Shopping

Today I went to Shoppers Drug Mart.  I swear it is the worst store in terms of shopaholicy for me.  The only thing I “needed” when I went in there was some new Method Shower Cleaner.  $4.99 worth of product.  That’s it.  I ended up spending $55.  Oops.  I got some new Quo tweezers (so I don’t have to drag my good pair over to Jason’s every weekend), and some Maybelline eyeliner, and some Sally Hansen nail polish, and a new bottle of Aveeno lotion.

However, the Maybelline eyeliner is a “good” extra purchase.  Lately I’ve been realizing just how much of a brand-snob I am.  Not that I will only use/wear the best brands.  It’s more like once I find something I like, I just stick with it and don’t experiment with anything else.  So for make-up, that’s pretty much MAC.  For clothes, I’ve been hitting up Dynamite and Smart Set and Below the Belt and Off the Wall…and that’s about it.  Anyways, I decided about a month ago that I was going to slowly venture out of my comfort zone, if you will.  It’s taken this long, but I have made the first step.  So I’m pretty proud of myself.

I’m going to do a mani and pedi before I go to bed tonight.  I could go to bed early, but I’ve been wanting to do this for a few weeks.  So tonight’s the night.  And I still need to get around to dyeing my hair.  Soon.

In other news, Jason is moving to Fort McMurray.  It’s like 99% official.  I don’t think it’s going to be easy (I see myself as fairly needy for attention), but I honestly see myself with him in the long-term, so it’s going to work out.  We’ve talked lots about it – it’s not so great right now, but it will definitely set us on the right path for our future.  The move-out date hasn’t been set yet, but it’ll probably be in about 3 weeks.  So that time is probably going to be filled with me spending as much time with him as possible.  And I have every intent of stockpiling as many hugs as possible.  :-)

School is going fairly well.  There’s still a part of me that doesn’t understand why I’m pursuing something I’m still not sure I want to do career-wise.  But I guess this is as good a way to find out as any.  So far I’m finding it really interesting.  I’m getting frustrated with a lot of the drawing stuff really easily – but I have learned that my mind sees things in terms of rectangles (and rectangular prisms).  So throw a triangle, or anything with a slant, and it doesn’t translate well.  It’s a start.

I still think Jill’s suggestion of becoming a project manager or something for house flips would be a good career fit.  Not sure how that will work in terms of moving to a small town though.  But I think Jason is right when he says I’ll probably enjoy hands-on work more than sitting in front of a computer all day.

Any other possible career ideas are always welcome though.

Here’s some pictures of a couple houses that I think look really cool.  I figured they’d be a bit more appealing than the pictures I took of concrete last week.  ;-)  But you’ve been forewarned, there will probably be many other building pictures following these.

Home Again

So I’m back from Montréal.  It was a great trip overall, but it’s definitely nice to be home again.  I have plans to write a much longer, more detailed post; definitely when I’m not super tired (and having to work in a couple hours).

I should probably note that in my last post I said Jason was looking into working in Fort Macleod…it’s actually Fort McMurray (and I changed it in the last post).

For now, I am going to have a quick nap, and a quick bite to eat.  Ciao!

Bon Voyage!

I leave for Montreal in 11 hours!!!  I will be back on Monday.  And chances are, I won’t be blogging while I’m away (although stranger things have happened).

But I went to SAIT today to find everything.  And pick up my new laptop.  So I will definitely be playing around with it next week.

In other news, Jason is looking into a position up in Fort McMurray.  I completely support him (although I know I’ll miss him like crazy if it all works out).  It will suck a bit for the 2 years I’m in school, but we’ll be in a much better position after that (like probably buying a house!).  And considering the conditions up there, it is a much better option for him to go there and make money than it would be for me to go.  :-p

Right now, I need to get a bit of sleep so jet-lag doesn’t completely kill me.  So have a great weekend.  TTYL!