The best little gift, you'd have never thought

Once for my sister-in-law's bday I got her a bunch of small, fun giftie things. I picked most of these things up at Winners because they're a really great store for stuff like that (and similarly HomeSense, of course) - just from the check-out line really (in the 'impulse buy' section), on my way out of the store.

One of the things I happened to pick up for her was something called a Bottle-abra. Basically it's a little cork-type contraption that you put into a wine bottle so that you're able to elegantly appoint a candle high enough to light up the whole spread of a dining table, instead of trying to kick it's '70s style and cram the candle into the bottle opening yourself only to have wax drip and form like barnacles on the sides of the repurposed wine bottle (which, for the record, I actually quite like the look of). I didn't think much of this item; thought it was cool, but when I was trying to decide between picking up one or two for her gift I just went with one because I didn't want her to be inundated with two stupid giftie things should they prove to be a lame purchase on my part.

Since that time - about two years ago - I can't tell you how many times she and her husband have commented to me that the Bottle-abra (you know, instead of candelabra) is the greatest thing they've ever had the pleasure of using in their home. Man, why didn't I get two? And since then do you think I've been able to find these things any where else!?, in any stores or online or anything? No! The only ones I have come across online are super ugly and aren't at all what the original Bottle-abra was, that I found at Winners at Dufferin Mall in Toronto, Ontario.

Bottle-abra, why do you elude us? We just want to find more of you, and take you home and light you up. Come on, baby, light my fire!

Food Friday

Does just having eaten some of these

Negate having eaten some of these?

I think so. Next on the menu - lunch, hizzle as per my friend KZizzle's recommendation. Deelish!

Ree-hee-heeeeeallly!

Buffalo ice cream, what what! I really like mint chocolate chip anything!

The kind of way my day goes

Burn #1: Ordering catering for an offsite meeting one day too early, costing me $60.00 out of my own pocket.

Burn #2: Discovering only now, after sending out 80 wedding invitations that the postal code on our return address stamp is incorrect.

Aaaaand it's not even 1pm.

Need I say it? F.M.L.

Are you gonna have cow?

Ok, time to talk about something I like, something I recommend! I love THIS. Daiya is the best vegan cheese going. I have used it on pizza, tacos, sprinkled on soup and it really is the top. It also doesn't have shit in it like so many other processed foods calling themselves vegan. Vegan shouldn't mean unpronounceable ingredients! It should mean top quality foods with upstanding and tasty ingredients.

Try some today. It's quite widely available, even at two of my local No Frills stores and Loblaws at Dundas and Bloor. I wholeheartedly recommend this product for those of you who don't consume animal products but are looking for an A1 cheese substitute that you don't have to fear will slowly kill you. Yay!

On a day like today

I like to brew myself an non-caffeinated cuppa joe, brewed in my special way with a few dashes of cinnamon throw into the basket. Mmmm.

The emperor's new time, and coffee!

This morning I'm awoken by my fiancé telling me it's 7 o'clock. Well then why didn't my alarm go off when it was supposed to at 6:50am?, I ask myself. I check my phone. "It's SIX a.m.!!!" (5:58 to be exact) He hadn't manually changed his phone for daylight savings. Sigh. And I'm sure we weren't the only ones this morning. Better yet we're not the dude I heard about in university who totally slept through an exam once due to the same thing. A university EXAM. Don't envy that guy.

Can't wait to race home tonight to try out my brand new personal pouch of 23 Degrees Roastery coffee supplied to me by the terrific people at Borden. They even hooked me up with decaf brew "Declawed" (only because I begrudgingly don't drink real coffee anymore). I'm loving the experience so far and haven't even ground the beans, or brewed the coffee or DRANK it yet. I'm going to savour - and tell you about! - the whole thing.
To kick things off, their packaging is right on the money. Check it owwwt!



I will consider sharing this brew with my work buds. Heh heh heh.