22 Things I Learned by 22
- When wearing new shoes out for the first time, always pack bandages. No matter how comfortable you think the shoes are.
- Take your friends out when they’re feeling glum.
- Make frequent plans with anyone you’d regret not seeing more of if they died tomorrow. Your family, your friends – anyone you love.
- Always forgive. But don’t be afraid to stop spending time with people who consistently hurt you.
- Eat a meal before a night of drinking if you don’t want to become best friends with the toilet the next morning.
- Tell people all the nice things you think about them. Too often we forget to say these things out loud.
- Pay your bills as soon as you get them. (If at all possible.)
- Look at yourself in the mirror and imagine what 80-year-old you would say about how beautiful you look now.
- Eat dessert.
- Don’t be afraid to be the person who cares more.
- Make the grand gesture.
- Don’t buy clothes that don’t currently fit you.
- If you always feel worse about yourself after spending time with someone, stop spending time with them.
- Pay attention to how your friends behave when you achieve success. The real ones will celebrate your successes with you and share in your failures.
- Learn how to do handy things, like fix toilets and change lightbulbs by yourself. Being self-sufficient is not gender specific.
- Smile at anyone who is serving you, be polite, and tip well.
- Do not give any one person the power to destroy you.
- Never stop learning.
- Read, read, read.
- It’s okay to cancel on group plans if you don’t feel like going, but cancelling a one-on-one last minute is inconsiderate.
- Don’t wait to wear things when you reach a certain weight. You can wear whatever style you like now. Right now.
- Allow yourself to look silly, whether on purpose or by accident. Life isn’t a beauty pageant.
Book Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes)
If you follow me on Twitter, or know me in real life, you know how deep my obsession with the BBC’s Sherlock runs. It’s my absolute favorite show of the moment. Continue Reading →
The Great Internet Illusion
The internet is a funny thing. Blogging and social media allows us to publicly share details of our lives that were previously known only by those very close to us. However, this illusion of honesty and intimacy actually allows for deception on a grand scale (intentional or not). Continue Reading →
Lust List: 20 Cute Spring Dresses
Reading blogs is a great way to live and shop vicariously through other people. But on occasion, we bloggers like to live and shop vicariously through our readers!
Case in point: when I’m trying save a bit, my shopping habits tend to be more of the window-shopping variety. Which may be a stroke of luck for you!
Here are a selection of 20 gorgeous spring dresses from every corner of the internet that have me drooling from afar. An array of pastels, prints, stripes, and solids at all kinds of price points, from the inexpensive to the exorbitant. Continue Reading →
Housewarming Dinner Party
I’ve been dreaming of hosting my own dinner party for quite some time, so when it came time to throw a housewarming for my apartment, I knew just what I wanted to do. Instead of a standing room only-type shindig, I planned a more formal sit-down dinner for a few of my closest friends one Saturday evening. Continue Reading →
Cardtorial for Mother’s Day
A little while ago the lovely Elizabeth from Cardtorial reached out to me and asked if I’d like to review their real wood cards. I’d never heard of their products before, but after checking out their site and falling in love with some of them, I was in! Continue Reading →
Song of the Day: Moonlight Serenade
Moonlight Serenade – The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Doesn’t this just make you want to hold someone close and sway a little?
Artist Spotlight: Inslee
Seeing double? A great many of you have asked questions about the illustrated “me” on the right sidebar of my blog. Mainly, “Did you draw that?” and “Where did you find that?”
No, I didn’t draw it, and for a long time, I didn’t know who did. But I got Sherlock on the case, and the mystery has finally been solved! Continue Reading →
Forever 21 Spring Haul
“Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking.” – The Devil Wears Prada
Spring is finally in the air here in Toronto! Today was the first time I could shed my winter coat and don my sunny yellow trench and Ray-Bans. (Making me look quite a lot like the illustrated icon on the right – the coat is exact!)
I did a spot of online shopping recently, and the other day my package arrived at my doorstep. Oh happy day! I thought I’d share what I picked up, since so many of you requested links to things when I shared photos on instagram. Continue Reading →
Apartment Tour: Bedroom
Now that you’ve seen my apartment’s living room, let me show you my bedroom! Continue Reading →
Apartment Tour: Living Room
“I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.” — Virginia Woolf
This post has been a long time coming, and I greatly appreciate the patience you’ve all had with me. I’ve wanted to show you my new place for ages, but wanted to a) mostly finish decorating, and b) show my closest friends in person first. Keeping it off the blog until now has been a major exercise in restraint, believe me. Continue Reading →
Recipe du Jour: Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Crostinis
It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted a recipe! This is what I served the other night when I had my relatives over for dinner at my apartment. Continue Reading →
Winter Skin Sephora Haul
In the wintertime, skin needs some extra lovin’. Some of you may already be enjoying spring-like weather since we’re on the cusp of March, but as I look out the window, it’s a world of white. And it’s way below freezing today. Oh, Canada.
Whether or not you’re still battling the elements where you are, here are a few things I recently picked up from Sephora to get my face glowing despite the season. Continue Reading →
