I Have Been Up For 4 Hours So Far...

And it's only 8:30 am.

Yup, at the crack of dawn I was suddenly woken up by my cat and then for some reason the first thing that popped into my head was "Hair." And once I started thinking about it, I couldn't stop.

Why I worrying about what to do with my hair (and my bridesmaids hair) at 4:30 in the morning, 3 months before the wedding, was beyond me. But there I was, fully awake in bed thinking about it while the Office Groom was fast asleep, peaceful and undisturbed.

The thought of trying to coordinate six women, including myself, and making sure everyone was pleased with the outcome filled me with anxiety. Time, money - throw those into the worry mix too. And before I knew it, the alarm went off at 6 am (our gym time) and it was time to officialy start the day.

Luckily for me, the Office Groom functions well in the morning, and when he woke up, he listened to everything I was worried about and offered some suggestions. I think more than anything, I just needed to say it out loud, and once I got everything off mychest, I felt a lot better.

However, I am now sleep deprived, and I have a busy day ahead of me with work and a dinner party we're hosting at our place later the evening.

Woooo.

Movie Review: "Knight And Day"

Last Sunday, after a relaxing couples massage at Novo Spa (Office Groom's birthday present to me), we headed over to the movie theatre and watched "Knight And Day." I saw the trailer a month ago and remember thinking "That's the Tom Cruise I remembered loving!" And while watching the film, I kept thinking the same thing.


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If you like a light hearted comedy with loads of action and eye candy, this is a great summer flick to check out. With friends, or on a date night, this movie will definitely keep you entertained for two hours.

There's great chemistry between the two leading stars, Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, and as I mentioned before, you almost forget all the "crazy" that Mr. Cruise has made himself out to be in the last few years, and fall in love with him all over again :)

How Do You Say "No"?

Without having to actually say it?

This is a question that most brides and grooms will ask themselves at some point in the planning, when friends and family members start volunteering ideas or services which they believe are "helpful" for the wedding.

Your aunt has a green thumb and wants to make your bouquet using her garden flowers. You fiance's cousin's husband plays in a cover band and wants to do the music for the reception. Your friend from university insists on doing your invites as her gift to you because she learned how to use Photoshop recently.

It's a tough call, because while on one hand we should be appreciative of others wanting to make a contrubution, there's also the risk that it's not the kind of contribution we needed in the first place.

And then there is the oh-so-awkward scenario when guests ask - sorry, tell -a couple that they are bringing a date, someone who wasn't accounted for in the numbers. That's a fun phone call to make, huh?

NOT.

"Oh...hi Jerry. Good, good. Things are going well! Hey, I noticed that you were bringing a date to the wedding? Oh, you met her in a bar last weekend? That's nice. Yeah, so about that..."

AWKWARD.

So...how do you say "no"?

Restaurant Review: Spuntini

Last night, I went out for dinner with the Office Groom and our families to celebrate my birthday. OG organized the whole thing and dinner took place at a swanky Italian restaurant called Spuntini.

PROS
Located on Avenue Road just north of the Yorkville action, Spuntini is a beautifully decorated restaurant with an impressive menu and wine list to boot. Many celebrities frequent the restaurant, as proof will show with the many framed photographs on the wall as you enter the restaurant. Johnny Depp, Kim Catrell, Matthew Broderick - we may have been seated at the same table as one of these stars :)

I enjoyed my Coda D'Aragosta - Cuban lobster tails, oven baked, and dressed with roasted garlic, butter, and white wine.

YUM!

Paired with a glass of Amarone ( Amarone Della Valpolicella, Luigi Righetti, Italy), it was one of the best meals I've had in a long time. I know this makes me sound like a total uppity snob, and I just want to point out that we don't eat like this regularly, lol. When I ordered the lobster my brother jokingly commented "Geez, you'd think this was your birthday or something."

CON
The service could have been better. The place got pretty busy by 8 o'clock and it was definitely under staffed. It took a while for us to order our meals and then to receive them. Our waiter was a bit snooty too, but at least he was nice about taking a group picture for us.

All in all, it was a great dining experience and I am so happy to have been with my family to celebrate!

A Happy G20 Birthday

Traffic jams. Gun shots. An unnerving amount of cops everywhere. And a security wall that eerily resembles East Berlin 30 years ago.

All thanks to the G20 Summit.

But, I'm not going to complain. Why? Because thanks to G20, I have the next two days off (as in, "working" from home), and today also happens to be my birthday :) Having grown up in Quebec, where every June 24th was a holiday (St. Jean Baptiste), it's nice having a day off to celebrate my 28th year in Ontario without having to take a holiday.

Dear God. 28. I'm not one for numbers. I still act like I'm 17 most of the time. But there's something about "28" that sounds so mature! Luckily, that didn't stop the Office Groom from getting the most awesome and silly birthday card for me...



And the fun continues all through the weekend. A fancy shmancy dinner awaits me tonight with my family. Tomorrow night my ladies have put together a Derby themed birthday party for me and friends. And Sunday the Office Groom is taking me to the spa for a couples massage.

I'm a lucky gal!

For anyone else celebrating another year today, Happy Birthday!!!

Earthquake in Toronto?

Just plugging away at work when suddenly I noticed my desk and filing cabinet shaking! Just confirmed that Toronto (and other parts of Ontario apparently) just had an earthquake!

Yeesh...G20...cops everywhere...earthquakes.

And my birthday tomorrow, lol.

Sigh...

Yesterday was the first time I didn't get a chance to blog. Boo. And there's a reason for it too. Ever have one of those days where nothing seems to go right, especially the things that were presumably suppose to be easy to accomplish? That was yesterday. Work, the wedding, personal stuff...it's like the day decided on it's own that it was going to be a bad one and forgot to send me a memo.

With regards to the wedding, the problem is that as we are getting closer to the date, more and more people are coming at all sides and trying to tell us how to run the show. Some requests are doable while others I just want to give the WTF look as a response. And such minute details! It's as if people have forgotten why we're doing this to begin with.

A part of me just wants to remind everyone that this is after all our wedding, and what we says goes. Deal with it. But then that lovely term "Bridezilla" would come outta the woodwork, wouldn't it? It just boggles my mind that people don't get it. Especially since by wedding standards, the Office Groom and I have been really accomodating and pretty chill about the whole thing.

I guess it's one of those situations that if the people who are suppose to be stressing aren't, someone else will find a way to make up for it, lol.

Sigh - I only hope that today goes a lot better than yesterday.

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