High Five for Friday

To be honest, there is nothing high five worthy about this Friday. You see, my 12 day vacation from work has finally come to an end and I must give up my full-time housewife duties and return to my job as a slave nurse tonight. Three night shifts is how I will be spending my weekend and to say that I would rather poke out my own eyeballs than go to work would not be a lie. I have come to the conclusion that I need a new job, one that I actually don't hate, so I am currently in the process of completing my grad school application. Mind you, it will take me four years to finish it as I can only go to school part-time (need the full-time job to pay the bills) but at least it's an escape route a plan. So while you are all rejoicing and screaming TGIF, I'm begging for Monday morning. In the meantime, here are five photos that highlight this past week. They all involve food and clothing, otherwise known as happier times.

 
A local franchise named Wing'n It just opened up in our town and to say I am excited would be the biggest understatement of the year. I was obsessed with the restaurant when I lived in the city (I mean, they have over 90 flavours of wings!) and I have missed it tremendously since I left. Luckily, my cousin is working at the new restaurant which gave us access to the Friends and Family soft opening on Monday night (no lineups and 25% off, yes please!). Anyway, the point.. I ordered my favourite "Mayday" wings which are a combination of caesar dressing and parmesan cheese, as well as creamy parmesan fries. Clearly, my diet walked out the front door that night. It was so delicious though, and I had enough left over to eat for lunch the next day!

 
I headed to the city on Tuesday evening with my momma for some retail therapy. After my diet got up and left the room, my shopping budget wanted to join it. I have been searching for the perfect navy gingham button-up shirt forever and sadly, this option from Old Navy did not fit the bill (or rather, it did not fit me). I also couldn't resist trying on this hot pink vest which was on sale for a mere $9, but ultimately I left without it. It looks cute in the photo but sadly I didn't feel cute in reality. Plus, I bought a vest from Old Navy earlier this year and it has yet to leave my closet. I have yet to figure out which weather is vest weather. To me, if it's cold enough to wear a vest, I should be wearing a jacket. And if it's too warm for a jacket, then I don't need a vest.

 
Since the last time I visited the city, Victoria's Secret and PINK have opened stores in the mall. Naturally, I had to check it out! I tried on a couple of swimsuits, regretted eating all that food on Monday night (just kidding, it was too good to regret) and left empty-handed. I love that they actually carry swimsuits in the store, though, and I have a feeling that I will be investing in a few before the summer, especially if the weather is as warm as it was last year!

 
The damage from my trip to the city. As you can see, I like lace and gingham, plus there is a gorgeous wool fairisle sweater hiding to the right of the photo. I will include a full review of my January purchases at the end of the month, so expect to see more elaboration on this photo later. P.S. Found that elusive perfect navy gingham shirt at Gap.. on sale! Score!

 
And finally, my J. Crew order from the beginning of the month finally arrived! I'm not entirely sure why I continue buying cardigans from J. Crew considering that they all end up developing holes long before they should, but anyway.. these are to replace those with holes. And they were 40% off so it's okay, right? Again, expect more detail later in the month.

 Now excuse me while I pray to the lottery gods that I will win $50 million tonight.

Pinspiration, Volume 1

What do you people with blogs talk about all the time? Gosh, I only just started and I'm already out of ideas. I'm on my holidays at work so the most that I have been doing is housewife duties (otherwise known as cursing on this apartment and dreaming about a house), reading, and watching Netflix.

Yesterday was Matt's birthday and his parents came up for supper, which was delicious. I made a Toblerone Cheesecake which was less than delicious, thanks to our stove which Noah clearly brought over on the ark. Seriously, it's ancient. We gave him some gifts. No pictures were taken (#bloggerfail). My mom met his parents when she dropped off his birthday card. Today I made soup (Beef Barley, in case you were wondering).

Honestly, worst blogger ever. I thought about doing a "My Favourites of 2013" post but it seems a bit too late for that now. Feel free to tell me otherwise though.

How about a little…

Also known as "If Pinterest were my real life" or "What I've Pinned Lately".

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I'm not entirely sure why, but I am kind of obsessed with grey lately. Loving grey and purple with silver or grey and red with black for a bathroom!

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I've been on the hunt for the perfect navy nail polish ever since my bottle of China Glaze "First Mate" mysteriously disappeared. I thought that Essie "After School Boy Blazer" would be my replacement until I found this Zoya "Sailor" at my hair salon.

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If my holidays had a mantra, this would be it.

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Can we just talk about the perfection that is this ombré wedding dress? If I had a ring on my finger right now, you better believe this wedding dress would be in my closet.

 

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Loving pops of pink for winter! Definitely brightens up this bleak weather.

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I'm also loving colorful plaid scarves! I picked one up at Old Navy early in the winter and I wear it all the time.

I hope you enjoyed my Pinspiration! It turned out to be a bigger chore than I thought (before making a pretty header, I had to download a pretty font, then I had to work with Gimp, which I hate..) but you can expect to see a lot more of these on lazy days, #sorrynotsorry. Feel free to link up below and show me your recent Pinspiration!

The Sunday Currently

Well, what an end to the week it has been. First we were hit by a blizzard, and then we lost our power for over a day. I know, I shouldn't complain about a day but we really were not prepared for it! I was working nights, so at least I have power and heat at work, but Matt had to leave our apartment and stay at our friends' house because it was too cold. Thankfully, our power came back on this morning and we have settled back into our own place. I took down the Christmas decorations today which was saddening but I'm happy to have more space here again.

Other than that, I don't have much to say, so I figured I would link up with The Sunday Currently over at Siddathornton. Enjoy! 

R E A D I N G "The Husband's Secret" by Liane Mortiary, which is the January book club selection over at Life of Bon. I am over halfway through and really enjoying it thus far.

W R I T I N G A grocery list of items to pick up tomorrow. I had to throw out a bunch of food that spoiled while we were away for Christmas. Such a waste! Also on the list: supplies and ingredients to make Toblerone Cheesecake for Matt's birthday.

L I S T E N I N G To CSI: Miami on the TV and Matt talking to me.

T H I N K I N G I wish I knew why I am always in such a bad mood these days! What is wrong with me?

S M E L L I N G Nothing in particular at the moment.

W I S H I N G I was in a better mood. I'm trying to think positive and be positive since I don't actually have a reason to be unhappy.

H O P I N G That the grocery stores aren't out of food tomorrow, after this blizzard and lack of power that we have been experiencing the past couple of days.

W E A R I N G Pyjama pants and a white 3/4 sleeve shirt with gold sequin polka dots from Old Navy. I was wearing plum jeggings earlier but changed into something more comfortable after supper.

L O V I  N G Reading lifestyle blogs, how tidy the apartment looks after taking down the Christmas tree today, rewatching season one of New Girl, and the fact that I am off work until the 17th of January.

W A N T I N G A house to call my own.. with a fireplace. And a cat and a dog.

N E E D I N G To wash dishes and fold clothes, but it may just have to wait until tomorrow. I am feeling particularly lazy tonight after working three night shifts in a row and not sleeping a lot during the day.

F E E L I N G A headache, unfortunately.

C L I C K I N G On two new blogs that I have discovered this week, Couture Girl and A Girl Awake (from whom I stole these questions!).