How to treat a girl on her birthday

Recently, it was my 21st birthday. So I comprised a list of things to do on a girls birthday.

Birthdays are many people’s favourite time of year. I mean, you get a whole day to celebrate your life up until this point. For me, and I am sure many others, it's hit and miss. There are things you want to happen and other things you just do not.

1. Do not remind the woman of her age

Yes, we know how old we are. We have been counting and stressing over crow's feet since we learned what they were. So please, don’t yell across the table at the party and say, “Oh my god, I can’t believe you're 21,” because frankly, neither can we.

2. We want cake 

Don’t assume because we have some food regiments we like to follow, does not mean we don’t have an appetite. We LOVE cake (and cupcakes and anything else that's sweet). Women are just as moved by cake as flowers (or at least I am). Cake is the way to my soul, especially on my birthday.

3. Bring presents, or don’t

We love to receive gifts, but what we appreciate more is your company. We love to be surrounded by friends and we love to hear a funny story about how crazy we are when we're drunk.

4. Please don’t use the “I was going to buy you a present but…” (directly related to 3)

We are college students. We're on budgets. We're poor. Don’t give excuses, because chances are I’ve either made them myself (not realizing how awful they are), or I understand your level of poor.  Seriously we get it, hug us and enjoy the party!

5. Stick together

On birthdays, it's common to go out drinking. Do not leave. You never realize how drunk you are until you're looking for your friends, the room is spinning and you have to pee. You should try to stick as close to your friends as possible. This is a general drinking rule. To make the most of everyone's night, the time you spend together will be the best. Then tomorrow you can make fun of each other as much as you want, because why not?

6. Don't make a big deal

This one follows the age rule. Yes, we want to have a good time on our birthday, but we also do not want you to make a spectacle. We are coping with some sort of change here. Make the birthday gal feel comfortable, and most of all make sure she's having fun. Whatever level of spectacle she might enjoy, it’s better to check first.

7. If you have never spoken to me in person, do not wish me happy birthday on Facebook. 

Chances are if you don’t recognize my name under your birthday notifications., then 1) You probably shouldn't have me on Facebook, and 2) Do not make a fake “Oh my God, happy birthday, wish we hung out more,” post.

8. Do not reveal huge secrets on birthdays (not bad ones anyway)

It should be a general rule not to reveal anything life-altering on a birthday. Some secrets are worse then others. but I assure you, most of the time aging is horrifying enough.

9. Don’t make silly birthday jokes

Singing “You look like a monkey, and you act like one too,” will probably earn you a, “Haha. Get out.” Don’t make silly jokes. We are all mature here. Or at least, some of us are. We are all up for some random humor, but birthday jokes are kind of annoying.

10. Most of all, enjoy your day!

Yes, you are a year older, but think about this way, you are much wiser. Or at least, believe you are. Birthdays are meant to be fun, so go ahead. Have fun, collegiettes!

Where I've been, what I've been up to?

It's been months, blog readers.

Literally months!

I've been terribly busy since I returned to university and it's a big year. My third to be exact.

Third year has brought many challenges. My health, a huge course load, theater, volunteering and work.

This year I have put myself out there in the world, and, frankly it wasn't as scary as I thought.

See I have been very social this year. I've even gone on my first university pub crawl. It was a lot of fun.

I've gone to a place call Clay Cafe! And, I made crafty art. Disclaimer: I did not make the mug, just painted it.

One of the few things I did participate in in high school was theater, so, this year I decided with great enthusiasm for the theater company at my university. So far, it's been a lot of work but a tremendous experience that I am enjoying greatly. And yes, stage managing is a huge job!

I have rejoined the work force at the same place I was before I returned home for the summer, it has been super rewarding as well.

It was a brief introduction to what I have been up to lately.
I will attempt each week to post something from now on. I promise!

Taco Salad Fun!!

So I am posting this moblily so please bear with me typo wise!

I am in the process of moving back into the city for my third year of university. And surprisingly that happened quicker then I would have liked.

Summer flew by! A cliche I know, but true notheless.

So in my past time I have been cooking up some new and some personal favourite recipe. I have been, for the most part, preparing recipes has been a challenge. Recently, I committed myself to accepting the challenge and keeping myself occupied in the short days I have left in my parents home! Today, I made a very simple recipe for taco salad.

To make the taco salad, you need fresh ingredients.
1 pckge of lean ground beef
1 pckge of Taco Seasoning (you can use Old Elpaso, or Taco Bell, I like both!)
1 large tomato (chopped)
1 1/2 heads of Romane lettuce (sliced or chopped)
2 cups of shredded cheese
1 bag of Tositios tortilla chips (crushed)

1. You in a medium frying pan, cook lean ground beef on med heat, until almost fully cooked. Then add your taco season and fry for another 2-3 minutes until most of season has been absorbed.

2. In a large bowl, combine lettuce, tortilla chips, chopped tomatoes, cheese and hamburger.

3. You will need at this point to make your dressing. (Which I will tell you about below)

4. Make sure you mix these ingredients together well.

Dressing time!

3 tablespoons of Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons of vingear
2 tablespoons of honey mustard flavour (basically just a added flavour)
1/2 teaspoon of salt and pepper
1/2 cup of vegetable oil.

1. You will need to wisk together the Dijon mustard and vingear.
2. Add your salt and pepper
3. Combine & wisk your vegetable oil slowly.
4. Add the honey mustard, wisking until dressing is semi-thick

You will then need to add the dressing to the salad.

Finally, you add salsa and sour cream when you serve!

An update

Where have you been you ask? I've been pulled away from my fun summer adventures because my Mum has fallen ill.

It happened so quickly that none of us had any time to think about the foreseeable future.

Other then that, I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off as I prepare to return to university, which is like a month and a half away.

Summer flew by like no tomorrow. Seems like just yesterday I was putting away my books for a long four months. On the bright side, it's FRIDAY

Hopefully soon, I will get some free time because I have some lovely updates and fun timezzz to share with you all.

Till next time,

June Haul!

In light of my May haul, I figured why not a June haul.

About a week ago, my mother and I made our way to one of the bigger cities in my tiny province. And, I'm all about discount shopping. So I took to the stores of a huge mall, twice the size of one I normally visit. So many lovely stores to visit and find deals.

I'm not sure how many people prefer tea over coffee. But I'm one of those people. I usually shop at Starbucks owned company Teavana. However, David's Tea is a small more affordable company. So off I went in search of a tea set.

And, boy did I certainly have find one -

So, now, a bargain you ask? I got the tea pot and cups for less then 30.00. The cups came free with the purchase of the pot. I considering purchasing an individual cup with infuser. But, the tea pot was the best deal.

And loose tea is probably the best quality tea you can buy.

We made a trip to Marshall's! Yes, Marshall's. Bulk quality stuff for cheaper prices. I searched the racks for a cute find, however, I found nothing I really wanted until I found the mugs.

Okay, so you could say I have a bit of an obsession with mugs/tea/and tea pots.  But for 3.99 for a 10.00 cup, I couldn't pass it up!

Keep calm and drink tea.

That was quite possibly the steal of the day!

My Mom and I spent some time looking at other stores around this large and quite fabulous city, until our stomachs rumbled and we decided to grab a bite to eat at an old favourite pasta/pizza joint of ours.

I ordered some spaghetti and meatballs, and she rice and rigatoni with sausage and chicken. With complimentary "all-you-can-eat" salad and bread.

They were delicious.

Last stop was as Mom desired, Old Navy, I've never shopped there much and I didn't figure I would really find anything there. But I went looking anyway. I need a pair of sandals. It was a great place as they were sandal sale and dress sale. And, I definitely love dresses.

So, I looked for stuff in my price range. Which isn't very big.

Got sandals for less then 5.00$ and the dress for 7.99$!

And the dress, was cute too...

All in all, I found some great deals, and even more then that I got quite a few things that I love. This is the contents of my June Haul.

I recommend this product

I started a new thing on my blog about different products I'm using. I love makeup, all kinds of makeup.

A website that sells cosmetic tools and cosmetics - My Make Up Brush Set  allowed me to get a fully equipped brush set. With a professional brush set, your brushes will need proper care. That includes regular cleanings. Kind of like the dentist, ha, ha.

I recently went to a local Sephora. I advertised this company in an earlier post. Magical experience to be actually inside the store!

My first stop was to pick up a brush cleanser.

How many times have you come home from a long day, and you've had your most of your make up sweat off or isn't as long lasting as you though.

Eye makeup usually is much more resilient then foundations, and primers, and it can cause your skin to appear more wrinkled as the years go on, especially if the makeup is not wash/removed on a regular basis.

I used to work as a sales representative for a company for awhile. I've loved some of their products. That company is Avon!

Recently I've purchased a couple of items. One being, as my above rant would suggest, an eye makeup remover.

  Secondly, I would like to give mention to a cream blush product I also got from Avon. A lovely light combination of a highlighter and base blush. I'm into the darker colors so I went wish a redish brown color.

As part of this new segment...I recommend these products!

A few things I've been up to (June 14th)... A little late

It's been so long my friends, I'm kind of in the process of re-creating this blog.

What I've been up to, you ask?

-Spending time with my lovely boyfriend!

It was his birthday on Saturday, so between ice cream cake and home made pizza (his Mom is an amazing cook!) We had a great day and a half!

He got some lovely gifts. My boyfriend has two passions: Stars Wars & Cars (muscle cars, I assume more so then others)

-I've been spending most of my time at my parents home in the serene country. In other words, I've been living in the middle of no where, very isolated.

I've been spending some time running/walking.

Recently, my hips have been starting to ache in the form of what we assume to be arthritis. A history in my family is common. However, this past fall, I was bunted by a car in the city, furthering my injuries. Running had become a slight problem.

But, slowly with some effort here and there I am able to walk/run nearly half (a little bit over) a km a day.

A little excitement in my life surrounds my lovely boyfriend and a nice run at days end.