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7.23.2012

Weekend Wrap-Up [Recap]: Toronto

My how time flies….this month the hubster and I celebrated four years since saying ‘I do’. As corny as it sounds the journey has been amazing, rewarding, and a lot of hard work. He definitely helps me by bringing a lot of humor to our relationship. We spent our anniversary in the heart of downtown Toronto, while hovering through China Town, frolicking in Kensington Market (which is a must see if you’re a vintage junkie!!), back across to the mall with beautiful architecture. I have a few window displays because I just can't get over visuals (I use to do visual for a number of years before my blogging days).

Our hotel was awesome!!! It has cleverly linked to the subway and was within reach for every major shopping place and it was right on the water. No wonder it's rated as a four diamond star hotel. geesh. Here are the snapshots of the good times-none of them are in any type of order since I grabbed them from my mobile photo album. Follow me on Instagram for more fun photos ^_^

The inside of our hotel was so elegant...and ironically located on Gotham Blvd!

beautiful vintage dresses all day in Kensington Market but the crazy lady in the background is scary....

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Weekend Wrap-up [Recap]: Fourth of July

So clearly my weekend wrap-ups have been few and far between but I’ve been having an awesome summer despite taking classes. My work load is a lot lighter, so I actually have a weekend around this time of year. If you followed me on Instagram, you’d probably see a lot more pics than what I post on my blog (there’s probably an average of 2-3 day delay between uploading pics on blogger but I’m working on closing the gap. Really I am!). Since I haven’t done the weekend wrap-ups in the last week, let’s do a Weekend Wrap-up Recap (I really just like how that sounds…ohh).

I never got a chance to follow up on celebrating Fourth of July but it was purely awesome. The hubster and I definitely didn’t do the normal BBQ hoping from house to house. It was definitely way to hot, so we slept in all day like vampires and chilled with my friend JR and Amanda on their rooftop for an awesome view of the city to watch the fireworks. Let me just say-when anyone mentions rooftop, it sounds so exciting, right? Above the city line, looking over at everyone below while sharing laughs and crazy zombie escape stores (yeah that’s another convo I had with a cool girl I met named Katie). But once we got to the place to go up the building we realized climbing four floors back down in the middle of the night with only a flash light app on someone’s iPhone was NOT cutting it! Anyhoo take a look at the pics below.

(me and the hubster)

I love how JR uses his doggies as mini canvases for art work! It's pretty cool and harmless on his pets.

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1.31.2012

Target Tuesday: MUST HAVES from JasonWu Collection

Ok, seriously I really need to stop lusting over Jason Wu's collection for Target but I can't! There's something about the sharp lines and girlie flair that give me every time I take yet another quick peak at the preview. But in the meantime I'll wait like the rest of us until February 5th to view the collection in stores (I'm thinking of setting my alarm clock to wake up early that day. Haha. Here are a few of my favourite pieces that I put together for my Jason Wu Lust List. I really hope I don't oversleep and miss out on the pleated skirt and dress!

My Jason Wu for Target Lust List by physicalcanvas on polyvore.com

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1.07.2012

A Year Older, Three Decades Later

Soooo..today is my birthday. There really should be a question mark after that because I'm not exactly sure how three decades have managed to slip by me so quickly. Ughhhhhh it always comes up faster than I would like it to. But to be honest I've never celebrated my birthday right on the actual day because it's kind of at an awkward time of year. It's too late to celebrate it with the holiday festivities of Christmas, and a wee bit too early to party it up during New Years so after coming off of a holiday high I always find myself thinking Darnnnnnn not again, tomorrow is my birthday!

Like every person born in, near, or right after December we ask ourselves why couldn't I have been born in the summer?!! But as much as I hate the cold, the God above has sent me great weather for the last 5 years on my birthday as if it were spring! Today has been a blessed day and I shouldn't be down at all...(even though I was earlier. haha) I have my health and a great family that loves me and I've been spared any from any trauma of any kind. So today since I didn't plan on doing anything I'm just going to wing it and enjoy the time with my hubster and see what the night brings {{^_^}}.

Yesterday my hubster was in a creative mood and made this graphic for me. I was wondering why he banned me from our home office! It looks like a cool Mariah Carey album cover! I loved how he included my age in the graphic because I refuse to conceal my age! It's nothing to be ashamed about.Now only if I could sing...

Cheers to the 20's behind me and the 30's before me because...

...I'm looking good at 30!!!

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1.04.2012

v-Style-Paula Patton: How to Style a Spy

Ever since me and my hubster went on a date (yes we still date;) over the holiday break to see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol I can't help but think what I would wear if I were the spy?? Jane Carter played by none other than Paula Patton was enough inspiration to get me going in the right direction. Isn't she just gorgeous?! (i <3 her hubster).

Naturally, Paula Patton is my v-Style inspiration for the week! I haven't done a v-Style post in a while so click here for more details. In a nutshell, it is a post that features how I would style a celebrity if I was given and unlimited budget for a day without the limitations of a small budget. Who wouldn't want a job with massive access to clothes and cash? Me [^_^]

The look below is definitely for a spy in the making...

very minimal accessories to carry (to make room for her spy gear, of course)
motorcycle inspired leather and wool jacket
wedged shoes (with rubber grip so she doesn't break an ankle while drop kickin' the bad guys)
oversized watch to make sure her timing is just right
stretch leather pants to seduce and destroy!!

Ok maybe that last part was overkill but I would sooo rock this if I were a spy ~~or if I could afford it-whichever comes first~~. Kudos to Paula for making it look so easy!