Shoppin'

Yesterday after work I went shopping. I decided a while back that I would like to get a new dress for the 2 weddings that I am attending this summer. I went to the Midtown a couple of days ago just to look around and found out that dresses are not really the 'in' thing this season, it's all about printed skirts with solid coloured tops. I didn't find anything exciting at the Midtown, so yesterday after work I went to the Centre mall. I went into Ricki's and tried on a couple of skirts with about 7 or 8 different tops. I really liked one that I tried on, but the skirt was $40 and the top was $20 and that was just more than I wanted to spend, considering I would probably need to find new shoes to go with that outfit. So I put the outfit on hold and decided to keep looking. I looked in a couple more shops, before coming to Suzy Sheer. I ventured in and looked at quite a few things. I probably went to the change room with 8-10 dresses, skirts and tops. I tried them on and nothing worked....then I tried on the very last one and boy was it ever cute. I got it on and it was a little too big, so I got a smaller size (isn't that a great feeling when you need a smaller size), and it fit just perfectly. And it was only $30. It is a white dress with kind of embroidered pink flowers on it, approximately knee length, halter style top....absolutely adorable :) I am so happy I found it, now I just need to find some white shoes to match it...or maybe pink shoes, but I would probably get more use out of white shoes than pink ones.

Book Tag

1. Number of books I own: I counted my book shelf, which contains a mixture of school books and novels and whatnot. I did not include cook books or year books, or photo albums which are also on the book shelf. I came up with about 70 books. I know that I probably have at least 10 or so more at my mom and dad's from my university days, but they don't count because I will probably NEVER look at them again.

2. Latest book(s) I am reading: I finished one yesterday, and I am currently working on re-reading the Fellowship of the Ring.

3. Last book I read: I finished reading a book called 'when joy came to stay' by karen kingsbury yesterday. What a heartwrenching novel! I was on the verge of tears for a good part of that book, but it does end happily :)

4. The last book I bought was: I don't remember (not counting text books for school)...I think it may have been Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix....that was in June of 2003 I think. I know that the next book I buy will probably be Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince which is coming out on July 6th! Can't wait!

5. 5 books/book series' that mean a lot to me:
i) The Bible - though I have not read it as much as I should lately...
ii) Lord of the Rings Trilogy
iii) Harry Potter Books
iv) The Chronicles of Narnia - All 7, tho the Voyage of the Dawn Treader and the Silver Chair are my favorites.
v) Left Behind series.

I guess those are my 28 favorite books ;) hehe...

I am not going to tag anyone else because I don't know that many people who haven't already been tagged.....so if you want to fill out this little survey, go ahead, and if not....don't ;)

Nothing Like BBQ

My favorite bbqed food in summer is boneless, skinless chicken thighs, with Cattleboys barbeque sauce on one side and Montreal steak spice on the other side. Nothing quite as tasty as that! What is your favorite bbqed food??

Silly car...

In April of this year we decided to buy a new car. Well it's not exactly a new car, but it's MUCH newer than our old car (1998 Grand Am compared to a 1983 Buick Regal). So you buy a new car and hope and pray and expect that it won't have any major problems for a while. Well, a couple of weeks ago I noticed a water leak in the passenger side of the car. Not something major and mechanical, but a pretty big annoyance. It leaked probably about 3 or 4 different times when it rained, but after that whenever we thought it might rain, I parked the car underground over night, though I still have to park it outside at work. So we decided to get it checked out by an autobody shop in Sutherland, and after spraying more water all over that car than it would EVER rain, we realized that the leak must have fixed itself. We are thinking that it may have been a plugged up drainage trough at the bottom of the windsheild that unplugged itself. So no complaints here about that!

Then last Sunday as I was driving over to my sister's place for dad's birthday supper, the 'check engine' light came on in the car. Now I have become a firm believer in the last week that they should add a separate light to the dash of the car called the 'check gas cap' light. I know at least 3 different people who have had their check engine lights come on due to a loose gas cap. When you think about a 'check engine light' it sounds like it is something majorly wrong with the engine. But no, it's just a gas cap. Now I realize that it is not ALWAYS the gas cap, but as I stated above there should be a check engine light as well as a check gas cap light....if gas caps are such a big issue :P So after tightening the gas cap the light went off. Then a few days later it came back on, so I tightened it again, and it didn't work right aways, but after tightening it one more time it went off almost immediately. If all it needs is a new gas cap, I will be happy to buy one.

It is amazing the kinds of problems you dream up about the car when the 'check engine' light is on. I kept thinking that I was hearing weird sounds, or that the car was jerking when I was gently accellerating. All in my head.....and on the way home from work today I was behind someone who was burning oil and I thought, uh oh, my car is making burned oil smell....that's not good, but no it was just the gas cap :P *sigh* Thank goodness it's the weekend.

*sigh*

Will it ever be sunny again?? :(

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I am sleepy, but content. I just finished my first full week at my new place of employment. This week I saw 17 different clients, which I believe is more than I saw in 10 months at my old place of employment. Well....maybe I saw a few more than that, but I bet I did about a month's worth of what I was used to. Anyway, the new job is going well. I had 2 days this week that I had 5 clients. That is probably the maximum that I would like to have at this point. Unless they were only half hour appointments, then I could probably handle more.

I just feel that I take so much more pride in my work there. It is a beautiful location (as I was told by 3 or 4 of my clients who followed me over there), a professional atmosphere, and there are no small children running around and screaming/crying :) And I enjoy working so much more knowing that at the end of the day I get to keep the money that I make, I don't have to fork over 40% to some organization that I could really give a hoot about. I do have expenses to cover, as well as making sure I save money for income tax, but I am so much happier here. I don't think I could have asked for more perfect hours, or a nicer co-worker. I feel so blessed!