Week 49: Best Friend Adventures (Anissa): CNO, MAC & Gym Workout

FREE Makeover Time!!!

December 1st is such an awesome start to the month. Christmas songs start playing, everyone preparing for the new year approaching and cyber monday sales (which could have been better in terms of discount). I decided to chill with my bestie, Anissa to get a whole bunch of stuff done. Our hangout started a bit late since I overslept (came from a night shift). We ended up meeting around 3pm. We decided to go to CNO (college of nurses) first, head downtown to eaton centre and than go to the gym

College of Nurses (CNO) is where you have to go to register for your nursing licence which allows you to work as a registered nurse in Canada. Now that Anissa passed her exam, she has to show them the form and pay to get such registration. Initial fee around $300. We literally waited an hour to get serviced since the lady was honestly SO slow (4 people in line shouldn't take an hour). Since its still december, if my friend registered now, she would have to pay another $200 to renew her licence in January which makes no sense since she hasn't gotten a nursing job yet. So, we were able to indicate that we want the money to be processed in January so her membership would be valid for all of 2015.

Next was Eaton Centre! We first ate cause I was SOOO hungry! We had subway 6 inch sandwich and later had a nice crepe!!! Ive always seen the place at eaton centre but this was my first time actually buying something.

Once, our bellies were full we headed down to MAC Cosmetics cause we had an horrible experience on Black Friday, where this artist treated us pretty bad. To sum it up, I asked to know about foundation since Im pretty new in that department. She applied the foundation to only HALF of my face, instead of offering me a wipe to clean my face she got one for herself to clean her hands, asked me if I was going to purchase it. I refused since my intention was lipstick. She than said okay and I asked her to write down the product on a paper so when I want to purchase it, I'll know which one I want. Instead, she tells me to write it in my phone myself or take a picture. Uh...okay >3>. I than stated that I wanted to purchase the Heroine lipstick with the Be Spoken lip pencil. She stated "sure" and instead goes and serves another customer as we wait 3-5 minutes. Eventually, the manager came by to ask us if we were serviced and I stated that she said she was going to get us lipstick but didn't.

Anissa was more pissed off than me and I decided to call and tell a manager. When I called the same day, the same women who had ended up getting us the lipstick had answered the phone. Though she remembered me and apologized for such service, It didn't seem like she was taking it very seriously. So I decided to call the assistant store manager and she was shocked that I received such service. Due to such experience and I being a first time customer at MAC, she decided to offer me a complementary or FREE lipstick, lipgloss OR blush (AWESOME)

Once we reached there, I asked for the manager and a Artist Samora came by to ask us what we were interested in looking at. I pointed out that foundation is something I don't know anything about so would want to see a how it would look on ALL of my face compared to half. In the end, they gave me a FREE makeover literally from primer, eyeshadow, foundation, mascara, lipstick and lipgloss! I looked SOOO goood!

I ended getting the Lipgloss, since it complemented the Heroine lipstick/Bespoken lip pencil which she applied during the makeover!

I wrote probably half a page of the amazing service I received from Samora and talked to the manager personally about how wonderful she was. Throughout the whole makeover she explained all the products used, how to give myself a more natural look compared to the crazed "I look like a different human being" look. We discussed about our career and the CRNE exams that we had to take. She even wrote ALL the product she used during the makeover down for me so I could take my time to purchase everything!

Samora is Awesome

It was funny since the girl that was SO rude was present and throughout our whole time there, she kept on glaring at us, coming to the areas where we got out makeover to peak and hear our conversation. It was beyond funny. Anyways, Samora was awesome and defiantly going back JUST for her <3

After all that lovely interaction and talk about makeup, we headed to the gym (I know, do ur makeup and now you gotta sweat it all out T_T). So, we worked out and had a blast. It was a nice afternoon-night hangout on my day off. Always a pleasure hanging with the bestie <3

Till Next Time...

Yumoyori <3~

Week 46: Best Friend Adventures(Lina)- Unexpected Day Off

Happy Early Birthday Lina

Saturday, I originally had thought I had work (normally scheduled Saturday nights). However, when I received my DSP (its a document sent to our work email a day before each shift with the client information and a number we use to log in before our shift) and it only stated I worked Sunday. I called to confirm and make sure my client had a nurse for that night and ended up having the day off =D! So instead of staying home, I arranged to chill with Lina again!!!

Our hangout was suppose to be Saturday but due to my Friday plans being cancelled, I decided Friday would be better, thus us hangout with Anissa. It was good that we got to hangout again since we had to do a number of things!

Lina lovely boyfriend decided to buy the SAME bag for Lina as a Christmas gift, but since I beat him to it (MY BAD xD) I encouraged Lina to bring it and we would go exchange it for a different style/colour cause honestly, who needs two of the same bag?

We met at Eaton Centre and went straight to GUESS. The lady was pretty nice about it and honestly I bought it yesterday, so I didn't expect any major problems. We looked around the whole store and though Im not a MAJOR Guess fan (only love their watches) there wasn't anything that really attracted me that would look nice on Lina. We returned back to the bag section and was debating to get the White or Black Delany Mini Tote, but both colours especially white, looked like they would get dirty pretty fast (in the store they already had dust and the white had a little stain). Finally, a Black with the guess design and brown straps caught our attention (the white one got our attention first and we found out they had a black version which I preferred due to the decreased probability of it getting dirty).

This is the Delany Logo Small Classic Tote in Black. I felt this would be the best for Lina since its small, can still carry more than just a wallet and phone, and due to the material, if by chance it got stained, it isn't noticeable to the eye (unless u go all close and personal). Overall, out of all the choice, this looked more reasonable. The price was $98 dollars so with tax I paid about $34 dollars extra which was worth it compared to buying the medium size which was $120 and beyond "medium"  

It looked extremely well with Lina too so totally worth it. Lina TRIED to connivence me to allow her to pay for the difference but CMON what kind of friend would do that XD <3~

Once that was accomplished, we headed to Bath & Body Works and I went on ANOTHER haul (me and my mom honestly have an addiction to candles....I think I have a stronger one for scented ones than my mom) and I took advantage of the buy 2 Get, 2 free/Buy 3, Get 3 Free Deal. 

By the time we were done shopping, I was starving (only ate a McMuffin for breakfast) so we headed to Kenzo Noodles Japanese restaurant to have some Ramen. This location is pretty small, so we were lucky to get a booth seat when we entered. Lina treated me, so I ordered the King Ramen Bowl at lvl 1 Hot (spicy) and Takoyaki balls. We both enjoyed our plates and the service was VERY fast (literally within 5 minutes our food was served). 

The food was really good and filling especially on a cold winter day. The spice lvl was perfect and the Takoyaki was really soft and big pieces compared to other places such as Teashop 168. 

After Lunch-Dinner, we walked around Best Buy and Eaton's looking at electronic and dresses. TED BAKER opened up at Eaton's centre so we took a look. This made me laugh since ALL THERE DRESSES GO UP TO SIZE 3!!!!! Can you believe it! Talk about being excluded to the fashion train. Such beautiful high classes dresses that would be very classy and elegant to wear, yet ONLY designed for people Size 3 and BELOW! I was VERY dissatisfied by this. Even IF I lost weight, I would NEVER go that low. Size 6 is my LIMIT. If I did ever become smaller than that, it would ONLY be due to me toning my assets such as my butt and waist. We ended are hangout talking about the struggle of plus size or anyone past size 8+ getting clothing without a higher price tag.

Lina an awesome individual in general. She smart, thinks logically, and I love her passion for finance and saving money!!! She a perfect friend to have (and she thinks I'm crazy for buying so many candles as if they're going bankrupt or were going to have a blackout). She also got me my current RN job which I'm passionate about and allows me to have fun and support my Mama, so I'm always grateful to her. It surprising, cause the ONLY reason we met was through the CRNE Nursing Exam and she was sitting right next to me (this other girl was sitting in MY seat and thus I had to ask her to move; the seats in the examination room are numbered so if you don't seat in your designated seat you can be asked to leave the room for your stupidity). We chat for a bit, I wrote her name down on my envelop, added her on Facebook and our friendship started there. Weird how life works XD.

So far, Im very satisfied with the friends in my life (well one of them is concerning me but will see how that goes in terms of de-ranking on the friendship scale). Lina is a someone reliable and who you would want in you life. Also, she not afraid to tell me I'm spending too much (hehehehe which I do ALOT). It was a good day and I had fun. Hope to have more adventures with her and I still owe her a movie so thats next on the list (I really want to watch Dear White People...hehehehe)

Till Next Time...

Yumoyori <3~

Week 46: Best Friend Adventures (Lina/Anissa)-Jacks, Shopping, Friendship

On Friday, I got to chill with both Anissa and Lina (hanging out with two best friends in one day is like a miracle). It only worked out this way since Anissa needed to get her police check done which is at College station and I had to meet Lina at a similar time at Eaton's which is one block away (Dundas & Yonge). Since Anissa going on vacation to US for a week or more, I decided to take an opportunity to chill with her even if it was short before she leaves.

My day started out by going to the police station to get Anissa Police check. When you initial become a nurse, in order to get you licence once passing the exam, you have to give them a specific police check to prove your not a criminal >3> obviously. We got that out of the way and missioned to eaton centre. I usually just go by train but since its a block away, I thought might as well walk (we got lost and literally walked in a square in the cold -__-).

I was suppose to meet Lina at 230pm but I wanted to surprise her with a little gift since her birthday was coming up. Anissa had a meet up at around 3ish so I could kidnap her for a bit to help me get the gift and find some workout gear.

I gave Lina the excuse that I was meeting someone at eaton centre to give me something so if she could make her way to eaton to meet me there instead of our originally meet up at College station. One of my good friends works at Guess so we got to see her at work. I picked up the Delany Mini Tote in Brown. They have MANY other colours to choose from but Brown seemed the most appropriate, classy and was what Lina had her eyes on <3. I bought it and we went to Sport chek to get me some shoes. My goal was to get a good pair of shoes to workout in once I start going to the gym next month and wanted to look at the underarmor sports bras and know the pricing.

I normally get my sport bras at Walmart, but for their price being around 29-35 bucks its not really worth it if they don't even hold your boobs from going all over the place when working out. Sure, if you have small boobs than no problem, but sadly my chest is not in that category so having a supportive bra would help (esp when your at the gym on the treadmill...).

Anyways, I ended up getting two Nike shoes. As for the Sport Bra, Anissa said she would check out US underarmor store (they have their OWN individual store which isn't available in Canada) and try to get one for me if available. I made a review on my little Haul here:

http://yumoyori.blogspot.ca/2014/11/guess-nike-free-runs-bath-works-haul.html

Lina came when I was paying and was very surprised to have gotten my little gift!!! She seemed very happy. Glad I could make her smile :D! Anissa friends in the end, were "busy" or something like that so Anissa ended up joining us to Jack Astors where we ate lots of good food and talked about friendship and who deserves our time.

Now that were in our mid twenties, I don't think we should be wasting our time on people. At this point, we should be focusing on strengthening the friendships we currently have, meet new people and know when to keep/fight for a friendship or to let go. Though it hard in the beginning to initiate such decisions but after experience such crazy friendship, its merely a casual thing I do now. In the end, it makes your life stress free and your not baby sitting people or letting people take advantage of you friendship or kindness.

Lina (Left) & Anissa (Right)
My Awesome Best Friends who Listen to My Rants

Once we finished eating at Jack Astors with their awesome service (Honestly have to make a review on Jacks), Anissa had to make her way home to pack, so we said our goodbyes. Anissa and Lina knew each other as acquaintances at University (Both Nursing) but they finally got to hangout together. Once she left, we decided to head back into eaton centre and walk around. I couldn't stay longer than I would want to due to my night shift, but we were able to go to Shoppers Drug mart, Lina buying a shaver and I buying some nice Buckley medicine to get over this nasty cold that Ive had about a week ago (~*About a week ago*~ Honestly that song is so jks). Also got some candles at Bath and Body Works which I also made a review on (those candles are awesome).

It was nice being able to chill with both of them. I had been working literally all week and hadn't chilled with anyone since Saturday. Was suppose go out Thursday, but was way to sick after my night shift and my original Friday plans got cancelled so it was a good break. Gotta try and hangout with Lina more often, she awesome hahaha (we talk literally everyday but hanging out is so much better).

Till Next Time...

Yumoyori <3~

Week 45: Best Friend Adventures (Noah)

Today, I got to chill with my Mom and Noah :D!! This was the first time they meet one another, and it was really interesting.

My Mom has issues with other people driving her so if you go to fast she gets all nervous (its SOOO cute xD), so I couldn't stop laughing when Noah was only going btw 80-90 on the highway and my mom was freaking out!!!!! My mom really liked Noah. She thought he was chilled which I believe is rare when your best friend is meeting your MOM! Also my mom is really laid back. When Noah was talking he said "Oh shit" and than he was like "OH...SORRY" and me and my mom died of laughter!!! I swear sometimes at home too so my mom doesn't take offence compared to maybe 2 years ago when she would be like NO SWEARING in the house kinda deal xD!!! Overall, Noah a really good driver so we got to our destination on a nice timely manner! I had to chill with my mom for a bit and took us literally 45-60mins before we got everything checked and cleared -__- sooooo long! So FINALLY, I left my mom (love u mommy :p) and Noah came back and picked me up (I have no idea what he did for the whole hour *_*)

My Mom laughing
(couldn't get a clear picture)

We went to Yorkdale for some nice shopping :D!! Since Noah drove me and my Mom, I decided to treat him to some good lunch/dinner. By this time, it was about 415pm when we reached Yorkdale so we were both starving!! The traffic was horrible!!!! It took about 10 minutes to find parking and the line to get even into Yorkdale parking lot was crazy (15 minutes).

We started off with our lunch/dinner at Pickle Barrel (will write a review on our experience). After dinner, we went around the mall. It was honestly so crowded, ridiculous -3-. I have a few things I have to buy for Christmas shopping. I know what I'm getting Noah (not your keyboard that u want Mr. if your reading this -3-). Also have a general idea of what Im getting for my other best friends. In terms of coordinators at work, probably going to get them Visa gift cards (apparently some have activation fees so I gotta be careful). We went to MK (wanted to view the wallets and they moved into a  MUCH bigger and spacious area of Yorkdale- not opposite of coach anymore), Kate spade, Holt Renfrew, Jack Jones, Top Men/Hudson Bay, Guess, Sport Chek (bought my weights), and went to the source to buy temporary earphones cause my Beats cord has died (R.I.P). I should order a new cord but my Beat headphones are having its own issues so I'll invest in a new one in a month or so. Probably, after christmas since Shopping alone will be about $400-500 bucks for the 7-8 people I'm getting gifts for.

I kinda wanna be cheap with my gifts, but now int today society you have to spend at least $50 or more, and me having a career doesn't help (people expect more sadly). But I've really narrowed down who Im giving gifts too cause honestly at the end of the day, they say thank u and thats it. Just wasted money on people who probably wont last long in your life to begin with.

Got Complimented for my Makeup

In-front of Holt Renfrew

Anyways, it was a good day overall. I really love Noah for his amazing personality and care free character. He is shy but once u get to know him, its so much fun! I love annoying him hehehe! Thanks Noah for always pampering me >:D!!!! (and driving me home, LORD knowsssss if I took the bus from yorkdale I wouldn't get home till 9).

Though I got home at 730pm, I couldn't sleep. Probably slept around 9ish and had to get up at 930 to go to work. I didn't want to be late (I always get Tim Hortons before my night shifts) so I took the 21:48 bus than the usual 22:04 bus. Also it being Saturday and the subway is closed from Eglinton to Bloor so shuttle busing is annoying.

Till Next Hangout....

Yumoyori <3~

WEEK 44: Best Friend Adventures (YunJoo)

Today was my day to chill with my best friend YunJoo (aka Steph <3). Had to admit this week was pretty crazy. I worked 7 days straight, day off didn't go as well as I had prayed for it to be, Got sick on the Friday from not dressing well enough on the Thursday night when I went drinking and thus resulting with me STILL having a cold -3-.

Ive known YunJoo since December 2012 when I had to give someone a gift and she (who literally only knew me through text and Facebook! Never met before) picked me up from work to get the gift AND drove me home too!!! As time passed, thus leading to almost 2 years of friendship we realized we have MANY similarities especially with our hardships and struggles which makes it really nice to have someone so kind hearted and understanding by your side.
We decided to meet up this weekend since, we haven't chilled for a while and we had made a lovely deal to help one another. Since I helped her, she treating me out today ;D (our little secret).  So we did a few things today before I went home to sleep for my night shift.

Congee Queen:

YunJoo is REALLY loving Congee

This is my first time going to Congee Queen (I'll write a review on it sometime this week). I must say, I was defiantly impressed and the food was Sooooooooooo GOOOODDDD. But I'll save that for later :P.

We talked about a lot of stuff. As many people who are close to me know, I love to rant especially with all the been happening at work and with stereotypical, immature people who just annoy my life. Actually made me wonder if I should cut them off or be remorseful? Thankfully, I don't associate myself with most of that crowd so for now I'll just have to be very precautions until I make that decision.

Anyways, we talked about other things like how real men act in society, Cars (my friend paid 21k for her beautiful car and now if she wants to sell it, the value is only 10k 0__0 W.T.F), and about Nursing. YunJoo is in the Nursing Program (SO PROUD OF YOU) and is doing absolutely amazing in it!!!!

This is one of the main reason I love hanging out with YunJoo. There are many people who LOVE to complain about their life. I'm no different. I love to complain about how much I struggling to support my Mom and myself, independently and sure when you've been doing this for 7-10 years it REALLY drains you. It sometimes makes you wonder if you didn't help the ones you loved would you be who you are today? However, many people who do complain about how shitty their lives are DONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!!

Don't get me wrong, everyone struggles. But if your just gonna complain about it and not ACT upon it, please just go sit in the corner and keep self reflecting till you find your answer. YunJoo is a perfect example of someone who ACTS and worked towards changing her life! Thus, after more than a year has passed and now she is literally reaching Cloud 9. People don't understand how negative individuals and interactions can really contribute to you reaching success or failure. I always love to remind ourselves how BETTER our lives are without such annoying people bringing us down. We save more money, we pamper ourselves without guilt, and were FREE to make our on decisions. So we ended our chat, me feeling ALOT better after talking to her about my past couple of days, and headed to Fairview.

We went to Pandora because they had released a Disney collection charms for the Christmas Season and I was interested in 3-4 of them! So we did a little viewing and shopping and I found exactly what I wanted :D <3 YunJoo also treated me to a charm which has ALOT of meaning to me and am very thankful for. Our experience at Pandora was top notch especially being my second time going there. I wont say much cause I will do a separate review of my Pandora charm collection so far (will link it soon).

OVERALL, the day was really wonderful and a good break. Im a workaholic and really have to squeeze in time for my hangouts so I really hate when they don't go well or to my expectations (or if someone just ruins it with their nuisance). It was short (chilled from 1330-0445) due to me working tonight but it was defiantly something I needed to lift my spirits up.

Thanks YunJoo for being so beautiful inside and out!!!! Till our next hangout...

Yumoyori <3~