Big Box Mexican Shops

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Smelly Danielly

I did it to myself. I really did. I thought about how calm and relaxing this week had been at work and how there wasn’t a whole lot to do. What happens at the exact moment that you realize everything is going smoothly? The world collapses in your lap.

Son of a Bitch.

After some frantic phone calls, I think we may have all of our bases covered. Pat has a large hate on for UPS, but right now I kind of want to stab DHL. Thankfully we have an amazing shipping consolidator who has taken this off of my hands. It is so refreshing to get to deal with people who actually WANT to help you and are so damn sweet.

I’m still reeling from all the phone conversations, so lets calm down with a photo post.

I know Costco can be cold, but does it warrant strangling yourself with a scarf and wearing leather gloves? IN DOORS.

I guess the gloves acted as meat juice protection.

This is me pretending that I don’t know the person in the other isle over. Conversation avoid-er.

It takes Chad about 10 minutes to find the perfect 6 apples for consumption.

Purchasing celery to eat with the dip I made a month ago. I’m going for food poisoning.

Tacos are our top choice for dinner after we’ve been grocery shopping.

Lean Ground Beef. My other nick name for Chad.

No one takes photos of me.

It’s probably a rape of my culture to not being buying these from an Italian Deli.

Oh God. I don’t even want to know.

Pick up the pace Mr. Ciavarro.

The cashier was too busy paying attention to some dude beside her. RUDE.

Since the moment Chad and I first started dating we’ve had this tradition of going to Costco & Safeway/IGA one day after work at the beginning of each month. We have always gone together. We do little stops to Safeway or IGA in between, but the big monthly trips are always done together. Then we come home and eat tacos. EVERY TIME.

Actually, the very first time we went to Coscto (Yes, I still remember it) we went back to his apartment and decided to eat what was left in his fridge/freezer before eating the new stuff, so we had BBQ chicken wings, carrots, and sliced white ‘toast’ bread. HA. It was our very first dinner at his apartment too. So romantical.

4 1/2 years of monthly shopping trips and Mexican food. That’s what I call love.

Living in the Past

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Smelly Danielly

It’s been a while since I’ve done a photo explosion.

Had I not been so sick and busy last week I would have posted this, but you know.

Alicia and I had an adventure. It was fun times.

PASTA LUNCH AT IKEA! Total $3.50

Misssss Quan

Does my hair look like a helmet?

Peek-a-boo

I’m in the mirror

Oh look! We both are.

I bought the majority of the stuff in this cart. I can’t go to Ikea with out buying candles and napkins.

I think she thinks I’m crazy.

I would have to agree with her.

Hey look, I’m in New West.

I SEE MOUNTAINS.

Too many bridges in the way…

Oh Army & Navy, you will always be sketchy, but you will always have good deals.

Alicia is enjoying the wind.

So is my hair.

Today was the day that re-started my obsession with everything OLD. (Even Chad fits into that obsession)

Hey down there!

Front Street.

The place to shop for Antiques!

Getting cuter.

The wash board was $40. I think my Nonna still has hers. Yoink!

Old metal things.

So many hidden treasures.

Something for your car perhaps?

It’s time to slow down a bit.

This would be cool even just to have hanging around. MENS ROOM.

Do you fancy some Pure Putty or Cigarette Tobacco?

I was going to buy the Tetley’s Tea tin just for kicks, then I remembered that collecting tin is an expensive past time. Thank you price tag.

Esso is RAD!

Beer taps. MENS ROOM.

Fabric stretched over a frame. I would have bought it.

This table was really cool, but also really expensive because it was signed by the designer.

I found tea cups.

Perhaps a mirror top coffee table covered in velvet. If it were social acceptable I would drape myself in velvet.

In thinking ahead to our next home, I’m definitely going to carry on the colour scheme of blues and greens. I’m going to go back and buy some of these glass pieces.

They are like little pieces of candy.

You will be mine, oh yes, you will be mine.

Alicia was not impressed that this was one I real live bear.

Heart, melting.

We checked them out. They were. Ha.

The best antique store on the strip as far as prices and quantity goes. There were a LOT of different things to look at. Quite the variety.

Ohhhh, whats this?

Wiry things.

OH MY LORD. HEAVEN!

Can I just move in here now? I need to buy everything in this store. However, I need lots and lots of money to do so.

Expensive, but the most amazing things I have ever seen. Retro HEAVEN and I want to live there.

Walls made of blue bricks.

Hey look. I’m standing in front of a red door.

Me again!

Hello colour scheme.

A tea cup for a pretty flower.

I can’t believe I didn’t buy one of these last year.

Hanging Basket.

I didn’t know what I was going to do with this, but I’ve now turned it into an herb garden.

Amazing Ice Bucket I got for $25!

Oh so 70s.

If Italy and 1975 got together and decided to make a tray, this is what it would look like.

TEA CUPS. They will go in my ‘garden’.

I love Saturday adventures. I love Saturday adventures looking for antiques even MORE!

Just a Typical Thursday

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Smelly Danielly

I have spent the entire day writing out tags and I can tell you that right now my hand feels like it is broken. But clearly, it is not broken, because I am sitting here typing to you. Holy Balls does it hurt though. I have written out 81 tags to be exact. Oh yea, plus those 5 I had to re due, so it’s more like 86. 86 mother freaking tags. I don’t think I will be able to hold a pen ever again.

I had to re-wash all the bed sheets yesterday. Not because Chad pee’d the bed, but because he sweated through them. Stress detox = Chad sick. I also had to drag him to Costco and Safeway since we hadn’t been shopping in two months. Kind of needed some food and stuff. He looked like a zombie walking around. He decided it would be a good thing to stress me out even more then I was by asking me 101 questions about Saturdays dinner and what each ingredient I was buying was for and how I was going to make it, and how I should simplify it, over and over and over again. I was about to loose my shit on him, but I had to remind myself that he was sick and I should have sympathy.

Now I have to run back to Costco and pick up some pictures and my Thyroid pills. Just can’t live with out them!

I also need to find some Creme Fraiche.

It’s Already Dark Out

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Smelly Danielly

I feel so behind on so many internet things. Life has been busy, more busy then I was expecting. Chad and I are under the gun to finish my aunts website and to start my fashion blog. Work for Chad is starting to explode so any sort of normal schedule has gone out the window, and I’ve taken on some more job responsibilities so I seem to be running wild these days as well.

85% of all the Christmas gifts have been bought and wrapped. I will finish Chads tonight and then I have the neice and nephew left, which should be easy.

The Christmas cards have all been sent out and are slowly being recieved.

I just feel very disorganized about everything. Mainly because my plan was to sit down and organize everything last night, but then this website stuff came up last minute and everything got disorganized even more. Even work feels that way today. Hopefully tonight I can get my act together.

I bought more new clothes. I should take pictures of them as well, but you know me, too many other things will get in the way and I will forget. MUST NOT FORGET. I love that as Christmas Gifts our work gives us gift certificates to buy clothes from work. It’s kind of funny but is so handy since I’m too lazy to shop anywhere else.

I need to organize tonight. If only for my mental health.

Le Weekend. It is here.

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Smelly Danielly

I am thrilled to be spending the weekend in my PJs doing ZERO.

Ok well maybe thats a partial lie. I lined up a free dinner and oil change at the parentals Saturday night but thats going to be relaxing, and on Sunday I might do a bit of Christmas shopping just to get it out of the way, but that will be one quick stop. The evenings will be free, and thats what really counts.

Considering we spent a months worth of money going out every single day for a week while Patz was here, it looks like the rest of the month is going to contain a lot of nights in, other then Alicia & Claudias birthday of course! And really, that is fine by me. Chad and I can get our movie watching on, considering we don’t watch movies ever and know nothing about anything, we can use this time to catch up.

I can’t wait to put my PJs on. This sweater is pissing me off. Ohh, I will get Chad to build a fire.

I’m on the Christmas bandwagon early this year and want to get a lot of the work out of the way ASAP. Especially if I will be spending the majority of the month at home I might as well use the time to get myself in order. I’ve already got my Christmas wishlist typed up and emailed out to people who wanted it. I’m going to pull a Ciavarro tomorrow and set up a spreadsheet with all the people I have to buy gifts for, what I am going to get them, and how much its going to cost. I also have to print out some pictures to go in our Christmas Cards this year, not to mention actually going out and buying the Christmas cards. I should probably figure out who I am going to send them to this year and not do that last minute like last year. Ohh, I should also plan the menu to the balls party.

See, already there is so much to do.