Me, Myself and I

Today is not just Fashion Friday its also a ME day!

Several people i love are either

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So i'm going to celebrate my alone time (instead of wallowing in self pity like i kind of want to) with a ME day!

The agenda will consist of

1. Pedicure

2. Yummy Take out dinner

3. Glass of wine

4. Ridiculous looking face mask

5. Yummy caloriesdon'tcounttoday dessert

6. Chick flick

7. Going to bed around 10pm <- i have to work Saturday, so no late night shenanigans and honestly going to bed at 10pm is a treat for me :oÞ

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Work outfit of the day was of course taken on Thursday!  First thing on Thursday i had a blonde moment and thought that it was Friday and dressed down (we can wear jeans every Friday of pay week if we donate to a local charity) so about 3 steps from the branch doors i thought crap, something is not right here and its got nothing to do with the fact is snowed yesterday (whats up with that, hello spring, anytime you want to grace us with your presence would be awesome!), so i had to drive the 15 minutes back home to change and this is what i came up with in 1.5 minutes!

Tank: Forever 21

Shirt: Zara

Skirt: Gap

Necklace: Jacob

Tights: Winners

Flats: Gap

Work out outfit was taken after Zumba, what a hot sweaty mess i am, i should feel shame for sharing this picture but alas this is the life i chose when i signed up for blogging!


Tank: Lululemon - Inner Awareness (i'm desperately loving this tank top and ignoring the other 20 i have in my lulu closet)
Pants: Lululemon - Reverse Groove
Bra: Lululemon - 50 Rep


The combination of the tank colour and my bra match my asics perfectly!

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Because its Fashion Friday! i thought i would make something pretty to eat for lunch, doesn't this salad look amazing, and its totally rocking the neon look thats all the rage on the runways right now! (i'll be honest i have no idea whats all the rage of the runways, i get all my styling tips from J's Everyday) you could tell me paper bags were super fashionable and i would cock my head, look a little confused then just ask you how to accessorize it and if i could wear lululemon underneath? I do love my LuLu!  Anyway back to the salad...

Buffalo Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

1 Sliced chicken breast
1 Egg
1/8 cup of Whole wheat bread crumbs
1/8 cup of Whole wheat flour
4 Tbsp Buffalo chicken sauce

Slice of Feta Cheese (sub with Blue cheese if you want, i just don't like it!)
Drizzle of Ranch dressing
1/4 cup of Shredded carrots
2 Green onions chopped
Greens (my choice today was spinach and baby romaine)

 Directions:

1. Cut chicken into strips
2. Whisk egg in a bowl
3. Put bread crumbs and flour into a ziploc bag
4. Dip chicken into egg
5. Put chicken in ziploc and do the ziploc breaded dance, its kind of like the huggies dance but with less chance of diaper leakage
6. Place on baking sheet and cook for 10 minutes on 400, flip, cook an additional 10 minutes
7. Coat cooked chicken with Buffalo sauce
8. Mix up your greens, add carrots, green onions, feta and ranch dressing, top with chicken!
9. Accessorize with a fork!

This salad is actually left overs from last nights Buffalo chicken sandwich on multigrain baguette with jalapeno havarti and spinach, yum yum yummmmm

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Enjoy your weekend!  I'm missing an important baby shower due to work (i'm there in spirit Angela) and I have a bachelorette dinner on the agenda, and then shopping, i'm secretly hoping to get to Yorkdale to finally check out Crate and Barrel, sqqquueeaalll! xox

A, B, C's of Thursday

Facebook thingee <-- for days when i don't get a chance to post or i'm under the weather (like today, can you believe it, i'm still sick, this is becoming a serious matter of life or death or the sniffles, your call) i have a pile of post drafts that i hit up to save myself from using energy best left healing my sad pathetic cold infected body from coming up with a whole new post and then i put quality explanations like Facebook thingee to remind me what i'm going to put there


So this list has been going around the blogosphere for a while now and since i'm curled up on the couch sniffing quite loudly in hopes BF will offer to pick me up some kind of extravegant sinful icecream after his squash game with the intent of shutting me up, i'm letting this list blog for me and i did include a Thirsty Thursday at the bottom but first off you have to read my ABC's because once you know my ABC's next time won't you sing with me?  Am i the only one that remember that??? Goodness i hope not, I remember in England we said the ABC's but we said them the way they sound like ah instead of eh and now i'm just nattering proof of prior mentionned raging fever which can only be cured by I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M!


*** I have updated the list as i wrote it in 2009


A - Age: Damn, why couldn't i have been tagged a week ago... 30 (i'm 31 now, and totally kinda sorta definitely okay with that)

B - Bed size: Queen, i covet a King size bed though (this is still very true, bf says i'm like a furnace in bed and clings to the opposite side -and i don't think he means hot in a good way)

C - Chore you hate: Ironing (though i do appreciate a good steam iron as an alternate to my usual dryer routine)

D - Dog's name: Sydney (aka: wydlee, monster, bunny, the secret is out my doodle is named Sydney)

E - Essential start your day item: Breakfast, Shower, Tea (this now includes BF cuddles, and Oatmeal)

F - Favorite colour(s): Blue, Black (and lately coral, reminds me of vacations)

G - Gold or Silver: Silver but lately wearing a little gold (wouldn't mind a little diamond, lol kidding honey)

H - Height: 5'4" (and a smidgen, that smidgen is tres important)

I - Instruments you play: Recorder (hahahahaa), Clarinet, Piano, Organ (nothing sexier then an organ player huh?)

J - Job title: Financial Advisor (one day hopefully this will be travel writer and photographer)

K - Kid(s): None yet (Just a furry baby who i treat like a kid, a spoiled princess kid)

L - Living arrangements: Me and Sydney (yay, now we have a family of 3, BF and i moved in together Feb 2010)

M - Mom's name: Diane (random fact, my mum doesn't have a middle name)

N - Nicknames: Princess, Dee, Babe, Baby

O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Nope (still no, for a clutz like me this deserves major props)

P - Pet Peeves: People that cut across parking lots (omg this makes me INSANE)

Q - Quote from a movie: (changed this whole thing, really anything from Love Actually is a good quote)

R - Right or left handed: Right (i am a master 2 thumb texter though!)

S - Siblings: I younger sister (2 years younger) (she is only 1 year younger for the month of May, and this May she turns 30 muahaahahahahaaaaaa)

T - Time you wake up: 7am-ish, I can't sleep in! (today was 7:10am wydlee decided it was time to get up)

U - Underwear: Of course i'm a lady - well most of the time anyway ;o) (dude how random is this question?)

V - Vegetable you dislike: Mushrooms (fungus that grows in poo i tell you!) (this hasn't changed, actually had to pick mushrooms out of my salad at lunch today, i was NOT impressed)

W - Workout style: Gym workouts, Zumba, Yoga, Fun cardio classes  (I can now add running to this list, yay me!)

X- X-rays you've had: Wrist (and teeth)

Y - Yesterday's best moment: Spending time with a friend (now the best part of yesterday was watching a pvr'd episode of The Bachelor with BF while he brushed my hair, i have i mentionned i'm sick and pathetic right?)

Z - Zoo favourite: Monkeys & Orangutans (frickin love monkeys and penguins too)

Donna's Tropical Green Monster

The best thing about green monsters is the options are endless and this one is a new favourite, i'm aiming for a strawberry chocolate green monster next week, are you salivating? I know i am and the doodle is giving me a weird look like i'm taking her schtick!

BUT back to our regularly scheduled Thirsty Thursday and this one is amazing 

Ingredients 

2 handfuls of Spinach (i put it in a bowl so you could see how much i usually use)

1 Soy Vanilla drinking box (because sometimes i like to regress and be 4 yrs old again)

1/2 Tbsp ground flax

1/2 Tbsp of chia seeds

1/2 Frozen banana

1 package of Vanilla protein powder

4 cubes of mango (suck on a 5th cube, you will thank me)

Sprinkle of organic unsweetened coconut flakes

Directions

1. Blend

2. Take pictures of doodle lounging on the deck

3. Decide your doodle has the cutest paws EVER

4. Drink blended smoothie with your eyes closed imagining you are back in Aruba on your private island deciding if you should read or nap or maybe sing your ABC's because don't you want to sing with me?

And now for a mystery photo, this is me enjoying what will be an upcoming recipe, hang on to your knickers its going to be a tasty one!

i look like a one eyed pirate here, a one eyed pirate rocking her new lululemon hat because she is in desperate need of a shower!

PS: BF bought me an Oreo Frosty, mmm mmmm mmmmm - no more whining from me, good job BF, my blog readers thank you ;o)

PPS: No work was done to the basement AT ALL, we did buy paint for the orange tv room though, yup BF thought orange was a great colour to paint the tv room, bachelors should NOT paint unsupervised!

25 random things

Looking all snazzy as the maid of honour for my bee-autiful sisters wedding
Please note:this is not a regular occurrence, i'm currently wearing sweat pants and a hoodie (but they are lulu of course!)

Remember when this trend totally took over facebook?

Well i've decided to revisit the note in my FB archives and post it here (with a few amendments, its been about 2 years since i wrote it, things have  changed to say the least)

1. I'm a natural blonde and i often say things to prove it - well that hasn't changed, lol!

2. Since i met BF we have traveled to 5 countries together in 18 months - with a lot more trips planned, after a couple of months i start jonesing for the smell of jet fuel

3. Some of my most favourite people I met online randomly and 2 years later we are still all friends - heart you A, A, C, C, D, P, M, S, J

4. My dog is my "person", not only does she think she is human, she thinks she is a spoiled princess human - no idea where she gets the princess thing from ;o)

5. I have a list of places around the world i want to photograph and i'm 1/3 of the way through - I think the heads on Easter Island will be the hardest to cross of my list

6. My sarcasm often gets me in trouble but it makes life just a little funnier - and provides lots of filler for my blog posts!

7. My absolute favourite part of going to the movies is the previews, I have a fit if i'm late and miss even one

8. I read  A LOT, I am currently reading two books, but i've been known to go through one a day, my e-reader is my favourite new accessory - i'm not picky about what i read ever, i *might* have just Lauren Conrads newest book, tehehee

9. A big reason i love visiting Vegas isn't just the shopping, its the amazing things the dry air does to my hair - i am so jealous of people that get to live somewhere with dry heat, its like the fountain of youth (and good hair)

10. I heart technology and i'm an apple girl - yet i still have issues moving photos around on this blog!

11. I'm a total klutz, i swear inanimate objects look at me and fall over, BF calls me butterfingers - he isn't talking about the chocolate bars either!

12. I'm a bit of a brand whore, lululemon should give me shares - so should Gap, Banana Republic, Coach, Nine west and Winners!

13. Yoga makes me sane (nothing beats a good downward dog) - i can add that nothing beats a good sky diver either, because anti gravity yoga rocks!

14. I am a grumpy bear if I don't get around 9 hours of sleep every night

15. If i'm not fed at regular intervals i get really nasty - i actually took a jar of peanut butter on our last trip, its my go-to food when i start getting the hunger shakes and BF enjoys having something to shut me up with when i start growling

16. I bought my first car (a standard) with no idea how to drive it - good memories of my dad trying to teach me how to drive in a parking lot, i'm surprised neither one of us ended up with whiplash, i was not a quick learner!

17. I make a killer white chocolate cheesecake - note to self, make killer white cheesecake and post recipe on blog, you will be in love... with a cheesecake

18. My smile is perfect thanks to 2 years of braces at the age of 23 - most embarrassing part of braces, meeting with a client in my office and one of the elastics flying across the room, neither one of us pretended to notice, i wanted to crawl under my desk and rock in the fetal position till they left (i didn't but that would have been funnier, funnier then an elastic flying out of your mouth mid conversation even)

19. I love to do laundry, there is something soothing about the whole process - however i don't iron, that's what dryers are for!

20. I only use Coach purses but i've never bought one at a Coach store, just the outlets - nothing puts a spring in my step like a good outlet deal!

21. I adore my parents, i'm so lucky to have such supportive, amazing, loving people in my life

22. My best friends have been my best friends for 17 years - and yes Ali if you read this, i know i HAVE to move to KW!

23. Nothing pleases me more then a well stocked fridge full of healthy food - i've been known to take photos of said well stocked fridge and put it on my blog, i'm a proud fridge mama!

24. This is SO embarrassing but i'm putting it up here, when i do arm circles during cool downs at the gym it makes my face twitch and i look like i have an elvis lip curl - please i beg you if i know you in real life don't ask me to do it, i will expire from embarrassment

25. My last number was "I still believe in happily ever after" - guess what? I got it! :o)

Happily ever after: beach edition

Tune back in tomorrow, for my attempt to recreate a canadian classic cold dessert!

Donna xox