Welcome 2011!

Happy New Year! :D


Yes, we are now beginning a new year! And I'd say it's off to a pretty good start!

Last night being New Years Eve, I worked. BUT! In the morning! So I could still go out and enjoy my night and the countdown to a new year! My boyfriend and I were invited to a party at the Delta Hotel downtown and I was pretty darn excited! To be honest, this was the first legit party that I had ever been to. I'm not much of a party person. So it was very exciting for me seeing as I didn't know what to expect but I knew it was probably gonna be fun!

The LTC was running until 2 in the morning and was free beginning at 8, that way everyone could get home safely and not have to worry about costs. So we got on the bus around 9:30 heading downtown. When we got on the bus it was empty and quiet. But as we started getting closer to downtown, people started piling onto the bus. Most of them were not sober. They were actually quite loud and obnoxious talking about the most random things. I couldn't wait to get off the bus.

When we arrived at the hotel and walked through the front doors, I was amazed. The hotel was so beautiful. The stairs leading up to the hotel rooms were made of bricks leading up to a pool and then leading up towards the rooms. It was absolutely stunning. My boyfriends friend had gotten two rooms to hold this party, and they were beautiful as well. With a Tv, a mini bar, two couches, three chairs and a big comfy bed, it was quite comfortable. Plus two washrooms which is always convenient.

The night was going along quite well. Lot's of laughs and good friendly chats. I had also made a couple new friends! I'm usually a very shy and quiet person, so this is an accomplishment for me! Haha.

It was getting closer to midnight, about 10 minutes away actually, and everyone wanted to head down to Victoria Park for the countdown and fireworks. It was just around the corner and up the street, but with ten minutes to get there, I didn't think we would have enough time! But everyone was determined to make it down there. So we left the hotel, half walking and half running up the street to make it to the park. 11:52, 11:55, 11:57, it kept getting closer to midnight as we were still trying to make it to the center of the park trudging through all the slushy snow. All of a sudden fireworks started going off in the sky, and as I looked at my phone it was midnight and the beginning to the year 2011. I was somewhat disappointed that I didn't get to countdown, but the fireworks were amazing, and I had my very first new years kiss with the guy that means the world to me. It was a great night, and a great start to the new year.

When we got back to the hotel, I began to get tired. Seeing as I had worked that morning, my energy was running low. My boyfriend wasn't ready to leave quite yet, so I just told him I was going to rest on the bed in the other room. I had passed out for a little bit, not completely though, I knew what was going on around me and could hear everyone talking. I knew it didn't look good though when I heard someone say, " There is a girl passed out in there on the bed. " I assumed they thought I was completely drunk and had just passed out. Didn't look good to me! So I sat up for a bit and played a game on my iPhone.

Not so long after I got up, my boyfriend came into the room telling me that we had to leave. There had been a noise complaint from other rooms and security came up and told us we had to leave. As we sat in the lobby calling for cabs we were getting no luck. All cabs were in use and there was a 35 minute wait. It was 3 in the morning at this point. As we sat there waiting for the cab, these two guys decided to come down the hall and just sit in the hallway. They were asked to leave along with us as well. I was not impressed seeing as we were fine sitting there before until these kids had to come and just sit in the middle of the hall. But what do you do.

So standing outside in the coldness was not what I wanted to be doing. I just wanted to go home and go to bed! My boyfriend had gotten a cab and I was relieved. But as he was standing there talking to the cab driver, these three drunken college guys were standing outside as well. As soon as they saw the cab pull up, one of them said, " Yo let's get in this cab! " And began walking towards the cab and started getting in the back seat. I was FURIOUS. I was cold, I was tired, and I just wanted to go to bed. Luckily, another cab came two minutes later and we were able to get in that one.

Despite the cab troubles, I had a very good night, and an awesome start to the new year. :)

Happy New Year! 2011. :)

Did you know, today is 1/1/11?

This won't happen again for another 1000 years!

Second Go.

I was not a happy camper this morning.


Every Sunday morning, my grandpa, my mom and the odd time my aunt, uncle and cousin would go out for breakfast. That changed for me however when I got my job at Tim Horton because I work every Sunday morning now. So seeing as it's the Christmas holidays, i'm able to go whenever I want! So today we decided to go.


Where we go for breakfast, is a bit out of town heading towards Dorchester. It's called Theresa's, and we go there because my grandpa enjoys the food and the waitresses. They all know him as soon as he walks in and they have little chats. I was excited for this breakfast seeing as it was the first time in a while since I've gotten to enjoy it. But it was not the experience I was hoping for.


First off, we had made a reservation. That way we could just go in and sit down at our table, because it is usually pretty busy in the morning. Apparently they didn't get our reservation, so we had no table to go to. We had to wait in line for about 10-15 minutes until somebody tended to us because it was so busy and there were hardly any waitresses. They were clearly under-staffed. This made me slightly irritated before we even sat down.


Second, where we were sitting, was not very convenient for five people. It was a booth, two people would go on each side and someone would have to sit at the end of the table. Which was my aunt, she didn't mind though, although it still kind of sucked. 


Third, seeing as there were hardly any waitresses, the waitresses that were there, were stressed and in a rush to do everything. Our waitress pretty much just dropped our forks and knives on the table and rushed off to the next table. I thought it was kind of rude.


Fourth, when we had ordered our food, the waitress did not ask me what I wanted to drink, usually they do, so I was waiting for the question that was never asked. My aunt, grandpa and cousin already had there drinks and my mom just told the waitress she wanted a tea. So I figured I would just tell her that I wanted a tea as well. Too bad I couldn't though seeing as when she was finished taking my mom's order she was off on her way. That did not make me happy either.


Fifth, there was no strawberry jam or syrup on the table and I had asked our waitress for some. She forgot it. So I couldn't even begin to eat my breakfast without it. Not wanting my food to get cold, I tried going to one of the waitresses at the front to ask for some. I said, " Excuse me? " as she walked right by me and didn't even acknowledge me. I was really getting fed up at this point. Luckily there was a bottle of syrup and some strawberry jam at the table in front of us.


And sixth, my mom's bacon wasn't as crisp as she would have liked it and sent it back asking if it could be more well done, and they completely burnt it, leading her to not be able to eat it. Her toast was burnt as well and my toast was kind of soggy.


Over-all it was a bad experience and not a good start to my day, but it did get better. :)

Mmm, I love breakfast. :)

What A Merry Christmas!

What a wonderful Christmas I had!


I wish I could have gotten on here earlier to talk about it, but I've been so busy with family and work and shopping of course! So how about I break down the days in this blog? 


Friday December 24th, Christmas Eve.
To be honest, I don't really remember my Christmas Eve much now. It was almost a week ago. Oh yes! It was my families Christmas dinner at my grandparent's house! Oh and it was a delicious dinner! I had roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, baked potatoes, carrots, peas, bread and olives and it was so good. I had eaten so much that I didn't even have room for dessert!


After spending time with my family eating dinner my mom and I decided it was time to go home because we were getting tired. When we got home we decided to watch a Christmas movie together. We watched The Santa Clause 3 but we were both so tired, we fell asleep watching it! We woke up when it was over around midnight and decided to go to bed.


Saturday December 25th, Christmas.
I had woken up at 5:30 in the morning. It was way to early to wake my mom up. So I tried my best to fall back to sleep, luckily I did! 8:00 rolled around and my friends began texting me to say Merry Christmas. My mom in the room beside heard my phone going off and decided to text me as well! She said, " Merry Christmas! " and then told me to go look in my stocking to see if Santa came. With a big smile on my face I went out into the living room, grabbed my stocking, and went into her bedroom.


I was so excited to see what was inside! As I reached my hand inside to pull out my goodies I received Andes Mints, 2 Crosswords (I'm only 17 but who says I can't scratch scratch-cards?), Minni Cranberry Cream and Body Wash, A Chocolate Elf, Coconut Raffaello's, Christmas Candy Corn (Yeah!), Christmas Gummy Bears and Turtles Chocolates! I was very happy with my stocking.


My mom then looked at me and said, " Did you not see your present sitting on the couch? " I was so excited about my stocking that I didn't even see my present sitting on the couch! So I walked back out to the living room and saw a white fuzzy blanket and an Aerie bag.


There is a story behind the blanket though. I was in Wal-Mart one day with my mom grabbing some things for my grandma, and I saw this blanket. It was beige, light brown, dark brown and white and it was the softest blanket ever! I wanted to buy it so bad, but my mom told me not to because the material would come apart easily. So I didn't buy it. It was such a surprise to see an even softer blanket as my Christmas present! My mom is the best. :)


So when I looked inside of my Aerie bag there were four gift cards. Two were for Aerie and two were for American Eagle. I was a very happy girl! I then gave my mom her gift. I had gotten her a Orange Body Wash, Coconut Body Butter, Coconut Lotion and a White Sponge from The Body Shop, and of course she loved it! So far, it was a good Christmas morning.


We then gathered up the rest of the presents and headed to my grandparent's house to exchange gifts with my grandparent's and my aunt, uncle and cousin. Surprisingly, we were the first ones there! I say surprisingly because my mom is usually slow and the last one at everything! So we settled down and waited for my aunt, uncle and cousin to get there. As soon as they got there we began opening presents.


For my presents, I got my grandma a purple snuggie, a box of Pot of Gold chocolates and two Bingo scratch-cards. For my grandpa, I didn't exactly know what to buy him so I got him a box of Pot of Gold chocolates, Bridge Mix chocolate and then I had given my aunt $20 to go towards a present from all of us. For my aunt I got her a $5 gift card for Tim Horton's and a Tim Horton's Coffee Pot Ornament. For my uncle I pretty much got him the same thing, other than his ornament was a Tim Horton's Cup! Then for my cousin I got him a purple, blue, black and grey pull-over sweater from West 49. Everyone seemed to like their gifts, which was awesome.


As for me, I got a gift card for American Eagle, Strawberry Body Butter and Peppermint Hot Chocolate from my aunt, uncle and cousin, and from my grandparent's, money! Although they gave it to me in a funny way. When my aunt passed me my present from my grandparent's, it looked as if it was in the shape of a box of chocolates. So I opened it, and I could see the chocolate label, but it seemed too heavy to be a box of chocolates. When I unwrapped it, I noticed that the box was already open. So I took the lid off, and there was an ash-tray in the box with the money lying underneath it. I thought it was quite smart!


So after spending Christmas with my family it was time to head over to my boyfriends house so I could give him and his mom their Christmas presents! As soon as I got there, I was handed my stocking. And once again, I reached my hand into my stocking with a big smile on my face waiting to see what I was receiving. I got Christmas Mints, Christmas Coca-Cola, Smarties, A purple toothbrush, Skor Chocolate Bar, A Snowman Pen, Rieson Chocolates, A Snowflake Necklaces that lights up, A Kinder Egg and many other chocolates!


I then gave my boyfriends mom her Christmas present. I had gotten her a Christmas Collection from Bath and Body Works of Vanilla Bean Noel Cream, Candy Apple Spray and Snow Kissed Berry Body Wash. She loved it! I had also gotten her a red Tim Horton's Christmas mug that she loved as well seeing as her favourite colour is red.


After I gave her her Christmas presents I opened up mine! She had gotten me a Cherry Blossom Bath and Body set, A Sponge Set, A Pig Plushie where you get to name your own star, A grey sweater, Grey leggings, Pink Snowflake PJ Pants, A grey tank top and a pink tank top, Black flats with roses on them, Polka-Dot Socks, Undies and Farm Animal Sprinkles! Although the grey sweater was too small and I already had the grey tank top! So they had to be exchanged.


It was then time for Alex to open up his present! I had gotten him a plaid shirt and a stripped pull-over sweater from West 49 and Axe deoderant and body spray. Sadly, both of the shirts were too small and had to be exchanged. But he liked it! For Christmas he had given me his camera! A Canon Rebel xs and I LOVE it! Best Christmas present ever! :) I know it may seem like, " He got you a camera and all you got him was clothes? " Earlier in November I bought him the World Of Warcraft extension as an early Christmas present and I have yet to buy him something else! He doesn't quite know what he wants yet so I will have to wait and see!


For the rest of the night, I just relaxed. :)

This is what I got for Christmas from my family. :)

First Photo: Gifts from my mom.

Second Photo: Gifts from my aunt, uncle, cousin and grandparent's.

Third Photo: Gifts from my boyfriends mom.

Sunday December 26th, Boxing Day.
I didn't really have much of a boxing day! I had to work 8-3, buses were running every hour and the mall was only open till 6. But I wasn't gonna let that stop me from going to the mall! I hopped on the bus right after work and headed for the mall! I had gotten there a bit after 4 but that was all the time I needed. The mall was PACKED. I didn't think it would have been as busy seeing as I was arriving at 4, but I was wrong. 


My over-all shopping experience was a success! I spent half of my mom's gift at Aerie and got a white tank top and a navy tank top and peppermint lip gloss which tastes like candy cane and feels like it too! The first time I applied it to my lips, it burned! But had a cooling sensation at the same time, it was different! Also at Garage I spent a bit more than half of my grandparent's Christmas money. I had gotten a beige cardigan, a red v-neck tshirt, a blue tshirt with pink roses on it and a black bandeau. That was all I had time to shop for!


After the mall I headed back to my boyfriends house. I was exhausted and just wanted to go to bed!

These are the clothes I got from Boxing Day shopping!

All bought with the money from my grandparent's. :)

So that was my Christmas! And I would say it was the best Christmas yet. Also I would like to mention that I did spend the rest of my grandparent's money. With that I got a charcoal sweater from Off The Wall and an Owl necklace from Bootlegger. :)