sun and sand...

we might be halfway through july, but i had yet to make it to the beach this year until this past saturday. it was a hot, hot, hot day, sitting at 40 degrees celsius. after our night out, we started the day with some cheap breakfast, a walk along queen st (we got free coconut water and i tried it for the first time. i was thoroughly disgusted) & then went back and changed for the beach. luckily we found parking after only a few minutes of driving around. after nearly 2 weeks of crappy, dark, rainy weather, of course everyone flocks to the beach on the first nice weekend! naturally, we were already dying of heat after walking from the car so we stopped for some refreshing frozen yogurt (greek yogurt with cookie dough, coconut, strawberries, & toffee bits for me) and then trekked on the hot sand and plunked ourselves down.

pale as i am, somehow i've always been able to get away with wearing hawaiian tropic spf 4. yesterday was no different; after laying in the sun for 3 hours, and spending a bit of time waist deep in the water (it was clear and there were no fish, not even minnows, so i was a-ok), i escaped any resemblance of a burn. i think i even got a tan. woohoo.

 sun is out, beach is busy.

 perfect.

bathing suit: h&m a few years ago.

the cn tower way in the back.

 look! i'm in the water!

all sunned out.

greedy santa...

last night was our annual girls christmas potluck/secret santa night. i'm pretty sure we've been doing this since grade 10, which makes this our 10th year? that's what we think anyways. i rushed over after work and got there just before 9, where we then dove into the food, stuffed ourselves with dessert, and took way too long trying to figure out how to play 'greedy santa'. apparently, we all had different opinions and some just weren't understanding ;)

 this is actually last weekend (1 missing), but this is the best i got. we got none of us together last night :(

 which one shall i choose?

do you see that?? red velvet cake tea!?!? omg perfect that i ended up with this gift.

christmas festivities are in full force; tonight i've got an event that i've been working along with a few months now, a work secret santa next week, and a potluckolypse next weekend (on the 21st, the day the world will end). bring it on!

the bad, the good and the better...

first off, i'll tell you what i didn't do this weekend; watch the super bowl-no thanks.

dylan had been house sitting all week, so on friday i went over with my friend diana [we're a trio ;)] and we watched a couple hours of a criminal minds marathon. we all love that show. we had some chips, nachos and cheese and it was a good night.

saturday we got this crazy random blizzard and i wasn't planning on doing anything but homework all day/night, but i ended up going out with  my girl friends and dylan went to play poker. it's not that i plan on doing work at 11pm or anything, but my next day is really ruined when i got in at 4am the night before haha so i really debated whether to go or not.

buuut, i ended up going. the bad? the coat check ran out of hangers i guess and it was full! what gives? so i had to carry my damn coat around the bar the whole night. everyone else put them in a corner and left them, but i definitely wasn't leaving an expensive winter coat unattended. why did i wear an expensive coat? because it was a blizzard when we left and i wasn't about to stand in line with a flimsy coat. lose-lose situation.
the good? i spend $4 to get in, a friend bought me a drink, then i bought one myself. total-$9.50
the really good? i found $10 in the snow as we were leaving.

 twins! nope, they totally didn't plan that. they work together, both finished at 10:30, changed at work, and happened to wear almost identical outfits! (fyi, it's an excellent way to get guys to talk to you haha)

 don't worry, totally not a creeper in the back; it's dylans roommate, i just don't have long enough arms :P

 a little bit of haggard bang separation on the way home

also, the cabbie was hilarious. apparently he 'loves chinese girls' and as the girl in the front (the one on the left in the first picture) got out, he yelled "I LOVE YOU!" it was a little weird, but funny nonetheless.

and of course, i got in at 3:30am and was up by 8am. couldn't tell ya why. but it happened to be my most productive day of the weekend. hmm...(i think it's because i had no choice!)

carbs all around...

last night, me and 4 of my girlfriends went to a nearby restaurant for some drinks and appetizers. appetizers are 2 for 1 all summer! so we got 4 appetizers and it was only $23; can you beat it!? we got some beer battered onion rings, nachos, spinach and cheese dip and kettle chips with onion/blue cheese/bacon. yep, all carbs, all crap=it was good.

and the drinks were delish too ;)  pic via

we were talking about the cottage and stuff and getting excited about it..can't wait! we packed it in once we couldn't eat anymore and the mosquitoes started coming out-gross. 

on another note-anyone else as obsessed with the Ne-Yo song "beautiful monster" as i am? i freakin love it, it's been on repeat all night and morning. also, the Eminem/Rihanna song "love the way you lie" - i'm not sure about it yet, i love her part and wish it was a whole song, but i just feel like they're 2 completely different songs put together..meh...i'll have to give his new cd a listen. it's sitting in my itunes. 

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