Sick, yet again

So i am sick again, for the 3rd time already this year.  Making me wonder if I should get myself checked out as I seem to catch viruses way too easily.

I woke up Thursday morning with an awful sore throat and some muscle ache, but I just figured I had a dry throat and I was sore from boxing class the night before.  So, I took Benna to school and went to my session with my trainer.  She worked me hard and I felt every muscle in my body ache afterwards.  Just common fatigue, I thought.

Well, later that afternoon, I had to meet with our builder and architect to source out tubs and faucets for our new house and I could really feel the fatigue sinking in.  Every minute that passed felt like an eternity and I just couldn't wait to get out of there.  Two hours later, we were finally done and I headed straight to my parents house to get some rest.

As soon as I entered I collapsed on their bed and fell asleep for the next two hours.  I felt no better when I woke so I knew I was sick with something.  

It's been 3 days now and I'm no better than the first day.  Went to see a doctor and he said I had a nasty virus and there was nothing he could prescribe me, oh and it should take 7-10 days to clear up.  Um, excuse me?  7-10 days??  I have my Anthro special event by invite only tonight and box seats to Game 1 tomorrow!!  How the heck am I supposed to get better by then?

Well, I guess I won't be.  I ended up cancelling tonight, after much reluctance.  But am happy that Marz is going in my place.  And I'm drugging myself silly tonight so I can go to the game tomorrow.  There is no way I am missing the only opportunity I will have to attend a playoff game, not to mention the 3rd series which the Canucks haven't been in since 17 years ago!  

Anyway, I'm done my rant for now.  Let's just say I'm a lot disappointed in my body for not being able to handle viruses very well.  Hmphf.

Off to bed.

South Granville

Spent the afternoon strolling through South Granville today to get a glimpse of the newest retail addition to the already fashion-filled strip. Vancouver's first Anthropologie stores will be opening it's doors on Friday, May 13th and I wanted to snag a picture of it's store front so I can write about it on my Anthro blog (see post here).

On my way back to my car, I couldn't resist checking out Potter Barn Kids since I had Benna with me too. I am more of a fan of Restoration Hardware's kids stuff, but there were a few things that caught my eye there today. And Benna had a great time playing with their play kitchen and ice cream and cake sets. Too cute!

I wanted to take all sorts of cute, pink things home with me, like the Polka Dot Phone and the Princess magnetic doll set, but the prices were too ridiculously high for what they were were. I just bought a couple cute plastic plates and glasses and a sprinkling rubber ducky for bathtime that were all on sale. But I still managed to spend $30.

I thought I was done with shopping and was on my way back to my car when I turned the corner and saw Bedo calling my name. I was drawn into the store by a cute pair of cargo capri pants with gathered hem. So cute! They reminded me of a pair of Hei Hei pants I missed out on at Anthro a couple months ago. And I don't have a cute white pair to wear on cool summer evenings so I thought why not check them out.

Well, an hour or so later, I have a Bedo shopping bag filled with a beautiful army green rain coat (I actually do need one for this dreadful wet weather of late), a cute denim tunic that can be worn so many ways, plus those capri pants in army green. Yes, I already have 2 other pairs of army green pants from Anthro, but this one made my butt looked nice and small and any pants that can do that definitely belongs in my closet! They were so awesome that I have the white pair on hold, in my size, at the downtown location to be picked up tomorrow.





Oh, and last but not least, I also swung by the Canucks store at Roger's Arena and lucked out on getting my hands on a Women's Canuck jersey in the size small. They were sold out everywhere when I called this morning and just happened to swing by the store hoping for a T-shirt, when I saw a rack full of the size smalls. Apparently, a surprise shipment arrived that day and they literally just unpacked it for the shelves. What luck!


So, I guess today was a shopping day for me, unintentionally. But I guess that's why my sister calls me a shopaholic. Lovely things seems to just fling themselves at me when I'm out and about. Well, this purchase has put me out for the next couple of weeks and I can not take anything home with me on Anthro's opening day. Oh well. I hope I can do my hubby proud and keep the wallet shut on Friday. Will power don't fail me now!

Ciao for now. Me. ;)

Late Night Wanderings

So I am totally going to regret staying up this late as tomorrow is a school day, which means 7:30am wake up and going to the gym at 9:30am too.  Ugh.  But I can't sleep, so what is a girl to do?

Look at some eye-candy online, of course.  Which do you like best for everyday use?

Balenciaga Velo Bag

Chloe Paraty Bag

Louis Vuitton Neo

What I Did Today

My day started out pretty slowly with my little girl (let's call her Benna), watching TV while Mommy figures out what she will do today. I got out the Cheerios, milk and fruit and laid it on her little table as I switched the TV to Treehouse for some preschool cartoon fun!

I decided to cook. Other than breakfast, I decided to make Classic Split Pea with Ham soup (using my mom's ham bone from Easter dinner). I ran out of split pea so I supplemented the soup with italian dry lentils instead. And I ran out of fresh garlic so I used a few generous pinches of garlic powder. After a few hours of simmering and stewing, lunch was made! It turned out pretty good despite the few adjustments. I've made this recipe quite a few times now (everytime my mom decides to cook up her famous ham, she saves the bone for me) and I think I'd better put the recipe to rest as I don't want to get sick of it already. I think I've made pea soup 10 times in the last year. That's a lot of ham bones! I've asked my mom to keep it to Easter and Christmas only as it makes it more special this way. (Pics will be added later as my iphone just died for the night.)

Benna and I also made it out to the library and I picked myself up some travel books on Turks and Caicos (our family vacation this year, yay!) and Benna picked out a ton of books, but I cherry-picked which ones actually came home with us. I'm glad she likes the library as this will be my new rainy day activity for her. And from the looks of the weather forecast, we shall be visiting the library quite a few times this week!

We watched the Canucks beat the Predators out of Series 2 tonight, which I'm pretty happy about! Hubby won the weekly playoff ticket draw at the office for Game 7 of Series 2, but now that the Canucks have won, I am hoping that automatically wins us Game 1 of Series 3! We shall see, I guess. Don't want to get too excited.

Tomorrow is a school day for Benna. Hope she wakes up liking it tomorrow. It has been such a battle since we moved to North Vancouver and she started a new school. Quite understandable, of course. But still frustrating. I'm starting to run out of patience with the whining and the crying first thing in the morning. But I do feel for her, she takes so long to adjust to new things. Really long. I hope she grows out of that so life can be a little easier to handle for her.

As for me, I've got my first cardio workout since last Tuesday. I'm going to be regretting skipping last week's workouts for sure. I'm pretty certain boxing will kick my butt tomorrow, but it has to be done. I'm going to Turks and Caicos (see photo) in September and I have to look decent for our travel pics this year. I want to start posting them on Facebook and here, of course!

Anyway, that is my day for today. Oh, and I'm super excited about Anthropologie opening up this Friday on Granville Street. There was a contest of sorts, that I found a little too late on Facebook, asking people to say why they are excited about the Vancouver Anthro opening. The selected winner will receive an invite to the Grand Opening party that Friday night. I emailed past the closing date, but hopefully that will be overlooked. See my AnthroJunkie blog for an update on that later.

Ciao for now.

Mother's Day

Today was a beautiful day!  And I don't mean weather-wise because it was just ok.  It didn't rain but it wasn't sunny either.  

No, today was a beautiful day because the two LOVES of my life made me feel like a princess today on my 3rd Mother's Day!  From the moment I woke up (and I slept in too!) I was showered with love and hugs and kisses!  I received a beautiful card, a trip to the spa, a beautiful orchid (which is perfect because I don't really have the patience for flowers), and a wonderful seafood brunch at The Boathouse!  The day could not have been more perfect!

My magnificent hubby did everything for me today.  I did not lift one finger and it was heaven!

Thank you to my lovely, adorable daughter and perfect, handsome husband for making me feel so special today!  I couldn't ask for a lovelier day.  I love you both infinity-naire!

Love, Mom.  XOXO