july glossy box

a year ago i thought id never make a post about any form of clothes or products, it just wasn't something i would do. i've changed my opinion... i actually thoroughly enjoy reading posts about beauty products people have used and their opinions on whether they loved or hated them, just as i love reading about books others have read.
i got my first glossybox in the mail today and the only reason i actually ordered one is because i've read about it in many of the blogs i read weekly. if you have never heard of glossybox, it is a little box of beauty products (usually around 5) sent each month to your door in a cute light pink box. its $15 a month and contents can be anything from hair products to foot cream and from nail polish to facial cleanser. each subscriber makes a beauty profile and glossybox sends products based on these profiles. i opened mine as soon as i got home from work and i was impressed with everything i got for the $15.

 nicely wrapped in a baby pink box

the july glossy box contained:

1. Zoya Nail Polish -the colour is called reagan, its a deep fuchsia pink and supposably has a subtle blue undertone -  valued at $8.00
2. Alessandro International -  pedix heel rescue balm -  this just came as a sample size so im unsure of the retail value of this
3. John Frieda go blonder spray - this im excited for! you just spray it on and it is supposed to lighten the blonde.. cheaper than the hair salon! -  this is full size and valued at $13.99
4. Burts Bees lip shimmer -  i love burts bees products - valued at $5.99
5. Dove softening creme body wash -  i just like most body washes as long as it doesn't have a really harsh sent. i find dove usually has a very subtle fragrance - full size and valued at $5.99
6. Beautysoclean sanitizer wipes -  these are different, apparently it is like hand sanitizer but for your makeup. strange concept - it came with a sample of about 4 wipes


total value was about $34.00 + the sample size products i didn't add.
from what i've read about glossy box, boxes usually range from $30 in value to even around $60! for paying only $15 dollars a month, either is impressive. 

we all try to climb up the same ladder..

"i wish that i was strong enough to lift not one but both of us.. someday i will be strong enough to lift not one but both of us."

this is a powerful song. 

ive been thinking a lot recently about how fortunate my family, my friends and i are.  we have money, education, shelter, clothes, jobs, paycheques, cars, healthcare and clean drinking water. we have books to read and mandatory schooling. we are able to care how we look and how we dress. life it not hard for us, how can it be? what if we didn't have these things. why do we ever feel we are better than the poorer people, the less educated, the people without clean drinking water? why do we think we have the right? it makes me feel sick knowing we carry these attitudes yet they are almost daily. sure we struggle. we struggle with death and depression, eating disorders and alcoholism. we struggle with hate and embarrassment, heartbreak and abuse. maybe the fortunate ones are not happy, but in no way is life hard for us. we have the means necessary to make us happy and healthy and we brag we have it and do nothing with it. 

Happy Monday!

this picture made me smile this morning.

he is a beautiful puppy.

waking up..

someone important got me thinking. 
its morning and you wake up, either alone or beside someone who is still asleep. whats on your mind when you are not in a rush, when you have time to just lay there? when im laying in bed and the sun is shining through the tiny separation between the beautiful homemade curtains covering my window, im thinking how glad i am to wake up. i love waking up when i have the option to sleep, the option to lay in bed for a few hours and do nothing. when you wake up to the sound of an alarm its not the same. alarms usually mean you have something to do, somewhere to be.. you cant just lay in bed and think. when i can lay in bed and just think i definitely do. i think about my day, who i want to spend it with, what i want to do. i think about somewhere new i want to go, somewhere to walk guinness or vacation to. i'll listen to the birds, the rain, the sounds of the morning. i'll think about getting up and making coffee but often like the idea of laying there a bit longer better. i plan to enjoy the day, do things i love, not stress.
i can't imagine not waking up positive. i dont think i am able to wake up unhappy. sure i can wake up stressing about my day, or i can wake up and want to go back to sleep because i am so tired, but i can't imagine waking up and hating it.. waking up and wanting to go back and sleep forever.
in a perfect world would everyone wake up with dreams and hopeful ideas?


"One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar" - Oscar Wilde




*i am aware my selection of quotes does not always align with my posted words, but these quotes i enjoy or have taken something away from*

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my weekend was full of food, beautiful weather, family and friends

 tiger stripe and birthday cake ice cream,

hutches down by the hamilton bay front

enjoying white wine sangria out on the back deck + reading

and of course my little ball of fluff

my long weekend was also filled with:

great conversations with amazing people

fireworks

hot tubs and pools

red velvet cupcakes and butter tarts

good books

"The commonly held view these days is that people don't write love letters anymore, and that email and text messaging are death to romance"- ursula doyle

it's like turning pages..

i have an amazon wishlist (hint, hint). 

its pretty much all books.. actually it IS all books.

when the list gets too big or i just get too anxious that i can't wait... i make an order and get some books!! -sometimes im impulsive.

i ordered on sunday and they came by wednesday, nicely packaged and free of shipping costs :)

 The Catcher in the Rye: its one of those books people were forced to read in school yet i've never read it. i've been wanting to get it for two years now and every time im in a used bookstore i forget to look for it.
JailBird: I've heard good and bad things about kurt vonnegut's writing.. i'd like to choose what side i am on in this debate. One of the most deciding factors in ordering this book was sam who has an absolutely beautiful blog ashore. she so often mentions books or quotes and the meanings she pulls from these words  just makes me want to read anything and everything. 
Love Letters of Great Men: sex and the city? yes, this book was discussed in sex and the city before the book even existed. i've been looking for it for the past few months and im pretty sure every chapters/coles/indigo within 200km of my house was sold out of it (its not even new!). 
Before I go to Sleep: i read the back, it seemed like something I would like.
The Art of Seduction: this book is not actually for me, its for terry. he's read another book by the same author and liked it so this is the next one. *i opened it to read the first page and it looks pretty intense.. maybe not my type of novel.
Falling Together: i've read marisa de los santos' other book love walked in and i really loved it, something i was surprised about. i'll see if this one is just as good!

that was my excitement for the week. 

it is supposed to be a beautiful long weekend! even though i will be stuck in the mall working all weekend, many others can enjoy it!

Happy fathers day

HAPPY FATHERS DAY DAD!

my dad really is an amazing father.

he is supportive, caring, strong and understanding.

old school picture of my dad and i.

*honestly.. we still had wall paper in our house and bugs bunny was cool!

ohh and carpet everywhere*

Happy fathers day to dads everywhere!

new job!

today was the last day of my 7 week unpaid placement.. 
last weekend i was looking forward to taking a week off after and then start the job hunt late june..
on tuesday i interviewed for a full time contract position (completely awkward.. my supervisor and her manager were doing the interview)..
yesterday they told me they needed to call my references..
today they offered me the job! i accepted the offer right away.. signed the papers and i get to start monday already!
i guess i wont get a week to lounge around and relax but i am unreasonably excited to start right away!
honestly, its an amazing opportunity for me. its working in a hospital (i've dreamed of it forever - although what i've wanted to do in a hospital has constantly changed from a doctor/surgeon to a research student to an human.resources position - its still been my dream).. its 40 hours a week, 8am to 4pm monday to friday.. no weekend shifts! a 5 minute walk from my house and also i'll be working with some amazing people (and i love that they are all around my age -  we have a lot in common)
its only a contract position but it could turn into something permanent.. i guess i just need to wait and see! 
im going to be a working girl! making my own income (at something other than a part time, minimum wage job)
out of our class of 50 im not sure how many got job offers out of their placements but i doubt its even half. im completely shocked mine turned into a position actually! .. and in other good news.. terry got a job offer too! im entirely proud of him (and he'd probably say im lame for mentioning that in this post - but its true)! now at least we will have some disposable income :) 
thats my good news!
have a great weekend!

again something i have no tolerance for

yesterday it was about 36 degrees celsius outside (96.8 farenheit). it was extremely hot, uncomfortable even. you know what else happened yesterday.. a dog died. A chocolate lab was left in a car for approximately two hours as its owners shopped at a toronto mall. witnesses state the window way barely open and the car was parked in complete sun.. not even the slightest evidence the owners tried to find a patch of shade. mall security was informed, 911 was called, firefighters tried to feed the dog water through the small openings in the window. the new story brought tears to my eyes..

i can't believe the thought of leaving a dog in the car even crosses peoples minds. i have never in my life left my dog in a car and i've never thought of doing so. and to shop for 2 hours while its blistering hot outside and leave the helpless dog to heavily pant as he/she tries to cool off the slightest amount until he can no longer take it.. it breaks my heart.

i dont even know if the fact that this couple had spent their morning with their dog at woofstock better or worse. really.. how can someone be that stupid. dogs are entirely helpless in those situations.. what did they expect the dog to do..? turn the air on when it got too hot!?

just thinking..

have you ever thought about how and when the word deserve is used. we always deserve the good when it happens right..? but we ourselves rarely deserve the bad. the word applies to us or it does not apply based on context. i think i deserve things all the time. i deserve to fall in love and marry a good man. i deserve a good job.. i've worked hard and have completed years and years of school! i deserve this chocolate bar. i deserve to be treated with respect. i deserve! i deserve! i deserve. when bad things happen however, did we deserve these? does anyone deserve to fail a final exam? does anyone deserve to succumb to blindness at the age of 13? does anyone deserve to be abandon or feel unloved? NO! no no and no! why do we deserve the good but not the bad? i dont think we do. i dont think things that we want or things that we dread/fear are deserved by anybody.
i've learned this. i've learned this through conversations with many different people. deserve is one of those words that you cant just use without thought. i've learned to not tell others that i deserve anything if it is just something i want. i want to get married.. but in no way do i deserve to get married over any body else. 
those are my thoughts today