Monday, October 04, 2010

Christmas 2010!

New Items!!

Nevermind about the kitchen utensils holder and sugar pot. I found two adorable ones for really good prices at Winterfair!!

I like a lot from this girl's store. Like (warning: nipples!!) this or this or this or this or this

Shirt. I've had my eye on this one for a couple of years now.





Love these Lovely socks in Blush, Pebble, or Mist Grey. I'm a Small.
More socks, socks (in natural, olive, or burgundy), and socks

Old items:

Cute framed photo of you/someone in your family. Not posed.

Earrings/necklaces - Check Etsy!

knitting needle holder

Something fun for my walls a la:

or jewelry box
or anything from this man, though the boxes are small
Socks
Some books in Spanish:
A cute makeup bag
Salt and pepper grinders
CLOTHES. Will you dare...please?
The perfume Boss by Hugo Boss, if you can find it.

Friday, December 04, 2009

X-Ring Yearning

Lip gloss is a pretty cruel joke. On the one hand, that "glossy luster with subtle (or not so subtle) color" is supposed to be really sexy, and when do you see a girl who's sexy without shiny lips? But on the other hand, if you're actually going to be kissing that girl, that must not be so great. It seems like it would be...messy. I'm just trying to imagine this from a guy's perspective, since it's obviously different when you're the one used to wearing something on your lips. Perhaps this is the equivalent of having your face rubbed raw from kissing a guy with stubble. Just one of those things that comes with the territory. At least we know for sure that kissing cherry chapstick is nice, thanks to Katy Perry. :-P

X-Ring was yesterday, and so my Facebook news feed is filled with everyone's pictures and congratulations, making me miss my friends and StFX. In particular, my roomies Sarah and Stephanie got theirs this year (congratulations!!!), and seeing them get it together makes me wish we'd all gotten it at the same time. The Lovely Ladies of 69 all out with our new bling would be great.

I can't wear my X-Ring to work, actually, which means that I rarely have mine on lately. Also, work makes my hands swell a bit, so it just doesn't fit as well, ergh.

I'm attempting to get everyone's Christmas presents done this year...but don't hold your breath, as usual. :-P

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Backinaction

Well Sam, you've shamed me back.

Blogging seemed especially nice while I was in Nova Scotia, since really I never saw anyone and didn't have a phone. But now I'm in Columbus, the Family Hub, and I see people so often. AND I have a phone now. But I still don't like talking on it, so don't call unless you want to make plans or deliver news. :-P

Recap:

So Anne and I are living together in a cute apartment that's just the right size. There are four (non-functional) fireplaces, hardwood throughout, and a spattering of exposed brick, which is really all I ask for in an apartment.

I bought a 1989 Volvo stationwagon named Blueberry, which promptly broke down, and I can't afford to fix it. And I've been waiting so long to take it to the shop that now the battery is dead, which is very brilliant of me, thank you. I really love it, though, and want to get it going again.

I got a job at a little cafe-style restaurant that serves very good food. I'm sort of, but not really, a waitress. Clearly, I'm using my degree in psychology to great effect. However, after 90 days there I qualify for health insurance, and 90 days is up tomorrow. I plan to visit every kind of doctor I can imagine to make up for the last doctorless age. Now that I'm out of university I'm doing the completely independent thing, which is sort of liberating and scary, and at the same time it's embarrassing to think of how other people have been supporting themselves for so long, getting loans or working their way through university. So it's embarrassing that I'm only doing it just now. But I'm also proud that teeeechnically I'm getting by. I can do it!

Anne and I have been going to Ben and Julie's church, and attending their home group. I feel completely like part of the group, which is funny considering my lack of belief, and that there's *absolutely* no way I could ever join the church. But I enjoy the people there and the discussions.

Anybody watch V tonight? Pretty fuuun. That one V is totally hot, and I'm not talking about the Firefly chick. Though I do love that Firefly's got two actors representing.

Watched Zombieland. Fun, but my expectations were too high. Woody Harrelson's so skinny in it that he looks like he's doing tons of coke. His head's so big that it draws attention away from his emaciated self. On the other hand...maybe his body only looks so twig-like because it's next to his huge head. I'll give him that.

The best part about being in Columbus is the amount of time that Anne and I get to spend with family. It's really refreshing after being in my own corner of the country for so long. Though now I think everyone should just move to Antigonish, so that we can enjoy inexpensive houses with a low cost of living, no traffic, relaxing jobs, and go down to the pub together for drinks after work. Oh yes.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Gift List

Fun jewelry--Etsy's a great source
Examples: $8, $26, $7, $9,
Knitting Books
Any little or big piece of wall art

Planter $24

Food scale $25

Printed tee, $28

Clutch $29
Wallety clutch $32
Clutch $35
Purse $41.50
Purse $41.50

Shirt (black or red) $37.70

Headphones
Matador in Shade, $50
Audio Technica, $50
WeSC, $60
Equation, $50

Dilly Beans

GPS, $200
GPS when dreaming, $280

Canon Powershot SD940 (black) $259

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

I can't spell out loud

I have a bad habit of switching letters around when I'm spelling out loud. I switch my Cs and Ss, Ys and Is, and a couple of other pairs of letters. Maybe this is why I'm abysmal at spelling bees. Either way, I usually have to think slowly and carefully before I spell something out loud, which made yesterday not very surprising to me, but nonetheless a classic moment that I thought I'd tell before someone else gets the chance.

Ben, Anne, and I were sittign in North Star having a drink and a crazy cookie, and Ben was saying we should just tell landlords we're sorry, but we can't do more than $1,000 a month for rent. I said I wasn't good at lines like that. They both protested that it wasn't lying at all. I tried to say, "No, LINES, I'm not good at LINES. "No, we really just had that talk, Mandy, and we don't want to do more than $1,000." To which I regrettably responded, "No, LINES, L-Y-N-E-S, LINES."

Ben and Anne got a big kick outof this, and I have a feeling it will follow me like my mispronunciations of awry, hearth, and Yosemite, and chasm.

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Me News

First off, immeasurable thanks to Ben, Anne, Jennie, Dad, and Sophie for makign ti up to my graduation. These guys arrived on vrey little sleep, all five crammed into a Mazda Protege with a car seat in teh back. Amazing! And Ben sent too expensive texts to keep me abreast of when they'd get there--thanks.

Perhaps the best part of graduation was skipping out early to hang with everyone intead of sitting there another two hours. It may have been the best decision ever made.

On another note, as some of you know, I have a cell phone. What?! Yes, a cell phone. It's a Tracfone that Dad got me for my birthday and put minutes on it. For a TracFone it's not too ugly, either. Hoooowever, it's an Ohio number, and wihle I'm in Nova Scotia, or Canada, or in Calais running off of the Canadian cell signal that we unfortunately pick up there, I can't accept calls. It's not like I won't accept them because they're so expensive, it jsut won't let me. And I can't make calls either. I can send and receive texts, which I'll do happily.

I'm just saying this 'cause I got another call that I couldn't accept, and whoever it is left a voicemail, which I couldn't check. Also, I know Dad's voice is on ym voicemail right now. I'll change it as soon as I can.

Want to know my number? Of course you do! Email me.

Right now, I'm in the middle of packing It appears as if evreytihng might *actually* fit. Even my bike. I'll probably be in Calais by Thursday. On the 10th or so, I'll be road tripping it to Ohio to drop my stuff off at Ben and Julie's, driving back to Maine, going camping for a bit, doing Sam and Susie's wedding in London, then driving to pick up Anne and her stuff in Vermont, and finally, arriving in Columbus around June 7/8 and settling in for a kickass summer with lots of Rock Band with Ben. W00t!!

Oh, and Ben and I are going to build a computer this summer, which I'm soo excited about. I hope to learn much. i'm currently hooked on the site Texts From Last Night. Buuut, that might be appealing more to my own sense of humor.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Mandy's Art Studio: XIV

Prepare for color