Shopping through Recession

Money and spending is always tough...

I do, like a lot of you other out there, fancy and adore the nicer things in life. But I often do not pay full price for the things that I long for. I am always going through the FOR SALE racks and keeping an eye out for great bargains.

I wasn't able to make use of the boxing day sales after the holidays, but many stores are still trying to get rid of last season stuff. This was very beneficial for me during the weekend, as I have a bunch of birthdays to attend. I made great bargains at Bath & Body Works for my two girlfriends, and then I found a great Tickle me Cookie Monster at the toy store reduced by 30 percent. And last weekend I found awesome easy entertaining video games at Walmart, for just $10 each.

At Garage Clothing I found for myself a great casual top, that I can dress up. A clothing line to check out, especially when its on sale is Joe Fresh, it is regularly priced low, and has a great classic style.

I love cookies!

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My devotion to this blog is at zero. My since of drive and motivation has been incredibly low lately. Maybe this is something I should blog about, as we all know people go through boring, rough, depressing moments and phases in their lives...

Anyways, sometimes I dream things that end up happening in real life. Usually these dreams are about someone having a baby...last night I had a dream that I won a million dollars, yay...

Does this mean I should go and play everything that Lottario has to offer out there?

If I had a million dollars, I would....

Bitten all over...

I am so tired today. This longweekend we spent by going camping with my husbands almost entire clan. We were 17 people invading the camping site on Saturday, at Emily Park, and on Sunday we went further east to visit Marmora, our last desintation before heading back to Toronto. Yes, I can get down and dirty, I am not all about the glam...lol

After getting home we unpacked the car, we also washed and cleaned it, which I have begged my hubby to do for the longest time, yay! Now I got a pile of clothes smelling like burnt firewood that needs to be taken care of. Considering we only went for one night, there is a lot of stuff to clean afterwards...

Things to note for next camping excursion:

* Bring a pillow

* More clothes

* A better flashlight

* Bug spray

Lotus flowers from the lake

A good swim...

Today, I called up the girls and we went for a swim and relaxed and talked in the sauna. A very needed moment of pampering after a hard day at work. I feel a great need to find a new job, something new to challenge me. At the moment I feel there are to much conflicts and negative tention hovering in the air.

And once again I am dreaming of escaping to visit my folks back home....

I got what you want...

This is how my flat iron looks like. There are different ones but this got the tourmaline plates which is supposedly better and leaves your hair even more silky smooth...

Best purchase ever!

Been a while since I came in here. Haven't even crossed my mind, but anyways.... I purchased this great flat iron this weekend. Its the best ever, considering my hair only stays flat with lots of chemicals which in the end leaves it dry and brittle.

You know those stands at the mall where they ask if they can straighten your hair with their flattening iron. The one I'm talking about is called, Cortex. That is the one I got, but for only 1/8 of the price at the mall. At the mall it cost 220 dollars plus tax, and at Winners where I got it, it is only 35 dollar plus tax. My best buy ever, only thing I don't like is that the iron gets really hot and that concerns me when putting it down for it to cool off, but so far so good. I am a happy camper for sure!

For people that doesn't think it will work, trust me it works! I put it to the test this morning, by going to bed last night with wet hair and I managed to straighten it all within 10 minutes, and NO chemicals at all in my hair. My hair is frizzy and wavy and reacts to any kind of moisture that is in the air, but with Cortex it stays the way it should stay. My hair is soft and smooth and doesn't tangle up into knots either. GO AND BUY IT!

Will post a pic of the one I got later :D

Crappy weather

I have never experienced such a bad June since I came to Toronto. It is just gray and dull and so depressing with this weather. I want to walk around in shorts and light flowy dresses, wear some open-toe shoes and just enjoy the sun.

I bought a bike yesterday, I have decided this summer is going to be packed with eventfull activities such as biking. I have a park just two or three blocks down my street, which apparently has these great trails you can go on and explore....

This weekend we have a community bbq coming up...if the weather allows it I guess we will make an apparence...

Otherwise, I think I will snuggle up with my honey and go watch Kung Fu Panda, I have been waiting for it since I saw the trailer last year to see it.