendly neighborhood. our building has a specific dog park where all the canine muttly's can run around free of the ever oppressive leash, sniffing butt and marking their territory. earl's one of the smaller dogs and he tries really hard to play with the big boys but usually they just ignore him
ah ha! look at those stupid boots!
he was running up and down the snow, slipping and sliding cuz he can't really gain purchase with no nails... poor thing... but his feet were going all over the place and i just died laughing... dogs in shoes are so funny cuz they don't know how to walk. i suggest you try it if you haven't. i gotta learn how to put video on this thing so i can tape him and you can see for yourselves.

yay! progress!

two posts in one today people... brace yourselves.

so friday i had a party for my b-day and a couple of my gal pals came over to help me celebrate with alcohol and br's food. also cake. delicious chocolate cake.

i drink a lot of alcohol. we handled a magnum of zinfandel, one bottle of white, a bottle of asti and about 2/3's of a big bottle of smirnof vodka. mmm... vodka. also? good birthday present? gray goose.

it's kinda crazy how manic i'm lookin in this pics. i was over happy and over drunk. you know? we over indulge.
i also go a set of "sexy" lingerie, a cool t-shirt from one of my fav stores (aritzia.com) and some delicious pasta, sauce and server from williams sonoma, where br would like to buy expensive things from.

yay birthdays!

next... this weekend we made a trip out to kensington market, toronto's local feel good area. they have a lot of vintage and second hand clothing stores peppered in with foreign cuisines and inexpensive produce. it's where we go to splurge on our veggies and fruits cuz you can't get a bag of veggies and fruits from the local grocery store for under $10. you really can't.

but also, lettuce knits is there and i fell in love as soon as i walked across the threshold of that place. i wish i had had my camera on this occasion because in one of the cubbys, on top of the wool, there was this gorgeous black cat all sleepin. he was so cute! you really didn't notice at first but then bam he's there. adorable. so i decided to start on a new project for my friend smelby.

say hello to the ladylike lace gloves. those of you out there who are already avid snb'ers will recognise these from the happy hooker.

i really like the look of these gloves, their cute... but the pattern was hard as hell to execute. i thought i was going to die... but did you know the first printing of the book is riddled with errors? i didn't know that either until i found the corrections online.

so i finally got through it with a lot of tears and sweat and words not suitable for the office. but unfortch, it's too huge and gigantic for my friend, who has small hands. so i'm frogging the bastard and starting all over again, with the right directions. wanna see the finished product though? of course you do. you love everything i do.


front and back views for your perusal:

ya'll i'm drunk

yea... again

i'm drunk again! we had fun tonizight...

and i went to a club for the first time in a while and got a little drunker and actually had fun. i completely forgot my camera so no pics from that but... yea

br went to the bathroom for like a minute and two seconds after he was gone this fat guy tried to get all up in my biznass. do you get that? chunky men clad in leather trying to get all up in your biznastyness? yea. i totally turned his moo-ing ass down.

hey! i'm 21!

it's ma birfday y'all

and like all other good women i will not reveal my age.

you all get it...

happy birfday me!

check out my new side bar list... as i peruse the internets i'll keep adding to that... but you get the idea

acheived

you know... sometimes you put your mind to something and then you get it done...

usually i'm the type of person that, even if i put my mind to it, i don't achieve it. but you know what? this isn't one of those cases.

on this blog i've gone on and on about weight loss and blah blah blah... but lately (before the new year) i've actually made a concerted effort to do something about being overweight.

i really never liked feeling like the fat friend but when one of your best friends is under 90 lbs and the other is walking around with double d's you sorta feel out of place and completely unattractive. but why? i am a pretty girl... it only took me 23 years to see it. but away from that... i've been trying to lose the weight i've put on since my world went tumbling down about two and a half years ago. so many things to deal with, you know what i mean? life problems?

so before i started to rack up all that weight i purchased a pair of rock and republics for $170 down from $200.

anyone that follows that line of fashion... you know... rocks? you know they are one kind of costly jean. i've seen a pair for over 300 that i'm so in love with i need to buy them or else i'll never be happy again. okay maybe that's an exaggeration but...

okay okay... so maybe tonight i've had one too many drinks but.... i decided to try my rocks on again. seriously? i've been working out because i want to fit back into my jeans. they're awesome and last summer i busted the zipper only to keep getting bigger and bigger to the point where i couldn't even pull them up over my thighs. talk about irrational crying.
but tonight, after a few drink, i pulled them all the way up, buttoned them and can sit down comfortably.

am i excited? ask br, who is watching me prance around in my newly fitting again jeans and sexy ass leopard print stilettos.
u know the ones.

i feel so sexy right now... it might just be the liquor but... dayum. i'm all that and a bag of chips yo