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12/21/11--09:59: It's FINALLY over!!! (chan 1543135)

I finally had my French test this morning. Always a brutal experiece...tried to eat some breakfast beforehand and almost threw up my cottage cheese so ditched it and went in with an empty stomach. At one point in the test I reached for my water and my hand was shaking. Good gawd what is the matter with me? So it's done, maybe I got my C, maybe for the 4th time I ended up with a stupid B, we shall see. On my way home from the test I headed straight for Holts. Shopping is a great stress reliever for me. Actually, it's my solution for any situation. :-) So I bought myself a pair of salmon-pink skinny Joe's Jeans (tag says they are Geranium). They are like butter and the colour is incredible. They had them in red, blue, green and purple but this colour blew all the others out of the water IMHO.



 




12/22/11--15:38: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! (chan 1543135)

My boss just emailed me......I GOT THE MARK I NEEDED ON MY FRENCH TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!!!!! Only took four times and LOTS of hard work but I finally got it!!

I GET TO KEEP MY JOB!!!!!!!!




12/26/11--11:51: Spoiled (chan 1543135)

I hope you all had a great Christmas. Mine was alot of fun and it turns out I was spoiled this year. My parents got my lots of great stuff - including a crock pot and an ice cream maker, both of which were on my list. My husband scored some serious brownie points this year with the 2 major items he purchased for me. This first one literally had me tearing up. And if you read this blog enough you'll know why 2 light fixtures would have me all blubbery.



That's right, my husband scoured eBay trying to find me Jieldé light fixtures - my all-time favourites that I have dreamed about for a long time and blogged about here and here. He found 2 vintage wall mount ones from a seller in France who refurbished them. They are gorgeous!! We'll eventually change out the gold switch (??) for a silver one, we have to have it rewired to work here and have a plate made to mount it on the wall. And then we need that new house built so we can somewhere to install them! In the meantime they will unfortunately sit in a box in the basement along with my other gorgeous eBay light fixture Christmas pressie from last year.





Jeff did not stop there. He could have. But he didn't. Because I had been whining and complaining that I had no docking station for my iPhone to listen to tunes in the kitchen while blogging or cooking/cleaning. I had told him how hot Tivoli systems are so he got me one of those too. 





Thank GAWD the day after my French test I went out and bought him a remote controlled car (controlled by his iPhone or iPad). Not quite the equivalent of the above but along with all the other stuff I got him I think we done good.




01/02/12--06:32: heaven (chan 1543135)

via Residence




01/05/12--13:14: books (chan 1543135)

I felt the need to order some books on Amazon the other day. They arrived today. As usual, it included mostly decor books, including (finally!) Grace's book Design*Sponge at Home. And I know you're probably wondering why in the hell I would order Kat Von D's book. I have a mild obsession with tattoos. (I have an idea for my fifth....)






01/07/12--06:19: Back Lane Café - this time in person! (chan 1543135)

Back in November I blogged about a new restaurant that opened up here in Ottawa, a couple minute drive from my place in the 'hood of Hintonburg. It's called the Back Lane Café, and last night I finally got a chance to enjoy a meal there, with my husband and parents. It was FANTASTIC, and I think it's my new favourite restaurant in the city.



It's a fairly small restaurant and VERY busy so do make a reservation (which you can only do online which is convenient). Their online system goofed when I made our reservations so we were told we had to sit at the bar. This turned out to be a very much welcomed booboo as we quickly realized the best place to sit is at the bar. We were given the corner seats to facilitate conversation among the 4 of us which was perfect. Once settled we dug in. My mom wanted a diet coke, and to our shock we were told they did not carry pop, but they did have spritzers made from homemade syrups. My mom was in heaven. I had an incredible raspberry cosmo.







I was so hungry and so excited to eat I forgot to take photos of our appetizers, which of course were scrumptious. For the main course I chose a pizza with shrimp, fig and capicola. YUMMY! My husband chose steak (with to-die-for chips and cauliflower sides). My dad also chose a pizza and my mom had halibut. Each of us loved our choices. (We were a couple minutes into the dishes when I realized I need to snap some pics).





I was far too stuffed to select a dessert (which is highly unusual for me) but of course my dad and husband had room, choosing a pumpkin pudding and a chocolate bar. Again, both were heavenly.





This restaurant was awesome. The staff and owner were super friendly, the décor and ambiance is gorgeous and perfect, and the food was phenomenal. I am SO going back soon!






01/10/12--16:05: Holy sh*t (chan 1543135)




01/13/12--09:07: Mjölk (chan 1543135)

I have been a big fan of the Toronto shop Mjölk (owned by John Baker and Juli Daoust) and their blog Kitka for a long time (I've featured them in blog favourites posts many times in the past). Every so often I preuse their online shop to see what incredible new items they have in stock. If you dig Scandinavian, you'll certainly dig their shop. Here are my latest favourites. 


















01/18/12--16:16: Latest music obsession (chan 1543135)

KATY B




01/21/12--11:23: why he though this was a good idea... (chan 1543135)

I think this is the first time I've seen Felix up on the dining table. He only made it up there because I was in the process of vaccuuming and a chair was pulled out. That basket is Phoebe's. Mimin has one on the other side of the table next to my laptop. Phoebe is almost too big for it and she's HALF the size of Felix (or less). Why a 22 lb cat thought curling up in that basket was a good idea is beyond me.