HAVING A SEINFELD MOMENT
Okay so my drycleaner around the corner (never used them before), seems to not be able to find my winter coat that I dropped off for pre-winter cleaning.
Wassup with that?
I feel like I’m having a Seinfeld moment, and this woman is wearing my nice white winter coat all around down, all the while telling me that “it’s not back yet”.
Hmmm 🙂
ON THAT NOTE, NEVER DELETE WP-CRON.PHP
Not trying to call out BlueHost or anything, but blaming everything on WP-Cron.PHP (a scheduling PHP script that made me miss my scheduled posts lately), is a cop out.
It is probably a WP-Plugin that is screwing up your whole business.
I had one stupid one installed that wouldn’t backup properly, and it choked/throttled my server, which made my blog go wonky on Friday.
TIGHTS ARE STILL NOT PANTS
Don’t argue with me on this one.
I am conceding slightly on leggings being pants because I can’t fight the wave of girls in jeggings, treggings and all forms of leggings… but mostly it’s because at least with leggings, I can’t see through them right to your junk.
If you are going to wear tights as pants, at least wear underwear underneath.
And a long, long longggg t-shirt.
FASHION IS LOSING CONTROL ON ME
At least in person. I don’t know what it is, but going into the stores and actively browsing (just window shopping, not buying!), makes me uninspired to buy anything.
Clothes in those mainstream stores are boring now.
They’re always in neutrals, or they charge $50 because they added some throwaway rosette on the front.
Seriously? Step up your game or I am going to breeze right through 2010 without getting an urge to buy any clothing.
I’M A SLOB WHEN BF ISN’T AROUND
This is my little secret, but when BF isn’t around, I am a total slob because he isn’t here to give me that organization side eye when I start nesting all over the place.
During the week, I have my stuff ALL OVER the floor.
I just like to spread everything out and not pack anything away.
On his side however, it’s always pristine. Neatly stacked in 90 degree angles, rows of 10. I swear, he must be Mr. Monk’s cousin or something.
Slob = Me
I hope he doesn’t read this.
NEXT: GODIVA CHOCOLATE PR0N!
Had a chocolate craving, but cheap chocolate was not doing it for me.
(Yes, I tried. I went through 3 bars before I realized I was craving GOOD chocolate).
I was originally going to buy this $18.50 CAD* box of 6 containing one of each of Godiva’s new Bakery Dessert truffles:
*Yeah screw your super low American prices at $15 USD for the same box. Up in Canada, we consumers like to pay a 23% currency exchange rate because we’re sadists. Never mind our stupid dollar being on par and nowhere CLOSE to justifying that 23% hike.
- Chocolate Lava Cake with a spectacular molten fondant center
- Spicy Carrot Cake “frosted” in milk chocolate and rolled in chopped pecans
- Southern-style Red Velvet Cake in white chocolate with a heart of sweet chocolate ganache
- All American Cheesecake ganache in milk chocolate, topped with crust-like crumbs
- White chocolate Tiramisu, an ethereal blend of mascarpone and espresso ganache
- Strawberry Tarte swirling sweet berries and tart rhubarb through vanilla mousse, enrobed in milk chocolate
But then I thought: Wait. I don’t really like Tiramisu, nor do I want to try that Chocolate Lava Cake, plus I wanted to try some of the other truffles.
So I decided to make my own box with 8 truffles:
I couldn’t tell the difference between which one was carrot cake and which one was the random one I chose, but quite frankly they were ALL good, so I wouldn’t care if I mixed up all 3.
It actually came out to around the same price, $19.44, which confirmed my suspicions that I was just paying for the cute dessert truffle packaging.
Calculations between buying the box & making your own box:
- Box: $18.50 / 6 = $3.08 per truffle
- Pick-Your-Own: $19.44 / 8 = $2.43 per truffle
- Which equals a $0.65 savings per truffle!!
- The packaging of the box actually costs you a full $3.92. Bah. Packaging.
Damn these things are pricey!
Moving on.. here are my pictures & reviews!
I’M CRAVING SHAWARMA
I have a craving for good shawarma and some hummus with pita bread. I’m making the hummus and pita bread next week for dinner, but the shawarma?
Can’t fix it. Need to scratch that itch soon.
Or maybe I should just eat some pickles dipped in garlic mayonnaise wrapped in a pita with some chicken.
Yeah. Maybe that will do it. (Not.)
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Dangit, I reallllly want some Godiva chocolate now! lol
Sorry.. looking at my pics aren\’t helping me either. I want to go back.
Gee thanks!…now i'm craving Godiva's chocolate dipped strawberries…delicious but not exactly bargainous at $15 for two (the shop in the mall must buy them from Mars or something!)….maybe i need to further trim DH's energy drink/cigarette budget so that i can get some! 🙂
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Sorry. It was freaking delicious if that helped any.
I want every single one of those chocolates now. and I am sickened by tights as pants! and as much as I like a great booty – leggings aren't pants either. Both belong under a top or dress or skirt that hits below the goodie line. I saw a girl going to class with a tshirt, hoodie, and tights. WTF tights. The slightly sheer/gives of a sheen kind. and I cannot understand it.
Slightly sheer is not a good look. If it was opaque I might be okay with it, but I SAW HER UNDERWEAR.. And sometimes on other women, a lack thereof.
OMG. I had chicken shawarma for the first time. IT WAS GREAT. Now you just reminded me and i want it again! I wrote a blog about it too!
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Sorry. I can\’t help but spread food enabling 😛
You can make truffles. They're super easy, but obviously not as good as the ones you buy in the store.
I ought to try. This is going to become an addiction.
I skipped the chocolate PRON. YOU WILL NOT GET ME, VILE TEMPTRESS 🙂 I agree with you on clothes shopping. Holy crap, just THINKING about clothes shopping has me bored to tears right now. I almost want to pass out thinking about the necessary evil of replacing my worn work clothes. I'm done! Done with the boring crap they have now! (zzzzz!)
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oooh I love godiva! Yum!!! Have you tried Dean and Deluca? Maybe you would love some of their stuff, they're an American company that sells chocolates and gourmet food. http://deandeluca.com
I have heard of them! I want to try them out once I get into the States.
In the States, Godiva, including the truffles. always goes on deep discount (like 50% or more off) after Christmas at department stores like Macy's. It's the exact same chocolate and truffles they always sell, except they put red and green bows on the box for Christmas, so they can't sell it full price after Christmas.
Hmm. Perhaps I shall wait until Christmas is done, and then scour department stores like The Bay here.
Thanks!
Yummy! Love the Godiva review. I am fond of their chocolate covered cashews.
The store on base refuses to reorder them for some strange reason. I also used eat schwarama (sp?) and hummus too. Great postcards…really make you think.
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Maybe the chocolates go too fast on the base 😀
I always spelled it shawarma, but I think there are different spellings 🙂
With you on the fashion. I hate leggings as pants and everything in stores just makes me want to save my money. I haven't bought anything in a while and probably won't for a while.
Love the last postsecret card. Totally agree.
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Isn\’t that funny though? I mean, I don\’t know about you, but I was a ——–serious——— shopaholic. Very impulsive, and I\’d buy more than one colour in the same top.
Looking in the stores to see what I\’m missing (perhaps a very bad and stupid idea to tempt myself), I was surprised to see how much I didn\’t want.
I feel the same way about shopping. Everything just looks blah and not worth the price.
I'm also quite a slob when i'm on my own. It's my own organized mess, so I can live with it. But if anybody else adds to that…my OCD comes out.
Did you eat all those truffles in one go?? Or just eat half of each and put the other half back in the box? They look so good! And lol at the bananas. I made awesome banana bread with chocolate cake two weeks ago. Finished the whole thing in one week. Well…I did give half to my brother.
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There\’s something in the air with fashion lately. Prints and colours are out the window, and all I see are the same things over and over again.
That\’s it! My own organized mess. You\’ve hit it on the head. I tried to clean up the other day, but realized it was futile. I like having my things spread out.
Er.. I ate.. all.. the truffles. 🙂 The whole box. *turns red*
OMG!!!! I was about to maker a post about how I`m craving a chicken and lamb shawarma, and you beat me too it!!!! My sister and I had Pita Nutso (which is probably like the McDonald`s of Shawarma`s -I have no idea, as it was my first ever), but wow, addictive!
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The one I hate (the shawarma) wasn\’t very good 🙁 The chicken was dry and powdery. I think I\’ll need another fix today, but I have a small craving for pho… 😛
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I'll take 2 of each of those truffles… YUM!
I would have gladly shared! 🙂 I\’m going back for 2 of each of the ones I loved. Perhaps 4 of the two I liked (Cheesecake and Carrot Cake).
You know, I finally took some time to read some of your posts – and I LIKE YOU or actually I guess I like your blog 🙂
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Wow. Thank you 🙂 It\’s definitely flattering to be liked. This blog is very much me, whereas the \”EM\” one is more… calm. Sedated 😛
Oh those legging tights are horrible!!! It's especially bad when girls don't wear anything over their front/bum area (like a long shirt) and you can see every..err… crease *shudder*. I was taught from a young age not to wear crap like that – my mother wouldn't even let me wear bike shorts!
I wore bike shorts, but grew out of that pretty quickly. It\’s only good for biking. Not for walking around. Actually, the best bike shorts are the ones with padding for the bum if you are in the saddle for long stretches of time.