Rrrrrrroll up the Rrrrrrrim!!!

So us here in Canada have a favourite time of year. And it just started...

Roll up the Rim!!!


Oh my goodness I could not be any happier about this time of year. I wait, and wait, and then I wait some more. So on the way to work this morning I decided to stop at Tim Hortons. Of course, being that this is my "New Year, New You (aka me!!)", I thought I would turn myself from a previous RUTR loser into a winner! I could barely contain myself when I got to work...

I relax, I had my green smoothie (see yesterday's post for more information and recipe) and I checked my emails. But my coffee was looking at me, crying out for my attention. So I made a decision. Since all of my previous experiences with Roll Up the Rim has been, lack-lustre. No wins, not even a freakin' muffin. So my usual routine needed to be tossed in the poubelle.

My old routine: Drink coffee, roll up rim using "moose" technique.
My new routine: Drink HALF of the coffee, roll up the rim using the "beaver" technique.

So, halfway through my coffee I did just that. I stopped. Took off the lid - trying to hide my excitement (this one feels like a winner!!!) - and went for it beaver style.

And then...

Drum-roll please...

NOTHING!!!!


SERIOUSLY TIM HORTONS?? I am so upset right now because I have been such a loyal customer to these people and never have I ever won anything. All I'm asking for is a free coffee or something... But alas, I must "Please Try Again".

Bah.

So to make myself feel better when I got home (this is all while my daughter is having her supper, I'm not THAT bad of a parent...) I decided to go check out one of my favourite Tumblr sites - DisneyBound.  Oh my goodness this girl is awesome. She posts all these amazing outfits she's made at Polyvore, all  of them inspired by any and everything Disney.

Anyways, I was there today and I nearly died. She had posted on of my favourite outfits to date. Check this out:

It's a Katniss outfit!!! I am so excited about this one - maybe I'll buy myself some of these pieces ASAP.

And lastly for today, while I was on my Pinterest, just browsing the people stuff, I came across this lovely photo:

I have decided it is going to be my new inspiration for my whole "New Year, New You (aka me!)" project.

So I'll leave you all with that. MY daughter is done her dinner and we're going to watch the rest of The Fellowship of the Rings... 100% her choice, not even joking. She is sooo her father's daughter...

Until next hoot!!

Monday Morning "Happy"

In the words of Garfield... "I hate Mondays."

Who does really? You've just finished up a weekend of fun and relaxation (or being busy, but still, ti was the weekend) and you're waking up to go back to work. No matter how much you may "love" your job, more often then not, Mondays are going to suck.

So, for those of you who are obsessed like I am, there are only THREE DAYS left until the Hunger Games movie pre-sale tickets come out. And then in a month it'll be the premier. Oh my goodness just thinking about that makes this Monday all that much more bearable. I have already read the series twice, I'm 100% sure I'll read it again before the movie. Team Peeta!!

Now that I got my teeny bopper moment out of my system...

This morning, like most mornings, I made myself a little "happy". Otherwise known as my green smoothie. I previously spoke about it in a previous post, so i wanted to give you guys a bit more information on it.

I have been on Twitter for a while now, and I've followed my fair share of celebrities an their craziness, but several months ago a tweet by Hilary Duff (no judgement, I love that girl) about a "Glowing Green Smoothie" peaked my interest. At the time I had no intention on being THAT healthy, so after looking into it, I bailed and forgot about it. Since project "New Year, New You (aka me!)" has gone into effect, I thought about this smoothie and how I could very well incorporate it into my Dukan ways.

After much thought, I figured - even though it's not following the Dukan to a tee - it was an amazing way to get servings of veggies and fruits into my days. So I went to Kimberly Snyder's website (click here to visit it) - the creator of this smoothie - and read the recipe, got the ingredients and went nuts. I will admit one thing however... I don't buy anything organic. I know, I know, it probably defeats the purpose a bit, but organic food is kind of on the expensive side over here, and maybe I am just a bit lazy.

Anyways, here is a quick breakdown on the ingredients I use, and the steps I take (for the original recipe, see Kimberly's site):





1 500ml bottle of water (filtered)
1 bag of spinach (not baby), roughly 600g
1 head of romaine lettuce, chopped
2-3 stalks of celery, depending on their size
1 apple, chopped
1 pear, chopped
1 banana
1 lemon





Doesn't it look so pretty? I made a double batch this morning so I would have a week's worth pre-made.

I quickly cut off the rind of the lemon and toss that in my Vitamix (this is the most amazing blender ever. I will DEFINITELY blog about that this week) along with the entire bag of spinach and the bottle of water. At this point my blender is full, so I turn it on a crank it up to med-high speed and get the spinach all blended.

Then I chop up the romaine, toss it in and blend that.





I then turn the blender on high and leave the lid on but open uncover the hole at the top. I slowly add in the celery stalks one at a time, then the apple and pear. I then blend everything on high until its smooth and then, and only then, do I add in the banana. I find it you add the banana in too early and blend it the smoothie gets too frothy. But that could only be a personal taste.





After that I usually divide the smoothie up into freezer bags, and set aside one portion for me. This morning I made a double batch, so I actually had enough for today's serving, plus another week of smoothies. The great thing about freezing them is you keep the freshness, and you don't have to worry about having to toss any due to spoiling. You simply take a serving out of the freezer at night and the next morning it's ready!





Seriously... You guys should try this...

I Give a Hoot Thursday #1!

So I figured a good way to get myself back into the blogging world would be to make up some sort of "daily" blog posts. For example, one of my favourite make-up girls - xSparkage - Confessions of a Makeup Junkie - has done things such as "Wearable Wednesday"and "Fierce Friday"(check out her site RIGHT NOW because she's in the process of doing a look for every district in the Hunger Games... LOVE that series...).

I've decided to follow suit and introduce you to my first "daily" blog post here-on-out otherwise known as...

I Give a Hoot Thursday!!

Every thursday I'm going to blog about something I "give a hoot" about, whether it be something as mellow as a new recipe I tried, or some sort of vengeful rant I've been dying to say aloud.

Today is going to be mellow to start things off with - I don't want to get all crazy so soon into my blogging re-birth.

I've got two things I love right now and will be "hooting'" about. One: my current favourite essie nail polish. And two: the Hunger Games.

This past year or so I've fallen in love with nail polish. I hate to admit it, but I'm a late bloomer to this club. I used to bite my nails ALL THE TIME, and had discussing little things that I didn't like ANYONE seeing. But I grew up and decided that I needed to stop chewing the living daylights out of my nails, and start letting them grow. That took a long time because my nails were so brittle and they broke and chipped and it was horrible. But after a while of tender care, they've turned out to be an accessory that I enjoy quite much.

Seemings as I arrived late to the makeup party, I only discovered essie polish several months back. At first I avoided it like the plague because I was unable to understand how people could spend so much money on nail polish. But one day while at my local Walmart I noticed they were under 10.00... So I jumped on the bandwagon and bought myself a couple of shades.

Right now I'm wearing my favourite of the bunch: merino cool. The essie website tells me this is a great autumn color, but I like it anytime of year. This is what the color looks like on me...

Do note, the little "scratches" you see on my nails (how unprofessional of me...) are from me going to bed without letting my nails dry 100%. I know this is a big faux pas, but sometimes sleep takes over and your nails have to suffer for it. Don't judge me and my nail polish ways.

Now, for the more important of the two things...

The Hunger Games!!!

Oh my goodness I become one of those screaming boy band loving teeny boppers inside when I think of this series. It was, for a lack of a mature answer, wicked. I heard about the series from - who would believe it - my boyfriend. He had heard about them through a friend and he asked me to get them so he could read them on my iPad.

I obliged, but when he tried to explain it to me it didn't appeal to me (he didn't sell it the way it should have been). He read through the first book and half of the second and I decided I was going to steal the iPad form him and read them.

And that was the day I become a hermit.

I read the series in four days - give or take - and I couldn't put the iPad down for anything. I feel in love with the writing skills, the characters, the storyline, everything. I finished the series and yearned for more, only to find out they're making a movie and then weeks later I see the trailer and I'm practically crying at the computer.

This movie series will be my new Twilight (and luckily fill the void until Breaking Dawn Part 2 comes out). I convinced my best friend and sister to read the series, then several other people. It's so good. I can't even begin to tell you how awesome it is. I finished re-reading the series a couple of weeks ago because I needed my HG fix. I'll probably do it again before the movie comes out.

Speaking of which pre-sale happens in SEVEN DAYS. Just saying...

Wow...

Re-reading this post you would never think I was a 30 year old with a 5 year old... I suddenly reverted back to my teenage years. All that's missing is my Backstreet Boys poster wall...