Weekend!

A little late - but better late than never! 

My Aunt and Uncle and their two kids came down to Canada for the kids March break, but of course I was stuck at school and couldn't come visit them in Toronto. However, they did get a chance to come up and visit me for a light dinner which was super exciting! (I'm sorry I fully forgot to take picture of the food, we got too caught up in conversation!) 

Instead here are some pictures of my daily jewelry and of the fam at dinner :) 

 My Nonno passed away in December of 2011 and for Christmas this year my parents found a set of very old coins that he had kept in his house and plated them in silver and gave them to my sister, cousin and I! I think it looks awesome on both the silver beaded chain my Mom got to go with it as well as my long Tiffany chain (in this picture)! I'm not sure if its worth anything, but its awesome to have as a little memento of him (as well as my tattoo ;)) 

Sunny days

Although it has still been snowing when its supposed to be spring, at least we have had some pretty bright and sunny days throughout the week. Of course these are the best days to be nuggling with the kitty haah  *Fingers crossed that it'll be nice and sunny on St. Patty's day this sunday* & 

With summer coming up I have decided to attempt my health kick (since I have been slacking) so here is the beginning of my fresh start. This is my home made salad with mixed greens and arugula (my fav) , tomatoes, bocconcini cheese, olives, home made balsamic vinaigrette, and poached eggs !

Cupcakes!

One of my co-workers asked if I would make some cupcakes for her friends bridal shower! I found an awesome chocolate cupcake recipe (the bride to be really loves her chocolate) and I also found these adorable cupcake cups which made me really excited! The "rings" on top of the cupcakes didn't turn out as well as they did the first time which is a major bummer... I was being silly and rushed it 

Generally when I made my home made cupcakes I love to make home made icing as well (just for the extra originality) However, at school I don't have a hand mixer (which I know I have to invest in asap) so as a result bought icing it is :) 

These were the first ones I gave (as a sample so she could choose what design she liked best)

*note the ring in the top right corner and then note how bad they look in the last photo :( 

 I finally bought myself a nice little piping bag and a few tips! I absolutely love them! 

Baking in my student oven isn't exactly the prettiest site to see :p 

Another snow storm !

It has been snowing like crazy here all last night and this morning ! The whole time I have been hoping for a snow day so I can have some extra time to study for my exam this afternoon... Looks like I'm gunna have to write it ! At least when it snows like this you can get some pretty gorgeous pictures (too bad I only have my iPhone with me to snap them)

How I spend my snowed in days

Attempting to deal with my computer crashing the only way I know how... with a glass of wine!.. and a lot of them!

Since I was snowed in today, what else was I supposed to do but bake my favourite new healthy treat! ... and by healthy I mean not as bad as chocolate fudge brownies :) - These are way better.. Chocolate quinoa brownies! so moist! 

Dining and dashing !

As I said in my earlier post- my computer crashed! (literally one of the worst days of my life- everything got erased! :( ) With that being said, for now, I have nowhere to upload pictures, so all I can post for you is compilations of my life through my iPhone! 

After being sick for over a week with a sinus infection and fever I was barely eating! I had no appetite at all, so of course as soon as I could handle food I had to make something tasty! This is garlic naan bread pizza with banana peppers, grilled chicken, my Nonno's homemade tomato sauce and arugula with balsamic dressing ontop! Mmmm

One of my best friends is going to study abroad in Australia from February until August (lucky bitch)! I am so jealous! She is going to have the time of her life and come back so tanned while I am stuck in this little city covered in snow :( As our last bang before she left for her adventure, we went out to sushi at Spoon and Fork! It was delicious! I don't think I have ever gone for all you can eat sushi and didn't waddle my way through the door on my way out! 

For Christmas this year my awesome roommate bought me a cupcake recipe book and I have been baking from it non stop! With one of my best friends from home's birthday coming up I had to experiment with some new cupcakes! After all that delicious sushi my friends and I went back to my place to whip up a batch of home made cupcakes for out besties birthday! 

This had to be the coolest thing ever! I had never played with, let alone made from scratch modelling chocolate! It was so fun to play with and the coolest thing to feel it thicken up so fast as I mixed the chocolate with the syrup! 

my little chocolate modellers! 

Happy Birthday Girl!

My friend Brody is in a program at my school (HAFA) where one of his projects was to create a menu and cook it for anyone who made a reservation at the restaurant! With that being said we had to go have a taste of his fantastic food! It was very well done and I'm so proud! I had potato, leek and bacon soup (my favourite), and a leek and mushroom quiche with miso spinach salad! Even though it was only 11:00 we had to take advantage of buying a beer to go with our meal too hehe 

Typical action of my roommate and I! Minj has been dying to get another tattoo and so after finally deciding on exactly what she wanted we ran over to the tattoo parlour and got it done! It was so fast (I swear it only took 15 minutes to pay, draw out and tattoo) and now she has 2 awesome new tattoo's on the sides of her feet! She took it like a champ and was even taking pictures of the tattoo artist working herself! 

My latest obsession is with Buddha's and I recently bought a third statue to put in my room! It finally came and I can't wait to set it up! ... fully in love! 

Computer crash!

I'm sorry for the lack of updates. My computer crashed and therefore I have nowhere to upload my pictures or to edit them! I'm hoping to get it all figured out ASAP! But in the mean time bare with me please :). Ill start uploading Instagram pictures in the mean time :)

Xo