As of Friday afternoon, we are officially on Spring Break around here! We got off to a great start by snagging an afternoon spot at the pool for Peter and the girls - the first time back in about a year. Peter and I also made some time on the weekend for some thrift store… Continue reading 2021 Highlights: Week 10
Day 24 - Monday It's finally happened. With only a week to go, I'm repeating a dress. This is the dress from Day 8. In truth, this repeat is not because I've run out of dresses but because the dresses I haven't worn yet are all pretty fancy. And today it's pouring rain and it's… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge
Day 20 - Thursday Dress: BLVD, purchased at Boudoir in Sechelt (I have to add that this was picked by Peter for my birthday, entirely without my help. He's great.) Leggings: Hue, purchased at The Bay Necklace: purchased at an outdoor market in Portland on our honeymoon Boots: Tretorn, purchased on-line (These are my beloved… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge
Day 16 - Sunday Dress: H&M Belt: H&M Blazer: H&M (I didn't mean for this to turn into an ad for H&M.) Necklace: gift, souvenir of Steveston 🙂 Watch: Bulova, belonged to my grandmother Charm Bracelet: vintage, also belonged to my nana Bracelet: also belonged to my nana, purchased in Hong Kong Boots: Steve Madden… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge
The last couple of weeks, on our way home from church on Sunday, Peter and I have noticed some sort of yard sale happening in the parking lot of the local mall. Some people set up tables. Some people pull down the tailgate of their truck and use that as a table. There's jewellery, books,… Continue reading Weekend Score
Day 12 - Wednesday Dress: no tag, purchased at Stanley Market in Hong Kong. Sweater: H&M (It is cold today!) Necklace: thrifted in Los Angeles Shoes: Airwalk, purchased at Payless This is an example of a dress I never wear and wouldn't have worn this week if it weren't for this challenge. I'm not really… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge
Read about my 30 Day Dress Challenge here and here. Day 6 - Thursday Dress: "Seduction", purchased at Sirens (Isn't that embarassing? For those of you who don't know it, Sirens is a women's clothing store that sells cheap, often trashy clothing. It's where people buy clothes for clubbing and it's terrible. This is the… Continue reading 30 Day Dress Challenge
Porpoises chasing a school of fish past the house. As we were getting ready for church Sunday morning I hear my brother-in-law yelling, "Porpoises! There's porpoises out front!" and we all rushed to the front windows. (Yes, we live in the same town as my in-laws and yes, we stayed the weekend with them for… Continue reading What Easter Looked Like
Today is unofficially marked as "Blue Monday" - the so-called "most depressing day of the year". There's some pseudo-science calculation behind it that has to do with the weather/length between holidays/bills arriving after Christmas. If you're in Australia right now, you're probably fine. We had a not very relaxing weekend, I've worked 11 of the… Continue reading Blue Monday Happiness
To celebrate the one year anniversary of this here blog, I scrolled through some of the search terms that have brought people here. Some made me laugh and/or wonder. Here are a few of my favourites, along with some random pictures from the past couple of weeks. peculiar children First Google result: Amazon.ca My post:… Continue reading A Year in Blogging
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