If you're overly addicted to online window shopping clap your hands!

CLAP! CLAP!

So, I've decided that Kyle and I are pretty big weenies with our blog (i.e. we don't post much) and I think that's partly because we do larger entries. Therefore, I decided that I would post this mini-post of sorts today.

Kyle and I don't exactly have a lot of money we can spend on whatever we want, but I am addicted to shopping. I am a recovering shopaholic! I once spent thousands of dollars in one summer (the one right before I went to University and gained too much weight...) on clothes and shoes and makeup, etc. Now, I am reduced to a small clothing budget. :-( That's okay... I've come to terms with it. *sniffle*

ANYWAYS, so I find myself shopping online a lot of these days. And now it's not just for myself. The past day or two I have been looking at cufflinks online for Kyle. Not that I will buy them and that he will accept them, but it's nice to dream anyways. There's even these really cute beehives ones that I thought would be cool if he ever had to do stuff with Young Women's.

To keep this short, I "love" (please don't tell me) finding new and interesting places to shop online but I continue to frequent old favorites such as RW & Co., Gap Co. (Old Navy, The Gap and Banana Republic), etc.

Please Santa, this year, bring me more self-restraint... That way I don't send myself into a depressed state every time I think of typing in www.gap.com.

P.S. This is the first attempt I ever made at putting a picture on the web. I am so pumped it worked. 

Now that we're out of school, we have to make our own quiz

I stalk... a lot. I stalk with Facebook and I've begun stalking with blogs. I go on a friend's and then click from there and see where I can get! I stole this from someone who has no idea who I am... 

I thought this would be really good to because it lets you get to know us a bit better. :-)

I hope it doesn't seem super jr. high but it's a quiz!

P.S. I just had to do it in green and red because it's so close to Christmas.

P.P.S. We aren't reading each other's answers until it's published, so there was no consultation. I know I'm excited to see what he wrote! It better be nice...

Brittney's quiz about Kyle

1) Where did you meet? At a ward Halloween party in BDSC. 

2) How long did you date before you were married? Not very long... 9 (hahaha 9 months... NO!)

3) How long have you been married for? We're on our fifth month

4) Who said "I love you" first? It's a complicated story, but Kyle was the first one to say those words.

5) When and where was your first kiss? It was on a winter night (?) in Kyle's driveway just before I was leaving to go home and he was going to babysit Emmett (our nephew).

6) Who kissed whom first? I DID! I DID!!! But Kyle gave all the signs. I just had to go for it because after a good 10 minutes of awkward chat my legs were numb and I wanted to go.

7) Who proposed? He did! And he kneeled in the mud. It was the best. Then I got too excited and dizzy and my tummy hurt so I had to lay down. (It was at the Legislature.)

8) What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Saturday, after all the cleaning and errands and chores are done, just to cuddle and watch something.

9) Do you have kids? NO! NO! NO NO NO!!!! Everything that is good in the world, please no!!!

10) What does he do that surprises you? Gosh, so much! He's just so funny in ways that I wouldn't think of.

11) What is your favorite feature about him? Hm.... I can't pick one. But he's so handsome... :-)

12) What is your favorite quality about him? How friggen hilarious he is!

13) Does he have a nickname for you? Binnie is the most common and loved.

14) What is his favorite color? Stripes! (Okay, I think it's blue, but I know that he loves stripes, which I also recognize is NOT a colour!)

15) What is his favorite food? He LOVES pizza and pasta! But there's lots of food that he loves. I'm not sure what his 100% favorite is.

16) What is his favorite sport? He really likes to run and swim.

17) What is a hidden talent that he has? His ability to get back scratches/rubs through thorough whining.

18) How old is he? 24, nearly a quarter century! Very excited for the birthday!

19) What do you admire most about him? How hard of a worker he is!

20) What is his favorite pastime? Civilisations is the big thing right now because he doesn't play games during the school semester.

21) Who sings better? I don't think singing is either of our fortes.

22) Who is smarter? KYLE! Way more!! He is going to get such a good GPA this semester... way better than mine. :-(

23) Who does the laundry? We share the laundry responsibility.

24) Who pays the bills? Kyle. Not for any particular reason, but he just thinks of it sooner. I wait until closer to the deadline. 

25) Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I think that this is a kind of existential question. It depends which way you look at it. If you're looking AT the bed, me. If you're looking from on the bed, Kyle.

26) Who cooks dinner? Mostly me.

27) Who drives? We share driving because we both REALLY love driving.

28) Who is more stubborn? Me.

29) Who has more siblings? We both only have one sibling.

30) Whose temper is worse? Mine. Definitely mine.

31) Who does the dishes? We also share this responsibility, but it's probably Kyle that does slightly more.

32) Whose parents do you see more? Absolutely his; we see them every Sunday. We see my parents at the Keg whenever a birthday or holiday comes up. ;-)

Kyle's quiz about Brittney

1) Where did you meet? In the gym of the Bonnie Doon Stake Centre 

2) How long did you date before you were married? Eight months

3) How long have you been married for? Four Months

4) Who said "I love you" first? Me

5) When and where was your first kiss? My Parents Driveway

6) Who kissed whom first? We kissed at the same time, but it was Brittney who made the first move. 

7) Who proposed? Me

8) What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Probably watching a movie at home. 

9) Do you have kids? Nope. Unless Britt is hiding a deep dark secret

10) What does she do that surprises you? She will usually say something really bizarre in public

11) What is your favorite feature about her? Bright eyes with a pretty smile. 

12) What is your favorite quality about her? She is charitable and always helps others, even to the point where it is annoying. 

13) Does he have a nickname for you? Several... such as: Goob, Goobie, Goobaloo, Doobie, KP, Jerk. 

14) What is her favorite color? Green

15) What is his favorite food? She really like Stir Fry

16) What is his favorite sport? She hates sports. She refuses to compete at something she can't win at

17) What is a hidden talent that she has? It's hidden, so I don't know it...

18) How old is she? 21

19) What do you admire most about her? She's bilingual, I'm really jealous of that

20) What is his favorite pastime? Breakfast at uncle Toms?

21) Who sings better? She does. 

22) Who is smarter? She's more right brained, I'm more left brained, so it is hard to say. I get better grades, so on paper...I am!! 

23) Who does the laundry? Both of us. 

24) Who pays the bills? I mostly do.

25) Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me

26) Who cooks dinner? Both of us, but it is usually her

27) Who drives? Both of us.

28) Who is more stubborn? She is. Though we are both pretty bad

29) Who has more siblings? Tied.

30) Whose temper is worse? Mine

31) Who does the dishes? Both do, but I think I do more. 

32) Whose parents do you see more? Mine

To the Evil Librarian: You're Needed on Floor 3.

I will never forget my experiences at the Ardrossan Jr/Sr high school library. I’m not sure what I was doing there, looking at my grades it was apparent that I wasn’t studying. I particularly remember two of the librarians, who I considered tyrants. One was a cranky old lady whose golden years weren’t so golden. The other was a middle-aged man-hater with a shrill voice and a nose for greasy Jr. High troublemaking..

They watched our every move, shushed us at every opportunity, and even expelled us from the premises from time to time. I even recall getting yelled at for “randomly” picking a book off the shelf. They ruled with an iron fist, mercilessly belching out punishment at their whim. I hated them. I want them back!

As a University student with a fairly average brain, I am relegated to study for fairly long periods of time. To avoid procrastination I often study at the library. I enjoy studying at Rutherford North because there is a system. There are ‘quiet floors’ and ‘silent floors’, the latter being my preferred choice, as I need to concentrate to figure out what the notes I hastily scribbled out in class actually mean.

One night, the wife and I decided that we would study together on the silent floor (3^rd). We were lucky enough to find a table to share and we got to work. If we needed to communicate we would message each other on our computers to maintain the “silent code”. We were reminded of this rule by a little sign that was on each table that said “This is a silent floor – No talking”. Unfortunately three distinguished gentlemen across from us did not understand this concept. To them “no talking” meant “I can whisper, constantly”. I don’t know what it is about University students, but they cannot shut up, even for ten minutes, they are always talking no matter where they are. They were also listening to their music loudly and one of them had this strange laugh, it was like a hundred little exhales in a span of three seconds. Both of us were getting annoyed. Since my wife is far more courageous than I, she decided to go over there and inform them that this was a silent floor and not a quiet floor. Like most people, they shrunk at conflict and were quiet for a minute, but then came to a realization: There is nothing they can really do, and carried on as before.

Oh, what I would have gave for the dynamic duo of evil that reined with blood and horror over my Jr. High library! Oh, how I miss the swift, thoughtless punishment dished out so freely and without mercy!

If only my thirteen-year-old self could hear this now!

-Kyle