Old glasses

I cant believe I used to wear these!  It covers half of my face, lol!

Old map of Brampton

Note that there is no development north of Bovaird, east of Heart Lake Rd.  The map is from September 1987.

Brownies

I'm just going through my boxes of memorabilia from my childhood.  I found my Brownies Programme book.  That was a fun time.  I was in brownies for only a year, because I started at a late age.  I think brownies was for girls between 6 and 9.  I guess I must have been 8 turning 9 at the time.

I remember being such a go-getter.  Maybe I wanted to catch up with the other girls, but for some reason I don't think that was it.  By the end of that year, I had more brownie badges than most girls there.   I think I got between 14 and 17 of them.   Most of those girls had been there about 3 years, and had less than even half of that!

It makes me feel good when I get to look back on things like this.  That is why I love to keep things from my childhood.  

Now, if only I could get that drive back, that I used to have back then.

Sale sale sale

I went to the bay to check out the 70% off sale.  I was thinking that I would skip the jewelry section and go straight to clothes.  Well, when I got there, I decided to check if Betsey Johnson was on sale.  Big mistake.  No, Betsey wasnt on sale but then I decided to check the clearance section.  
O.m.g.  Soo many designer items were on clearance including Betsey Johnnson!!!!!  Most of the Betsey earrings I already had.  I was surprised to see them on clearance.  I was supposed to curb my spending for a while.  Oh, well....

I got some amazing deals on jewelry.  The greatest find was a Swarovski necklace that had a silver teddy bear on it.   Apparently customers were asking for it earlier but the Sales Associate had told them it was sold out.   What The Sales Associate did not know, was that it was placed in the clearance section!  Lucky me!  The necklace was originally $220 and I bought it at 76% off that price.    Wow!

Many Ralph Lauren, Nine West and Jessica Simpson items were on sale also.  I bought a very pretty purple necklace and bracelet set for about 70% off from the Lauren line of jewelry.

After my jewelry adventure, I decided to take a walk upstairs to the clothing section.   I was surprised to see that I felt like everything designer was on sale!  I saw more sale items than new season items!   Can you imagine... being surrounded by designer items all at 70% off, and in Toronto!

Long story short, I ended up with a few items.   My greatest find was a Tahari brand suit jacket.   I absolutely loved it when I saw it.   It is all black, but has an animal print on it in black, making it very subtle.   The regular price?  $538.  My price?  $128.     Wow!  What a deal!  I can't wait to wear it!

Next year I am waiting until mid-January to do my Boxing day shopping!  

Daily Affirmations.

Daily Affirmations.  Do you have any?   Have you ever tried?  Affirmations really work.  

Affirmations are self-talk.   This can benefit you're whole well being, and change your world.   I can actually be a lot of fun too.   Be playful, be serious, be what you want about it.

Just try it!

Life has no remote. Get up and change it yourself.

Designer Clearance

I'm at the Bay, my favourite shop.  Everything seems to be on sale here in the Designer section. Im talking all high end brands.  Time to cash in on my reward points!
Check out the designer clearance before its all gone! 

Kothur indian cuisine

Located on Yonge St, south of Bloor.

Butter Chicken and Malai Kofta

Be an Optimist Prime

It "saves" to Ask!

I was in the Eaton centre killing time before class.  I decided to check out the Trade Secrets shop since I was passing it.  This is a relatively new shop for me.  Ive always known about it but I've never really entered the shop.  I think this was my third time coming here. 

I was looking at all the nail polish packages, new products and not-so-new.  This one package caught my attention.  It was a product that supposedly instantly dries you nails!  The package deal was that you would get a free nailpolish.  The particular nail polish was called something like 'dim sum'.  I'm hoping I dont already have that colour.  I do own a lot of nailpolish, and dont really remember their names.

The package read that the nailpolish was free.  This means that you would be paying for the insta dry and the nail polish was a gift with purchase.  Well, that sounded really good to me! 

I checked the price of the package.  It was about $17.95.   I checked the price of the Insta Dry.  It was $14.95.   Wait a minute here.  I see a discrepancy.  So when I got the attention of the sales associate, I explained it to her.  She brought this issue to the attention of her manager, who agreed to sell it to me for $14.95 without a huff or a puff.  I know its only three dollars but every penny counts these days and plus, it was false advertising.   I'm happy.

Thank you Trade Secrets for excellence in customer service!!!

Last week's shoe craze

The bags at the bottom contain 5 pairs of shoes from Sterling shoes.  This shop is going out of business.  Hence why so many shoes - all were 70% off.

The two yellow bags are 'the bay' bags and contain one pair of heels each.  Again, this was another amazing clearance event.

In total 7 new pairs of shoes which will eventually make it home.  They currently sit in my locker at work.

Shoe Sale Adventure

Sterling Shoes is closing down.   Their shoes have now be set to 70% and accessories are 80% off.  Just last week their shoes were only 60% off.  I guess the permanent closure deadline is coming fast.   I had wipe out the Bramalea City Centre location of both its trouser socks and the gel foot protector products.  At  80% off you cant go wrong.  I did end my buying my rainboots from there as well. I think it may have taken me at least an half hour to decide whether to buy it or not, haha.

I didnt realize there was a Sterling Shoes location at the Eaton Centre as well.  It is sort of hidden, beside the escalator near Sears.   I dropped by this location two nights ago, just minutes before the mall closed.   I ended up buying almost all of the trouser socks they had.  I think I bought 9 pairs of trouser socks and 7 pairs of gel shoe inserts.   My bill should have been almost $100 but with the 80% discount I ended up paying less than $20.  Amazing deal !

I dropped by the shop again yesterday at lunch, as I didn't have time to look at the heels.  Well, I ended up leaving with 5 pairs of heels, each 70% off !  The brands I bought included Guess, Nine West, BlowFish and  Fergalicious.

Now Im thinking, ok...thats more than enough shoes but it was hard to resist.  I mean come on, how often do you get nice heels at 70% off?  Not often enough.  Thats for sure.

So today I went to the bay store to get a price adjustment on a purse.  On my way out, I passed the shoe department.  Big mistake.  I was surprised to see a lot of people roaming around that area.  The sale was only 15% off and that was only in your bay card too. 

As I walked toward the exit, guess what happened!?   A silver Nine West heel caught my attention, which actually was in my size!   It was regularly $130 but marked for clearance as $99.  I couldnt believe it was selling for so high.  My inner voice told me to ask if there was an additional discount on top of the $99, in addition to the 15%.   So I asked.  It turns out the current price of the high heels was $49.99.  Well,  thats more like it!  With the discount  and tax the final price was $48 and some change.  Not cheap but an awesome deal but a high quality heel! 

I also ended up buying a killer pair of black rocker boots.   There are silver studs all over it.  Crazy.

I really need to find a good shoe saver/organizer so I can get rid of my shoe boxes and still keep my heels in great condition.  Hope I find one soon.

I (Heart) Betsey's New Collection

I love Betsey Johnson's new jewelry collection, and its just in time for Valentines day.  

I actually really dislike Valentines day, as I always seem to be single around that time of year.  BUT  I do love hearts, and I really love the way Betsey Johnson has used colour and hearts in this collection.   I find the dark pink, (can I call it magenta?) to be absolutely beautiful.  I love that its a darker shade, as it will look awesome on me!   

The earrings in the pic below is just one item in the new collection.  I'll be purchasing these earrings on Friday (and likely, more of the matching collection)!

http://www.betseyjohnson.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12427154

My lunch hour

Today I was supposed to have a laser appointment at Salon Daniel during my lunch hour.  I got there about 15 mins early.  I checked in and went right upstairs.  I was told that it would be a few minutes as they were having an issue with the machine and someone was on the phone with a technician.   I sat patiently thinking Im guessing I'll have to re-schedule.   I was later offered green tea, due to the wait, which I gladly accepted.    Minutes after I was given the tea, I was told a technician had to be sent, that it may take 24 hours to be in service again.  Due to my patience, they offered me laser on an extra body part for my next session.  They also told me to relax, stay and enjoy the tea before I left, which I did.  Yayyy me for keeping quiet and exhibiting patience.   Patience is a skill I lost somewhat years ago.  It was nice to see it pop up again.  It was good to see me calm, after a few days of just being in a bad mood.  I haven't had that happen to me in a long time too.  Well, I don't remember ever having days of being in a bad mood actually.   Though, I have gone through a phase of hating the world, but thats the past now.  I've grown a whole lot since then.

After I left the salon, I went on my merry way to hop on a street-car only to find a woman vomiting on the street-car right in front of me.  Oh how not nice.  Someone helped her get immediately off.  

I decided to go to the Eaton Centre for the rest of my lunch hour and just my New York Fries gift certificate.  Yes, I know I am a voucher queen, but this was an actually old style gift certificate.  I ordered the Veggie Works, with extra sour cream and veggies, and a gravy on the side.  Oh boy, do I regret that.   I can feel my energy level just drop after that.   Anyhow, the gift certificate was worth ten dollars, so I wanted to make sure I used it all.

I ate my so-called meal at the Urban Eatery food court.   As I sat there, I saw a man eating his lunch on one of the highchairs.   I saw his wallet fall to the ground almost under his chair.  I think I may have even heard it fall too.   He didn't even notice!  I was surprised.   So, I walked up to him, and told him that he dropped something.     He looked on his right at the floor, close to me.  I said, "No, the other side".   He looked down, then got off to pick it up.  I walked back to my seat before he could thank me.  As I sat down, I noticed that he had an 'Oh my gawd' look on his face.   He was so shocked, and I'm sure relieved.  Thats my good deed for that day.  What's yours?

Winter Wonderland

Seems like Toronto got quite a bit of snow on Friday...  Niagara Falls got a lot of snow on Friday... but in Brampton, very little snow, which all melted.  I find this shocking!   I left my home this morning for work, in a pretty snowless area to get downtown to find snow and slush all over the sidewalks.   Really?!

This is a pic from Niagara Falls.

Shoe polisher

Isnt that the coolest looking shoe polisher Ever!

Managers Reception

Bahama Mama, a Sex on the beach and snacks at the Managers Reception, Niagara Falls.

Snow!!

Look at all that snow already!  This parking lot is always full.  Not today....

The Body Works --Video

"The Body Works".   I dont remember this, but the name does sound familiar.  Watch this and have a laugh!

Fun in the rain

I bought my first pair of rain boots last week.  Well I actually bought a cool pair that had a leopard print on it for boxing week online, but I had to return it because the fit wasnt right.   I'm actually glad I returned them, because I like the one in the photos better!   Being plain black, I can wear it with anything.   Plus its long!!   Over the knee it goes, and as you can see, I can even fold it too.

No more do I need to worry about my socks getting wet, the rain seeping through my boots, nope. No more.
Its actually wayy more fun too, as you can step through puddles without a worry in the world.

Very cool.   And to think my mom was trying to convince me out of buying rain boots, saying I would never wear it.

Let the fun times begin!  I'm not afraid of a little rain!

;)

S~

Smile.... For doggie

The highlight of my day today was when a young  woman came onto the ttc and sat beside me with her cute gray dog.  It was such a quiet obedient dog.   When I looked across to the other side, there was a rather large overweight man with the hugest smile on his face as he watched the cute dog.  The happiness in his eyes just made my day.  It was a very cool moment.

Fingers, Rings, and Meanings

Check this out:

I choose to display the above image because I actually do wear a ring in my index finger!

Right now, I'm looking for a ring to wear on my Little Finger.  Interesting to read the meaning of that:

If you want to read more on this topic, go to http://www.squidoo.com/meaning-of-ring.

S~

Good Morning Mr Sun

This is a cool thing to see in the morning....  the sun is rising!

S~

Inner Buzz

I feel an inner buzz.   Its hard to explain.  Its like a lift on the inside... no, not physically, but more like emotionally.   I just came from my first class for Life Skills Coaching class, module three. After this course is completed, I will be a George Brown certified Life Skills Coach!

I had a great class today.  It was much better than I expected.  I think that where some of the buzz is coming from.   Have you ever silenced or ignored that little voice on your shoulder that reminds you of your fears?  Have you ever just taken action and not even thought about it?  I feel that I did that today.   That I didnt think things through a million times.  I didnt think about how stupid my question, answer or statement may have sounded.  I just shared my thoughts and ideas whenever I could.  Not only that, I even opened myself up and shared my life experiences, part of my identity you could say.   Thats a scary thing to do, especially when you are someone like me, who loves her walls... oh how I love those protective walls.   But you know you what?!  It felt great.

Though I do have to say, that I just realized I must have mentally prepared myself for class today.   It wasn't really a conscious effort.  I tend to be quiet and shy in groups.   I was very quiet in module 1.   I opened up a bit more in module 2.     A turning point for me, was actually feedback I got on the last day from the facilitator that he would have liked it if I had spoken up more in class because my insights and impressions would have helped the groups growth!  I was shocked to read that, as I guess I underestimated my ability and the value of my experiences.  I am grateful to have received that feedback, and I plan on using that feedback, to  'Unleashing the Soni Within'.  

Its going to be an awesome year!

S~

Lottery Mania

This is my first blog on blogger.    I wanted try to blogspot site that allowed for others to comment on it if they wished.

The highlight of my day today had to do with my lottery tickets....

I had about 20 lottery tickets sitting around that needed to be checked for months now.  Well, maybe since November.  I do check them myself online, but I always double check in store.   So now, I had about 5 scratch tickets and 15 or so Lotto Max tickets.

Finally today I decided to validate them in store.  I came out with 3 free plays of Lotto Max and $39 !  Not too bad.

Wish me luck on the next draw for my free plays!

S~