fill in the blank friday - shopping!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND to you Americanos! hope it's pretty fricken awesome... somewhere out there, at this very moment, you might be Black Friday gallivanting... hope you score BIG with many out-of-this-world bargains!

it's friday (finally) and i'm filling in the blanks today! you can participate too - right here and don't forget to link your fill-in-the-blank-friday post to Lauren's blog!

1.   Black Friday is  CRAZY! crazy deals for crazy people into crazy shopping!

2.  Christmas shopping this year will include  (hopefully) not much... throughout the year i've been shopping here and there for Christmas gifts (kinda - don't want to go into detail). unfortunately, this year i hope to not spend too much money at this time because i really need to finally grow up and save. so this year's gifts will be tidbits and randoms plus i'm adding some chocolate i've reshaped myself with my dandy chocolate magic machine.

3.  Holiday shopping makes me  feel good when i find that perfect gift for a loved one. however, i must say the busy parking lots are such a turn off! sometimes i turn back home if i can't find a parking spot in 15 minutes.

4.  This year my Christmas list will include   not much. if i don't receive anything this year, that's fine. there's only one thing i really want and i can't have it :(

5.  Bargain hunter, or full price shopper?   i'm all about the bargains! why pay full price when it will be on sale in a month's time?!

6.  The best and worst things about shopping is   random shopping for my friends and family - i love getting little things for people for the sole reason that it reminds me of them. the worst thing of shopping is when the mall is too pack, the parking lots are rammed and there's no room to walk in the mall without physically bumping into people!

7.  Online shopper or in-person shopper?  in person. i'm all about the physical attraction of shopping. i need to touch before i buy!

TGIF! HAVE A FANTABULOUS WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!

 

hump day ramblings

• nope, i'm not folding my laundry tonight. i'm not in the mood. unless "lazy" is considered a mood therefore i'm not doing it!

• btw, i rarely fold my clothes right after i finish doing laundry...

• i'm not a fan of people not leaving me voice messages. if you're someone that rarely calls me and i can't/don't pick up, please leave me a message. if not, the likeliness of me returning your calls are slim. especially if i don't have your number programmed in my phone and have no idea who is calling!

• the last person who called and didn't leave me a vm was probably some guy i gave my number to when i was drunk.

• i looked through my iphone contact list recently and found a couple of guys i don't know in there... probably guys that gave me their number when i was drunk. haha.

• i bailed on my plans tonight cuz i didn't care to hang out with that boy/past love, but then ended up with no plans at all.

• there's a colleague of mine that creeps me out and annoys me. i swear he sometimes just sits there and stares at me. his cubicle is beside mine.

• there's another colleague that sometimes says the dorkiest/stalkerish things in our conversations. normally that would creep me out, but he always looks so dorky saying it so all i can do is just laugh... out loud.

• for weeks i've been craving a McDees cheeseburger and fries. i have yet to satisfy this craving. this craving haunts me during sleepless nights and may actually be one of the reasons why i can't fall asleep.

• i think i might have 2 dates next week. 1 blind. the other one almost blind - met him back in July and can't really remember what he looks like.

• i really want that McDees cheeseburger and fries.

questions, opinions + a giveaway!

questions i have recently been asked...

question #1 

"if you met 16 year old Maureen, what would she think about your life so far?" 

i have never been asked this question, but i already knew the answer. without going into too much detail, the answer that first comes to mind is disappointed. my reasons can be found right here.

question #2

"do you find it's harder to find someone to settle down with now than it was years ago?"

DUH YEA! hence why i'm with no one now! it was already hard back then and it's even harder now...

here's why:

•  i'm more certain of what i don't want.
• at my age, none of my friends really go out anymore. they're all married with children. so my social options are either hang out at a friend's place or hang out at my place by myself. doubt i'll meet any new, interesting guys at either options.
• everyone is already taken. unless i decide to commit to someone much younger than me and that's what my last relationship was. ummmm yaaaaa, that didn't really work out, now did it? haha.

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opinions made about Filipinos by non-Filipinos lately...

opinion #1

"Filipino guys are all assholes!"

this is according to a 24 year old girl. poor girl, maybe it's just in her generation... because Filipino guys in my generation are sweethearts and Filipino guys in my cousin's generation (younger than her) are such gentleman...

opinion #2

"i find Filipinos the most patient out of all people"

 in public, yes. in private is a different story. LOL!

opinion #3

"all Filipino babies are cute!"

 i agree! :)

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now, i want to hear from you!

if you met your 16 year old self, what would he or she think about your life so far?

have you made any stereotypes about Filipinos? hehe.

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GIVEAWAY ALERT!

want some cool stuff sent to you? by the way i'm not conducting this giveaway (sorry for being a tease), but my blog friend and friend in real life - Kat is. 

giveaway items:

- Cheeky Monkey nail polish - colour: Fishnet Stockings which is a beautiful deep plum

- Lancome lipstick - colour: OhMy which is a shimmery brown/copper color

- white cotton v-neck tank top

- samples of Darphin’s Line Response Nourishing Cream

- sample of Dr. Brandt micro dermabrasion cream

- Shiseido Benefiance Eye Treatment Mask

- Maybelline eye shadow in Emerald   

want to get in on this giveaway? find out how to enter right here. good luck! 

 

tidbits & randoms

oh boy, looks like i'm sick. don't think it's full blown yet. just a burning sore throat and little cough. no fever. but i don't want it to get worse than this. so it looks like i'll be cooped up at home all weekend and this is something i don't know how to do... no UFC watching at Pam's, no Hot Stepper 15th anniversary party featuring Caron Wheeler from Soul II Soul, no visiting cutie little baby boy Kai, Jenn and Jay. NO WEEKEND NOTHING. it's just me, myself and i.

i'm already going stir crazy. thinking, hmmmmmm... maybe it is possible to go out tonight? but i know i shouldn't. i think i wouldn't feel this way if i actually lived with someone. living by yourself can get really lonely.

in boredom comes too much thinking and many randoms and with that comes this blog post. here's some of my tid bits and randoms...

"People say that bad memories cause the most pain, but it's the good ones that actually drive you insane."

- this saying is exactly why it's taking me forever to get over the last ex. even the tiniest things remind me of him. how do i get over him if even the smallest of things make me think of our good times together?

"you will have your heart broken more than once and it's harder everytime."

- are you effing kidding me? the next time is going to hurt more than this? f*ck me!

- (fyi, stole this saying from one of Reni's blog post. which can be found here.)

currently repeated on youtube (i'd listen to these songs on itunes or my iphone, but i don't have them):

"only girl (in the world)" by Rihanna

"runaway" by Kanye West featuring Pusha T

"teenage dream" by Katy Perry

"rocketeer" by Far East Movement featuring Ryan Tedder
 

"what's my name" by Rihanna featuring Drake
 

"sooner or later" by N.E.R.D.

so i made plans for Wednesday to hang with a past love of my life... do you think this is crazy??? him and i were never really together for 3 years and i believe it took me 4 years to get over him. but i swear i wouldn't make plans with him if i wasn't over him. and I SWEAR I AM! i don't think of him and when he contacts me, i don't care and i forget to call or text him back. to be honest, i'm thinking of bailing on him.

"i'll let karma take care of you for me."

LOL! i so can't wait for this day. oh and i know it will come...

i was right! i don't know how to stay home. spoke to Pam recently... looks like i'm going to her place tonight to get some vitamins and watch UFC then head over to the Hot Stepper party with her hubby and friends. besides, i don't think i'm really that sick... i think... 

i have all of tomorrow to recuperate if need to anyway. HA!

LV snapshots

yes i know, it's about time i post about Vegas... but to be honest, ever since i've been back, i've been enjoying being pretty lazy. i've been sleeping a little better, been more relaxed at work, just been chilling, taking things day-by-day. i guess leaving the city and taking a break from real life really does help!

here's my Vegas recap...

here i am with my travel buddy, Jeff

this was our home for the week

here's the view from our window

and another view

enjoyed SEMA where we saw sexy cars

like this one...

this one...

and this one...

even found one with my name all over it!

did the touristy thing...

gallivanted all over

and did some sightseeing

pretended to shop at high-end stores

like this one

but really shopped in here

and shopped at this outlet mall

enjoyed the night life

partied it up with some of my boys

 

(yes, the scandalous top made an appearance)

met up with some non-tdotters

checked out the Food & Wine Event with Joe

enjoyed the BEST food and drank as much as i can

observed drunk Joe try to change a flat tire on his rental

even checked out the crazy Pacman display in the Nike store
before retruning back to Toronto

 

 

 

Vegas was fun and exactly what i needed. the highlight of my trip would be the Food and Wine All-Star Weekend hosted by Gail Simmons and featured top Chefs. here is why...

• on the way to the reception Joe and i found dollar bills on the ground. 
• the food was fantastic, amazing and phenomenal! the 1st bite alone was worth every penny. 
• we discovered the best drink EVER, a vodka-lime-cucumber-dill concoction. 
• we both won $300 EACH with the $100 comp gaming chip that came with our ticket.
• the ticket was only $125. therefore our tickets were free and we were paid to attend this fantastic event!

the 2nd highlight of my trip was discovering tokyo teas! too bad this cocktail is not available in Canada. actually, it's probably for the better... tokyo teas are dangerous!

CHEERS TO VEGAS!

i wish it wasn't so...

do you ever find a song that knows exactly what you're going through at that moment?

I know what it takes to move on,
I know how it feels to lie,
All I wanna do
Is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven't got 

Vegas teaser...

here's a little preview of what my week in Vegas was like...

as you can see, i'm still standing. my friend Jeff, wasn't so lucky. 

i came to his need while the rest of Vegas pulled out their cams 

to point, shoot and record. LoL!
(but then again, i too was laughing my head off at this very moment.)

more Vegas trip deets to come... soon...