Monday, January 31, 2011

Time Is Money?

Tonight the bf and I went to see No Strings Attached (well, actually we went this afternoon, I had the day off and he left work early... shhh...).  SIDE NOTE...I was in my yoga pants and Reetones and he was in as suit - which made me think that people in the theatre must of thought I was his on-the-side honey.  Which might I say, I enjoyed.  But that's another story in itself.

Today, while I had my day off and playing housewife, I accidentally forgot to get eggs.  So on the way home from the movie I ran into 7-11 to get eggs.  7-11 is ON THE WAY HOME, as where a grocery store would be out of the way, got to find parking, walk in, stand in line - blah blah blah.  I grab the eggs and tell the BF that they were only $3.49.  He was appalled.  It's so bizarre - I would consider the $2 extra I paid absolutely worth it.  Why on Earth would I waste 15 minutes from my evening to go to a grocery store to save such a small amount of money?

This is not the first time we have had this discussion either - a few weeks ago we were in Vancouver doing our grocery shopping - we got everything we needed, but he would NOT allow me to spend $4.50 on the bag of mixed peppers, as they are only $2 at the grocery store near our house.  So we had to drive back to Coquitlam, unload the current bag of groceries and then drive back to a different store, to get them (that grocery store, ironically enough was sold out of the peppers, so we had to go and get them the following day).

So I beg the question?  Is my time worth money?  Or is my money worth the time?

If This Doesn't Make You Smile...

...then I'm afraid you may have some serious issues.

Really I just wanted to figure out how to upload a photo - so I figured I may upload a photo of the sweetest love of my life.

This is Frank.  He is a lovebird.  And he's also 12 years old (well almost...)

I've had him since he was only a few weeks old.  I flipping love this little ball of feathers so much I could scream.  People who have never met him must think I'm a nutcase when I speak of him; but ten minutes after their first encounter with him - they're hooked.

He's me.  In bird form.

Loud.  Wanting attention.  Constant preening.  And will stop everything for a little cuddle time.  He loves everyone to bits, unless you cross him (or wake him up from a good slumber).  And he just wants to be happy and love.  Not so bad, eh?

Numero Uno

For awhile now, I've been thinking I need a place where I can go to be creative and write.  Even if it's for my own self satisfaction.  So, here goes - a blog.  I figure why not?  Seems like a logical thing to do - I have fingers to type, a brain to think (at least most of the time) and a computer to use.  Granted, I'm not sure exactly what I'll blog ABOUT; however I'm sure it will all come to me at some point.  I just need an outlet to have a conversation (whether it is to myself, or no one at all).

First of all - a title of a blog?  How am I supposed to even create a title when I'm not sure exactly what I'll blog about?  However, I'm very much into fashion - well, that's not really true - I'm into style.  I think they are two very different things.  I generally think of people who are into "fashion" as people with a lot of money, who have a lot of creative education behind them.  I am not one of those people. I don't have A LOT of money, and my education is nothing creative.  I studied broadcast journalism.  Although if I could go back and do it all again, I would have gone into a fashion education.  However, I digress.

I love style - I have more clothes than a small retail chain.  Some of my clothes are extremely expensive - others are $5 finds from cheapy stores in the mall.  And you know, I have a $10 pair of shoes from Forever 21 that I love equally as much as I love my Louboutins (okay, well I may love the CL's a little more - but still).

My profession is now in a field where I work with horses (well, not directly WITH the horses, but in the same facility as them).  So I figured a cool name for a blog would be Hair Heels and Horses. 

So, that's all for now.  I think I'll go and scope other people's blogs to see what they're talking about... and how they're set up.  I miss using my brain to learn lately - this is a good opportunity for me to use that mass behind my eyes.