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So, last night I bit the bullet and went bikini shopping. It wasn’t as terrible an experience as I expected, but that could be because I new I was just browsing and not buying (a decision this big needs second opinions, and possibly thirds, and maybe fourths… you get the idea.) I took pictures of read on ..

Here are some interesting news articles that piqued my interested as of late. The worst drinks in America An “eat this, not that” that hones in on when you should eat 20 Reese Peanut Butter cups or 6 Kirspy Kremes rather than quenching your thirst. (Design Verb) Added Fibres Your best best is to go read on ..

I’ve decided that this weekend I’m going to put myself through hell go bikini shopping. (I contemplated putting an exclamation mark at the end of that sentence, but frankly I’m not that excited.) I’m not a shopping. In fact, I detest shopping for clothes and succumb to shopping rage (think road rage for the emotionally insecure) read on ..

I was stoked a few weeks ago when Matt came home from the grocery store with fresh salmon fillets. Matt doesn’t like salmon, so whenever we have it in the house I get to make whatever I want with it. I had homemade lox on the brain (something Matt hates most). There was a catch read on ..

Today was a beautiful Victoria Day. … and by beautiful I mean 88 degrees and muggy. But at least the sun was shining! Matt and I decided to take advantage of the warm weather and the day off of work to have a picnic in the park — Euro style. When we were in Europe read on ..

(source) Wow, thanks for all your amazingly insightful comments on my thoughts about whether or not a person’s beauty routine has an influence on their happiness. Most of you seemed to agree that beauty radiates from confidence. You can’t put confidence on your face in the morning. You can’t buy confidence at the mall. It’s read on ..

In spite of the fact that people tell me that I would definitely look good in a bikini, I still feel uncomfortable with my appearance and am extremely self conscious about the way I look. Isn’t ironic, then, that I spend so little time trying to beautify myself? My morning beauty routine involves: washing my read on ..

I don’t like drinking protein very much, but I always have it after my workout. I prefer to mix it with a little bit of water to get a pudding-like consistency and eat it with a spoon. You can add in any toppings you want, just like a bowl of oats (hell, you can even read on ..

. . . and speaking of bizarre chemicals found in our “food” . . . This is why you’re unhealthy: Williams Sonoma Maple Pecan Waffle & Pancake Mix A sweet celebration of American flavors Because nothing says “American flavors”  like dextrose, sodium aluminum phosphate, and 36 other factory produced, difficult to pronounce ingredients. Yum.

Kisses On Thursday on my way in the door at work I grabbed a Hershey’s Kiss out of the candy dish, unwrapped it, and popped it in my mouth. … and then I said, “what the fuck?! this tastes good.” I don’t like Hershey’s chocolate. It tastes inferior. I call it “fake chocolate”, but these read on ..