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Tea, chocolate, and jewellery.

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

It all started with a “Buy $10 worth at BulkBarn and get $3 off” coupon. I swear, these Bulk Barn people know exactly how to get me in the door. For those who are not familiar with the store, it’s everything in large bins, from flour and candy, to dog food. Do you know how challenging it is to load up on $10 worth of loose tea leaves? Seven different kinds later and a bar of organic white chocolate I was out of there, happy! I successfully avoided the gummy candy aisle, that had my name flashing on it with tacky Vegas light bulbs.

And would you just look at what else I found?!?! Imagine me doing a super fast clap and squealing with delight – that’s precisely what I did when I saw these lovelies. I adore crazy fashion jewellery, and appreciate it even more when it’s a good brand… and on sale. Good marketing, that’s how they always get me, tsk tsk. Today I’m a happy camper. Typing this with rings on my fingers, while having a nice cup of lavender black tea with white choco. Just perfect!

It’s Gold!

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

The excitement level was running high, first with a ‘free birthday drink’ and now this! I opened the envelope. “Congratulations” read the card with a glimmer of gold shining through a cutout star. I was the proud owner of a Starbucks gold card, with my name on it! I think it’s safe to say that I’m a huge sucker for good marketing. I even showed off the card to my mom, where she asked “What does the card give you?” … absolutely nothing. Yet it still makes me happy. Then for my ‘Birthday drink” I decided to live on the edge and ordered a venti earl grey tea with two tea bags. Take that Starbucks!

Butter Avenue – New Store!

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

There is no better way to end off the year and ring in the new one than with the grand opening of the much anticipated Butter Avenue pâtisserie & café.  I’m sure that by now you all know how much I LOVE macarons.  They are bite sized little pieces of heaven.  The lovely people at Butter Avenue have got it down to perfection, and I’m not just saying that because the owners are good friends of mine.  Tina along with her brother Calvin have opened up a this little pastry shop by Yonge and Lawrence area (3467 Yonge St. Toronto ON. M4N 2N3).  I had the pleasure to attend their grand opening where macarons were flying off the shelves, especially sea salt caramel ones.  Drop by if you are in the area or if you’re looking for a different, yet classy dessert to bring to a dinner party. Oh, and they also would make perfect ‘guest favours’ for a wedding. Just saying…   In the meantime, here are some photos I took of the new café and their glorious desserts.

Tis the season…

Monday, November 8th, 2010

…when everything goes “Holiday.” I have a love-hate relationship with the transition. This year it started more with ‘Love’ when I got the new Joy tea (available just for the holidays) in a very adorable red Starbucks cup. As one of my favourite genius marketing companies, they have outdone themselves yet again. New cups, lattes, and teas, adorable holiday merchandise, it’s all very pretty. I’m sure the ‘hate’ part of our relationship will come with holiday music and frantic Christmas shopping. ‘Til then enjoy the seasonal drinks.

Random Wednesday – Updates

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

This time around the post is ON Wednesday! I feel like days are blending into one long continuous mess. Can’t keep up with my regular schedule due to the spontaneous ‘virtual tours,’ which are fun to do, but extremely boring to post. Who wants to see interior photos of the houses? Yaaay! Some blogging reorganization is definitely in order. For now, I’ll just post sporadically. I have so many photos to share, and no, not of the houses. Will catch time by it’s tail, and make things happen.

This week had significant tech updates, well significant for me anyway. New Macs came out and the new Creative Suite CS5. Apple lowered the price on the new 17inch Mac book pro. “Grrr” I say “Grrrr”! Faster processor, better graphics card, and a longer battery. Will I update? Nope. My sexy silver beast of a machine works really well, and I’m not going to trade it in for a slightly improved version! Now, Photoshop CS5 on the other hand… I drool over that thing. Stayed up till 3am just to see all the new features. So many new possibilities! So many things were long overdue and now they are finally here! Still have to wait for almost two month for it to be here, but I’ll make sure to do happy “get here sooner” dances around my house! I’m getting bouncy just thinking about it. NERD!

Have been eating a lot of Pho lately. Mmmm Pho!

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