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The End of an Era

Posted on 7 November, 2014 by Ikhlas

So yesterday was my last day at work, and what I like to think of as an end to an era. Can an era be only two years long? Apparently it can, because as I hugged one of my managers goodbye at the end of my closing shift last night, that’s exactly what it felt…

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Review: While Beauty Slept

Posted on 30 September, 2014 by Ikhlas

Elise Dalriss is shocked when she overhears her great-granddaughter reading the tale of the beautiful princess who slumbered in the tower and of the handsome prince who awakened her, for she knows the story is not that simple. And so she begins to recount the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty to her young great-granddaughter, warning…

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Book Funk

Posted on 23 September, 2014 by Ikhlas

I have a confession, dear friends: I’m in a book funk. This is definitely not the first time this has happened, but it seems like the longest book funk I’ve ever experienced. Usually I whip through my pile of library books and am constantly on the search for new books, but lately I’ve sunk so…

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Recipe: Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Posted on 16 September, 2014 by Ikhlas

Hello friends! So yes, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted a recipe, but I’m here to rectify this today! I haven’t been experimenting as much as I’d love to in the kitchen lately and have been sticking to tried and true favourites (at least with baking). Do you guys remember my ‘Summer Bucket List’? Yeah,…

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September

Posted on 2 September, 2014 by Ikhlas

Hello friends! Is it September already?! I can hardly believe how quickly this summer went by! Yesterday was such a strange day as I watched my brothers enjoy their last day of summer before getting ready for the first day of school. And even though I’m not going back to school this year (thank God!),…

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