Anni Adventures

I am going to VEGAS baby!! I am super stoked for the trip as I will be meeting some University friends there. It will be the second time travelling to another country, even if it IS just the US, with friends. 

It is a fairly last minute trip considering we only started to plan in the beginning of March, and the trip is during Easter long weekend. We chose this weekend because although it would be expensive, we wouldn't have to book extra days off work. 

We started off researching what kind of hotels and flight options were available. Since we lived so closed to the Canada-USA border, we had the choice of flying from Vancouver or Bellingham. These were some of the options that came up on Google Travels:

Flight on Delta Airlines

April 17th 2014
YVR - LAS with layover at LAX
4:00 PM - 9:36 PM

April 21st 2014
LAS - YVR (direct flight)
9:55 PM - 12:41 AM

$622 RT/Person

Flight on Alaska Airlines

April 17th 2014
BLI - LAS (direct flight)
4:35 PM - 7:02 PM 

April 21st 2014
LAS - BLI (direct flight)
11:20 AM - 2:03 PM

$530 RT/Person

It was good to see what kind of range we were looking at. 

A friend later recommended Allegiant Air, which is a discount airline that caters to smaller cities and airports. A quick search resulted in a deal that had round trip direct flights from Bellingham, and hotel rooms at Treasure Island for $595 per person (excluding resort fees and baggage fees). We were only in our research stage then and hesitated a tad too long and missed out on this pricing. Which worked out in the end because... 

Having stalked the Allegiant Air website and various other websites as well that even included promotions such as $10 Petro card for booking through them, I finally managed to find Allegiant's price drop for the first leg from $239 to $189. I knew I had to snatch it up before it rose again, but the return flight was still dead set at $305. At this point, we had three options. either buy it all at once, buy the first leg + hotel together and still get a decent price, and wait on the return flight to drop or buy everything individually, which would give us more freedom to choose which hotel to book. 

Option 1. BUY IT NOW. $508.50 RT/Person

April 17th 2014
BLI - LAS
2:45 PM - 5:16 PM

Riviera Hotel and Casino
4/17 - 4/19

April 21st 2014
LAS - BLI
12:20 PM - 3:01 PM

Option 2. BUY ONE WAY + HOTEL NOW. RETURN FLIGHT LATER. $268.20/Person (excluding return)

April 17th 2014
BLI - LAS
2:45 PM - 5:16 PM

Riviera Hotel and Casino
4/17 - 4/19

Option 3. BUY INDIVIDUALLY. $206 + $65.31/Person

April 17th 2014
BLI - LAS
2:45 PM - 5:16 PM

Riviera Hotel and Casino via Expedia.ca
4/17 - 4/19

We ended up taking a risk and decided to book everything separately, on the assumption that the price WILL drop. 

There was also other options to further bring down the pricing though, even for just a bit such as booking Expedia through www.ebates.ca. 

We only booked partially because my cousin lives in Henderson and has offered for us to stay with her for part of our trip. Which works out nicely because we will be taking a day trip to Grand Canyon. 

For the deals we found for shows and dinners etc, stay tuned :)

A few weeks ago 104.9 Sonic was having a giveaway of the Heritage Classic tickets. It was given in the form of a trivia game, being held once a day for the entire week. I heard about it on Monday and was very eager to call in, because I wanted to go to the game.

On Tuesday, because I was distracted, I learnt my lesson, I got into a small fender bender, and was unable to call in. To make matters worse for the day, I got into an argument with a friend that was very explosive. Horrible things were said and tears were shed. As a result, on Wednesday, when I would normally drive myself to work, my loving mom drove me to work before busing to church <3. I was such a mess that morning that I didn't care to call in.

Finally, Thursday morning came around. I was given a delivery to do for the morning, so I was allowed to leave the house later. As I got out of bed at 8:40, with the call in time at 8:45, I decided to start calling in. This morning, I wasn't even listening to the radio. Just off a whim. To my utter amazement, it was ringing. It never rung before. I got up to get ready to go. As I brushed my teeth, someone came on the line! I was flabbergasted. It was Randi! I was so happy. Adrenaline was pumping. She asked if I was a fan, and I WAS, she asked if I would be able to participate in the trivia. OFCOURSE! I ended on hold while they continued with the show and I was able to hear everything. It was pretty cool experience.

On the air, I could feel myself being extremely nervous. I ended up getting my question wrong, which was a really difficult question. Who was the first Canuck to score an overtime goal in playoff hockey. I will now always remember Tiger Williams.

I ended up losing, but I won a swag bag. The swag bag took one week for them to prepare for me. And because their pickup time was Monday through Friday, nine to five, my only options were go during work or have someone else pick it up for me. My boss was really nice and I ended up going yesterday during work!

It ended up being two different types of shirts for the event. My only complaint is that one is an XL size and the other is a L size. Both way too big.

It was overall a good experience, one which I hope will happen again soon :)

A while back I found a really cheap China Glaze nail polish at Winners for $1.99. It was too good a bargain so I had to snatch it up.

I finally got around to trying it on, and it is absolutely amazing! I started off with a layer of OPI base coat, and then a coat of nail polish. I realized after that that was enough! I didn't need another later as the color was perfect. I finished off with OPI top coat.


I love the shimmer of the nail polish. It was the first time applying nail polish in a while so I was so glad I managed not to smudge it or ruin it while I waited for it to dry.

What do you think of Elfin' Around?