Chocolate CHIP Cookies

Morning!!

Sunday, in between going for a walk with me, tanning and taking me for tea, my Sister baked a batch of her famous Chocolate Chip Cookies for my "work birthday". I'm spoiled. These things were definitely the highlight of my Monday. They're just so versatile.

Enjoyed alone...



With coffee..



While hovering right over the bag..

She's the best.



I'll get the recipe ASAP and then you have to make them. If you make them and don't love them I'll give you your time back. That's right. Your time.

So last night my Man and I had a date night. I cooked us supper which I haven't done in FOREVER. I was excited to remind him how good of a cook I am. So while he was at the gym I got busy steaming, grilling, taste tasting, etc.. Since i've never quite mastered the art of timing everything was finished cooking and sitting on the plates 15 minutes before he got home. Enough time to do a little photo shoot.

I have to warn you about these next pictures. Looking at them one after another may make you motion sickness. My photography skills lack symmetry. And talent.

On the menu, COLD sweet potato, chicken skewers, shrimp/scallop skewers, corn on the cob and soggy asparagus. Top chef material for sure.



I tried to keep things fancy by putting the food that didn't fit on my Man's place on a plate in the middle.





Afterwards we watched No Strings Attached. I give this movie FOUR peanut butter covered thumbs up. It was SO cute and funny.



Rent it!

Work hard today folks. Work hard.

.25 cents

Monday Monday Monday Monday... I figured if I typed Monday enough times I would think of something nice to say about it. Nope. Monday's suck. I googled Monday and here's what I learned about Monday's, "it's the day between Sunday and Tuesday". Mind BLOWING.

So this past weekend I turned 25. If I were money I would be worth a quarter. Or one large bubblegum. Or a handful of reeses pieces depending on how you look at it/spend your money. I'm considering moving to China since I'd be more like 1.68 yuans. Or then I'd at least be one cookie from Cookies By George. More bang for this buck.

My birthday festivities started on Friday when my Grandma took me out for lunch to Moxies, my fav. Then Saturday was my pretend birthday since Sundays can only be so fun. I could barely sleep Friday night. I may be 25 on the outside but I'll forever be 6 on the inside. I woke my Man up like it was Christmas morning at 8 am. We kicked off my bday celebration with a wonderful breakfast together....


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Reese's Puffs. Sooooo fancy. SO perfect.

Afterwards I headed to help one of my girlfriends (and Bridesmaid) register at the Bay for her upcoming wedding and then she treated me to lunch!



The rest of the day was spent with THIS guy..



He took me present shopping.. to Cookies By George (I had 3 by the time we left the mall)... out for dinner... annnnd... then to DQ....

Sunday (my real birthday) I woke up (well, FULL.. for starters) and watched Easy A with my Man. Once the afternoon rolled around I decided to take Bailey for a walk, however, I was missing something rather important. Her leash. After searching the house high and low I decided someone stole it and gave up. Still wanting to take her for a walk I picked her up and headed out. I carried her. I carried her all the way to my sister's house. I took my dog for a carry.

In other news..

I'm currently reading Keith Richards book, Life..



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And loving Bethenny Ever After...


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And Dance Scene..


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Happy day between Sunday and Tuesday!!

MIA

I've been MIA. It's true.

What have I been doing? I don't know.

Making my wedding avatar..



Which looks nothing like me..

I'll be back on Monday and when I am i'll be 25!!!! Sunday is my quarter century BIRTHDAY. Write that down. I plan on going for as many suppers/lunches as I can this weekend. If i'm not still full Monday morning I'll have failed.

Happy Weekend!!

Taste of Mint Sorbet

What to talk about? How about the comment that "Gord" left me while I was gone. Gord is passionate about the seals..

"IF you're going to be against something be against it because your educated not because they're cute or you disagree with someone Else's culture the seal population as of today is in no danger The DFO set kill quotas of 270,000 seals in 2007, 275,000 in 2008, 280,000 in 2009, and 330,000 in 2010.[2] The actual kills in recent years have been less than the quotas: 82,800 in 2007, 217,800 in 2008, 72,400 in 2009, and 67,000 in 2010.[3] In 2007, Norway claimed that 29,000 harp seals were killed in its seal hunt, and Russia and Greenland claimed that 5,476 and 90,000 seals were killed in 2007, respectively. Harp seal populations in the northwest Atlantic declined to approximately 2 million in the late 1960s as a result of Canada's annual kill rates that averaged over 291,000 from 1952 to 1970.[4] Conservationists demanded reduced rates of killing and stronger regulations to avert the extinction of the harp seals. In response, in 1971, the Canadian government instituted a quota system, though penalties are not imposed for exceeding the quota. A 2007 population survey conducted by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) estimated the current population at 5.5 million (95% CI 3.8 million - 7.1 million)."

Who says I have to be educated to be against something? And who says it can't be strictly because they're cute and I feel bad for how and why they're being killed? Gord. That's who. So many rules Gord. So. Many. Rules.

So Saturday night I went to Taste of Spring with a few of my girlfriends. For those of you who don't know, Taste of Spring offers attendees the opportunity to sip, sample and taste some of the best wines, spirits, hard alcohol and food from around the city. True to self I gulped, guzzled and chugged concentrating solely on the booze rather than the food. You can imagine how my night turned out. Don't though.

Here are a few/a billion pictures from Saturday night...





















These next two pictures won't do my nail polish justice but I swear to you it's nice. Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Nail Colour in Mint Sorbet. Buy it. Paint your nails. If you don't like it? You didn't hear it from me.



CLEARLY I had to use my ring hand. Come on now. I lack both moderation AND shame.



Happy Wednesday!! It is Wednesday, right?

Cabo Wabo

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