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I am in a deliciously good mood, despite a hellacious day at work. I blame watching Sex and the City while eating ice cream, then discovering the most delightful Jewish cooking show in the history of ever.
But yes, the stuff going on in my life in point form:
-The roomies and I got a kitty! Her name is Aurri (pronounced like the beginning of the word "oreo"), and she is the most adorable ball of fluff I have ever seen. We got her on Sunday, and we all felt bad for separating her from her brothers and mother. She's very vocal, and a bit more afraid of me than Ana or Mel, but she's been getting a bit more cuddly, thankfully. Now if only her claws weren't quite so sharp. :P
-Work is the part of my life that's giving me the most grief at the moment, but that's mostly because a ton of my coworkers are quitting so I'm doing more work (and washing dishes isn't exactly stimulating). Thankfully most of my favorties are staying, but I'll be sad to see the gals going (the ones are already gone didn't even say goodbye, and of course THEY're the ones who live in Halifax. If I ever see them it's bound to be awkward; blah.).
-I went to the Calgary Stampede, though it was about 2 hours before the grounds closed. I had thought I was going to end up going alone, which made me sad. But then a friend offered to accompany me at the last minute, which was awesome, since he's a Calgarian and was able to show me around. We missed all the rodeo stuff, but I'm not particularly distressed. We DID get to see the last of the Trews concert, which was cool, but made me miss home (there was a random girl waving a Nova Scotia flag). We played silly carnie games and he very sweetly won me a stuffed animal. It is a stoned-looked duck that I've dubbed George (since the roommates refused to let me name the kitten that). We sat on a large and rather crowded hill that gave us a fantabulous view of the fireworks, but my poor friend got eaten alive by mosquitoes (that's what you get for wearing shorts! :P) We had a cute little sing-along to "Hooked on a Feeling" while he drove me home, and the drive took ages because there was a lot of traffic. I didn't get in until far too late, but I enjoyed myself thoroughly; I'm glad I went.
-On Saturday night, the An-chan and I are descending upon the Jubilee Theatre to see "The Phantom of the Opera"m, and I am freakin' THRILLED. I missed out on seeing this on Broadway last summer, which I've been kicking myself for since then, so having a chance to make up for it (and while sitting in good cheap seats, no less) makes me very happy. I'm not sure whether or not I want to get really glammed up (okay, I lie, I *know* I want to get really glammed up... ;p) or wear thatre blacks and pretend to be a tech (Ana, being an actual theatre tech, thought up this marvelous idea, and has promised to teach me how to act like a theatre tech, so I'm all set).
-I've been buying waaaay too much stuff. Somebody needs to just hide my debit card from me. :P
All the movies I've bought are either romances or tragedies, or both, which I find funny (I now own: "Hero", "God is Great, and I'm Not", "House of Flying Daggers", "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet", "West Side Story", and the fourth season of my newest guilty pleasure, "Sex and the City"). I buy chick lit like it's going out of style (Confessions of a Shopaholic much?), but I've been trying to stick to used CDs (I'm buying about half new and half used at the moment; whoops).
Thankfully, though, I've somehow kept the new clothes to a minimum, despite the extremely tempting sale at Holt Renfrew (70% off! Now or never!). I only bought an Italian-made tank top (cheap and minty-green! It makes me look tan! SO worth it), but I tried on some very expensive clothes just for the heck of it. The highlights include the ubiquitous Diane von Firstenburg wrap dress, which looks terrible on me and has an extremely plunging neckline, blah, a very unremarkable Dolce and Gabbana skirt, a divine Marc Jacobs sweater that matched that day's underwear perfectly (tee hee) but was out of the price range, a cute see-through-looking dress that's actually fairly substantial, but not worth the price, sigh, and a 250-dollar top that was pretty much a thin layer of gauze and sequins which looked cute on me but waaaaay overpriced! I squeed like a madwoman and twirled around a lot in the dressing room.
Annnnyway, I rather need to be quiet now, so sweet dreams, all!
But yes, the stuff going on in my life in point form:
-The roomies and I got a kitty! Her name is Aurri (pronounced like the beginning of the word "oreo"), and she is the most adorable ball of fluff I have ever seen. We got her on Sunday, and we all felt bad for separating her from her brothers and mother. She's very vocal, and a bit more afraid of me than Ana or Mel, but she's been getting a bit more cuddly, thankfully. Now if only her claws weren't quite so sharp. :P
-Work is the part of my life that's giving me the most grief at the moment, but that's mostly because a ton of my coworkers are quitting so I'm doing more work (and washing dishes isn't exactly stimulating). Thankfully most of my favorties are staying, but I'll be sad to see the gals going (the ones are already gone didn't even say goodbye, and of course THEY're the ones who live in Halifax. If I ever see them it's bound to be awkward; blah.).
-I went to the Calgary Stampede, though it was about 2 hours before the grounds closed. I had thought I was going to end up going alone, which made me sad. But then a friend offered to accompany me at the last minute, which was awesome, since he's a Calgarian and was able to show me around. We missed all the rodeo stuff, but I'm not particularly distressed. We DID get to see the last of the Trews concert, which was cool, but made me miss home (there was a random girl waving a Nova Scotia flag). We played silly carnie games and he very sweetly won me a stuffed animal. It is a stoned-looked duck that I've dubbed George (since the roommates refused to let me name the kitten that). We sat on a large and rather crowded hill that gave us a fantabulous view of the fireworks, but my poor friend got eaten alive by mosquitoes (that's what you get for wearing shorts! :P) We had a cute little sing-along to "Hooked on a Feeling" while he drove me home, and the drive took ages because there was a lot of traffic. I didn't get in until far too late, but I enjoyed myself thoroughly; I'm glad I went.
-On Saturday night, the An-chan and I are descending upon the Jubilee Theatre to see "The Phantom of the Opera"m, and I am freakin' THRILLED. I missed out on seeing this on Broadway last summer, which I've been kicking myself for since then, so having a chance to make up for it (and while sitting in good cheap seats, no less) makes me very happy. I'm not sure whether or not I want to get really glammed up (okay, I lie, I *know* I want to get really glammed up... ;p) or wear thatre blacks and pretend to be a tech (Ana, being an actual theatre tech, thought up this marvelous idea, and has promised to teach me how to act like a theatre tech, so I'm all set).
-I've been buying waaaay too much stuff. Somebody needs to just hide my debit card from me. :P
All the movies I've bought are either romances or tragedies, or both, which I find funny (I now own: "Hero", "God is Great, and I'm Not", "House of Flying Daggers", "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet", "West Side Story", and the fourth season of my newest guilty pleasure, "Sex and the City"). I buy chick lit like it's going out of style (Confessions of a Shopaholic much?), but I've been trying to stick to used CDs (I'm buying about half new and half used at the moment; whoops).
Thankfully, though, I've somehow kept the new clothes to a minimum, despite the extremely tempting sale at Holt Renfrew (70% off! Now or never!). I only bought an Italian-made tank top (cheap and minty-green! It makes me look tan! SO worth it), but I tried on some very expensive clothes just for the heck of it. The highlights include the ubiquitous Diane von Firstenburg wrap dress, which looks terrible on me and has an extremely plunging neckline, blah, a very unremarkable Dolce and Gabbana skirt, a divine Marc Jacobs sweater that matched that day's underwear perfectly (tee hee) but was out of the price range, a cute see-through-looking dress that's actually fairly substantial, but not worth the price, sigh, and a 250-dollar top that was pretty much a thin layer of gauze and sequins which looked cute on me but waaaaay overpriced! I squeed like a madwoman and twirled around a lot in the dressing room.
Annnnyway, I rather need to be quiet now, so sweet dreams, all!
