Aritzia Sale Wishlist...

I'm holding out for more price slashes and once they do, ima be on it!

Ainsley Blouse in Black

Sabine dress in Red

Readers have you found any pieces from the sale?

In Action...Coral and White

What I wore for a recent shopping trip...

Forever 21 sweater (old, similar)

Forever 21 dress (old, similar)

TKEES Foundations flip flops in Cocoa Butter

Gucci bag (old, similar)

Meatball's...Asian Style

Here's another recipe I don't have exact measurements for but I do have the ingredient list...

Another fave from my Mom...

Meatball subs...

Pork

Red Onion

Salt

Pepper

Sugar

Soy Sauce

I love to dip the bread in the sauce or make a sub and add cucumbers and hot sauce.

In a large bowl, add pork, salt, pepper, a little sugar and chopped onions. Mixing the ingredients together slowly adding soy sauce. Roll into balls and placing in a bowl (we made our own double broiler), in a separate bowl add water and soy sauce mixing together and slowly drench each pork ball.

Cook for an hour, and serve with French bread(we toasted ours).

Pork Congee...Vietnamese Style

I wasn't feel well after returning home from my trip, so I called my Mom to come over and she kindly made me some congee. Nothing like some home cooked food to get me feeling better...

I apologize I don't have exact measurements but I can tell you what the ingredients are...

My mother just throws things in to taste...

White rice

Green Onions

Ground Pork

Garlic

Sugar

Salt

Pepper

Fish Sauce

In a large pot cook rice with plenty of water on med-high heat. In a pan add olive oil and garlic. Add pork with salt and pepper and a little bit of sugar. Cook until no longer pink. Add pork mixture to the rice. Stirring occasionally. Once pork is fully cooked add green onions and fish sauce. Season to taste, adding more salt and pepper or fish sauce as needed.

I added hot sauce, lettuce and squeezed some lime to mine...

In Action...Matchy Matchy in Beige and Black

What I wore while on vaca...

Wilfred Sabine Dress (purchased here)

Chanel Purse

TKEES flip flops

Favorite Foods from Europe trip...

Breakfast from our hotel in Milan...

Gelato from a random vendor in Milan

Bruschetta from a restaurant in Florence

A chicken appy from Bvlgari Hotel in Milan

Pizza and desserts from Princi in Milan

* also check out my Instagram @kngap for videos of Europe and other pics 

Europe 2013...

If you follow me on Instagram you may have already noticed some pics from different parts of Europe...

Since this was going to be one of the last long haul trips we decided on Paris, Vienna, Florence and Milan...

Some highlights below...

Laduree desserts...

Hall of Mirrors in Versailles (we booked a tour for a friday 2pm, highly recommend going in the afternoon and booking with a guide.)

photo from potolkimaker.com

The Rosewood room in Schonbrunn Palace (many of the centre panels we being restored when we visited)

Wonderful musical in Vienna...Elisabeth (highly recommend, still humming the tunes...)

Hoher Markt Clock... (played music but the figures were broken...hopefully they will be fixed sooner than later)

Favorite place in the world...Ponte Vecchio in Florence

(sadly couldn't find what I was looking for...)

The best ice-cream!!! Hazelnut with chocolate centre (that's the chocolate oozing out from the centre)

Comfortable ride on the train from Florence to Milan

The Duomo in Milan (wasn't allowed in, was wearing a skirt :( )

Side note: This trip I relied heavily on trip advisor, from what to do, places to stay and where to eat. All I can say is you pay for what you get. So my advice is research, triple check and get feedback from your travel agent, and lastly cross check with the actual website. 

Update...Q-Tips and storage

Recent purchase from Winners...

New Precision Tips Q-Tips found at Superstore

Q-Tips

My Verdict: Praiseworthy. After several months of using the Joe fresh cotton buds I purchased at Superstore, I needed to re-stock my dwindling supply. Unfortunately they were sold out or no longer carried them. I did find a replacement from Q-Tips, which I'm excited to try. I'm favouring these for the pointed tip as they are perfect for cleaning under eye make-up or tidying any globs of mascara accidentally swiped on the lid. The Joe fresh ones were more convenient as the other end, shaped like a round flat paddle is perfect if you're in a pinch for eyeshadow application.