It's already after the weekend...

Oops, this is a super late post!

I'll recap last week...

Wednesday we had our team dinner to celebrate work stuff at Japanese Village. Love the rice sauce sooo much and I found out that you can purchase a bottle for only $9. I think I'll stop by the restaurant one day to get a bottle for home.

On Thursday I went to Vendome Cafe with my friend. We caught up about school and work and listened to a live band play. It was pretty fun for a weeknight!

On Friday we went to the corn maze. I didn't realize just how far it was, but it was really nice when we got there. We even got some tokens to use and fed some of the animals. Sooo cute. And saw a bunch of pumpkins and a bunch of cats hanging out with them. Yes. We also went to Bookers BBQ for some food and to use our gift card.

Saturday I went shopping with my friend. We went through a bunch of stores in Sunridge and there were a ton of sales. My friend got a few tops to take with her back home as gifts and I got myself some fragrance mist from The Body Shop. I rarely shop there but when I do, I like to get their mists because they smell really nice and have a fainter scent and are not overpowering. It was really nice to catch up with my friend. I also had to go to the Zoo to do something for work, and then we ate at my parents' house for dinner.

On Sunday we filmed for the bf's project at our friend's house, then filmed after for volunteering. We had Poke bowls for dunch through Foodora again, it was good but I think I am tired of Poke bowls now... :( Too many sauces haha.

Yesterday we celebrated my brother's birthday and had the cousins over. Got my brother a Hitmen jersey to wear and a nice card. :)

Today felt like a Friday. It's only Tuesday. I have so much to do at work this week it's nuts. Hoping that I can get all the work I need to do tomorrow. Meeting last minute deadlines is a recurring thing but there's a sense of endorphins that come with it that make it really motivating! I am excited for the weekend though.

It's Almost November!

Whoa, it's almost been a whole year since I've been blogging here actively each week. *pat pat*

On Friday we saw an ATP show... it was probably the shortest performance we've watched. I don't know if I liked it enough to say a lot about it. One particular scene mimicked a storm and it was amazing!

On Saturday we went to our friends' baby shower. Ahh we're at that age now where we are not only celebrating people's marriages, but also their growing families! Afterwards, I did some research for some stuff and a tiny bit of work on my blog.

On Sunday we mostly just chilled at home, had dinner at Jinya though! Not sure if I enjoyed the ramen as much as I wanted to... :( Maybe I should try something different next time.

Back at work for a full week this week and it's only Tuesday yet I feel liked I worked four days already. It has been so busy at work and it's quite awesome. I have lots of evening plans for the rest of the week too, so hard work will pay off!

I finished putting together my foam core background for product photos today. I forgot that creases are really strong in folded wrapping paper... but hey, it was only $1.50 so I think I can manage... haha.

I should work on my blog some more tomorrow. I finished editing today but uploading right now and it's going to take 14 hours!!! Oh man, that's way too long. :( I miss the days where it would only take 3 hrs, but maybe right now it's taking so long because we're both using the interwebs. Hmmm... hopefully the upload speed is much faster once we turn off our devices.

Time to go chill for a bit and then head to bed soon!

Quite Productive

Last night was a good night spending time with friends I haven't seen in ages. Catching up and pretty much making it apparent that we won't become distant anymore. I don't need Bumble!

I was also quite productive today too. I finished my edit of my haul video... and my normal video editing stuff. Now I just need to create some thumbnail art and start posting about the video on my blog and everywhere.

I also looked at other positions and deep inside I really can't shake off the remote work mindset. And so I found another freelancer website and made a profile. I've decided I'll give it a try... build up my portfolio again and get some work done until I can balance this out with my blog, too.

I drafted a whole bunch of blog posts as well. Taking outfit photos in advance really helps. It's just trying to figure out what else to say in my outfit posts that's a challenge... but I can always talk about the inspiration behind the outfit, why I chose a certain piece... and ask my audience questions.

I need to set goals again for both my blog and channel. I'm trying again. At least one post per week and at least two videos a month... ok that sounds too little... if I can pull out one video a week I think that would be pretty great!

I have one more day of staycation and I'm going to try to get up a bit earlier so I can finish my posts and video stuff... so that I won't need to work on it throughout the week. I'm going to be pretty swamped at work when I come back, so I kind of rather spend my evenings chilling out for a bit. I also have evening plans as well, so I'm going to be pretty tired and busy! Also got to leave out some time to schedule in any freelance work that could come in, right?

I also need to do some meal prep for the week... luckily that's only two things of lunch (or maybe one?) since I'll be meeting up with friends for lunch. Although I prefer not eating out so much at lunch time to save money and to save time!

Staycation!!

I should've blogged at the start of my staycation. Already on the fourth day now, but technically not fourth day in terms of days off time... so it's all good!



On Thursday I slept in and I went downtown to run some errands. I bought some glue for a project the bf is working on, and then I went to get my haircut at Etch Hair Design. My lovely stylist was so gentle with my hair and gave me a lot of tips! I also bought a hair elixir to help me with tangles in my blonde hair. It's been really good so far and I'm happy that my stylist helped me get my nasty bird's nest out of my hair. It was driving me nuts for the past months, I couldn't detangle it and just hid it as much as I could.

I was going to edit my haul video that day, but we had friends over after I got my haircut. Had McDonalds, and feel terrible but we got Monopoly board game pieces for the contest. I also won a 3 month subscription to a magazine service. Wahoooo!

On Friday, I slept in a bit and woke up and waited about three hours for the contractors to come over to change our filter... but they never came. Then we got a noticed that it was postponed... to next week. So I have to remember to provide my key as I probably won't be able to get the day off. (I'm not sure how many PTOs I have left for the year, so I'll save them.)

After, I went to the gym for the first time in forever... got a decent workout and then made a vlog. I also went to the registry office to renew my operator's license and then I went to go look for some wrapping paper to use as a backdrop for product photos. Couldn't find what I was looking for, so I just looked around at purses, Simon's, and bought mustard. Then went back home, dropped off everything, met up with the bf and then headed to my parents' to have dinner. We then went to The Rec Room after for their grand opening. It was soooo packed, but it was fun! We won over 1000 tickets from playing a bunch of games. Great date night or birthday party option. They also had their own donuts there that apparently were great as they were sold out everytime we asked for one. Also got a few coupons for appetizers after we left. Score.

Yesterday we went to the Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival. It was really cool sampling a bunch of different drinks and food, and we even had some extra pours as well as some sample tickets were given to us by a nice couple, however we ran out of time and couldn't use them all. :( I also got a free pen from one booth (they just gave it to me all of a sudden lol) and then we also got a bunch of coupons for free food at some places, so it was well worth the $17 per ticket we paid! I was going to have dinner afterwards with some friends, but that got postponed to today.

We were going to go over to a friend's house today to shoot some photos and video for our project, but something unexpected came up on their side, so we are doing everything at home today. Tonight I'll go for dinner with my friends. I'm super hungry right now and we haven't eaten lunch yet... maybe I'l have some spring rolls. Hmm.

Another 3 day weekend!

Long weekends always feel long, and that's a spectacular feeling. We got quite a lot done this weekend!

Friday - Had a typical Friday evening... stayed inside and watched stuff.
Saturday - Watched Blade Runner 2049 and went for a birthday buffet dinner with my family. I also filmed my haul video for my channel (yay, content!)
Sunday - Did grocery shopping, bought some foam core and supplies, and went to Olive Garden with the boif for my birthday dinner together :)

Today we mostly stayed inside, but took some outfit photos outside for my blog, played Bananagrams, made avocado toast, had leftover pasta from last night, and had curry for dinner.

I have a two day work week this week, so I'm looking forward to that! Then it's staycation time. I'm going to work on my blog and then we have some house stuff that needs to be done and mail to wait for, so I'll take care of that. I also plan to get a haircut... not sure where though and when!

Fall is Here

Wahoo! It's October!

Went to Betty Lou's & Blaze Pizza on Thursday On Friday we went and had dinner with family and took Tofu out for a walk and played dance central. Yesterday we went to the mall to look at boardgames and random things but didn't buy anything. Tried to go to WOW Bakery for some Asian pastries... but unfortunately the bakery was closed for renovations! So then we went to Wow Chicken for dinner... the chicken there is amazing. We also had bulgogi fries and those were great too. Big portions... definitely will go back there again the next time we are craving fried chicken. :) We then went to the Regal Cat Cafe to look at cats through the glass partition. They were sooo cute!

We played more dance central last night and also Life is Strange. Today we took a walk around the neighborhoods, went to Mari for a pastry and some tea, and looked at our garden plots. Had Poke bowls for lunch at home and I think we're going to have soup for dinner. So hungry right now as I keep eating chips... oops.

I think I'll take it easy today since it's the weekend. I did some promo stuff for my blog and then I'll probably watch a bit of YouTube... maybe build nanoblocks. We'll see.

This week I don't have plans in the evenings other than editing... hmmm. I should make plans again with friends, but it's getting colder, so it's kind of hard to go outside. T_T