It’s Sunday evening of Victoria Day long weekend which means that I don’t have to go to work tomorrow. Since I’m not at my parent’s house, I can spend the day however I wish. I think it’ll mean that I’ll just laze around my room, something I’ve missed dearly over the past few weeks.

A lot has happened over the past three days. Nothing life changing but it’s just different from my normal routine. Friday after work, I went to Toronto to visit friends and help out with our costumes. Well, the past three days has consisted most of tracing out patterns, cutting out patterns, ironing pleats and removing stitches. I don’t know how to use the sewing machine and painting is not my forte so I can’t really help out much. I don’t mind doing simple tasks, though I really worry about my lack of accuracy and its consequences. Think about it. Cutting out a pattern for let’s say a front panel and back pane, you have to have a certain degree of accuracy or else the two panels won’t align properly.

Last night, there were a total of 4 people working on various parts to our costumes and it was amazing. The interaction between everyone and it was just a very happy atmosphere (mostly because we are somewhat close to completion). I find it unfair that people want to cosplay, but can’t help out to do their part. Like doing a group project where an individual just writes his/her name in the end without having to do any work. I can’t be there to help very often, but I am there and help out as much as I can. The things I do don’t really require a lot of skill, but I still put in the hours.

Whatever. Saturday afternoon, we were walking around Queen St. in downtown Toronto. People are so well dressed! It made me feel so…ugh in my polo shirt and jeans. Looking at myself in the shop windows made myself cringe. *sighs* I saw a really pretty gothic-styled dress. Of course, it was 10 sizes too small. There are some really pretty skirts in the goth shops, but I doubt they’d have anything my size.

Shopping for clothing for myself makes me depressed. The stuff I like never fits me. Shoes. Tops. Pants. Skirts. I guess that’s the way society’s telling me to lose some weight. It’s true -_-; I’ve gained a lot of weight since I’ve been in university (enough to have to up a clothing size). *sighs*

We’ll see about working on that this summer, I guess. I have no problems with changing my eating habits. It’s just the exercise that I dread. I walk to work and back home. That’s only an hour of walking a day. It’s not enough. I hate this topic. Hate it. Why am I talking about it? I don’t know. Ugh.

Regardless. Sleeping in a foreign bed doesn’t do it for me so I was exhausted by this afternoon. I needed a hot shower in a clean bathroom. So I went home and I’ve been snacking and relaxing. My brain is in a bit of a mess right now.  *laughs*

Man, this is going to be garbled and not make logical sense. Oh wells. I went to the mall on Friday and got myself some lipstick! The lady at the counter was very very nice and didn’t mind how clueless I was in terms of make up. Last night, we went to a Japanese restaurant and I had an amazing meal. There was so much food in the set course that I couldn’t eat it all! First there was an appetizer of miso soup and salmon and cucumber maki. Then the main course was a bento box full of goodies. There were 6-7 pieces of tempura (ranging from shrimp to broccoli), a lettuce salad, chicken teriyaki and rice. As a mini dessert, there were 2 slices of orange. (Oh yeah, oranges are SO in season right now. They’re all sweet and just very yummy.) I managed to finish off everything except the chicken teriyaki and rice. But all that food for about $8! That is a deal if I ever saw one! Maybe next time I’ll try the salmon teriyaki.

Going to that restaurant has made me want to dig up my oyako donburi (it’s a chicken and egg dish over rice) recipe and make it again! ^_^