Guilt

Eep! I did not go into work today because of all the "Artic blast" hype the Portland News was throwing around. Actually, I lied. I did not go in because I'm not feeling the lab right now, it has been frustrating and my boss is totally stressed with churning out this experiment out even though it does not work. It wears down your brainz when you keep on at things that do not work the way you want it to. It does not help that he is not wanting to buy the correct reagents to do the work efficiently but settles for cheaper solutions. I have been feeling quite inadequate in the science arena since we hit this giant stop in our experiments and it has made me very apathetic to its results. Which is bad! I'm beginning to loose interest in it. Bad bad bad. Thus it made me feel super guilty for not going in today. My dream occupation is part time science and part time Muntedkowhai. Oooo I hope that happens soon!



I was going to shop online for my family and close friends today with allll the free time but boy there is just not enough hours in one day. So now that I'm sitting down to blog, I have found AWESOME things for me but I'm not on the list. Hmmm. I hear you have to get presents for yourself out of the way before you get that "giving" feeling. Since alot of my loved ones read my blog, I will not post what I'll be giving them. I still have:

Dad (He is a golf nut so in theory this would be an easy one!)
Step dad (Mum and I already know what to get him, a TOMTOM!)
Val (My sister is not tooo hard, she is a pastry cook and loves all things active)
Aaron (He is a bit of a difficult one to buy for. Yes you mister.)

I'm keeping my list short this year for reasons that will be revealed after Christmas, however here is what I found while I was supposedly shopping for the 4 other people:

A vintage woollen dress from DewberryVintage's Etsy shop
With black tights this would be SUPER warm and cute. Hello!

These urban nature fusion decorations from Layerbylayer are genius and tickles my visual taste!

They are filled with boss, beeswax or dirt. Office makeover!! (via Modish)

"Baby, I'm home" photograph by Couragemylove
:( This photograph makes me sad and happy at the same time.
(Aaron and I have less than a month until our Borneo holiday!!!)
Red perforated Italian leather gloves from Forzieri
Now that the weather has turned icy and my fingerless gloves are useless, these beautiful red leather gloves calls my name! (Perforated leather gloves always remind me of blonde ladies in vintage cars)

Vegan Golf ball soap from Dugshop
Golf related presents are always the "go to" for my father. He's a golf nut.

Nerdy animal flash cards from Courtneymcornett's Etsy store
I am getting clucky! However, it also comes with nerdiness.

Time to head back to the crochet hook, if you have not done so you should enter into the Bliss giveaway. Traci has very kindly and graciously helped me host my first Muntedkowhai giveaway ever, to enter go here. A winner will be picked this Friday, 19th.