addictions!

here's what i've been wanting more and more of lately!

the oreos in the middle!

Leeshi received all the above Oreos from her mom and she was so kind to share with me. now my fave packaged cookies are PB oreos. unfortunately, they are NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA. so someone please send me a bunch my way and i'll love you forever and ever and EVER! personally email me at maureen.par@gmail.com and let me know you'll hook me up. i'll respond with so much thankfulness and my home address. hehe.

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this cereal i picked up at Trader Joes!

i picked up Strawberry Yogurt O's while in Chicago two weeks ago and i'm very upset i only bought one box. i'm almost out! booooo!

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this workout class, Body Jam! 

it's a dance inspired workout that makes you sweat, burn tons of calories while having too much fun. you won't even realize you're working your body to the bone! this class literally makes me want to work out ALL THE TIME! now, i'm a Body Jam connoisseur and search all over GTA (the greater Toronto area) looking for a jam class to hit every night! i'd rather jam than drink beer! what the eff?!

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this song! "Rolling in the Deep"

damn! Adele is so talented. equipped with a unique voice and sound... how can you not get hooked? i'm so looking forward to finally hearing her new album (courtesy of Leeshi and Mike).

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in short, the above is what i've been up to. 

eat. workout. music.

and maybe some beer...

"i'm not gonna lie" for March

BOOOOOO! i've been missing in (blog) action. MY BAD. i have yet to figure out how to balance a new relationship with all my social networking activities. 26er still doesn't understanding why i'm always on my iPhone4 while he's around. silly boy! it's cuz my iPhone4 is the love of my life! LOL!

here's my 1st blog post after an unwanted blog break:

my "i'm not gonna lie" for March...

i'm not gonna lie, i'm annoyed at myself for not keeping up with my blog and the blogs i follow. i want to do it! but i've been sucking lately with my leisure time management skills. if you have any tips on how to manage this, please let me know!

last week, 26er pointed out our 2 month anniversary... wow, really? never in my life in any relationship have i ever made note of a 2 month mark. i'm not gonna lie, i'm waiting for him to get sick of me so he won't want to see me everyday. damn it 26er! hurry up and get annoyed with me. LOL!

i'm not gonna lie, i still want to be with 26er, but i don't want to see him EVERYDAY! he's annoyed me frequently this past month, but i finally braved up and confronted him about it. now let's see if he's mature enough to work on it.

shame on me! i'm dating a 26-year-old! what do i really expect from a guy who is 26 years old?! his behaviour is fairly typical of a 26 year old (and an only child). i'm not gonna lie, i shouldn't be complaining if i've decided to be in a relationship with a 26-year-old!

the weirdest thing has happened to me... i haven't really been drinking. WTF? often i've been having only 1 alcoholic beverage in a sitting. AND i don't mind. AND i don't care to have more. AND i've been nursing the 1 drink. AND i've been completely sober when i'm out OUT! i'm not gonna lie, i'm shocked! i think this may be a sign to go on a drinking hiatus.

fine fine. i kinda lied. i did have a little more than 2 glasses of wine last night. i'm not gonna lie, i enjoyed it. i believe this may be a sign to therefore go on a drinking hiatus from everything BUT wine. haha.

i'm not gonna lie, i probably haven't been drinking an abundance of alcohol lately because i've been putting too many other things in my mouth! such as...

yummzy - Southwest Salad at Turtle Jacks Muskoka (my new fave resto)

heavenly dessert -  fire & ice at Turtle Jacks

peach bellini (the best bellini ever) at Earls Restaurant

peanut butter chocolate mini cupcake from Starbucks

Starbucks minis (2 lolli-cakes: birthday cake & rocky road, salted caramel square)

  

that's it for now. hope you're all enjoying your weekend! 

HAPPY SATURDAY!!

oooooh... aaaahhhh... mmmmm... yay!

oh boy it's Sunday already... which means Monday is tomorrow... which means tomorrow is the start of yet another work week. i enjoy my job, but oh how i wish i was a non-working millionaire! i wouldn't care about Mondays. actually, no days of the week would matter. i truly believe i'd make a fantastic millionaire! i would volunteer, donate money, spend money on my family and friends. don't i sound like a pretty close to perfect millionaire to you??!

anyway, hope you're enjoying your Sunday! for your blogging pleasure, here are some random photos that can make me go "oooooh'', "aaaahhhh", "mmmmm" or "yay"! 

these wonderful desserts have made my belly content:

Lindt chocolate ice cream - I SWEAR 1 of the BEST ice cream flavours EVER!

"the cookie" at Shoeless Joe's: fresh from the oven baked cookies served in a skillet, topped w/ ice cream, chocolate chips and drizzled w/ caramel and chocolate sauce

Lindt chocolate ice cream cake (not as good as the ice cream on it's own, but still tasty. the ice cream alone is the best because you need to appreciate the Lindt flavour w/o it being masked with other goodies

judging by the above pics, you probably think i haven't been true to my food rules (found here), but in reality i have been with the exception of the potato rule. i swear, starting today, i'll only have fried potatoes once a week! 

check out Pam and Matt's baby shower cake(s):

everything is edible except for the display signs (yes, the shoes are, the baby bottle, the car, etc. it's all edible!)

yes! beer!

cheers to double pints!

roll up the rim to win is back at Tim Hortons! i haven't won in 2 years, but now i'm winning approximately 70% of the time! YAY!

moi w/ my 1st roll up win this season!

that's it for now! enjoy your Sunday!

crackin' the whip on food!

no way did i ever think i would meet someone who has a bigger sweet tooth than me. but boy, have i met my match! 26er definitely wins in the sugar department. on the regular, he eats his ice cream topped with cereal, crushed cookies, nuts and whatever else he can grab his hands on then proceeds to drench it in chocolate AND caramel syrup. he justifies it by saying, "well it's frozen yogurt." and thinks it's okay. LOL! i imagine his dessert concoction looks something like this... 

i posted a cartoon pic because the real thing is NASTY! (via)

being with 26er does not help my horrible eating habits. my food plan is based on my cravings. so my cravings dictate my meals. i often dream about my cravings if i don't satisfy them in time and just my luck, my new guy happens to also crave a bunch of junk! DAMN HIM!

since 26er is no help in the "eating better" philosophy, i have decided to set some food ground rules for myself. how else am i going to keep this girly sexy figure and drink all the beer that i do? 26er can afford to eat crap because he's 26! me?? i surpassed that age almost a decade ago! (holy sh!t, I'M OLD!) i really need to learn how NOT to eat chocolate or chips for breakfast which i tend to do at least 3 times a week.

(via)

so here they are.  

my food ground rules:

#1 - fried potatoes only once a week! 

this means french fries, chips, french fries in the shape of chips and whatever form potatoes come fried.

#2 - absolutely no chocolate or any other type of junk food 

before 11:30 am!

#3 - extravagant desserts are capped 

at one two per week. by extravagant desserts i mean restaurant dessert meal sign-offs.

#4 - salad as a meal 

must account for at least 50% of my total weekly meals. 

#5 - FRUIT! 

love the fruit! be the fruit! better eat the fruit! which means each time a crave something bad, i better be grabbing a fruit for at least half a third of the time.

alright. let's see if i can DO THIS!

starting tomorrow...

what i've been putting in my mouth

i used to have an ongoing food and drink photo blog called "put it in my mouth", but since my fbook account is currently deactivated the eye teaser of yummy goodness is currently lost in cyberspace.

so i've decided to continue the food porn legacy here on my actual blog.

this is what i've been putting in my mouth recently...

deep fried california roll, calamari roll, tei roll (deep fried lobster) at Sushi Tei

walnut & avocado salad at Artisano

smoked duck salad at Spoon and Fork

hot roll (deep fried tuna) at Spoon and Fork

deep fried cheesecake at Spoon and Fork

ranch kettle chips at Kelsey's

baja fish tacos at Joey Don Mills

as you can see, i really need to go on a diet!

day 21. favorite resto.

today's prompt for my 30 days is:
a photo of my favorite place to eat.

for someone who loves awesome food, i suck. i can't give you a photo of my favorite place to eat because sadly, i don't have a favorite restaurant. this is probably because i'm always craving something else, so there's no one restaurant that can hold my attention for too long... kinda like how i am with boys. LOL! just kidding... kinda.

but i do i have a consistent food love in my life and that's SUSHI! i'm sure if there was a restaurant in Toronto with fantabulous sushi that would be my favorite place to eat!

so instead, here's a photo of my last meal during my August 2010 visit to Vancouver, BC at Matsuyama. Sushi is so awesome in Vancouver! it's inexpensive and so fresh...

day 16. cravings.

today's prompt for my 30 days is:
things i crave alot.


sushi.
Japanese cuisine is my favorite. i can eat sushi everyday!


alcohol and beer.
never thought i'd see the day i become a regular beer drinker.


my starbucks drinks.
toffeenut soy americano misto, caramel macchiato (above),
white mocha, toffee mocha.

chicken wings.
which i gave up this year as my new year's resolution.
so guess what i'll be eating on New Year's Day 2011?

french fries.

especially sweet potato fries, the newly discovered cassava fries (above)
and McDonald's french fries.

bubble tea
my preferred choice is peach or honey green tea
with almond jelly and mixed tapioca.


my taste buds have definitely changed this year. the days of chocolate as breakfast are now a faint memory... i often say no to ice cream... and cupcakes are no longer frequent on my mind. in the past few months when i reach for a snack, i reach for the savoury.

day 12. snack time.

today's prompt for my 30 days is:
a photo of something i ate today.

i have no idea who made these cookies, where they came from or what kind they are. what i do know is that they are pretty tasty. i actually won these cookies yesterday from a bridal shower game. it was part of my prize pack.

after munching on one of these, i discovered what's in them: chocolate chips, coconut, crushed almonds and marshmallows... mmmm... mmmm... mmmm... yummy goodness!

NorCal ROCKS!

Sadly, I am back!

Here are the highlights of my Cali trip:

• shooting guns!

• MotoGP

• surprise birthday party for me (and Jason)

• the Pacific Coast

• motocycle passenger joyriding

• the food
  

• the drinking

• and more drinking

• old friends and new friends

• the cute babies

• and leaving my heart in San Francisco

**** I LOVE NORCAL!!!! ****