Hubby and me

Heh. The Hubby and I may have been together forever .. Lol .. Ok since 1991 - that's like freaking forever ok?!  .. But we still enjoy each other's company immensely. We try our best to be together .. Even if it is just watching tv together for a short while before he falls asleep at night - the man sleeps early .. Like really early. Haha.

Anyway, we went for dinner on Tuesday .. Just me and him. Took a cable car ride from Harbourfront to The Jewel Box on Mount Faber specifically Sapphire fine dining restaurant. It seemed strange being on the cable car ride without the girls.

Dinner was really nice. Spending time with The Hubby was better. Hehe. We could've been at our favorite place to eat at Zam Zam restaurant and we'd still be pleased.

Love u so much my husband.

The hair saga continues ..

About a month or so back, I went to my hairstylist to get my hair colored. I was rather unhappy with the result. It was colored properly ie all my white hair was covered well. The colour just sucked. It was darker than my actual hair colour. I hated it. Friends asked if I made a scene at the hair salon. I hadn't. What would be the point ? I'm just never going back there.

And now 6 weeks later, my hair needs to be colored again. Yes, I'm old. 39 years old and I have plenty of whites and grey hair that needed covering up. Plus I wash my hair everyday and that only seems to hasten the fading of the hair color.

So now I'm back at square one. Looking for a new hair stylist who will LISTEN to me and what I want. Apparently that's hard to get here. My friend recommended her hair salon but then I would have to travel all the way to her place. *sigh*

Come let me see if I can dig up a pic of my hair from a month back.

See? My scrunchy is a nicer shade of brown than my stupid hair. I was so freaking irritated. It was such a horrible boring shade of brown. Almost black. And I look ghastly w too dark a hair colour. Why? Because I'm fair so it just makes me look washed out. Damn.

Anyway, I have to do it soon cos the hubby and I are watching some musical next week. Yeap, u read that right. A musical. Hubby forwarded the email invite to me and asked if I was interested. Trust me, I said no I wasn't. Lol. Anyway, we are going. I told him he'd better not play me out and fall asleep during the performance. Leaving me to suffer through it alone. I just know that's gonna happen. Damn it. Lol.

One of those days ...

Today is one of those days that I miss our days living in the States ... ah hell, who am I kidding? .. I miss the SHOPPING in the States .. hahaha! Brands that I immensely miss are Longaberger, Crate and Barrel, Williams-Sonoma and Pottery Barn .. just to name a few of favourite places to buy things from .. lol. There is also TJMAXX and Ross ... and though we have Payless Shoe Source here now ... the prices are NOTHING like the prices at the ones in the States ...

A good friend of mine used to be a Longeberger consultant ... they are sold like Tupperware here .. not at the stores but through a consultant .. and the minute I was introduced to the brand, I fell in love with the baskets. The Hubby was not only mystified by my fascination, he was stumped by the prices .. LOL! Ok, he was AGHAST is more like it.

I'm ashamed to say .. I did amass quite a collection of BASKETS .. yeap, baskets .. lol. They are, however, of extremely excellent quality and the ones I have and are using around the house .. they've not only lasted, they are still in wonderful condition ..  the thing about these baskets .. they come with separately sold accessories ... like a fabric liner .. and a plastic protector (to protect the inside and the liner) .. so essentially, to buy ONE basket, you end up buying 2 more separate items .. hahaha!

Anyway, here's a picture of a small basket I have on my table in my bedroom .. I love these things I tell you. Even in our heat and humidity, they have not become mouldy or cracked ... and every piece is HANDMADE in Ohio.

Ah ... those were good times ... living and shopping in the States ...

I miss her ..

Suddenly, one day last December .. As we were walking around in the mall, I turned to The Hubby and told him that I missed her. I missed her friendship, the things we shared and laughed over .. Her friendship.

I just don't miss her psychotic nature. Bwahahaha!

What to do? It was a whole package. And while our friendship lasted, it was good. Then when she shot it all to hell, it was truly regrettable. Truly.

We won't ever go back to being best friends. Not even friends I think. I just can't help but feel sad. I used to be more sad. It's better now.

Thankfully, I have a posse of gal pals and a bestie whom I love dearly. I love being with them. Bestie asked recently if I would ever be friends again with ex-friend. I said no.

Doesn't stop me from thinking back on our wonderful relationship. And all the fun times we had.

Happy Valentine's Day!

The Hubby was sick. Really sick. He's been sick for awhile now. A particularly nasty flu that's been dragging and so the poor man has been out of it for awhile now.

I really didn't expect anything for Valentine's Day since he was unwell.

He had flowers delivered. So sweet. They're gorgeous. I love them!

Hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day too!

An epiphany today ...

Firstly, although I MISS my long nails .. there were an absolute pain to type with .. on a PC keyboard AND on the iPhone keypad (cos I would misjudge where my finger pads were no thanks to my nails) .. So I often found it a chore to blog .. cos there were just too many typos.

After my gelish nails for Christmas grew out ... the sides that had no protective nail polish  .. well, some chipped and a few outright broke .. *sob* (side note - gelish is an awesome solution to those of you whose nails chip easily)

So, after chopping off those few nails, I decided to just have the manicurist trim them all .. had I done extensions, there would be quite a number to do .. so forget it. Nails grow .. and pretty fast too. Plus, there was the keyboard problem .. and I did occasionally stab my kids with my nails ... lol.

Anyway, as I was sitting there and getting my finger nails and toe nails attended to by TWO manicurists, I had an epiphany:

Wow, so this is how it feels like to be a princess .. HAHAHA! .. Ok, maybe not Kate Middleton style .. but since my manicurists are from Vietnam (they DID have emperors)  .. heck, I could've been an Empress back in the old days. Ok, Ok .. more like Empress DOWAGER .. lol. Ok, don't get me wrong .. I LOVE my nail salon manicurists .. they are lovely ladies .. very polite and friendly and that's why I love going there .. that and they haven't said a mean word about my gigantor feet .. (lol) of which I am eternally grateful.

Anyway, I reckon that's why most women have their nails done. It's nice to have someone else prettify you ... well, at least your nails. I think it's the same for going to the hair salon or a spa or going for a facial. Face it, men do not know how to pamper women .. besides buying us stuff. While I do appreciate all the stuff buying .. I think we need to pay for other women (or men if they work in a hair salon) to help us achieve said pampering that we lack from our men.

The Hubby thinks I should save the money and just not go to hair/beauty/nail salons.

No way José

Without my eyebrow threading, hair colouring, facials and manicures/pedicures ... I would look CRAPPY .. I mean, come onnnnn ... I already don't look like Maggie Q (the lady that plays Nikita on Fox TV) . .. or ANY of the VS models .. I think I should be allowed to TRY  to at least NOT look completely UGLY, right?

LOL.

Anyway, I am really pleased with my nails .. short though they may be now. They will be longish soon, so until then, I can use the PC keyboard and my iPhone keypad without swearing ..

January is over ..

Seriously, time is going by really fast. One minute it was December 2012 .. And now, it's February 2013.

Ok .. So it looks like we aren't going anywhere this year. That's just sad. One whole year and we ain't stepping out of this country at all. I am planning to bring the girls to the new aquarium at RWS. Can't wait. And to the Gardens. Haven't been there yet too.

I met up with Pei Ling for tea. I've missed her. And I did high tea with a couple of girlfriends. Saw my bestie a few times In January. So yay for me.

Celebrated my eldest and youngest birthdays too in January. Claudia turned 14 and Charlotte turned 2.

There is a week long school holidays in March. That's something to look forward to.