Mine - Taylor Swift

You were in college, working part-time, waiting tables
Left a small town and never looked back
I was a flight risk, afraid of fallin'
Wondering why we bother with love, if it never lasts

I say, "Can you believe it?"
As we're lyin' on the couch
The moment, I can see it
Yes, yes, I can see it now

Do you remember, we were sittin' there, by the water?
You put your arm around me for the fist time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Flash forward, and we're takin' on the world together
And there's a drawer of my things at your place
You learn my secrets and figure out why I'm guarded
You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes

But we got bills to pay
We got nothin' figured out
When it was hard to take
Yes, yes

This is what I thought about:

Do you remember, we were sittin' there, by the water?
You put your arm around me for the fist time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Do you remember all the city lights on the water?
You saw me start to believe for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Oh, oh, oh, oh

And I remember that fight, two-thirty AM
You said everything was slipping right out of our hands
I ran out, crying, and you followed me out into the street

Braced myself for the goodbye, cause that's all I've ever known
Then, you took me by surprise
You said, "I'll never leave you alone."

You said, "I remember how we felt, sitting by the water.
And every time I look at you, it's like the first time.
I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter.
She is the best thing that's ever been mine."

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Do you believe it?
We're gonna make it now
And I can see it

I can see it now

New Habits

Recently, I've been reminiscing about the fact that there are so many things that are new in my life. If I would have told myself at 18 if I would be who I am now, I never would have believed it. And I don't mean this in a bad way. But I've gained interest in things I wasn't interested in before. I've realized recently how many side activities I do. I'm interested in so many things I don't have enough time to fulfill all my wishes. Some of the things I've gain interest in recently:

• Fitness: I've always been a really really lazy girl. I'm not the sporty type. I don't like sweating and risking getting myself hurt. However, I've always loved the outdoors so I used to do crazy things like white river rafting. But until recently, I had never been to the gym. And until even more recently, I had never played a team sport. I now go to the YMCA about twice a week and I am in a ball hockey league with my work. It's kinda crazy to me that I play hockey. It's such a weird concept...
• Nutrition: And my regained interest in fitness brought another one for healthy lifestyle, including being more aware of what I eat. I've always enjoyed good food, however I would also eat poutine and cheeseburger on a regular basis. I always considered that since I was naturally slim, I could afford it. But now that I exercie regularly, which makes me feel good, i feel like eating a cheeseburger with fries just totally cancels it out. And I'm not just talking about weight. Because even if I'd like to lose another 5 pounds, i'm not really in any need to lose weight. i'm talking about feeling good and looking a bit more fit and muscular. I joined myfooddiary.com and learned a bit more about what I ate that pushes me over the edge of my daily calories. It helped me out a lot to see where and when I ate badly. Now I don't even crave poutine as much. I'll still eat it, 'cause I believe in not depriving yourself of any pleasure but I crave way less fried food than before!
• Dogs: Kinda sounds weird but I've always been a cat person. I've owned cats and think they are lovely creatures. Big dogs scare me. They get all excited and run towards you, barking and jump on you and I pee my pants. I remember when me and Cait went to pick up Charlotte (our lovely kitten) she house where she was staying owned 4 dogs. 4. I got out of the car, gasp and hid. The owner was nice enough to put them in the backyard. However, now I feel like a dummy because working at the SPCA lead me to love dogs more and more. To the point where I really want one one. A small one of course, because big dogs still are kinda scary. But yeah, this is a new found love which I will have to fulfill one day!
• Fashion: I used to be jean, t-shirt, sneakers and ponytail girl. I've gained interested in not only fashion, but beauty and trends. I now love makeup more. I now love shoes more. I still can't wear really high heels even though I think they are gorgeous, but I refuse to be 6'3 with 5 inches heels. A girl has got to have limits. I'm too tall for gorgeous shoes. However, I've gained interest in the last couple of years in clothes and purses and necklaces. I still have a pretty easy going style; however I do put more effort into looking easy going! ;)

I think these are the main things that changed about me in the last couple of years! It's kind of interesting to look back and see how you grew. I mean, there's obviously a lot more things about me that has changed, my personality and my outlook on life. However, these are activities that I now do I never thought I would bother with when I was in high school. I remember rolling my eyes are people talking about hockey...and now I play it!

Sprinkles Cupcakes

Tonight i made cupcakes from a Spinkles mix I bought when I visited my friend Maresa in Toronto. I have a tendancy to buy things when i'm on vacation I wouldn't normally buy! So anyways, I finally decided to try it. They took me about 1 hour and a half to make, mostly because I don't have an electric mixer so I mostly beat by hand or with a hand blender. It's quite the pain!

They turned out allright, except the chocolate for the frosting needed to be melted (from their original baker's square) and then cooled to room temperature. I therefore put the bowl in the fridge after melting the chocolate, thinking I was being clever. The damn chocolate got hard at the bottom and on the sides of the bowl (without even being cold!)

So there's little chunks of chocolate in my frosting...oh well, i'll pretend I intented for that all along!

Makeup galore

So I haven't been good lately. Almost a month without posting! Oups!

I thought I’d share some of my latest obsession which is makeup. It’s kinda strange as I don’t even wear makeup on a daily basis. I’m a brush your hair and your teeth and you’re good to go kind of girl. However, I’ve always enjoyed taking the time to apply makeup when going out or for special events. At work however, I wear my glasses and my hair in a ponytail often, making it pointless to wear makeup. But lately I started applying makeup even when going to work, just for the fun of it. I’ve also, of course, bought a bunch of new makeup.

My first buy was the Mac Bronzer. I’ve never had bronzer before and I’m really pale so it’s a must. But since I’m so pale, bronzer scared me. I didn’t want to look unnatural or dirty. I really love my Mac because it’s very sheer and it goes on very naturally. It looks super dark in the compact, but it’s not at all. My shade is ‘golden’.

I had also purchase some things from Mark which is a sub-branch of avon. My favourite purchase are the Speedway, a little foundation stick you can carry around in your purse for touch ups. I use it as concealer as well. My shade is ‘ivory’.

My next amazing find is the Mark makeup brushes mini kit. It’s completely amazing. It’s this cute black and pink pouch with 5 basic brushes. It fits easily in your purse and the brushes are pretty good and sturdy even though they are so short.

My latest purchase has been from Everyday Mineral. This is a new company aiming at natural organic products. What I really like about them is that you can purchase a sample size for 2$, permitting you to try out different shades and find your perfect one before committing to one. They also offer a 3 different shades sampler with every purchase. Pretty awesome! I got their eyeliner brush (which is amazing!) and their eyeliner powder in ‘little black dress’ shade.

This was the first time I’ve ever used powder eyeliner and I loved it. It gives a much more natural look than the pencil or liquid kind. I’ve heard about this company through the website The Lo Down who has pretty cool beauty tips.

Speaking of beauty tips, a friend from work introduced me to this girl who gives makeup tutorial on youtube. She can be kind of annoying sometimes, but she obviously knows what she’s doing and she has excellent tips!

Last shootout at my current favourite liptstick, the Laura Mercier in Pink Champagne. I bought it in January at Sephora during a trip to New York City. They had a box of Sephora’s favourite lipstick, which I bought to get to try many. I hadn’t been using this one so much until recently. It works with my complexion perfectly and it’s not too pink, but not too red. It‘s really easy to pull it off!