This month marks the tenth anniversary of Nicole’s Favourite Things! A whole decade of writing about beauty products, clothes, food, and the occasional gadget. Two things: a) wow, I have been writing this blog for a very long time, and b) looking back at my very first Favourite Things, I still have all of those […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Operation Fancy Lady Edition
June 23, 2022 by 50 Comments
About a month ago, I was able to watch my son perform at his school in a student-run short production. This production was the first on-stage production since before the pandemic, so I was pretty excited. As I waited for fifteen minutes after the production for my son to finish the stage cleanup, I chatted […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Daily Glow-Up Edition
May 26, 2022 by 40 Comments
You’re already beautiful; the makeup is just for fun. This is what my friend Dan Thompson used to say, and it’s so true. Makeup, to me, is fun, but I have a small confession to make: I actually don’t feel like ME without makeup on. It’s not that I don’t believe that I’m beautiful without […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The 47th Birthday Edition
April 21, 2022 by 45 Comments
I have been learning Spanish via the Duolingo app, thanks to the encouragement of my younger son, who is using that app to learn Japanese. My goal is to become semi-conversational, and I was practicing phrases the other morning when everyone was in and out of the kitchen, making their breakfasts and getting ready for […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Isolation Chamber Edition
March 24, 2022 by 44 Comments
Full disclosure: I had a very different Favourite Things planned for this month, but I decided to write a little about my experience with The Plague instead. You’ll just have to wait for Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Daily Glow-Up Edition! I’m sure you are all dying to know about my new favourite CC Cream; soon, […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The I Choo-Choo-Choose Me Edition
February 24, 2022 by 30 Comments
I am obsessed with the song i by Kendrick Lamar. Do you know it? When he heard me playing it and singing along, my son told me that i is on The Greatest Hip Hop Album Of All Time, which I didn’t know, but which made me feel like this: Or maybe this: I would […]
Nicole’s Favourite Things: The Hygge-Chaka, Hygge-Hygge-Hygge-Chaka Edition
January 27, 2022 by 36 Comments
I can’t stop this feeling, deep inside of me, January you just don’t realize what you do to me…when you are cold but it’s getting more light you let me know everything’s all right… Ever since I read The Little Book of Hygge, I’ve been a bit obsessed with the concept: winter in Calgary is […]
