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My fiance returned to university to complete his degree the same week he turned 30. I'm stuck in a job I couldn't bear to turn into a career...going back to school at 26 (well, at least 27, if I go back next year) is scary but my fiance'...

I already cooked from my own herbs, let's step it up a notch   The best zucchini bread I've ever tasted, and I made it with yellow zucchini straight from my own garden!

I'm not masochistic enough to endeavour to build the whole box myself, but I'd certainly like to have one, and fill it with a nice soil blend, and grow this vegetable and that vegetable so that when I make a spaghetti sauce, I can go out...

Words can't describe the relief I felt immediately after asking for a demotion to accomodate my return to school. I asked my manager on March 29th, the day after I returned from 2 weeks off. Negotiations and discussions with her and the ...

It seems like every lolita in my local comm has burando in their closet...and then there's me, staring out a rainy window and wondering when AP or Baby will come my way   Angelic Pretty's Dream Marine has always been a bit of a grail o...

His name is "Snail Decorative Object" -- he's from Anthropologie and I love him. (My cousin and mom went to ridiculous lengths to get him under the tree for me for Christmas and I'm sooo pleased with how great he looks in real life)

 My late aunt really really loved Christmas -- her apartment was always totally decked out, and she kept her tree up well after New Years. In fact, she would take all the Christmas bulbs and garlands off and put hearts and red garlands t...

Ever since I was a child, my parents have been getting Frasier firs at Atwater Market for Christmas every year. The smell of a Frasier is pure nostalgia for me, and practically synonymous with the holidays in my mind. When JR moved into ...

 When I tell you I cried, what I mean is "I burst into tears, laughing, and jumped up and down while hugging my fiance, who was also crying" I cannot tell you how proud, how excited, how relieved I am. I applied on Nov 4th, my applicati...

Started July 2nd, 2017, completed Nov 21st, 2020. It was a real labour of love. Final point tally: pending  

There are a lot of things we take for granted, and I find that's especially true with the things I love about summer. With summer pretty much cancelled this year, due to covid and the related social distancing measures, I think I'll make...

I've wanted them since I was 12 ;-;   Honestly, these were THE shoes in my emo phase. My dream sneakers. I had a choice between the Kelly green hi tops and grey-checkered lo tops with broken hearts on them and....I did not choose the gr...

Okay, I didn't get "marshmallow fluff" (the literal actual brand), but I figure this is essentially the same thing. And umm?? It's not often in my adult life that I've felt like I need instructions on how to eat something. Usually when I...

Maybe once my niece starts talking -- any time now *fingers crossed*   Okay so the younger one called me "auntie Chelsea" yesterday....I'm taking what I can get, because the older one has decided I'm just "Chelsea" and it won't be long ...

I made a mojito! I muddled fresh mint from my godmother's garden with sugar, squeezed fresh lime juice, added a generous splash of spiced rum (we had no white) and then topped with club soda. It went super well with tempura.

Watched the Perseid meteor shower from my godmother's place in Ontario -- even though she lives in a rather rural area, there was still enough light pollution that we didn't see too much. Maybe 5-6 meteors over the course of a couple ho...

They fought so hard for that chocolate babka on Seinfeld....I wanna see what all the fuss was about Okay I see why they fought for it. I have yet to try a cinnamon one, so I can't confirm that chocolate is that much better..... But the ...

We made the offer to buy back in September, and they accepted...with an April 1st move-in date. Things were looking a little touchy for a while there, with the coronavirus situation, but we managed to sign our mortgage on March 18th and ...

While it took some time to come together, and I've only recently become accustomed to really USING the room, I've technically had ~MY office~ since we moved in. I never believed I'd have my own home office at 26.

 Nooodles

It was so close to happening with the pizza place and the depanneur near our old apartment but alas, we moved ;-; It finally happened! I go to the same Tim Hortons every day for my coffee before work, and then on the one day I brought ...

Ok, wild, these taste like a milder plum with really firm skin  They've started showing up in my local grocery store and I can't deny...I've been curious since I first played Animal Crossing  

 How sweet it is. F*ck you w*lmart

With DISTINCTION, thank you very much, for my Bachelor of Fine Arts :) 

Tried a A/Maze's "Bunker" escape room last year with a friend and my fiance and we failed miserably, but my second attempt (with a few friends) was a success! We beat A/Maze's "Spacecraft Horizon" with 5 minutes to spare~

We did the Cirque Diabolique at LaRonde...it was fun and I appreciated the designs and little details but I wasn't very scared. I mostly winked and waved at the maniac clowns haha Not a real one, but one of the ones that pops up around ...

I did it!! 50/50: Amaou Strawberry Dark Chocolate Cranberry Almond "Everyday Luxury" Dark Matcha Matcha Double Berry Almond Luxury Kodawari no Strawberry Otona no Amase Matcha Matcha Leaves Purple Yam Easter Break Banana Iyo...

 We did afternoon tea at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth! It was my first experience with the local lolita comm, and my first time wearing lolita outside of a convention. 10/10 would do again (and the food was soooo good!)

Very tasty! I loved the variety of textures. The only thing is I got tired of the same smoothie the whole time, so maybe split down the middle between two kinds? Also very filling!

The chocolate wafer was surprisingly good for an 80 cent treat, but the sticker was the real draw. I looked for the entire trip and ended up only finding the Bikkuriman wafers in a store right near our hotel on the very last night. Ours ...

As we were sitting down at the Kitkat Chocolatory Cafe, the couple beside us was getting up to go. The woman leaned over and told us that we absolutely had to try the drinking chocolate. And so we ordered one of each kind. Zero regrets, ...

I tried it as drinking chocolate at the Kitkat Chocolatory Cafe in Ginza. It was rich and delicious, with a fruity note. 

We went early and didn't get to do any shopping, but we got great photos of a lot of the shutter art

We went to the Kagaya restaurant in Tokyo! A super weird, amazing experience, and I'd do it again if I could!

Oh my god, for a fast food burger, this was just too good. We went to the one in Akihabara 

Mochi ice cream isn't actually that big a deal in Japan as expected? Like the only kind I could find was one we have back home. Still good tho.

We saw Flower Troupe perform Casanova in Tokyo on March 29th! :) 

 We got engaged in a swan paddleboat under the sakura trees at Inokashira pond. It was perfect

 I couldn't imagine a more perfect ring. It's a deep blue sapphire, flanked by pear-shaped white diamonds, set in white gold.

The museum was crowded but oh so whimsical! Sad they didn't allow photos inside, but oh well.

We got the season-limited white chocolate and strawberry pancakes at Micasadeco in Harajuku...they were perfect, and amazing, and delicious, and we were so full in the end!  

Tokyo Disneyland was great! I do think I like Disneyworld more, and would like to see Disney Sea now.

We not only rented kimono and got dressed by pros, we hired a pro photog to give us a tour of Asakusa. It was AMAZING

Incredible! Tokyo's blossoms were mostly a very pale pink (bordering on white), but were lovely nonetheless.

Can I just live there, actually? (still my sentiment after having gone back)  

I got one to take pictures of cherry blossoms in Tokyo. It's not the lens I had used previously, but I'm going to have a lot of fun learning how to use it.

I find Tim Hortons has really gone downhill, but I also feel like winning something with Roll-up is a Canadian rite of passage so I forced myself to buy my tea there for a bit. After years of trying I won a free coffee...which I'll give ...

Update: My best friend gave me a Sailor Moon umbrella for my birthday!! It's a shame it's the winter though, it won't get any use until spring ;o; I lost my peacock one so I need an even better one to replace it    

It wasn't my name in the sky...but my boyfriend, who is terrible at/hates keeping secrets, organized a full surprise party for my birthday, with all my family and friends. I've never felt so loved and valued by the people in my life, and...

UPDATE: I got an Instax Mini 9 in lime green!! Thank youuuu employee discount Either polaroid or instax, or anything, really I'm not picky  

Picking apples with a cute date just sounds kind of perfect

Completely by accident, a friend ordered one bottle of hot sake at a restaurant and was brought two...he needed help to finish the second, and while I hadn't planned to drink that night, who can pass up a free drink? I'm not a huuuge fan...

I expected it to be a novel skill that would get added to my pile of things I know how to do, but never bother with.....instead, I can't wait for my semester to finish so I finally have time to work on another embroidery project. It's ve...

Margherita pizza made with my own basil. Crust was terribly burnt on my first attempt, but the second was delicious! 

It was peach and it was amaaaazing  

O Noir is this restaurant here in Montreal where you eat in complete and utter darkness. It makes for a very unique and intimate dining/dating experience ;) It was so fun!! My boyfriend was nervous at first but quickly got used to it. O...

Super overpriced (but delicious) jumbo hotdogs in the parking lot of TCC during Anime North!  

Persona series photoshoot at Anime North 2018~  

Viniq: very pretty, but tastes like death.  

May or may not have almost fought a mouthy freshman...but to be fair, she was screaming out answers from the sidelines during a bar trivia contest  

 Valentines day...we had fondue after a ton of Japanese barbecue...and while watching Coming to America haha

I like music and I like making out and I'm pretty sure I'd like making out to live music.

It's always been my dream...so far, I haven't had the balls to pursue it.  

 Coffee pu'erh, from Davidstea...I like it very much

I started a studyblr~  

I've always wanted to see another artist's take on one of my characters

Just got Food Fortunes! While it doesn't match up with the typical tarot deck exactly, it still has four suits and a major arcana, and the standard number of cards. I love how different it is!  

I really need to fly the nest and find my own space. Independence is the name of the game

Preferably an actual Jojo ;)  

The most I've ever done is one costume each day for three days...let's double it >:) (or at least for one day)    

Who doesn't want to wear layers and layers of cute things? Bonus points for brand

I often have made elements of my cosplay (a school jacket or tiered frilly skirt) but have never crafted the whole thing. I'd really like to take a stab at it (excluding shoes, wigs, and lenses of course)  

I've just always wanted to go ;w;

I wanted to get them all in this trip but Cinderella wasn't around ;-; I did get a pic with her as a kid though, so I guess that counts...all told, this was a tough one to complete~

Very inexpensive little souvenirs~  

France had the best food (with Japan as a close second), but Morocco had the best drinks~  

Between May 19th, 2016, and May 19th, 2017~  

I ended up doing Briar Rose's forest outfit from Sleeping Beauty :D  Disneybounding is apparently when you dress up in an outfit inspired by a Disney character, while going to Disney :) I'm thinking I'd do either Belle or Mulan...   ...

 Didn't buy anything, but tried on a buuuunch~

I've never been bold enough ;-;  

I WENT ON THE BIGGEST RIDE IN DISNEY'S ANIMAL KINGDOM (I'm v afraid of heights and rollercoasters)  

Mulan has been my favourite Disney character (and subsequently mythic character) since I was like 5  

The last time I was at Disney World, I was 12. Needless to say, I wasn't able to drink (nor did I have much interest in it). Since becoming an adult, however, it's been revealed to me that there are an awful lot of places to get tipsy in...

At Tony's (the Lady and the Tramp restaurant) in Disney's Magic Kingdom :)  

Haven't been since I was 12...but I miss it a bunch

IT WAS GASTON <3 I may love the princesses most, but I do love my villains as well. On my next trip to Disneyworld, I'll do my best to find a villain to take a picture with~  

I'm going to Disney World in 2017 and love pineapple~  

 When I was like 9 and 12 the first two times I went to Disney, I thought I was too cool and that the mouse ears were for babies. 12 year old me was trying to pick up all the Disneyworld hotties. Oh gosh. So now I wanna go back and wear ...

I thought I was gonna die on Splash Mountain  

Word on the street is, it should be legal here by next year. I'm sure shops selling legal yummies should quickly follow~  

If they ever get around to releasing it *side eyes Atlus*