Pillow pet: Unicorn

Last week there was this one day that was really bad. But I mean really bad. Everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong and then some. On Friday I met up with a friend, and he remembered I'd told him about my horrible day, so he brought me something to cheer me up. A pillow pet unicorn!!

My favorite animals are actually pandas and rabbits. But he got me the unicorn because of the little girl in the animation movie Despicable Me. In the movie, she sees a stuff animal unicorn and MUST have it. And when she gets it she goes "it's SO FLUFFY!" with a very funny voice that cracks me up every single time. So he got it for me in memories of that since we'd seen that movie together.



They look like pillows, but underneath there's a strap you can attach that makes them stand up. Mad cute!!!


Has anyone bought or done anything for you, to cheer you up?

December update

It's December you guys! I hope everyone's been doing alright~

It's snowing right now, over here in my little corner of Canada. We haven't had any snow stay for more than a few days, but I think this one snow fall might actually stay for a while! I'm not sure yet if I'm excited about it or not...

Just a short update for December. Nails, hair products, skin products and a new pair of boots!

New nails!

I was due for a re-fill on my nails after 4 weeks. I opted for just white with blue and silver stripes.

Essential Damage Care "Nuance Airy"

I bought these on eBay.ca well over a month ago, but I didn't want to talk about it until I'd actually seen some kind of result or a difference at least. I heard of Essential hair products from an Advert XiaXue did on her blog (http://xiaxue.blogspot.com/).

I straighten my hair every day, so the ends of my hair is often dry no matter if I use special oil treatments once a month, or if I use more conditioner or not. XiaXue straightens and bleaches her hair quite often and she says she swears by these products. They are products from Japan, by a company named Kao. I couldn't find them in any store out here, but I found them on eBay for a very reasonable price! I got the shampoo (middle), conditioner (right) and the special treatment (left) to use once a week instead of the conditioner. I bought the smaller size because I just wanted to try them out.

And I'm SO HAPPY that I purchased these because my hair looks AMAZING! It's super soft and shiny, it looks natural and is super easy to style still!

If you're able to purchase these products online, I definitely recommend them! Last week I ordered the bigger size of shampoo and conditioner. I'm totally sold on these guys!!

La Senza skin products "Body Kiss"

A few weeks ago I dropped by La Senza and they had a sale on their Body Kiss collection. Perfumes, body mists, hand creams, body creams, etc. It was 3 for 25$ so I indulged myself. I like to use different creams once in a while, so I figured why not try these. On the left is the body swirl, middle is body lotion and to the right is a moisture double mist. The purple selection of the Body Kiss collection is called Sweet Sexy. I've been enjoying them quite a lot lately!

New favorite pair of boots!

These I just got today for a cheap 45$ at Stitches! I never drop by Stitches because personally, it's always a mess and I dislike the type of fabric they use for their clothes. But when I walked by today I noticed the whole wall at the back of the store was full of boots, so I said "Meh, doesn't hurt to take a look". And I found these! You guys might remember sometime back in September or October (I can't remember exactly) I bought a similar pair Le Chateau, but they were a little lower on the calves and had two buckles instead of three. On these ones, the buckles are a little bigger, and there's fabric coming out the top to make it look like socks. I loved them!! And what's most fascinating is these are size 8, and I normally wear size 9 or 10. And at 45$ I couldn't just leave them there at the store... I mean, really, who would of?

The only thing is they are a little tight, I wasn't able to fit my jeans inside, but they'll look great with a skirt or even just leggings!

That's it for now~

Have any of you guys been shopping?
Any new products you tried recently and would recommend?

Bambu

A few weeks ago, some co-workers and I decided to try out a new restaurant that recently opened. It's called Bambu! It's on Hunt Club, right next to the T&T Market (where I bought the yummy custard puffs).

It looks small from the outside but when you walk in it's actually quite big. I was surprised! The ceiling is very high also. The color theme of the restaurant is dark brown, beige, black and orange. It wasn't very busy when we walked it, but more and more customers walked in as the lunch hour went by.

Their menu is very big! They have a lot of variety, mostly a mix of Thai, chinese and japanese food. They have a website, you can check it out here: http://www.restobambu.com/




I ordered some pork and veggies spring rolls for appetizer. I was surprised there were three, usually it just comes with two. The sauce tasted like a mix of sweet mustard and your typical sweet & sour sauce (personally I prefer to eat my spring rolls with fish sauce though). I've had better spring roles before, but for the price they were pretty good.


For my lunch I ordered a bento box. It came with a miso soup, as usual.


I'm going to sound really picky here, but this is a review so I'll just give my honest opinion. The miso soup, tasted like every other miso soup I've had before. Except for the tofu cubes, they were HUGE and I didn't really like that, I'm used to smaller or at least medium sized ones and I like that better. Plus the fact that it was served in a square bowl was a little weird. Square isn't a good shape for soup bowl (have you ever tried usuing a round spoon in a corner?) and it's awkward to hold in your hands when drinking the last bit of it too.


Then the bento box. It was SO big! The biggest one I've had so far! It was california rolls, general tsao chicken, green salad, steamed rice and gyoza (I think that's what they're called?). Everything was very good. It was my first time trying out the gyoza and I personally didn't really like them. I ate them, so they weren't disgusting, but for my personal taste I wouldn't eat some again.

All in all, it was a good restaurant. Except I found the service was a bit slow, we got back to work and were late (we have 1 hour lunch). But the waitress was very nice and she seemed to know the menu very well. The prices were reasonable and the food was good.

If I had to pick, I'd go back to Pho Thi Fusion (which I reviewed a little while back). But I'd like to go back to Bambu at least once more to try something else on their menu.

Do give it a try if you happen to be in the area~


Have any of you guys tried a new restaurant lately?
Have you ever tasted gyoza? Did you like it?

Universal Doll Giveaway

Another giveaway! Seems like everyone's packing these for the holidays.

This one's from Universal Doll !

http://universal-doll.com/

I've been reading Mitsu's blog for quite some time now. And I love every single one of her entries. Every time it's like biting in a cupake!!!

She blogs about gal (also known as gyaru) fashion, but also her own, with coordinates, nails and make-up. And also about her life which is split half of spending in the states and the other half in Japan. Max fun to read!

Go check it out~

Pop Champagne GiveAway

Julie @ Pop Champagne is having a GiveAway!!

And this is probably the most awesome prize I've seen for an online GiveAway too!!

What is it?

Karmin G3 Salon Pro Flat Iron !!!

How awesome is that? I totally want one!!

All you need to do to enter this GiveAway/Contest:

#1- Be a follower @ Pop Champagne

#2- Post a Caption to the picture here: http://popchampagne.blogspot.com/2010/11/champagne-contest-win-karmin-g3-salon.html

#3- Re-tweet on your Twitter, or make a post about it on your own blog.

Easy right? And TOTALLY worth it!!

Give a shot, you never know, YOU could be the lucky winner!!

Good luck everyone!