Tonight I'm starting off with a birthday celebration! We're celebrating a friend's 30th, but we're actually celebrating it late since she away on vacation on the actual day. Her fiance organised the dinner in his typical fashion of course...very last minute and not at a very special place. *eyes roll*

We're going to this noisy chain of restaurants, and the reservations are for 5:45 pm. "sorry, guys. I couldn't get a later time." Maybe you could have if you had planned in advance??! You've only known of your fiancee's birthday for 10 years now.

I didn't sleep very well last night for some reason...nor the last time Mr. Nick stayed over. That's very unusual for me. I hadn't planned on seeing him last night, but he text messaged while I was going to dance class to ask if he could stay over since he missed me. He is so sweet, and he's been sooo good about making sure I am okay with him off skiing. I am almost embarrassed. He asked me if I felt abandoned! (No.)

I showed him a few moves on the pole last night. It was my first time showing him anything. I guess I was a little pumped from class last night. I was finally starting to get one of the spins that I couldn't get for the life of me the last time I tried it. A fellow classmate totally helped me out! I want to make up a routine again.

I also cracked open my Lindt Advent calendar. My, my, those chocolates are tasty! However, I'm not counting down to Christmas. I'm counting down to my birthday. I need to do some catchup!

And things are finally picking up at work. I am being kept busy! But our deadline is just over a month. Things are going to be TIGHT! I'm glad I am getting some say in the interface.

One last thing...I give a big thumbs up to Shiseido's mascara base! It's awesome and not white and clumpy! I tried Lancome's first, and that was kind of sucky. I didn't like it, but I liked that it prevented my mascara from flaking. I decided to try L'oreal's Volume Shocking mascara to go a bit cheaper. (I was hoping I'd get the same results as using Lancome's mascara base and their Hypnose.) I didn't like the mascara comb, so I only used the base side. It was still a little white and clumpy. I threw it out this morning since Shiseido was so awesome! YEEEEAH!