Hotel Room Hack

I was travelling a bit last week (read my earlier post) and wanted to share a quick little tip I discovered. I've been to a lot of hotels over the years and it's rare to have the perfect combination of a mirror and a table/dresser to put your makeup on. For me, I've never come across a room that has this perfect combination. Either there is only one mirror in the bathroom (which is pre-occupied with my husband when I need to do my makeup) or there's a mirror on the wall but no table/dresser.

Well I've solved this problem! Use the ironing board as a makeup table! I don't know how this genius idea came to me but it works so well! In the picture above you can see that I placed the ironing board in front of the mirror. It was prefect to rest my makeup and watch my morning vlogs while I got ready! It's pretty awesome!

What's your favourite hotel room hack?

~RANDOMiss

Happy Gobble Gobble (Thanksgiving) Weekend!

Happy belated gobble gobble (or Canadian Thanksgiving) weekend to everyone who celebrated or are still celebrating! Hope you had a wonderful, joyous and thankful weekend with family, friends and food! We definitely spent the weekend doing just that. It all started out with a Sweet 16 Birthday party on Saturday. Sunday we went to my husband's family for thanksgiving dinner and had fried turkey! On Monday we went to my family for thanksgiving dinner and enjoy a baked turkey! My husband and I joked saying that we had it all this weekend!

I also made Apple Crisp for the first time and it turned out really great! I Googled a recipe and followed it off the internet. The recipe that I used called for lots of sugar! I think next time I will cut down on the sugar to make it not as sweet, but nevertheless it tasted great.

It's so great that we can celebrate a holiday such as Thanksgiving. It really does remind you of everything that you are grateful and thankful for. Even the simple little things that sometimes go unnoticed. There is a lot that I am thankful for that sometimes gets forgotten when a bad day sneaks up on me.

Nevertheless, I hope everyone spent their Thanksgiving weekend well and safe!

What did you do for Thanksgiving weekend? Any traditions?

~RANDOMiss

My Mini Trip

I recently took a very short trip to Canada's capital city, Ottawa! I was there for work and decided to walk around Parliament Hill during my free time. Just thought I would post a few pics of the trip.

Parliament Hill from my hotel room view.

Yummy lunch at Panera Bread on a rainy day. Yes that is Cheddar Broccoli soup, Mac n Cheese with Ice Tea (& lemon!).

We stopped off at the Big Apple on the way home to get some yummy apply pie and apple crumble. If you're ever in this area, go check them out! It's a really neat place with lots to do.

Do you have any must have pit-stops during your mini trips?

~RANDOMiss

New McCafe Coffee for Tassimo

Hi Everyone! Hope the week is going well! While doing some grocery shopping over the weekend, I saw a new item in the coffee isle; McCafe coffee for Tassimo! We've had our Tassimo for about 2 years but got tired of always drinking the Nabob brand and not finding another brand of coffee that tasted great. So, I kind of gave up on my Tassimo for the last 5 months. Instead we've been using a coffee press and really enjoy it! We found the quality of taste a lot better with the coffee press than the Tassimo.

Anyways, I saw the McCafe coffee and decided to pick it up and break out the Tassimo machine again. We tried it over the weekend and it was good! I mean it doesn't taste exactly like the McCafe coffee in store but it's pretty damn close to it. It's a mild to medium roast. It's definitely not bold.

All in all, it's worth the try and I will enjoy having the other pods in the package. I'm sure once this pack is done I'll be looking to try another brand. Also, they have the McCafe coffee in K-cups and ground beans as well!

What's your favourite Tassimo drink?

~RANDOMiss

Nail Polish Haul!

I got some new additions to my nail polish collection that I thought I would share. Generally some new colours that I don't already have in my collection. Now a word of warning, I am very biased when it comes to nail polish. I usually only stick to OPI and Essie. I am a HUGE Essie fan because of their formula and for the reason that they omit certain chemicals that are harmful to your nails, which other nail polishes still carry. Since I do my nails often, its important that I'm not harming my nails.

Without further ado, here's what I got:

I've only used the 3-in-1 treatment a couple of times. So not really sure how I feel about it yet. I have tried OPI's My Vampire is Buff and I love this colour! It's the perfect nude for Fall.

I was looking for a white/off greyish toned nail polish and stumbled upon OPI's Moon Over Mumbai. When I tried it at first it was not the colour I was looking for. It's more of a sheen/sheer grey/silver colour. Nevertheless, it's a great neutral to have in the collection. Especially around the holiday season.

I'm not sure why I never purchased a fast drying nail polish before. But OMG every single girl needs to purchase one! I have no idea how I was dealing with nail polish drying before this. Let's face it, we have time to put the nail polish on but to sit down and wait until it dries...who has time for that? Plus, when we think its dry we end up ruining our polish. As soon as I bought this I tried it the same day and I was so amazed! In 5 minutes it was dry. In 10 minutes I could carry on with whatever else I needed to do. I already used it so many times and it works the same every time. Do I need to say more ladies?

I splurged on some new Essie colours and tried to get some colours I don't already have. Not sure if you can read the colours well but they are (from left to right) Clambake, Fishnet Stockings, Roarrrange, and Warm & Toasty Turtleneck. I wanted a deep red for the upcoming holiday season. I couldn't resist not getting Clambake as its such a beautiful red. I don't have an orange in my collection so I thought Roarrrange might be nice to wear for Halloween, Thanksgiving and on my toes. The purple I got, because its purple! You can never have enough purple!

That's my haul! If you would like to see swatches of these colours, let me know and I can put those up.

~RANDOMiss

September Obsession

My September Obsession! I have two things this month. The first are some of my iPad games that I cannot get enough of. They are called: Threes & Next Numbers! If you don't know what these games are or don't have them, you have to download them! What I like about them is that they make you think. Sometimes I feel as if my brain isn't always given the opportunity to work with numbers the way I did in school. And i think these games solve that problem.

Threes is a problem solving game where you use the sides of the board to add like numbers. The goal is to keep adding numbers for as long as possible without filling up the entire game board. Once you cannot make any other moves, the game ends. I love the little square characters in Threes! They are really adorable and they make the cutest little noises ever. My husband wants to dress up as these numbers for Halloween. If we decide to do that, I'll let you know how it goes. Nevertheless, I can keep going with this game for hours! It's a Sunday morning favourite for sure!

Next Numbers is great because it gets me all competitive! Next Numbers has multiple game settings to test your speed and brain power when it comes to numbers. I really like this game! It's loads of fun! The best part is that it really keeps me thinking and on my toes which I really like.

My last September obsession is the TV series called Suits! I wrote a blog post about this earlier but I cannot get enough of this show! I've been watching it all month (when I have the time). So far I am on Season two and I think there are four seasons. Needless to say, it's been keeping me busy!

There you have it! My September obsessions! What were some of your obsessions for September?

~RANDOMiss

Scandal Season Four - First Impressions

Spoiler Alert - For anyone who has yet to see Scandal's season four premier.

It aired last Thursday and I could hardly wait to watch it! I was literally counting down the hours and minutes! I'm actually doing the same for this week as well.

Before watching season four, I had to refresh my memory of what happened in the last episode of season three. Since I was home sick that day, I ended watching it a few hours before the premier.

Anyways there's not much more for me to say without going right into it!

• Could the beginning of the show start off in any other way? I get really worked up over the fact that Olivia is confused about her own emotions between Jake and Fitz. I guess this is what makes the show interesting!
• Can I go to that island and get personal deliveries as well????
• I was wondering how they would get Olivia back to Washington. They wrote it in very cleverly. 
• I knew that Harrison wouldn't be returning to the show. Apparently he got into some legal trouble and was not returning. So I knew he would have to written off somehow. It wasn't a shock that he died. Although, he will definitely be missed.
• What is the deal with Olivia's dad?! I can't really figure him out yet. I'm not sure what his whole scheme or idea is about. He's always lying to everyone, especially Olivia. Although I think Jake has caught on because he saw him drive by the cemetery.
• I totally understand Abby, Huck and Quin's frustration toward Olivia. 
• Really interested to know what Olivia decides to do. I'm sure she will stay in Washington. But with Abby working at the White House now (which was a total shock by the way), I think it might complicate things a bit. 
• David is going to do something with those files....
• I feel really bad for Huck. He went through some deep stuff and we can see the affect of this on him. I still want to know what happened when he confronted his family.
• The President looks really old in this season. Mellie has taken on a whole new role in the show with her depression and trying to get over her son. It seems as if she doesn't care about things as much as she used to. Beforehand, she would always put up a fight until she got her way. 

It's so unclear about what's going to happen in this season. We all know that Scandal changes by the minute! All in all, it was an alright episode. Nothing too drastic happened but I am so excited for what will happen! I can't wait! Maybe half through the season I will do another post about my predictions for a season finale.

What are your thoughts about Scandal's season premier?

~RANDOMiss