When I want a reaction / attention out of Chad I usually do one of two things.

Firstly, I will blow air in his face, and like a dog he usually responds accordingly. However if this action fails, I move to phase two.

This involves tickling Chad. Which I might add is the easiest thing in the entire world to do because 95% of his body is so sensitive that even the gentlest of touches sets him off.

Now because I know this I abuse this. He will tell you that most of my movements when I am around him are sneaky and spastic because I will do anything to make him squirm. This however, has backfired to the point that he just does not trust me any more and has pretty much banned me from touching him.

Which brings us to last night.

We had gone to the Italian centre for a wine tasting event (which I will blog about tomorrow because God knows I will need something to amuse myself during work) and had gotten home fairly early. After uploading pictures of deep fried bacon we sat down for some snuggles. This is how we end every evening. Sometimes Chad calls it Tea Time because its the part of the night where we recap the days events and chit chat about things. And no we don’t drink tea while doing this.

Anyways, we somehow got onto the topic for the millionth time about how I am grabby and tickly and such and I happened to mention that at one point I was given the name ‘Crab Hands” because I acted as if I were a crab with claws to grab and pinch and such.

Chad then exclaimed that he was going to play ‘Jealous Raging Significant Other’ and insisted I inform him as to who gave me such a name. I however, would not comply. This set us into a back and forth scuffle of Chad yelling ‘Who called you Crab Hands, Crab Hands?” and me Crab Handing him to death. Then all of a sudden Chad stops and proclaims that his ear is bleeding. I don’t believe him tho because he has pulled this stunt many a time while trying to escape my wrath of tickles and it is never true.

He then pulls his hand away from his ear and there is blood all over it. Um, excuse me?

I look at his ear and there is blood in spots but I can’t tell where it is coming from. We go over to the bathroom where I wipe it clean and take a closer look at the damage.

It seems that a piece of skin has been scraped from the inside of his ear and this surface cut was causing it to bleed like a mother. How the hell the inside of his ear got damaged is beyond me. The only plausible culprit would have been my “dangerously spiky” ring, but still.

So jokingly annoyed he stands there with a Kleenex sticking out of his ear scowling at me, to which I respond by laugh hysterically because he looks so utterly cute that I just can’t help it.

I think he finally learned that as long as he is ticklish he will never win!

Last night was girl’s night with the work crew. We had to do our usual sneaky escape since it is illegal for us to hang out together outside of work. HA. It gets complicated at times.

Alicia and I got off earlier then Claudia so we drove around for a bit and then decided to park somewhere hidden so Claudia could go on an adventure to find us.

We took pictures of each other and watched all the crazy people around us. Commercial drive is full of hippies and Italians. It’s a very odd combination. The hippies piss me off those because they are constantly jay walking and popping out in front of your car and riding their bikes erratically everywhere. It’s a driving disaster. The Italians just sit on their patios and drink their coffee and ignore everyone.

Self timer doesn’t work well when your camera is falling. I’m over exaggerating a little in the picture.

But it does make Alicia burst into a hysterical laughter.

This is much better.

OH LOOK! There is Claudia!

We had to drive to get her cause she didn’t want to walk up the big hill.

So we headed downtown to Davie street for some din din. We went to a little noodle house called Legendary Noodle that was super small. We walked in and the first thing we saw was this Tranny dressed up with this huge golden blond curly wig. It was crazy. She had A LOT of make up on.

Claudia ordered a bunch of stuff for all of us to share. It was so much food we just couldn’t finish it all. I got to take the rest home.

Gai Lan. Amazing.

Dumplings. Amazing.


Left – Thick noodles with lemon and red pepper flakes. Very popular.
Bottom – Thin noodles in a black bean sauce. Not so popular.
Right – Flat noodles in a peanut sauce. Good but it was weird eating noodles in peanut butter, which is basically what it was.
Top – Stir fried veggies. Good!

The weird thing was is that we saw the waitress bring out the huge platter and so we thought it was for us, until she passes us and placed it in front of the Tranny, who I might add was there by herself. Yes that’s right, that HUGE platter all for herself. We were stunned.

After dinner we walked down to Cookies by George to get some yummy yummy cookies. Then we walked over to 7 Eleven to get some milk to accompany the cookies. Next stop, Claudia’s.


Cookies clockwise from the top: Marble, M&M, Classic Chocolate Chunk, Double Chocolate. The perfect way to end a night.

The view from the 15th floor.

We flipped between Beauty and the Geek, and American Idol while chit chatting about work and all its joys and sorrows.


After that we popped in Sarah Silverman’s Jesus is Magic. We only got to watch the first half of it though because it was super late but it was so funny. She is a genius.

“Could I, steal you, for a minute” – GOLD

Over all the night was a awesome tastic. I went home with a million pounds of food from dinner plus the two cookies that I didn’t eat. They were so good this morning.

I heart our funny girl work parties of 3! I can’t wait for our trip to seattle!

I said to him,

“You never write anything loving on my Facebook wall”

He says,

“Ok fine I will”

So I read,

“You want a loving note? I will have to imagine you as a bottle of scotch.

Oh sweet sweet bottle of liquor, how I adore you. You are my everything. Without you, bottle of liquor, I cannot function. I want to start my day with you, and end my day with you, until the end of time. Sweet bottle of liquor. If all I had in this world was you, bottle of liquor, I would be complete. There’s not a moment that doesn’t go by that I do not yearn for you, bottle of liquor. Bottle of liquor, I love you. Plus you’re recyclable. “

I really don’t know why I expect more from him.

I have my right knee in a brace today.

Tuesday we went out for dinner, Alicia, Claudia, & I. We went to Sandbar which is famous for their seafood. I had a Cesar salad which was in one word breathtaking. Instead of doing what most places do for salads this Cesar salad was different. They lay about 10-12 whole leaves on the plate, drizzle dressing over it and then cover it in Parmesan cheese and capers. Its weird having to eat a salad with a knife, but it is the most amazing one I have ever had, and I’ve had a lot!


For a main course I had linguine in an olive oil and garlic sauce with clams. Again, breathtaking. Sandbar is the only place I’ve ever been to where I eat an appy and a main and bread and don’t leave a spot on the plate. I LOVE their food.


After dinner we went over to the retail theater sport event that we were invited to. It said to be there at 7 but we got there at 7:45. It was just down the street from the restaurant and we assumed that the first hour was just for mingling and that the actual show didn’t start until 8. Thankfully it did. So we got our glass of free wine and settled in for what turned out to be a most interesting night.


It was basically like ‘Who’s Line Is It Anyways” but with older drunk women going up on stage and molesting the male actors. Seriously.

One woman was decked out in black leather pants with a HUGE camel toe and a matching leather jacket. Instead of actually participating in the game she just stood there hugging one of the guys. It was hella awkward.

Another lady was dressed in a white linen pant suit with a flashy gold top. Her boobs were huge and she kept putting her hangs down this guys pants and un buttoning his shirt. It was to die for yet so embarrassing at the same time.

I then woke up yesterday morning with a huge head ache, not to mention the disaster that was my sleep that night. I then spilled my chocolate shake all over the inside of my car and left my lights on all day. Yesterday was a bit of a mess. Not to mention my knee which doesnt like to work anymore. It’s like I am falling apart.

ALSO, those chicken snack wraps that McDonalds advertises for are TINY. I get that they are ment to be a snack and that was what I bought it for but I ate the thing in like 2 bits. It was a little crazy. And the honey mustard one isn’t that good. I’m going for the spicy buffalo next time. Chica Chica Yea.

The office is a disaster.
This fabric has been sitting on the counter for weeks.
I need to put it away.
Production is late.
I don’t know where these buttons go.
Alicia’s got wooden bracelets all over her desk.
I got $180 worth of free clothes today.
We are suppose to go to some comedy relief thing tonight.
Still no confirmation that we got tickets.
Its 4 hours away.
We are still going out to dinner tho.
I need to cut out 175 wedding invitations today.
And 175 reply cards.
I wonder if our driver is back yet.
I’m wearing a lot of gold right now.
My ring is very shiney in the sunlight.
People aren’t in today.
I have to count 300 labels.
My lips are chapped.
Plus I gotta pee.

Saturday was Ikea furniture day. I think we found some pretty stuff for our bedroom which makes me excited because right now there is zero room for my clothes. The only glitch is that we are getting this fancy custom made mattress from one of my Italian connections and we are slightly worried it might not fit in the bed frame we want. So we gotta get all that figured out first.

I bought a CD shelf and a book shelf for my stuff. I figure I might as well start moving some stuff over when I have the time that way its not all a big rush in the summer. Plus it gives me a chance to go through everything and figure out what I really want/need to keep and what I don’t.

I like to watch Chad build stuff.

We went out to White Rock last night so Chad could get all his ‘Bitches ain’t Shit’ Cd’s.

This was the moment when we realized the shelf was too tall.

Our original idea was to get shelves to match the original tall one we had (the one with the books on it) so I asked Chad to measure it so we could get units of the same height. He said it measured out to be ‘the tall version’. So with this knowledge we went out and bought another book shelf and a Cd shelf.

We got home and Chad put them together.

Then he went to set them in place and realized that they were in fact quite a bit taller then what we had planned for. Way to measure Chadwick!

We figured, tho, that because the original one we got we actually bought off Craig’s list it was probably an older version that they use to make at a different size. The colour of that one is off as well even though they call it ‘Beech’ it doesn’t match the other ‘Beech’ furniture.

I moved over all my books yesterday and organized them all with a few knick-knacks here and there. It looks so good! Now I just have to bring over all my Cd’s and set up that shelf and it will look like a little library! IM SO EXCITED! CAN YOU TELL???

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I was also going to mention on Friday that I had the cutest Crepe Date with Jennifer on Thursday night (the whole architect fight got in the way). We finally got the chance in our busy schedules to get together to talk fashion, work, and blogging. I had an absolutely fabulous time with her! The crepes were super tasty and it was awesome to chat with someone who knows the business like you know the business. It was great to share our stories and experiences and to bond over a love of skate brands. She is an amazing girl and I would hang out with her anytime!