Shopping at Sherway!

Today is a lovely day, the morning was a bit windy but the sun began to appear as soon as we left the house.

I'm really high spirited today - got to got to the mall earlier even if it was just to pick up a new memory stick for my camera and pass by the Body Shop!
It was fun though, the body shop was having a big sale so I got some great deals also I've recieved my 8th stamp which ment that I could pick up a free gift for $25

This s a sweet gift, never tried it before but it's part of the body shops eau de toilette scents, they're a small collection of all the scents and you can use them to mix and match and create new favourite scents. Very nice and I'm eager to try it after taking some pictures of it with my camera.


Also what I'm super excited about are the vitamin E moisturizing creams series. This stuff is great, and if you have really dry skin (like me) its amazing. So I decided to pick up a day face cream, then well, I couldn't resist and went wild ...

Had to have the mask..

AND the body lotion (which does wonders on the legs) and I simply love the scent, my mom thought it was weird but I like it, it reminds me of the arabic 3ood that I use to use in my apartment back in Yemen, can't stop sniffing it off my hand.

I also got the night cream then decided to cut it quits. Getting free gifts is really fun, now I can't wait to collect my free stuff from Yves Rocher sometime within this month. (I plan on getting some of my mom's favourite fragrances as a gift for her)

Hockey Night in Canada

Just like the title says, it's hockey night, which means I'm pretty much bored to death while my sister enjoys watching and listening to two games at the same time. At least I have the commercials to enjoy! The Subway "never!" adds are pretty funny but if you watch them over and over and over and sometimes back to back they'll begin to get on your nerves.

Speaking of commercials that get on my nerves, the new Tim Hortons Yogurt and Berries.
It goes something like this, a yoga instructor is handed a plastic cup of Tim Hortons' Yogurt and berries and then she sits down and begins to indulge while telling the ladies behind her "bring your knees right up to your chest and make yourselves very round .. like a.. "
Then one lady says "berry??" - the instructor says with her really really annoying low kidish voice "like a berry - a plump little berry" while scooping out a berry from her yogurt and then goes on to shove it in her mouth.
Another lady behind her says "like in your yogurt in berries?"
Instructor answers "yes!!".. and goes on to tell everyone "you're berries! .. you're berrries.. you're berries, NOW BURST!!!" and all the ladies fall flat onto their backs.

This commercial is terribly annoying, my sisters and I can not stand it, especially when it's on during Entertainment Tonight breaks past 11:30 PM when it's on at every single commercial break!

Speaking of annoying commercials there are so many really funny ones out there, I could go on and on but just to name a few "head on" is probably THE most annoying one (it's american I believe since it's rarely on here unless followed by an american show) - YOP - A&W when the couple go out for dinner at an expensive restaurant then pass by A&W and have a "REAL DINNER" or what they called "dessert" - Bud Light and ohh so much more.

They come and go anyway, and I guess they attract a lot of attention as you see and that's their purpose so... what more can I say?.

Super Warm friday

Wow, today was just an amazing day! We had the balcony slidding door open all day long and I kept going in and out, the weather was so warm and lovely just like a spring day. I put the birds out in their outdoor cage and they had a warm bath splashing around, it was really fun watching them from the kitchen as I helped my mom prepare lunch.

Didn't manage to go out anywhere however my uncle came over and we played some more XBox and Wii games and then enjoyed a nice lunch of Iraqi Biryani which was so yummy.

Mom and I fried the little pieces of cubed potatoes and then mixed up the rice with spices, sauted almonds and raisins. Truly one of my favourite meals (especially when it's wrapped in the Pilawa: the rice mixture wrapped and baked in a thin flakey dough)
I was amazed to find that the wiki included a picture of iraqi biryani under a search for "biryani"- pretty cool!

I heard about a new show coming really soon on CBC called "little mosque on the prairie" my mom actually knows the creator of the show really well. So far I saw the commercials and a clip on the news yesterday evening, I recall them advertising the show by giving out shawarma sandwhiches (grilled meat) in downtown toronto with live camels to attract people.
We discussed this between our family and while it's intended to be funny it may be quite offensive or at least degrading, I mean I saw a clip where the muslim women were praying and they were videod from the back, it was pretty shocking (and not in a good way)
I'm going to at least watch the first episode but I doubt it's going to get any better - I actually have a feeling it's going to get worse as my mom said.

It's been a really lovely calm evening, and I'd better finish off posting this because there is only 20 m inutes left for the night ; )

Wednesday

So it's wednesday evening, Eid is over, New Year's is over and I'm spending my days at home watching my sister play "Trauma Center" on Wii - it's quite interesting.
Then we switch to "Call of Duty 3" and Golf, Wii sports and even I can play some Eleobits if we have enough time.

My cat spends her time sitting behind the XBox360 keeping warm, though the weather outside isn't too bad, it's expected to actually get warmer by the begining of next week (yeah double digits)

In the news, Saddam was executed, a lot of people are happy about that including a lot of my family members back in Iraq. At the same time it got me wondering how many more "evil" people are out there - we're done with him but there are so much more who've killed thousands and thousands of people (I won't name names and no I'm not getting into politics, I like to stay as faaaaaaaaaaaar away from it as possible - that doesn't mean I don't care or don't wish to get involved however debating is not my thing and so online and offline I prefer to keep it to a limit)

Now back to Eid, it was great, we took so many lovely pictures, I'm loving the new M.A.C eyeshadow shade in Yogurt, looks so good on me ; )

So we're into the new year now, I'm really looking forward to spring, summer, warm weather and BBQed fish! It was around last year this time that we we're in the stores buying luggage and preparing to head to Dubai, our flight was on the 19th and I left for Yemen on the 27th. I've pretty much missed last winter in Canada, and this winter is just so warm, I'm really glad about that - though sadly it's no good for the environment.

New year's resolutions??? No. I generally don't set any, this year however is kind of different and I'm looking forward to moving on and possibly setting some goals career wise.