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If you haven’t picked up your Christmas tree you are going to want to hold off till December 13th! I’m going to be on location Monday at the Calgary Interfaith Food bank – at 5000 11 street SE.

You can pick up a tree for a $10 donation and all proceeds will go to the Food bank!! We’ve teamed up with our friends at Home Depot who have donated all of the trees!  Come down with your $10 bill and holiday spirit between 630am and 9am and we’ll send you home with a tree! Ho ho ho!

With Christmas just around the corner we took a trip down to Canada Post Monday morning to get the goods on delivery deadlines!  If you’re shipping gifts everything you need to know is here!

Also remember to shovel your walks pretty please – your friendly neighborhood letter carrier is traveling with about 40lbs of holiday mail a day!

Santa has lots of helpers down at Canada Post and you can send him your Christmas list up until December 17th.  Santa actually replies – check out the letter he sent back in 1964!

The address is:

Santa Clause

North Pole

HOH OHO

The Stamps are well rested and ready to take on the Riders this Sunday in the Western Final!  I had the chance to chat with Coach Huf, Hank, Nik Lewis and Juwan Simpson.  Click here for the video – they were all awesome.  Got a laugh out of Nik’s smack talk – he doesn’t hold back!  Or maybe he does….

My buddy Red Dawg from CJAY came down with a truck full of watermelons and a Gainer-esque mascot – he didn’t hold back either.  Poor Gainer didn’t stand a chance!

I also pulled out some of my glorious cheerleading gear from 1998-2001 – WOW the poms were big back then!  No, really.  Those things were heavy and we waved them around at 3 Grey Cups.

Always a fun morning with my fave CFL team!

The Lougheed House is gorgeous all year round but it’s especially beautiful this time of year – the house is all decked out for the holidays!

Check out Christmas All Through the House until Sunday November 21st –Santa is on site every day from 1:30pm to 3pm!  You can also be inspired to decorate your own home for the holidays!

Christmas All Through the House is open:

• Saturdays and Sundays, November 13 and 14, and November 20 and 21, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Monday through Wednesday, November 15 to 17, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Thursday and Friday, November 18 and 19, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• The Restaurant at Lougheed House is also open!

Admission with GST is:

• $5 – Children 6 – 12 years
• $10 – Youth 13 – 18 and Seniors 65+
• $15 – Adult

Soooo I had a *little* something done on Friday afternoon….here’s the secret —> *lash extensions* from Inglewood Beauty Bar!!

I fell in love with them after the lovely and talented Kristin Hursh (one of our producers) had them done.  I had a few girlfriends try them before hot vacations to cut down on packing and always thought the lashes looked super fabulous.

Being a girl who wakes up at 430am I’m especially in love with them because I got to sleep in an extra 15 minutes this morning!  No eye makeup necessary.

LOVE.

Check out the before/after –> crazy!

We want you to get Carried away and take home a Sex and the City 2 prize pack this morning!  Just add a comment to my blog post describing your FAVORITE Sex and the City moment and you could win the movie and some other swag!  I personally love the episode The Good Fight when Carrie and Aidan are arguing over bathroom space (”who needs FIVE Speed stick deodorants?”).

Love it.

GOOD LUCK!

We spent the morning at the Calgary Public Library and got SO many tips from the Career and Employment Centre.  It’s a wonderful resource and it’s FREE (if you have a library card) – check out the link! 

Bow Valley College holds workshops at libraries all over the city on Interview Skills, Resume Development and Networking and Work Strategies!  Check out the link and click on “Business and Career Development” for a full list of the workshops coming soon to a library near you.

Be sure to check out The Career Show this coming weekend too!

Peters’ Drive-In is one of the city’s gems and we spent the morning makin’ shakes and giving away tickets to see Grease!  Congrats to all our winners who showed up to win tickets – Pattie, John, Alyssa, Kendra, Murray, Stephen, Trevor, Madisen and Christine are all going to the show!

We also invited The Rod Shop, the Calgary Mustang car club and the Calgary Thunderbirds (check out this sweet ‘66 convertible!) to join us for some eye candy.  I also got to throw on some scrubs to make a milkshake with the staff at Peters’ (thanks to Joanne, Sue and Hong for showing me the ropes).  Coffee vanilla for breakfast – yum!

If you’ve never been to the Drive-In, you have to try the fries.  And the onion rings.  And the shakes.  And the burgers.  Andy Schultz and Mike McCourt ate all of the above after the broadcast today.  Seriously.  Peters’ is the best!

I tied my very first saree this morning with the help of Shaila Khan from Khubsurat – Alberta’s only South Asian Bridal Expo.  Now all I need is a wedding to go to

You can watch the video here!

A million thanks to the models, Motives Cosmetics (Stephanie is fab!) Studio School of Dance, Royal Icing and Milan Weddings!

You can see plenty more this Sunday at the Expo!

Could you imagine living in your dream house mortgage free?  Citytv is looking for families to star in My Rona Home – Season 2!  We spent the morning with last year’s winners Vern and Krystle.

I helped with a  little sweeping before we rolled this morning.  Ok, I held the broom for the picture.  The house is still impeccable

Vern and Krystle entered online and won a house and all it’s contents (broom included!) by entering here.  Talk about a dream come true!

If you and your family are big dreamers then you could get to build your fantasy home from frame to finish – and get the keys for free!  Do you have what it takes to compete in television’s toughest DIY challenge.  You don’t need to be handy with a hammer – but you must be willing to work hard for your future (with the help of our experts!)

If you are a family that has had enough of renting and wants the chance to become instant homeowners, apply here through on-line registration.

Application date ends midnight, Sunday, October 24, 2010!  Good luck!