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It’s almost Halloween again! While Halloween is one of my all-time favorite holidays owing to my childlike love of dressing up, now that I have a job and what not I no longer seem to have time to sew an epic costume that makes people feel bad about themselves (jokes…). These costumes are all pretty easy to pull together at the last minute, so you can go to all of your fancy-pants Halloween parties with your costumed head held high as you aren’t going as a sexy nurse for the fourth year in a row.

Snow White
With two Snow White films and Once Upon a Time released this year, she’s pretty much the fairy tale character of 2012, and you’ve got four different versions to choose from; Kristen Stuart (Snow White & The Huntsmen), Lily Collins (Mirror Mirror), Ginnifer Goodwin in Storybrooke, and Ginnifer Goodwin in magical fairytale land. Whichever Snow you choose, I’d recommend powdering yourself with some baby powder to get nice and pale, and finishing the look off with red lipstick, bright eyes, and some subtle blush. You’ll also need dark hair, so consider a wig if you’re blonde. Or… Read the rest of this entry »

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At the end of July I was at our family cottage in Manitoba. Before heading out to the cabin, which is rather well removed from anything other than other cottages, I stocked up on vegetables—bell peppers, a sweet potato, some chard, broccoli, and an oversized red onion. Grandma Irene also brought me a zucchini from the farmer’s market the happened to be size of my lower leg.

Come Thursday the majority of the peppers, sweet potato, and onion were still hanging around, and no one had dared to touch the limb-sized zucchini.  I thought I’d make a grilled vegetable pasta sauce, and after a considerable amount of slicing, I had a pile of vegetables large enough to draw comments about feeding an army from everyone else in the cottage.

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Try as I might, with an arsenal of lip balms in every purse and desk drawer, winter always manages to dry out my lips in the most uncomfortable ways. Even with frequent applications of my best beeswax lip balm, I need more. I need exfoliation. This scrub does the trick beautifully.

The exfoliation mixture I use (salt, sugar, and olive oil) is great, but I doubt it would taste very nice. Also, it’s usually pretty runny, which is fine for all-over body use, but for an area as small as the lips, something a little more solid is better; that way you can make sure you’re getting all the ingredients in one little scoop.

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Growing up, baked apple dumplings were a rare, delicious, and quickly scarfed delicacy. My father covered his with coffee cream, while my mother preferred vanilla ice cream, or maybe some milk. I’ll take all three, if you don’t mind.

Never heard of apple dumplings? Allow me to fill that gaping hole in your life.

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And the winner is… Meghanne! Woo! (A different Meghan/Meghanne than last time, I promise). So, Meghanne will very soon be the lucky owner of a tube of my wonderful and oh-so-effective spearmint lip balm!

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