Winter Wonderland

With the all the cold weather we've been having lately here in Alberta you would think that I of all people would be locked up in my house hidden under a warm pile of blankets. But it is not so! Life goes on in the frozen wasteland that I call home.

I feel like with all the snow, there's been so much more to do. With the arrival of all our snow, a whole bunch of things comes with it. And so I give you my list of my favourite things about winter:

- Touques! I had to break out my winter jacket last week as well as my mittens and my lovely variety of touques. My current favourite is an old ski touque that my grandpa used to wear. It's awesome because it has the Canadian flag on it.

- Hot chocolate. mmm, mmm. What better way to have your chocolate than in liquid form? I am a master at making hot chocolate. I love experimenting and finding new ways to make my favourite drink even better.

- Winter boots. And I don't mean the fashionable ones that go in and out of style (like uggs, UGH!). I mean the classic, ever practical SorelsI've found that the key to staying warm is to keep my feet warm and sometimes the cutesy little boots I own just don't cut it. I honestly love wearing the big clunky winter boots that go out of style once you leave elementary school.

- Toboganning! I may not be a huge fan of ice-skating and I may have never been snowboarding or skiing before, but I love toboganning. It's fun, it's cheap and it has so many great childhood memories attached.

- Ice fishing. Johnny was shocked when he learned that I love ice fishing. He figured that since I'm Tongan I would avoid the snow at all costs. All I can do is blame my dad. Nothing can keep him from fishing, not even minus 30 weather. He's dragged me out every winter since I was a little girl and now it's become tradition.

Cream of the Crop

Hey folks!

Just thought I'd share a little something that's got me really excited.

When I was in Primary, I had the coolest music director in the world. Legit. Her name was Ginger. I looked forward to going to church because of her. I think that my love for music started with her... Then she started the Pebble Book Club and she made reading cool! I have always looked up to Ginger and whenever she does something, I can't help but think it's the coolest thing in the world. She was super artistic, musically talented and such a great role model for any 10 year old girl to look up to.

And now, 10 years later she's still got it! I was literally just talking about how awesome she is the other day and then I get a link that leads me to this new site she's got started for her new clothing line. When I was a kid she was designing paper dolls and making up tons of fashions for them and now she's doing it for real people! I couldn't be more stoked.

So if you love me, you'll love Ginger. And if you love Ginger, you're gonna love the clothes she's made. What are you waiting for? Check out Cream now!!

Good with Money

I'm so thrifty. But I still buy too much stuff.

I think it's because I save so much that I give myself the excuse that I can splurge on some things every once in a while. Maybe I should see if I can go a week without spending money.

Dang, that would be hard! It's not like I'm a shopaholic or anything. In fact, I hardly ever go shopping just for the heck of it. Most of my money gets spent on food. If I'm too lazy to pack a lunch for school, I just buy one. If I get a hankering for some mini-blizzard love, I just pop over to the DQ next to the Institute building and buy one.

I think if I just carried around cash that would help curb the problem. I find it way harder to actually hand over cash than it is to hand over a debit card. My brain says to me, "That's not money! That's plastic." and so I think nothing of it. That is, until I get that little statement at the end of the month that shows exactly where all my money is going. It's then that I realize how much the little things add up.

But you know what? Things aren't so bad. Heck, if it weren't for Johnny, my bank statement would be so much higher than it is now!

Hooray for boyfriends.

Greetings from Ontario!

You know what's annoying? Just recently I had a totally clever topic to talk about in my next entry, but I didn't write it right away and now I've forgotten it. I know, I'm sorry. I'm a terrible bloggist. Blogger. Whatever.

But anyways, I'm in Ontario! I'm here with the rugby team and we're here for Nationals. We've played two games so far and play our final game tomorrow morning. I wish I could say we'll be playing in the final for the gold, but we just lost our game this morning, so instead we're fighting for bronze tomorrow. No big deal though. We've done a great job. We've been completely undefeated up until this point and tomorrow's game shows promise.

Anyway, enough about rugby - it's all I've been talking about for the past 2 months - here's a photo from our daytrip to Writing-On-Stone. We had great weather and tons of fun climbing around in the hoo doos. If you ever find yourself in Southern Alberta, go check it out. It's tons of fun for everyone. (And getting into the park is freeeee!)

PS - guess who got 90% on her psychology test, this girl!