Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Dec 6, 2009, 11:14 am
…if your shot doesn’t have the consistency of yogurt you are doing it wrong. Brain tumor, anyone? Yikes! Thus concludes my recap of Saturday, December 5th.
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Dec 4, 2009, 1:19 pm
I took care of the last of my business this morning, so I can finally let you guys in on my school plans! I’m quitting. *Gasp!* Ok, I’m not actually quitting. Not completely, anyway. Maybe I sh...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Dec 4, 2009, 9:21 am
I showed you the view from my newly decorated patio window a few days ago… I was beginning to fear we were in for a brown Christmas this year! But this is Manitoba, and the weather does not disa...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Dec 3, 2009, 10:04 pm
I had one of those good-for-no-reason kinda days. I slept (ok, I overslept…but who’s keeping track?), made some progress in my school-related business, spent some time working on a class project...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Dec 3, 2009, 12:05 pm
I forgot to eat breakfast this morning! Lucas decided not to get up for his morning class, so I just slept right on in until 10 minutes before I had to leave for my appointment at school. Oops! I ha...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Dec 2, 2009, 9:17 pm
When I put the Christmas decorations up on the entertainment centre I took the stuff I cleaned off of there and tossed it on our hallway table. Lucas noticed and pointed out to me that it looks like s...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Dec 2, 2009, 1:26 pm
I’m working on a project/studying for one of my courses at home today. I took Bella to the shop this morning to have an immobilizer put in. This is mandatory in MB for certain vehicles, mine include...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Dec 2, 2009, 6:30 am
Warning: This post may not be quite as interesting or fun as my peppy title makes it out to be. Since No-Spend November didn’t turn out quite like I had planned (ha!), I decided to take a more re...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Dec 1, 2009, 1:59 pm
No-Spend November turned out to be a bit of a flop. I didn’t go crazy or anything, but I did eat out a few times, and bought my parents dinner once. They bought me a car, it was literally the least ...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 30, 2009, 6:29 am
When Lucas and I had the big talk a few months ago about “what comes next” (read: when he graduates and starts work in January), we reached one very important decision: It was time for me to get m...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 28, 2009, 7:00 am
21 days ago I quit smoking for good. Since then I have… Regained something of a sense of smell and taste Not once purchased a pack of cigarettes, only to then feel guilty for spending money on the...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 26, 2009, 12:04 pm
…you plan to fail? I don’t know if I necessarily agree with that as a blanket statement, but I can tell you today that it definitely applies to such things as prepping the bloody coffee maker bef...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 26, 2009, 6:30 am
Remember back in this post when I asked you to wish Lucas luck in his interview? Well, you people are obviously pretty powerful, because he got a phone call from his new employers today offering him t...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 25, 2009, 10:11 am
As I was walking my pooch last night, I came across two guys standing on the side of the street having a conversation. One had a beagle twice the size of mine, and the other had some fluffy little thi...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 24, 2009, 6:09 pm

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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 23, 2009, 8:17 pm
It is amazing what finishing a school project AND a term test in one day can do for my stress level! For tonight, anyway…:P The lack of fresh produce (or anything not frozen, really) in my apartmen...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 23, 2009, 12:50 pm
I got distracted from studying by blog reading and Norah Jones. Personal interests trump Cost Accounting today, apparently! What better time to bang out a post? Eats I took breakfast with me to scho...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 23, 2009, 6:30 am
I think the last time I posted was Wednesday. Wow! I’ve been busy busy busy, so here’s a list: This is my 16th day smoke free. Nice. I feel FINE! Will upgrade to feeling great after I visit the g...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 18, 2009, 6:30 pm
I even have photographic evidence! I woke up today feeling halfway decent (and not nauseous at all – score!). Last night I finished up my pity party with some sushi. Our favourite (ex favourite?) s...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 17, 2009, 9:22 am
Good I went to see this show last night. It was amazing. My apartment is warm! Baths. Baths save my life when I’m not feeling good. Bad I’m still sick. Massive painful headache/dizziness/nausea...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 16, 2009, 6:30 am

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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 13, 2009, 3:04 pm
I got paid today I got a cheque in the mail for $74.40 – reimbursement for a portion of my dental cleaning that was covered by insurance (they sent some reimbursement to me and the rest to the dent...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 13, 2009, 11:28 am
I had already decided that I wouldn’t be going to class today if I was still sick, since Fridays are chock full of work periods and I would only have had two classes like 5 hours apart. Sure enough,...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 12, 2009, 6:54 pm
Eats Well, I’m sorry to say…but all I’ve eaten today is two Danishes, the second of which I didn’t even bother taking a photo of. How terrible! I eat well 99% of the time, so I’m not going...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 12, 2009, 12:56 pm
Seems that these days if you get sick everyone assumes you’ve got the Hiney flu. Silly! But no, I don’t have H1N1. I went to see my doc this morning. I have a sinus thing goin’ on, which I sort...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 12, 2009, 9:00 am
Eats Too sick to eat anything. Blah. To-Do On today’s agenda… Hit the gym in the evening Pack for the weekend in the country Make sure kitchen + all dishes are clean by the end of the day ...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 11, 2009, 5:58 pm
Eats The only thing I felt like eating for lunch was caesar salad…so that’s what I had! Followed by a pear…I am officially out of fresh fruit now. Sad I went through a lot of this stu...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 11, 2009, 11:42 am
I am thankful to live in this fantastic, beautiful, free country today. I hope each of my readers will take a moment to think about what was sacrificed for us by our veterans. I also hope you each had...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 10, 2009, 8:45 pm
I haven’t done an evening post (or 3 posts in one day) for a long time. Exciting? Sort of! Eats This is what I made for dinner tonight: Sausage stuffed acorn squash! Om nom nom. I’ve barely eat...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 10, 2009, 12:48 pm
Some people have it. Some people (like me) have to work a little harder to get there. Unfortunate, but true. The past week has been rough, and it doesn’t help that I woke up sick as a dog this mor...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 10, 2009, 6:30 am
I am exhausted. No surprise, since I haven’t really worked out for about a week. Funny what a vicious cycle that is – no exercise = no energy = no exercise = …repeat. I legitimately couldn’t ...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 3, 2009, 6:06 pm
I found out this morning that a high school friend was killed in an accident last night. We weren’t super close, but he was the kind of guy who really made an impression – he was a goofball, the c...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 3, 2009, 6:30 am
I tried really hard to measure things for you guys this time! Check it out: Honey Hot Pork Chops 2 pork chops, trimmed of fat 1/4 cup honey, melted 1/4 tsp garlic powder (I didn’t have any fr...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 2, 2009, 6:30 am
Well…it’s here. Remember this post where I announced that November was going to be a month of reduced spending? Well, the time has come to make good on my promises…so, as of yesterday, my walle...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Nov 1, 2009, 10:32 am
I had the best Halloween! Back tomorrow with No-Spend November. Until then…
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Oct 30, 2009, 6:30 am
I recently whipped up my first butternut squash of the season. I sort of winged it this time around, so once again we have no measurements. I’m sure you can figure it out! The Boyfriend donated a de...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Oct 29, 2009, 6:30 am
I’m sure most of you saw this post on the loss of my beloved press pot, which just so happened to be the method of frothing milk for my homemade lattés. WELL! I don’t know if the boyfriend’s ...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Oct 28, 2009, 7:30 am
I’m a self-declared Food Snob…I make no apologies for this, nor do I try to hide it. I like my food as straight from the source as possible, and I eagerly await the day when I have a garden to pul...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Oct 27, 2009, 6:30 am
I have a few go-to comfort meals, and this is definitely one of them! I’m not much good with recipes (on account of hating the concept of measuring while I’m cooking) so I’m not even going to tr...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Oct 23, 2009, 8:00 am
Remember this post on saving money for travel, where I said I wanted to get back into the habit of baking my own bread? Well, last night I stayed true to my word and did just that! I baked some stand...
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Vanessa M posted an article on Last Night's Leftovers - Oct 23, 2009, 7:30 am
You met my little pink press pot yesterday in this latté post. Well…my little pink press pot met it’s fate last night. What will I froth my milk in now?
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