Seeing Things in 42"

Time: 11:15pm
Mood: Grumpy... I'm hungry!
Song of the moment: Nelly Furtado - All Good Things (Come To An End)

I had quite the eventful weekend :)

Saturday morning I decided to kick my ass into gear and head to the gym. I told myself to take it easy because usually when I work out in the mornings, I end up feeling dead-ass tired around 8pm, and that evening I had lots of fun events planned. It was Jenn's birthday this past Saturday, so I took her out for lunch, in which she thanked me by inviting me over to her house for some jello shooters :) hehe!

I met Jimmy @ Fairview for dinner, then TTC-ed it downtown to catch the Leafs vs. the Buffalo Sabres game at the ACC :) It was Jimmy's first regular season game. As you recall, I took Jimmy to a Leafs game late last year, but that turned out to be an exhibition game (dammit!). We got standing room only seats, but they were still awesome. It was even more awesome b/c they kicked Buffalo's ass! 4-1 baby!! Thank God they did... after suffering the embarrassing loss to them the night before (I know all Leaf fans hung their heads in shame after they blew that lead! eeks!)

After the game, we headed back uptown, joined Jenn and Saloni for more Jenn-birthday fun :D We did a series of BJ shots (sucks! traditionally the person celebrating their birthday is the only one that should be doing this shot, but Jimmy bought one for all of us.. and we had to embarrass ourselves by shooting it the proper way too! LoL). I really hope Jenn had a fun birthday :)

The next day, Jimmy and I headed over to Future Shop, where we proceeded to put one out of many dents on our bank accounts - we bought a 42" plasma TV!! Yipee!!! We went in to buy a Panasonic TV, came out buying the Samsung. The Samsung was a better deal because it came with a better entertainment system. Oh it's so great!! :D We spent a buttload on top of that though.. after paying for an entertainment stand and a bunch of fancy-shmancy cables, we ended up spending $3200 :S I guess this is just getting us ready for the true dive - when our house closes (which is 1 month and 1 week away! yay!)










*yawn* alright.. time for bed (no time to eat!)

Kiwi-Bound

Time: 10:55 pm
Mood: Happy!
Song of the moment: Hellogoodbye - Oh, It Is Love

Jimmy and I finally booked our honeymoon! We're going to New Zealand! We actually booked our plane tickets 2 weeks ago and I forgot to blog about it! We're spending 10 fun-filled days driving around the northern island (we were going to drive around the south too, but we decided today we want to take it easy and not rush through our trip). I'm so excited! We were orginally planning to go to Fiji, but then the thought of sitting on a beach for 10 days didn't appeal to me. I can sit on a beach when I'm 60 years old. So we were thinking of doing half in Fiji, half in NZ, since we had a stop-over in Auckland anyway. But after researching NZ, we realized there were a ton of things to do and see there, and that 5 days wouldn't be enough. Plus.. Fiji's expensive! So the day we booked the tickets we agreed that NZ it is! We realize it's going to be winter there and it's going to be pretty cold, but that's alright :)

I can't believe it's almost 4 months until the wedding! That means 4 months until I got on vacation! I'm looking forward to it... I need a vacation!

1 month & 1 week until the house closes! Jimmy and I have started the whole mortgage approval process right now - getting ready to move into the house! We went last weekend and they had the kitchen cabinets in! It looks great! I can't wait to move in!!

No Wii For Me

Time: 9:16am
Mood: Disappointed
Song of the moment: Hellogoodbye - Here In Your Arms

Agh!! So I'm planning to get Jimmy a Wii for his wedding present from me. I heard Toys R Us was selling Wii's this morning... they had 20 per store. So I got up at 6:15am to make it to TRU at 7:00am to line up. Kathy came with me to keep me company (what a great sister I have!). I even had to LIE to Jimmy, telling him Kathy and I were heading to the gym. LoL! Who the hell goes to the gym at 6:30am? haha! Anyway, we get there and the line-up already contains 100 ppl. wtf?!?! Kathy asked the guy at the front of the line.. he said he was there since 1am! Holy geez.. he stood outside, in the freezing cold, during a snow storm, for a Wii. Ok I don't want one that badly...

We ended up heading to the TRU @ Markville, and again, a long line up! *grr*

Mission failed :(

Unusual Thursday

Time: 10:30pm
Mood: Tired (went to the gym tonite!)
Song of the moment: Hellogoodbye - Here In Your Arms

I'm finally kicking my ass into gear and have returned back to my regular/irregular gym routine - irregular because I try to go at least twice a week, and a third if I feel like it. I started to sense myself getting a little chubby on the cheeks (my face.. not my ass). Unfortunately for me, when I gain weight, it's all in the face. Not the ass, not the thighs, but the face. I can hide the ass & thigh fat, but not the face fat! LoL! You know it's bad when even your mother, someone that sees you every day, notices your face plumping up. *sigh* I may have a fat face, but at least I have full confidence I will fit into my dress! haha!

So today was a bit unusual for me. It all started in the morning, when I woke up to my alarm clock. I was dreaming I was auditioning for Canadian Idol (I have the most hilarous dreams!) and they were totally bashing me when my radio alarm went off. It was a brief summary of news stories. At the end of his broadcast, the radio announcer said "these an other news, starting at 7:30". I only heard 7:30 and though SHIT I'M LATE! I jump out of bed, look at my alarm clock and realize it's only 7:00am. I jumped back into bed and pressed snooze.

That must have thrown me off. I get into work at around 8:15... I open the back seat door to my car to grab my laptop and there is no laptop. I had left it at home. Fan-frickin-tastic! I ended up heading home around 10am to get my laptop. It sucks how we've become so dependent on computers and email. Whenever email goes down in my company (which is quite often), it's like the end of the world or something. I see it as a well-deserved break - it's a legit excuse to stop working! :)

I met up with Steve for lunch today. Steve is an old Waterloo friend of mines. We lived in the same building during our 1A term there and is the only person I have kept in touch with from tha house. It's funny how we started talking - it was during midterms, and he needed some old Chem midterm exams, which I happed to have :) I don't talk to Steve on a regular basis, but he manages to always call me out whenever he's in town. I love that about him - friends like this are really hard to find :) Anyway, I was supposed to meet him for lunch yesterday, but he forgot and stood me up! haha! It's all good :) So we agreed to meet today. It was nice to catch up with an old friend. I gave him an invite to my wedding (the first one!! I'm not supposed to be handing them out until the end of April/early May, but I rarely see Steve). I hope he comes :)

Here's to hoping tomorrow is not as unusual as today....

On another note - Congrats to Neilynne and Jay for getting engaged! I'm so happy for you both! And also to Char and Sherman on expecting a new bundle of joy! Definitely makes March a great month :)

Straight Shooter

Time: 10:52pm
Mood: Tired
Song of the moment: Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye

Today I did it... I used "the gun"! Jimmy and I went downtown to start our wedding gift registry, and it was fun using the gun, but it was equally frustrating on deciding what to put on the registry.

We're only making this registry for our friends. As I was told firmly by some friends, they find it offensive and uncomfortable to give a monetary gift as opposed to a materialistic item - this way the person will know how much you've spent on them. I honestly prefer money as a gift to help me pay for my honeymoon and paying the wedding bill. Actually, I really don't care if I get a gift or not - I am not having a wedding to get gifts, I'm having a wedding to get married, and I am inviting people that I want there to celebrate a wonderful milestone in my and Jimmy's life.

I've heard some rumors that the place we decided to do the registry through tends to take a while to get the gifts to wedding couples - sometimes as far as 3 months after the wedding. Many things that people normally register for are basically things for the house. Our issue is this: Jimmy and I are planning to move into our house in May. Some things that I would normally put on a registry, I will have to buy anyway when I move in. Things like towels, cutlery, bedding, plates, glasses, pots/pans, etc. are things I cannot wait until 3 months after the wedding to get. My friend suggested a toaster - I'm not going to wait 5 months to eat toast! I did manage to put things on the registry, but we could only think of big-ticket items (like a Kitchen-Aide mixer - gotta have one of those!!). I felt guilty for putting these items on the registry though.

Another issue was deciding on colours to get for items that were colour specific, such as towels, table cloths, placemats, etc, because I obviously want it to match my home decor, but I still don't know how I'm going to decorate the house. I don't want all these things in the wrong colour! *sigh* so you can see why it was frustrating.

But like I said, it was fun! Here's me packing heat :)












And as for a house update - they've put the tile in! On the floors and in the bathroom! And we got a garage door! It's so close to completion.... I can't wait!!

The One You're Meant To Be With

Time: 3:22pm
Mood: sore (damn gym!)
Song of the moment: Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye

Planning the wedding has officially taken over my life. 5 months to go and I'm in a frenzy trying to get everything done. I can no longer use the phrase "Oh, I have time!". This weekend alone, I had an appointment to get measured for my Chinese dress, and tomorrow Jimmy and I are heading to The Bay to put items on our registry. I'm actually quite excited about that one - I'll get to use the infamous gun :)

Since a coworker of mines is also getting married this year (actually in my department alone, 4 out of 9 of us are getting married this year), we talk about wedding stuff sometimes. So one day I asked him if he was getting nervous about getting married. Another coworker (an anti-marriage prick) overheard the question, and proceeded to ask him if he was nervous he wasn't marrying the right woman. Then he continued to pipe in, telling us reasons why he's not getting married and how people are not supposed to spend forever with each other, yadda yadda yadda. So I proceeded to tell him this (in a joking tone, but I was serious!): The person you will marry, that you're meant to be with, is essentially the person you can tolerate the most. If you think about it, it's true. I'm not going to be with someone that annoys the shit out of me - that just makes no sense. With saying that, I told him, there is no right women in hell that would be able to tolerate him, therefore even if he wanted to get married, he probably wouldn't - so in his eyes, he wins! Sure enough, that shut him up, and I continued my conversation with my coworker.

Hahah I know.. I can be such a bitch! :)